Yeul Kim Tschang Biography

Sinuiju, Korea, 1929 -

A renowned Korean painter and graphic artist, Yeul Kim Tschang has spent most of his career focused on water drops.

He attended the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University, and later moved to Paris. In 1996 he was awarded the Medal of Arts and Letters from the French Embassy in Seoul.

Selected Individual Exhibitions

2007 - PicassoMio.com

2006 - PYO BEIJING, Beijing, China

2005 - Kimtchang-yeul Exhibition. National Museum of China, Beijing, China

2004 - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea - Galerie Nationale du Jeu du Paume, Paris, France

2002 - Galerie BHAK, Seoul, Korea

2000 - Gallery Hyundai / Galerie BHAK, Seoul, Korea

1999 - Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, USA - Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France - Galerie BHAK, Seoul, Korea - Gallery Kongkan, Pusan, Korea

1998 - Gallery MMG, Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan

1997 - Galerie BHAK / Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea - Draguignan Museum, Drauignan, France - Inaugural Commemoration Exhibition. Aqua Museum 104º, Shimane, Japan

1996 - Taipei International Art Fair, Taipei, China - Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

1995 - Mural Painting Installation. Fukuoka city public library, Fukuoka, Korea

1994 - Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea - Kongkan Gallery, Pusan, Korea

1993 - SAGA, Paris, France - The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea - Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Selected Public Collections - The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea - The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan - Aqua Museum 104º, Shimane, Japan - Foundation Veranneman, Gent, Belgium - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA - Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Germany - Bochum Museum of Art, Bochum, Germany - Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan - Sungkyung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea - Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoungju, Korea - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA - Ohara Museum, Ohara, Japan - Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada - Iwaki City Museum of Art, Iwaki, Japan - Museum of Oriental Art, Cologne, Germany - Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan - Texas Tech University Museum, Lubbock, USA - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France - Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA - Hoam Art Museum, Yongin, Korea - Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Korea - Hiroshima Contemporary Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan - Pusan City Museum of Art, Pusan, Korea - Daejeon City Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea - Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea