Artist

CHA Young-Seok

CHA Young-Seok was born in 1976 and currently works and lives in Seoul, South Korea. As one of the most prospected emerging artists in Korea, Cha's work has been exhibited numerous galleries as well as museums such as Kumho Museum of Art, SOMA museum of Art and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. He also has received awards and grants for emerging artists by the Arts Council in Korea.

  • Education
    • 2011 MFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
      2007 BFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2019 《Assiduous Senses》, 63 ART MUSEUM, Seoul, Korea
      2018 《An Elegant Endeavour》, LEE HWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2017 《Something》, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2015 《Transforming Being Forgotten》, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2015 《Habitual World》, Taipa Houses Museum, Macau
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2019 《Kumho Young Artist: The 69 Times of Sunrise》, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2015 《SOMA DRAWING_Mindful Mindless》, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2015 《Still Life: A Frozen Moment》, Space cottonseed, Singapore
      2014 《Now and Then… The Future of Korea》, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in China, Beijing, China
      2014 《PENCIL》, C5ART, Beijing, China
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2013-2014 Gallery Purple Studio, Gallery Purple, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
      2011-2013 Studio Pakyoung, Gallery Pakyoung Gyeonggi-do, Korea
      2008-2009 Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

      Awards
      2008 The 30th Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Culture Media Company, Seoul, Korea
      2007 Grant for Emerging Artist, Arts Council Korea, Seoul, Korea
      2007 The 6th Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2007 Archive Registration: Selected Artists for Into Drawing, SOMA Drawing Center, Seoul, Korea

      Collections
      National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Bank, Korea
      Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      Eco Energy Holdings Co., Ltd, Seoul, Korea
      Venta Korea, Seoul, Korea
      SHINSEGAE, Seoul, Korea
      LG, Seoul, Korea
      Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Link
      

〈An Elegant Endeavour_139〉, 2018, Pencil on Korean mulberry paper, 137x200cm. Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈An Elegant Endeavour_157〉, 2019, Pencil, colour pen and watercolour on Korean mulberry paper, 142x75cm(3 pieces). Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈Something_p-11〉, 2016, Pencil and gold colour pen on black paper, 108.5x78.5cm. Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈Confidential Custom_23〉, 2014, Pencil and gold colour pen on Korean mulberry paper, 110x108cm. Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈Transforming Being Forgotten_p-05〉, 2014, Pencil and gold colour pen on Korean mulberry paper, 147x137cm. Image Courtesy of the Artist

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