1951 born in Korea
1971 Seoul National University, College of Engineering
1975 Seoul National university, College of fine Art (BA)
1981 Pratt institute (MFA)
2007 Professor at SungKyunKwan University
Selected Solo Exhibition
2005 Atlanta college of art gallery, Atlanta
2002 Gallery Inn, Seoul
2000 Gallery Inn, Seoul
1997 National Museum Of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1994 Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
1992 Gallery Forum, Seoul
1990 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1980 Higgins Hall Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibition
2007 <Buscando la raiz> Sala Alcala 31, Spain
2006 <Gwangju Biennial> Biennial hall, Gwangju
2005 <Beyond Repetition> Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2005 <difference & repetition> busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan
2005 <Echo Beyond Time> Ewha womans university Museum, Seoul
2005 <10th anniversary> Sungkok Art Muaeum, Seoul
2005 <The Elegance of Silence> Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2005 <15th anniversary special exhibition> Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2004 <Officiana Asia> Bologna Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2004 <Asian Invitational> FreyNorris Gallery, SanFrancisco
2004 <Resonance> Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
2004 <Indoor Outdoor> Gana Art center, Seoul
2003 <Basel Art Fair> Basel
2003 <Crossings 2003 : Korea/Hawai'i> The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii
2003 <Leaning Foward Looking Back> San Francisco Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2003 <Venice Biennial> Venice
2002<History and Consciousness : Dokdo> Seoul National University Museum, Seoul
2002 <Open Art - Beginning of Art 4> Sunggok Museum Seoul
2002 <Korean & Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition> Gwanhoon Museum, Seoul
2001 <To Rest in the City> Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
2001 <Digital Dreams, Analogue Desire : The Song of Diana> Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Gallery, Seoul
2001<Youngnam, Honam and Choongchung> Daejeon Municipal Museum, Daejeon
2001 <Dispersed> Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Gallery, Seoul
2000 <Landscape of the Mind> Gallery M, Daegu
2000 <Ocean Art Festival 2000 -The Texture of the Sea> Gallery Sejong, Seoul
2000 <The Song of the Earth> Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
1999 <Dialogue with Nature> Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul
1997 <Affinites> Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
1997 <Ceremonial Exhibition of Sun Art Award Recipients> Sun Gallery, Seoul
1995 <Six Artists Now> Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1995 <Inaugural Exhibition> POSCO Gallery, Seoul
1995 <Korean Art '95> National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1995 <50 Years of Korean Contemporary Art> National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1993 <Young Artists fron the Whanki Foundation> Whanki Museum, Seoul
1993 <DMZ> Seoul City Art Museum, Seoul
1993 <Image and Sign in Contemporary Art> Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1991 <Inaugural Exhibition> Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju
1986 <Spring of Seoul> Musee de Seoul, Seoul
1986 <Korea / New York '86> Thorp Intermedia Gallery, New York
1982 <Korean Traditional Pottery and Contemporary Art> Sarah Lawrence College, New York
1982 <First Exhibition of Korean American Artists' Sensibilities> Korea Culture Service, New York
1981 <Korean Contemporary Drawing Now> Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
1981 <Seventh International Art Festival> Equitable Gallery, New York
1979 <Ford Foundation Award Show> Higgins Hall Gallery, New York
Selected Public Collections
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul / Artsonje Museum, Kyungju / Chongro Tower, Seoul / Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul / 63 Building, Seoul / Tower Palace, Seoul / Posco Building, Seoul