Chung Seo-young

• b. 1964, Seoul, Korea
• Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Education

• 1991, Graduate courses, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1989, M.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• 1987, B.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Awards

• 2003, Kim Sejung Young Artist Prize, Korea
• 2002, Changdong Art Studio, Korea
• 1998, Ssamziespace Studio Program, Korea
• 1994-1996, Artist’s grant, Landesgraduierte Foerderung, Baden-Wuerttmberg, Germany
• 1992-1994, Artist’s grant, Baden-Wuerttmberg Art Foundation, Germany

Solo exhibitions

• 2022, What I Saw Today, Seoul Museum Of Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2020, Knocking Air, Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
• 2017, Ability vs. Invisibility, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
• 2016, Chung Seoyoung, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul, Korea
• 2013, The Speed of the Large, the Small and the Wide, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2011, Apple vs. Banana, Kim Kim Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 2010, The Adventure of Mr. Kim and Mr. Lee, LIG Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
• 2009, Monster Map, 15min., Gallery Plant, Seoul, Korea
• 2007, On Top of the Table, Please Use Ordinary Nails with Small Head, Do Not Use Screws, Atlier Hermes, Seoul, Korea
• 2005, Leave the Campfire There, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2000, Lookout, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
• 2000, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
• 1995, Kumho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 1994, HP Schuster Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1993, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1989, Han Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected group exhibitions

• 2022, Frequencies of Tradition, KADIST San Francisco, San Francisco, US
• 2021, Frequencies of Tradition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
• 2020, This Event, Seoul Museum of Art, Seosomun, Seoul, Korea
• 2020, Artist In Their Times: Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
• 2019, The Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of MMCA Korea, The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019, National Museum of Modern and - Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2019, The Scrap, Seoul, Hongkong
• 2018, Digital Promenade, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2017, The Strange Objects, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
• 2016, Two Hours, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
• 2016, Connect1: Still Acts, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
• 2015, Talking Picture Blues (Voices Rising), Kim Kim Gallery, Songwon Art Center , Seoul, Korea
• 2014, Real DMZ Project, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
• 2014, Ghosts, Spies and Grandmothers, SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014, Korea
• 2014, After Time, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hongkong
• 2012, Deoksugung Project, National Museum of Art Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
• 2012, Remember Me, Gallery Hyundai , Seoul, Korea
• 2012, (I’m)Possible Landscape, Plato, Seoul (Curated by So YeonAhn), Korea
• 2012, Flower in the Moment, OCI Museum, Seoul (Curated by Tae Hee Kang), Korea
• 2012, Play Time-The Waiting Room of Episteme, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
• 2011, Tell me Tell me: Australian and Korean Art 1976-2011, MCA, Sydney, Australia
• 2011, Count down, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
• 2011, Rest, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
• 2010, Play of Language, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2010, 30th Anniversary of The Young Korean Artists 1981-2010, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
• 2010, R-Rate Project, Space Hamilton, Seoul, Korea
• 2008, The 7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
• 2008, CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
• 2008, Another Masterpieces, New Acquisitions, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
• 2005, Seoul; Until Now, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2003, The 50th Venice Biennale- Landscape of Differences, The Korean Pavilion, Venice, Italy
• 2002, Community and Art, International Workshop, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
• 2001, Promenade in Asia, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 2000, Currents in Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
• 2000, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei/ Hong kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
• 2000, The Song of the Earth, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
• 1999, To Draw a Line, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 1999, To Infiltrate, alternative space POOL, Seoul, Korea
• 1999, Choijeonghwa, Chung Seoyoung, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
• 1998, Feed Back, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea / Frauenmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
• 1998 Defrost, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
• 1997 The 2nd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
• 1997 Seoul-Dialog-Hamburg, Hamburg-Dialog-Seoul, International Culture Factory, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Korea
• 1997 The Unformed, Ga-in Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 1996 Europa-Ostasien, Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
• 1988 Logos & Pathos, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea