Choi Sun KOREA, b. 1973

EDUCATION

2003     BFA, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024     Quiet Painting, Every Art, Seoul, Korea

2023     Illusion of an Illusion, Gallery CNK, Daegu, Korea

2023     The Memory Project VII, Ansan Fishing Village Folk Museum, Ansan, Korea

2023     The Safe of the Snail, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Gallery SAFE, Seoul, Korea

2023     Until The Mountain Reaches The Sea, Ieyoung Contemporary Art Museum Seongbuk, Seoul, Korea

2022     The 7thChun Hyuck LimArt Award Exhibition, Chun Hyuck Lim Art Museum, Tongyeong, Korea

2022     Mother Tongue Painting, Every Art, Seoul, Korea

2022     The Border of Snail, European Contemporary Artistic Actions Center, Strasbourg, France

2022     Sori, Galerie Dohyang Lee, Paris, France

2022     Doksan Painting, Art Centre Art Moment, Seoul, Korea

2021     Salt Tells: Interrupted Voyage, Space XX, Seoul, Korea

2021     Non-Drawn Painting, Salt Museum, Shinan, Korea

2021     Corona Camouflage: Mobile Connector, Space Nine, Seoul, Korea

2021     Salt Tells: Showcase, Space XX, Seoul, Korea

2020     Hiccup, Gallery CNK, Daegu, Korea

2018     Wastewater Painting, P21, Seoul, Korea

2018     Bruised Saliva, Gallery D, Geoje, Korea

2017     Sickness, CR Collective, Seoul, Korea

2016     Day Night, Art Space Hue, Paju, Korea

2016     Weight and Depth, Space XX, Seoul, Korea

2015     Meari, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2015     Magenta Painting, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2013     Two Worlds, Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2013     Falcon and Firmament, BankART Studio 1929 NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2011     Breath in an Instant, Cake Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011     Silbaram, Yokohama Triennale 2011, BankART LIFE3 project, Yokohama, Japan

2010     Gasping Breath, Corner Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2004     Naked Painting, Mia Museum, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024     45cm, Chapter II, Seoul, Korea

2024     The 2024 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Art Central, Hongkong

2024     Inspiration From The Countryside, Gallery hoM_Lab, Seoul, Korea

2024     The Fabulous Stories To Save The Green Planet, Gyeongpo Beach, Gangneung, Korea

2023     ABC Festa, Mulberry Hills, Seoul, Korea

2023     Art from All Directions, Gwanggyo Park/ Firefly Toilet, Suwon, Korea

2023     The Water-King: The Great Vortex Between Donghak(=Eastern mindfulness) and Avatamsaka(=Holistic worldview), Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea

2023     Raise the Waves, National Maritime Museum of Korea, Busan, Korea

2023     Denuclearization Declaration, Namsan Public Library, Seoul, Korea

2023     13 Artists of Peru and Korea: Avant-Garde, Gallery Bandi Trazos, Seoul, Korea

2023     Don’t Look Up: Road Kill, Bazinga, Gangneung, Korea

2023     Crossing One, H.art1, Seoul, Korea

2023     Invisible, Every ART, Seoul, Korea

2023     One-Piece, like I-Sang, I-Sang’s House, Seoul, Korea

2023     No Geography, Space Aefter, Seoul, Korea

2023     When Our Breathing Becomes Art, Kyungpook National University, Space 9, Daegu, Korea

2022     From North to South, from West to FAR EAST, Daechumu Fine Art Center, Gangneung, Korea

2022     Mind Boom 2022 - Burn With Burning Sound, #A406 San-Kyoung Company, Seoul, Korea

2022     éco(…..)#éco(…..)#éco(…….), Galerie Dohyang Lee, Paris, France

2022     3rd Jeju Biennale: Flowing Moon, Embracing Land, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

2022     Re-Dynamic, Gallery HoHo, Seoul, Korea

2022    Home Sweet Home, Sahng-up Galley(Euljiro, Yongsan), GONG-WON, Chamber 1965, Seoul, Korea

2022     2022 Inje Seowha DMZ Festival, Inje Peace Town, Inje, Korea

2022     Welcome to Studio, Wadong Branch School, Hongcheon, Korea

2022     The Usefulness of The Useless, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea

2022     Explore Your Senses, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2022     Just Shoot It, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

2022     Ateliers Ouverts 2022, Bastion XIV, Strasbourg, France

2022     Sterilization Non-Sterilization, Space Lovefarm, Gimhae, Korea

2022     5ㆍ18 Democratization Movement Special Exhibition: To Where The Flowers Are Blooming, Spazio Berlendis, Venice, Italy

2022     Beyond The Limits, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea

2022     Hybrid Baton; Atypical Feast, Gallery Baton, Seoul, Korea

2021     The Story Floating Around These Days, Every Art, Seoul, Korea

2021     Vibrating Light and Matter, The Showroom, Seoul, Korea

2021     Artbooks, Alternative Artspace Ipo, Seoul, Korea

2021     And Live, Seoul Art Space Mullae, Seoul, Korea

2021     Round-Round-Round; Geumcheon-gu, Be-In House, Seoul, Korea

2021     Artficial Nature, CIK Center, Knivsta, Sweden

2021     I Am Okay Too, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2021     Spring of Myanmar, Space Lovefarm, Gimhae, Korea

2021     Border Crossings, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Swiss

2021     Mobile Connector, Gallery hoM, Seoul, Korea

2021     The War of the Worlds But A Siesta, Sueño 339, Seoul, Korea

2021     Painting as Performativity, This Is Not a Church, Seoul, Korea

2020     Gold, Incense & Myrrh, Galerie Dohyang Lee, Paris, France

2020     Cicatrix, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, USA

2020     External Senses, KT&G Sangsangmadang Arts Space, Seoul, Korea

2020     Gangwon Kids Triennale 2020: Green Connection, Wadong Elementary School, Hongcheon, Korea

2020     Call It Courage, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea

2020     Single Stance Two Horizons, Artspace 0, Seoul, Korea

2020     Black Humour, Chaper II Yard, Seoul, Korea

2020     Fantastic Reflection, Vista Walkerhill, Seoul, Korea

2020     Obangsaek: Indigo, Soluna Fine Art, Hong Kong

2020     Art Clout, Yangpyoung Art Museum, Yangpyoung, Korea

2019     Hyper Salon, Uartspace, Seoul, Korea

2019     Presqu’île Flottante; Floating Peninsula, Le Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France

2019     A-side-B, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2019     Over Drive 2009-2019, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2019     The 6th Chongkundang Arts Award, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2019     Getting Familiar; the Space Already Familiar, Bumil Bus Station Tiger1, Seoul, Korea

2019     Quantum Leap, Songwon Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2019     2019 Suwon Hwaseong Project – Seong : Fantastic City, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea

2019     Unlimited, Gallery B, Seoul, Korea

2019     Samatha & Vipassana: Net of Intara, Gallery Su, Seoul, Korea

2019     Time of Painting, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2019     What is Contemporary Art?, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea

2019     Stranger Than Paradise, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2019     New Acquisitions 2018, Seongnam Cube Art Museum, Seongnam, Korea

2018     Camera Camera Nice 2019, Hotel Windsor, Nice, France

2018     Contamination, CR Collective, Seoul, Korea

2018     I Miss the Lemon Flavor, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2018     Le Temps des Pommes, ÉTÉ78, Brussels, Belgium

2018     9P Opening, Gallery 9P, Seoul, Korea

2018     Meson Behavior, Korean Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India

2018     Flatland, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2018     Gangwon International Biennale 2018: Dictionary of Evil, Gangneung Green City Experience Center E-ZEN, Gangneung, Korea

2017     100 Persons’ Interview, Goyang Aram Art Museum, Goyang, Korea

2017     Incheon Museum of Art : Second City, Third Community, Space Imsi, Incheon, Korea

2017     MMCA Residency Changdong Report 2017, MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea

2017     Finding Me, Pangyo Senior Center, Seongnam, Korea

2017     Ringwanderung, Alternative Space Ipo, Seoul, Korea

2017     A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Siheung Eco Center Chorok Baegot, Siheung, Korea

2017     The 3rd Language, MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea

2017     Story of Jebu Island, Jebudo Artpark, Hwaseong, Korea

2017     SongEun Storage: Not your ordinary art storage, SongEun Storage, Seoul, Korea

2017     Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Christie Hong kong, Hong Kong

2017     Contemporary Korean Abstract : Series I, Chapter II, Seoul, Korea

2017     Drawing Party, Space One, Seoul, Korea

2017     2016 Platform Artist, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2016     Transition of Movement, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2016     The Conversation; A Letter to 00, Artspace Hue, Paju, Korea

2016     The Artist’s Attitude for Working, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2016     Two Scapes, One World, Korean Cultural Center China, Beijing, China

2016     AR Towns, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

2016     #MindArt, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2016     Light My Fire, Gyeonggi Sangsang Campus, Suwon, Korea

2016     Words and Actions, Seum Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2016     DoRaBom (Reflections): Special Exhibition Celebrating SongEun Foundation Chairman Mr. Sang-Duck Yoo’s, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2016     Sensible Reality, Seoul Citizens Hall, Seoul, Korea

2016     Wet Paint, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2016     Room Number 88-290, The Texas Project, Seoul, Korea

2016     2016 GAP - Photon / Echo, Bongsan Art Center, Daegu, Korea

2016     Going Over The Time, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2015     A Study of Depth, Artspace Hue, Paju, Korea

2015     Meeting Point, Korean Cultural Center Washington DC, Washington DC

2015     2015 The Sea Art Festival, Dadaepo Beach, Busan, Korea

2015     Think It Over, Think It Slow, Korean Cultural Center New York, New York, USA

2015     The Normal Exhibition, Pialux, Seoul, Korea

2014     SeMA Nanji 8th Review: Follow Me, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2014     Asian Art Festival, Ansan Meeting Plaza, Ansan, Korea

2014     2014 Nanji Art Show IV: AIA, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2014     Dream of East Asia, 2014 Yokohama Triennale Special Exhibition, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2014     2014 Nanji Art Show III: Band of Feeling, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2014     Parada Sarada, Pialux, Seoul, Korea

2014     2014 Nanji Art Show II: FTS, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2014     2014 Nanji Art Show I: The Art Gesture, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2013     Tele-Be, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

2013     Yi Sang Du Champ, Museum of Korean Literature, Seoul, Korea

2013     From The White Bamboo Painting, Alternative Space Noon, Suwon, Korea

2013     2013 Setouchi Triennale, Fukudake House Asian Art Platform, Shodoshima, Japan

2012     The 12th SongEun Art Award Exhibition, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2012     Unbreakable, Korean Cultural Center New York, New York, USA

2012     Re-Chosun Tongshinsa Project, Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale 2012, Yokohama/Niikata, Japan

2011     International Artist Exchange Program’s Reporting Exhibition, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2011     Heated Snowball, Gallery IS, Seoul, Korea

2010     Art of Loving, Gallery Zein Xeno, Seoul, Korea

2008     Silent Sound, Space-Zip, Seoul, Korea

2006     The Surface and the Inside of Art, and the Reality, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS

2021     The 7th Chun Hyuck Lim Art, Tongyeong, Korea

2017     Chong Kun Dang Art Prize 2017, Seoul, Korea

2013     Creative Talent Artist, Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2013     The 12th SongEun Art Award, Grand Prize, Seoul, Korea

RESIDENCIES

2022     Far East Residency, Gangneung, Korea

2022     European Contemporary Artistic Actions Center, Strasbourg, France

2020     Art Like Salt Residency, Shinan, Korea

2020     Gallery Purple Studio, Namyangju, Korea

2019     Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2018     Expanded Irregular Temporary Residency Delhi, New Delhi, India

2018     CAN Foundation Artist Residency, Seoul, Korea

2017     MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea

2016     Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2015     International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA

2014     SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2013     Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2013     BankArt 1929, Yokohama, Japan

2011     BankArt 1929, Yokohama, Japan