Park Suk Won KOREA, b. 1942

Education

1975   M.F.A. in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

1964   B.F.A. in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023     Gana Art Bogwang, Seoul, Korea

2022     Kimsechoong Museum, Seoul, Korea

2018     Gallery RHO, Seoul, Korea

2014     Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

2011     Changwon City Masan Moonshin Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

2008     Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2005 Cube Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2002     Gallery RHO,  Seoul, Korea

1999     Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

1997     GAAIN Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1993     Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

1991     Inkong Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1991     J&C Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1987     Batanggol Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985     Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1981     Space Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1980     Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1979     Space Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1977     Kyeonji Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1974     Myeongdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025    Threshold, Chapter II, Seoul, Korea

2024     Choi Jongtae · Park Sukwon, Gana Art LA, Los Angeles, CA, US

2023     To the Origin, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2022      Korean Modern and Contemporary Art 1910-1980, Yangpyeong Art Museum,  Yangpyeong, Korea

2021     Now and ever, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea Changwon Sculpture Master, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea

2020     In Lieu of Higher Ground, Gallery Baton, Seoul, Korea

2019     The 35th Korean Sculptor’s Association Exhibition, Kimbosung Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2019     Seoul-New York Exhibition, Kate Oh Gallery, New York, USA; Kimbosung Art Center, Korea

2018     Looking into Korean Art Part Ⅲ: Sculpture, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

2018     Vertical Impulse, Horizontal Impulse, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2017     Renegades in resistance and challenge, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2017     Archiving the days, Kimsechoong Museum, Seoul, Korea

2017     Industrial City Incheon, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea.

2016     2016 Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

2016     As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and  Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2016     Built in Steel, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

2016    The Sound of Things, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2016     The Wolf and The Tiger: Scultura italiana e coreana, Milano Museo della Permanente, Milano, Italy

2016     Beyond Materiality Pursuing the Realm of Vacancy : Eye and Mind of Korean Contemporary Art Ⅰ, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2014     Pohang Steel Art Festival, Haedo Geunrin Park, Pohang, Korea

2014     First Impression, Korean Cultural Centre AU, Sydney, Australia

2013     International Sculpture Symposium Qingdao, Qingdao Sculpture Park, Qingdao,  China

2013     The 5 th Korea-China Contemporary Sculpture, Ara Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2012     Steel Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea.

2012     Pietrasanta Korean Sculptures, La Piazza di Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy

2011     Qi (氣, Energy) is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2011     Sculptor's Drawing, Soma Museum, Seoul, Korea

2011     The Mainstream of Contemporary Sculpture, Sookmyung Woman's University Moonshin Museum, Seoul, Korea

2009     The Sunset Sculpture Park Symposium, The Nanji Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea

2007     Critical Perspective: Some 130 Artists, Insa Art Center Art Blue, Seoul, Korea

2006     Nanji Outdoors Sculpture Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2006     Symposium on Sculpture in Seoul Forest Park, Seoul Forest Park, Seoul Museum  of Art, Seoul, Korea

2006     The 20 th Anniversary of Kimsechoong Sculpture Award Exhibition, Seongkok Art  Museum, Seoul, Korea

2005      The 60 th Anniversary of Korea's Independence: Wishes for Unification-from Berlin to DMZ, Soma Museum, Seoul, Korea

2005     Leading Artists Invitational Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2005     Korea-Japan Modern Art: Sincere Friendship, Sejong Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2004     Athens Olympic, Invited to International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Athens Municipal Arts Center, Greece

2004     The Past and Future of Gyeongnam Art, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea Still and motion, Soma Museum, Seoul, Korea

2004     Korean Modern Artists Invitational Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2003     2003 International Ait Symposium, Santo Tirso, Portugal 

2003     Drawing: Its New Horizons, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Ait, Seoul, Korea

2003     Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Takashimaya Gallery, Yokohama, Japan; Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2002     Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Takashimaya Gallery, Yokohama, Japan; Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2002     What is Sculpture? Korean Contemporary Sculpture Special Exhibition, Seoul Aits Center, Seoul, Korea

2002     The 18th Korean Sculpture Association Exhibition, Sejong Performing Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2002     New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2002     Seoul Grand Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Ait, Seoul, Korea

2001     Gimhae Yeonji Sculpture Park Symposium, Gimhae Yeonji Sculpture Park, Gimhae, Korea

2001     A Decade of Transition and Dynamics, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2000     Salon 2000, Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd hui, Musée d'Ait Moderne de Paris, Paris, France

2000     An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2000     Korea and the West European Postwar Avant-garde Ait: Passion and Expression, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2000     Korean Modern Ait Invitational Exhibition, Gallery Posco, Seoul, Korea

1999     30 Years Korean Modem Sculpture Convention, Art and Literature Promotion Institute, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1999     Korea-Vietnam Exhibition, Korean Consulate General in Vietnam, Culture Department, Ho Chi Min, Vietnam

1998     Outdoors Exhibition of Sculptures at Gyeongju Culture Expo Symposium, Asadal Park, Gyeongju, Korea

1998     Modem Art of Incheon Invitational Exhibition, Incheon Museum of Art, Incheon, Korea

1998     Seoul-Grand Palais Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Ait, Seoul, Korea

1996     The Structure: Three Artists Exhibition, Gain Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1995     Korean Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Musée d'Ait Moderne de Paris, Paris, France

1995     50 Years of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1993     Today and Tomorrow: Time Phases, Kwanhun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1992     1992 Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1992     Double Space, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1992     Korean Modern Excellent Art Exhibition, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1990     4 Contemporary Sculptors, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

1990     Korean Art Today, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

1989     Korean Contemporary Art in the 1980s, Dongsoong Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1987     The 1st International Open-Air Sculpture Symposium of International Modern Art Fair, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea

1986     Korean Ait Today, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Ait, Gwacheon, Korea

1986     Korean Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1986     Contemporary Asian Ait Show Seoul 1986, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1985     Forms & Structure, Jeon & Hu Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985     40 Years of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1985     Invitational Exhibition in commemoration of the establishment of Byeokje Museum of Art, Byeokje, Korea

1985     Korea-Germany Contemporary Art Exhibition, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany

1984     The Stream of the 70s: Korean Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Taipei Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan

1983     Aspects of the Korean Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition in the late 70s, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1982     Contemporary Paper Works from "Korea & Japan", National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

1981     Korea-Germany Contemporary Art Exhibition, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany

1980     Contemporary Asian Exhibition, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan

1979     The 3rd- 7th INDEPENDANTS, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Alt, Seoul, South Korea

1978     Korea: The Trend for the past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Ait, Seoul, Korea

1978     Environment & Humans-Contemporary Sculptures Invitational Exhibition, Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1977      The 2nd Gwangju Contemporary Art Festival, Jeonil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

1976     Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

1975     The 3rd- 7th INDEPENDANTS, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Alt, Seoul, Korea 

1975     Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

1975     30 Korean Contemporary Artists Invitational Exhibition, Miro Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1973     The 1st Sydney Biennale, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia 100 Korean Active Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

1972     The Avant-Garde Group Print Exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Public Information, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea

1971     Myeongdong Gallery's Opening Exhibition, Myeongdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1970     EXPO 70 The Special Exhibition of Korean Pavilion, Expo 70 Commemorative Park, Osaka, Japan

1996     The 10'Biennale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1969     The 12-17th Korean Contemporary Artists Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Ait, Seoul, Korea

1968     The 12-17th Korean Contemporary Artists Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Ait, Seoul, Korea

1966     The 5th Biennale de Paris, Paris, France

AWARD

2010     The 9th Moonshin Art Awards

2008     Korea Artist Awards

2008     Seoul Culture Prize

2005     MANIF 5! 99 Special Awards

2003     The 17th Art Awards of Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organization of Korea A Letter of Commendation for 10 Years of Continuous Service at Hongik University

1995     The 6th Kim Soogeun Art Prize

1992     The 6th Kim Sechoong Sculpture Awards

1980     The 7th Korean Grand Art Exhibition, Grand Prize

1974     The 23rd National Art Exhibition, President of the National Academy-Recommended Artist Prize

1971     The 20th National Art Exhibition, Special Prize

1970     The 19th National Art Exhibition, Special Prize

1969     The 18th National Art Exhibition, Prize of the National Assembly Chairman

1968     The 17th National Art Exhibition, Prize of the National Assembly Chairman

1965     The 14 th National Art Exhibition, Special Prize

1963     Shin Sang Group Exhibition, Special Prize The 2nd New Artists and Architects Awards, First Prize

1962     The 1st New Artists and Architects Awards, Encouragement Prize

N/A        The 11th National Art Exhibition, Special Prize

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

Independence Hall of Korea, Cheonan, Korea

Trade Center, Seoul, Korea Batangol Ait Center, Yangpyeong, Korea

Santo Tirso Sculpture Park, Santo Tirso, Portugal

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Seoul Forest Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea

Sheraton Walker Hill Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

Athens Park of Liberty, Athens Art Center, Athens, Greece

Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea

Yongdu Park, Yeongdong, Korea

Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Seoul, Korea

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju-Do, Korea

Artists' Village in Jeoji, Jeju-Do, Korea

Chusan Neighborhood Park, Changwon, Korea

Changwon City Masan Moonshin Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

Ho-am Art Museum, Yongin, Korea

Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea