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Introduction

Kim Tschang-Yeul was born in 1929 in Maing-Sang, a little village in Japanese occupied Korea (modern-day North-Korea). As soon as 1933, his paternal grandfather, great calligrapher, taught him the ancestral art of calligraphy. Following Taoism and Confucianism, the young Kim endlessly traced ideograms.

 

In 1942, he entered Pyong-Yang's highschool and discovered the works of old masters – his favourite was Leonardo Da Vinci. While he practiced copy and started to paint with models, his father encouraged him to pursue law school. In 1946, he moved to South Korean alone to flee communism and the government. He frequented a workshop in which he discovered his preference for charcoal drawing. He also learned English and French there. In 1949, he studied art history and oil painting at the Seoul National University. From 1950 to 1953, his first informal canvas, inspired by the memories of the Korean war during which he was sent on Jeju island, are characterized by dots and monochrome lines.

 

In 1954, he became the director of Seoul Police Library for which he bought art, philosophy, economics and politics books. During the following years, he started teaching the arts in the high schools around and in Seoul. Simultaneously, while working as an assistant in Li Bong-Sang's workshop, he met artists with whom he gathered. They then became the Hyundai Association, the association of Korean contemporary artists (Hyundai means “contemporary” in Korean). According to Kim “it was the opportunity to comprehend every important aspect of the Western production, to exchange, and to feed our reflection. We were progressing step by step; from Cézanne to Cubism, to Dada, from Surrealism to the Informalism.” Between 1957 and 1960, the association organised many exhibitions, which contributed to supporting the visibility of contemporary art in Korea. In France and Japan, art magazines, and especially Art d'Aujourd'hui and Cimaise, wrote about the group. In 1962, due to the pressure of the military regime on the art world, the organization had to change its name to “Present Group”. Kim wrote the organization's second manifesto in 1961, the same year he exhibited some of his work at the Biennale de Paris. His first solo exhibition, a selection of his abstract work, would not be held until 1963.

 

Between 1965 and 1969, Kim flew to New York with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. There, he became acquainted with the New York Art Student League. During this time, painters like Rothko or Bacon highly influenced Kim's work and were proved to have a decisive impact on it. The philosophical and founding motif of the water drop, as well as an instinctive taste for abstraction, emerged then.

 

Kim settled in France at the beginning of the 1970s, in a studio in Palaiseau (Paris's region). There, he deployed what started in New York. His technic concentrates on the emerging of new forms: light bulbs, like in the Procession series, repetition and starkness of the drop on the canvas. He took part in several exhibitions acclaimed by critiques, and was awarded in 1973 the first price of the 12th Sao Paulo Biennale. This price established him on the international scene and allowed him to present his work all around the world. Since then, he is considered a major contemporary artist and Koreans call him “Master”. The particularity of his painting revolves in the choice of a recurring motif: the water drop.

 

In 2016, the government of the Jeju province opened the Kim Tschang Yeul Museum of Art in the artist village of Jeoji, Jeju Island, in South Korea, to which Kim donated some of his work. It was the highest honour ever awarded to a living Korean artist.

 

In 2017, he was decorated Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ambassy in Seoul.

 

Kim Tschang-Yeul died on January 5th 2021 at the Koryo hospital in Seoul (South Korea).

Biography

South Korean artist born in 1929. Lives and works in Paris and Seoul.

 

1929 - Birth in Maing-San, Korea
1948 - 1950 : College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
1965 - 1968 : The Arts Student League of New York
1969 : Moved to Paris
1996 : Received the Medal of Knight of Art and Letters, Embassy of France, Seoul, Korea
 

 

Solo exhibitions (selected)


 

2019

 

  • Kim Tschang-Yeul: New York to Paris, Tina Kim Gallery, New York

 

 

2018

 

  • Récurrence, Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum, Jeju, Corée du Sud
  • L'événement de la nuit, Chapelle du Méjan, Arles, France

 

2017

  • A Communion of Beads, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, Chine
  • Traces of Beads, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

 

2016

  • Kim Tschang-Yeul, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
  • 75 Faubourg Gallery, Paris, France

 

2014

  • Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
  • Konjiam Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
  • Kongkan Gallery, Busan, South Korea

 

2013

  • Pluies sur papiers, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
  • Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Jeju, South Korea
  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2012

  • National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan


2011

  • Art Paris, baudoin lebon, Grand Palais, Paris, France


2010

  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2009

  • Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
  • PYO Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2008

  • baudoin lebon, Paris, France
  • PYO Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • Valérie Bach Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

 

2007

  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2006

  • PYO Beijing, Beijing, China


2005

  • The National Museum of China Invitation Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • Gallery BHAK, Seoul, South Korea


2004

  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • National Gallery of Jeu de Paume, Paris, France


2002

  • BHAK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2000

  • Hyundai Gallery / BHAK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


1999

  • Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

 

1998

  • MMG Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan


1997

  • BHAK Gallery / Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Draguignan Museum, Draguignan, France
  • Aqua Museum 104 Inaugural Commemoration Exhibition Shimane, Japan
  • Atrium Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea


1996

  • Taipei Art Fair International, with Enrico Navarra Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France


1995

  • Mural Painting Installation, Fukuoka City Public Library, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Kongkan Gallery, Busan, South Korea


1994

  • Sonjae Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoung-Ju, South Korea
  • Kongkan Gallery, Busan, South Korea


1993

  • SAGA, Matsumura Graphics-Tokyo, Paris, France
  • The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheron, South Korea


1991

  • Sigma Gallery, New York, USA
  • Staempfli Gallery, New York, US


1990

  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


1989

  • Suzukawa Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Chicago International Art Exposition, Hyundai Gallery, Chicago, USA
  • Los Angeles International Art Fair, Hyundai Gallery, Los Angeles, USA


1988

  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


1987

  • Naviglio Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • Moos Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • Staempfli Gallery, New York, USA
  • Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1985

  • FIAC, Staempfli Gallery, New York, USA


1984

  • Art Basel, Staempfli Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Staempfli Gallery, New York, USA
  • Suzukawa Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan

 

1983

  • Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Staempfli Gallery, Odzka, Japan
  • Kasahara Gallery, Osaka, Japan
  • Verannemamn Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium

 

 

Group exhibitions (selected)


 

2020
  • The Eastern Gesture. Five voices from Korean avant-garde, Dep Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • Accidents [Part I], Pearl Lam Galleries, Central Hong Kong


2019

  • Abstraction(s), Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • Art Elysées, baudoin lebon, Paris, France

2017
  • Introspection and Exploration: Artistic Generations in Asia, Longmen Art Projects, Hong Kong
  • Ways of Seeing, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium


2016

  • Korean Artists in France, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
  • Art Busan, baudoin lebon, Busan, South Korea
  • Art Paris Art Fair, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
  • India Art Fair, baudoin lebon, New Delhi, India

 

2015      

  • Korean Abstract Painting - 45th Anniversary of Hyundai Gallery, Hyundai Gallery,  Seoul, South Korea
  • Art Elysées, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
  • KIAF, baudoin lebon, Seoul, South Korea

 

2014

  • Art Elysées, baudoin lebon, Paris, France

 

2013

  • India Art Fair, baudoin lebon, New Delhi, India
  • Art Show Busan, baudoin lebon, Busan, South Korea

 

2012      

  • Blank, Speak to Untold, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Cogitation on Korean Modern Art, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, South Korea

 

2011     

  • Qi is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea

 

2010     

  • Korean Avant-garde Drawing, Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
  • In the Midest of the Korean Contemporary Art, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Wastelands of Fire : Portraits of Korean War, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

 

2009     

  • Beginning the New Era, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
  • Color of Nature : Korean Monochrome Painting, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • Art and Chinese Character, Gallery 604, Busan, South Korea

 

2008     

  • Korean Contemporary Art Show, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
  • Contemporary Korean Artists in Paris, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • Kim Tschang Yeul & Paik Nam June, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2007    

  • Linguistic Figure, Figurative Language : Word and Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
  • The Spirit of Korean Realism Painting, Hyundai Gallery & Sai Art, Seoul, South Korea
  • Special Exhibition of Print, Designer Joo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2006    

  • Kim Whan-Ki, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Lee U-Fan, 1970-1980 : where, in what Form, Shall We Meet Again, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

2005      

  • Poem of Indian Ink, Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France

 

2004      

  • Painting in Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

 

2002  

  • Work on Paper by 4 Korean Artists, Bijutsu Sekai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Mondial, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

 

2001      

  • Korean Cultural and Art Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
  • Monochrome Painting in Korea, Korea Art Gallery, Busan, South Korea
  • Aspects of Contemporary Art in Korea, Bijutsu Sekai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • L'Art à la Plage, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France

 

2000      

  • Art Chicago at Navy Pier, BHAK Gallery, Chicago, USA

 

1999      

  • L'Art à la Plage, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France
  • Art Cologne, Bhak Gallery, Koln, Germany
  • NICAF, Bhak Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


1998     

  • 80 artistes autour du Monde, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

 

1997     

  • Made In France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

 

1996     

  • SIAF, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Letter and Images, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, South Korea
  • Art Chicago at Navy Pier, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1995      

  • FIAC, Hyundai Gallery & Enrico Navara Gallery, Paris, France

 

1994

  • L'Art à la Plage, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Ramatuelle, France
  • NICAF, with Hyundai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

 

1992 

  • Working with Nature, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • School of Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Hangul, Saoulim Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1991

  • School of Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1990    

  • School of Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1989    

  • School of Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1988    

  • Olympic '88 Seoul, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
  • Olympic '88 Seoul International Graphic Work Exhibition, Loyd Shine Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

1987     

  • School of Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

Exhibitions

Vicky COLOMBET / Juliette-Andréa ELIE / Karen FARKAS / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Sol LEWITT / Elissa MARCHAL / Youssef NABIL / Laurent PERBOS / Keiji UEMATSU / Joel-Peter WITKIN
Javier BALMASEDA / Lawrence CARROLL / DUBUFFET / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Alain LEMOSSE / Robert MALAVAL / Elissa MARCHAL / OBJECTAL / A-Sun WU
Alain CLEMENT / Karen FARKAS / Charles Christopher HILL / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Mi-Hyun KIM / H.K KWON / Francis LIMERAT / Joel-Peter WITKIN
Sung-Pil CHAE / Alain CLEMENT / Michel DUPORT / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Young-Hoon KO / OBJECTAL / Sé-Yeol OH / Sung-Hy SHIN / Vladimir SKODA
Sung-Pil CHAE / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Sé-Yeol OH / Philippe PERRIN / Sung-Hy SHIN / Vladimir SKODA
Tschang-Yeul KIM
Michel DUPORT / Lucien Hervé / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Sung-Hy SHIN
Sung-Pil CHAE / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Christopher LEHMPFUHL / OBJECTAL / Sé-Yeol OH / Sung-Hy SHIN / Volker STELZMANN / A-Sun WU
Alain CLEMENT / DUBUFFET / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Sé-Yeol OH / Nam-June PAIK / Antoine POUPEL / Sung-Hy SHIN / Keiji UEMATSU / A-Sun WU
Javier BALMASEDA / Luciano Castelli / Chu Teh Chun / Alain CLEMENT / Joël DUCORROY / Charles Christopher HILL / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Robert MAPPLETHORPE / Ivan MESSAC / Evsa MODEL / Gloria Petyarre / Jaume PLENSA / Julian Schnabel / Sung-Hy SHIN / Vladimir SKODA / Antoni Tàpies / Joel-Peter WITKIN / A-Sun WU
Wayne BARKER / Lawrence CARROLL / Alain CLEMENT / Gianni Colosimo / DUBUFFET / Michel DUPORT / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Ivan MESSAC / Bernard Rancillac / Carla TALOPP / Robert WILSON / A-Sun WU
Tschang-Yeul KIM
Alain CLEMENT / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Mi-Hyun KIM / Moon-Seup SHIM / Sung-Hy SHIN
Malala Andrialavidrazana / Alain CLEMENT / Yves GELLIE / Tschang-Yeul KIM / Francis LIMERAT / Patrick RIMOUX / Sung-Hy SHIN

Publication

Kim Tschang-Yeul
artists :

editor : baudoin lebon & enrico navarra
public price : 20 €

langue : Français/anglais
pays : France
pages : 112
format : 28,5 x 24,5 cm
reliure : collé


 

Baudoin Lebon et Enrico Navarra publient un catalogue à l'occasion de la double exposition qui se tient en l'honneur de KIM dans leur galerie respective à Paris.
17 mars - 7 mai 2016


Kim Tschang Yeul - pluies sur papiers
artists :

public price : 15 €

auteur : Baudoin Lebon
éditeur : baudoin lebon
langue : Français/Anglais
pays : France
pages : 44
format : 16,5 x 21 cm
reliure : Broché


KIM Tschang-Yeul

Monography

KIM Tschang-Yeul

artists :

auteur : Philippe Sergeant
editeur : La Différence
langue : Français
pays : France
pages : 357
format : 40x37.5cm
reliure : Broché
prix public : 75 euros