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KIM BYUNG JONG
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Bio
B.A. in Oriental Painting, Seoul National University
M.A. in Oriental Painting, Seoul National University
Ph.D. in Oriental Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 '40 Years of Kim Byung-jong, The Brush Never Sleeps' 5th Anniversary Special Exhibition,
Namwon City Kim Byung-jong Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea
2019 Songhwa Bunbun, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2015 Song of Life, Keumil Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 Drawing Life, Jeonbuk Provincial Museum of Art, Kyodong Art Center 1 and 2, Wanju, Jeonju, Korea
2009 On the Road - Ecstasy- ,Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2004 Song of Life, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
From Fool Jesus to Song of Life, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
1999 Song of Life, Kana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1997 Song of Life, Montaigne Gallery, Paris, France
1996 Song of Life, Ganabobour Gallery, Paris, France
1995 Sun Art Prize Memorial Exhibition, FIAC, Paris, Exhibited at Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1994 Song of Life, Gana Gallery, Gana, Korea
1993 Pool Jesus, Guarnide Museum, Berlin, Germany
1990 Art Reporters Award Commemorative Exhibition, Dong Sanbang, Seoul, Korea
Pool Jesus, Beztyrur, Poland
Pool Jesus, Black Tears, Gyöngyöl Museum of Art, Hungary
1989 Pool Jesus, Roho Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Awards
Korea Cultural Medal (2014), 17th Korea Christian Art Award (2004), Christian Culture Award (1997), Zen Art Award (1995)
Korean Art Writers Award (1991), Art Journalist Award (1989), Korean Culture and Arts Award (1981), etc.
Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, Daejeon Museum of Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk Provincial Museum of Art, National Gugak Center, British Museum (London), Royal Ontario Museum (Canada), EC Embassy (Belgium), Bangladesh Art Museum (Bangladesh), Colombian Art Museum (Colombia), Budapest Museum of Contemporary Art (Hungary), etc.
About the work
Based on Korean paintings, the artist tells stories of religious humanism and peace, sometimes violently expressing the energy of life, sometimes showing a calm, breathless beauty. I try to capture the personality and temperament of the times in traditional media.