b.1963
lives and works in Dusseldorf and Seoul
Education
2005/06 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK
1996-2001 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Meisterschüler, Akademiebrief, Germany
1983-1987 Hongik University of Fine Arts, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2024 square wonder, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea (curated by Jee Young Maeng)
Formidable Air, Primary Practice, Seoul, Korea (curated by Sung Woo Kim)
2023 After Beauty, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 Art Basel Hong Kong, solo show at Wooson gallery, Hong Kong
Solitude, Choi&Choi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 temporality, wooson gallery, Daegu, Korea
2020 touching stardust, Noblesse Collection, Seoul, Korea
Very Art, OCI Museum of art, Seoul, Korea
Paintings: Sen Chung, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
2018 A Form to the World, Galerie Choi&Lager, Cologne, Germany
2017 Sen Chung: Painting, Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sen Chung: New Paintings, Galerie Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
2016 painting itself, gallery EM, Seoul, Korea
2015 study painting, nook gallery, Seoul, Korea
sentimental reasons, Galerie Duboys, Paris, France
2014 Sen Chung, negenpuntnegen galerij, Roeselare, Belgium
2013 labyrinthian path ,gallery EM, Seoul, Korea
2011 new work, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
2009 wildwood air, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 first glance, Loop, Seoul, Korea
wooden heart, Ilmin museum of art, Seoul, Korea
2007 terra incognita, Galerie Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
2005 white boredom, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2004 so it all made sense, Foerderverein Aktuelle Kunst, Münster, Germany
2003 Sen Chung, Gallery Van Dedem Tielkemeijer, Olst, the Netherlands
Sen Chung, Gallery Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sen Chung, Verein zur Förderung junger Kunst galerie januar, Bochum, Germany
your desired destination, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
painting/drawing, Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany
2000 Sen Chung, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Haus, Rockenhausen, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2023 A New Family: Curating Korean Diaspora, Korean Cultural Center, New York, USA
2022 The Fool on the Hill, ONE AND J. GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
2021 one at a time, WESS, Seoul, Korea
2020 Art of Love, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
OGAMDO: 5 Scenes of Korean Art, manarat al saadiyat museum, Abu Dhabi
2019 Die Grosse, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Unfolded Dice, A-Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2017 An-Other Column, Sen Chung/Hong Buhm, Doosan Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2016 SeMa Gold, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Connect 1, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 panoramic portrait, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Contemporary Art- China, Japan and Korea, Galerie Frank Schlag CIE, Essen, Germany
2012 untitled, space can, Beijing, China
City States 7th Liverpool Biennial 2012, Liverpool, UK
2011 Peinture, Galerie Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
2009 The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Wonderful Pictures, Ilmin museum of art, Seoul, Korea
passage, Universal Cube, Leipzig, Germany
2008 Modest Monuments, Contemporary Art from Korea, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, UK
Ikob collection, Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria
The Time of Resonance, Arario gallery, Beijing, China
2007 black powder + white paper, Kyunghee University Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea
2006 Still Dynamics, The Korean Contemporary Art in London, Jerwood Space, London, UK
triangle space, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
2005 iaab studio, Basel, Switzerland
Neue Bilder Dusseldorer Ateliers, Museum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst Eupen, Belgium
2004 Triangle Artists’ Workshop, Open studio, New York
do not stop all over, Bergische Kunstausstellung, Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany
Weltanschauungen, Goethe Institut, Palermo, Italy
2003 Maerkisches Stipendium, Staedtische Galerie Iserlohn, Germany
2002 Große Zeichnungen in Sigharting, Museum Deggendorf, Germany
Blaue Stunde, Neuer Sachsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany
Grosse Zeichnungen, Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
2001 Gallery Van Dedem Tielkemeijer, Olst, the Netherlands
2000 Arkadien, Gallery Joachim Blueher, Cologne, Germany
1999 Kahnweiler Prize, Donnersberghalle, Rockenhausen, Germany
1998 Saar Ferngas-Junge Kunst, Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany
1997 Gallery Joachim Blüher, Cologne, Germany
1987 Musum, Kwanhon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Grants
2023 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Katalogförderung, Bonn, Germany
2020 MKW-Scholarship, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017 The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2012 Residency Programm-Project Space in Beijing, CAN Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2009 International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2008 Arts Council Korea
2005 iaab, Basle, Switzerland
2004 Residency Anderson Center, Minnesota, USA
2004 Residency MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
2003 Scholarship from the Foundation for Culture of Rhine Neckar, Heidelberg, Germany
2002 Residency Schloss Sigharting, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2001 Galerie Schloss Neuhaus, Salzburg, Austria
2001 Residency Schloss Nymphenburg, München, Germany
1999 Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, Grimma, Germany
Selected Collections
Morgan Stanley, New York, USA
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
The Deutsche Bank Collection, Berlin, Germany
OCI Museum of art, Seoul, Korea
Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea
Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
The Foundation for Culture of Rhine Neckar, Heidelberg, Germany
Christoph Merian Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Ho-Am Art Museum, Yongin, Suwon, Korea
Suwon Museum Of Art, Suwon, Korea
Hyundai Capital, Seoul, Korea
Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea
Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Museum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst Eupen, Belgium
Art Sonje Center (wall painting), Seoul, Korea
Hogan Lovells, London, UK
CAN Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Daniel-Henry-Kahnweiler-Stiftung, Rockenhausen, Germany