CHOIJEONGHWA 

崔正化

ghaseum@chol.com 

Born in 1961, Seoul, Korea

1987 B.F.A., College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea 

Awards 

1986  Second Prize, JoongAng Fine Arts Prize

1987  Grand Prize, JoongAng Fine Arts Prize

1997  Total Fine Art Prize

2005  Ilmin Arts Award, Ilmin Cultural Foundation, Korea

2006  Korea Artist Prize, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

Selected solo shows and projects 

2023

Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

Alchemy 2023, THE PEAK DOSAN, Korea

2022

Symbiosis Planet, Samsung Galaxy Experience Studio, Seoul, Korea

NOVA VITA, CHOI JEONG HWA x NESPRESSO, Platform-l, Korea

生生活活, kirishima Open-Air museum, Kagoshima, Japan

Breathing Flower, EMOTIONAL ASIA, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

MCM x CHOI JEONG HWA, Journey to Infinity, MCM HAUS, Korea

Tiger, Journey, Love, The Coronet Theatre, London

春夜, The historic ‘House of Woon Kyung, Korea

2021

ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future, Kitakyushu, Japan

BVLGARI COLORS, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

Gardening, Piknic, Seoul, Korea

Bohosu project, Namhae Dolchanggo, Namhae, Korea

Busan Choryang stream Project, Busan, Korea

2020

SARORISARORIRATTA, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea.

SARORISARORIRATTA,P21, Seoul, Korea

The Moment of Gieok (Korean Alphabetㄱ), Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2019

2019 The Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of MMCA Korea The Square: part.2, MMCA, Korea

Blooming Matrix, Gyre Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

CHOI JEONG HWA, GOODS AND THINGS, Artspace Gwanggyo, Suwon, Korea, 2019

Roppongi Art Night 2019, Night Journey, Daydream, Tokyo, Japan, 2019

Dandelion, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea

Astana Art Show, Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan

2018

Bangkok Art Biennale 2018, Thailand, 2018

MMCA HYUNDAI MOTOR SERIES 2018: CHOIJEONGHWA – Blooming Matrix, Korea, 2018

Forest, Seongbuk Museum of Art, Korea, 2018

Breathing flower, Annecy Paysage, Annecy, France, 2018

2017

Happy happy, Lausanne Olympic Museum, Switzerland, 2017

Micro Macro Cosmos, Eunpyeong Hanok village Public Art Project, 2017

Discordant Harmony,  Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, 2017

Creative Waterway, YCC temporary, Yokohama, 2017

Air Air community project, Nara, Japan, 2017

Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition,  Japan, 2017

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A joy of spring : Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2017

Gather Together, Honolulu Biennale, 2017

齊白石 - Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul, 2017

2016

The gateless gate 無門關, An-yang Pavilion, 2016

Happy happy, Pommery, France, 2016

Jikji, The Golden seed, Jikji Korea, 2016

Sea lives, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, Finland, 2016

Happy together, KIASMA, Helsinki, 2016

Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo, Japan, 2016

MODE & MOMENTS : 100 YEARS OF KOREAN FASHION, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul

Ibaraki Kenpoku Art Festival, Ibaraki, Japan, 2016

Saitama triennale, Saitama, Japan, 2016

Happy Together, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, 2016

Megacities Asia, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2016

Yuejin Lantern Festival, Taiwan, 2016

2015

Transformers , MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2015

RENAISSANCE 2015, Lille3000, Lille, France, 2015

Alchemy, Peninsula hotel, Chicago, United States of America, 2015

,  The brilliant art project - Season 3, Seoul Museum

Three Star Show, indipress gallery, Seoul

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Les Folies de Maubeuge 2015, Cities of Jeumont and of Maubeuge , France, 2015

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With, Onyang Museum, Onyang

2014

The choi. jeong hwaㅡnatural color, multiple flower show, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

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Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014,  Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Busan Biennale 2014, Special Exhibition(Biennale Archive),  Busan Cultural Center Grand Medium Gallery, Busan

Leeum 10th anniversary-Beyond and Between, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul

The birth of taste for the arts- Choe Chi Won, Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul

Paengseong Art Camp, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do

2013

Playground 2013, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

321 Art Community Project, Tainan, Taiwan

Life, Life, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea

Total Support, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

Thank You!, Taoyuan Landscape Art Festival, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Breathing Flower, Very Fun Park 2013, Taipei, Taiwan

Whatchamacallit : Things Varying in Form—from Things to Beings, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

KABBALA, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

Present of the Sun, Setouchi Triennale 2013, Shodojima, Japan

Iro Iro Iro, Kunisaki Art Project, Kunisaki, Japan

2012

Love. Sweet. Life., K11, Hong Kong

Peace of Everyone, the MOTHER of DESIGN, Marunouchi HOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

Venue design for World Biennial Forum, Gwangju, Korea

Welcome, Seocheon, Korea

TINA B project, San Salvatore, Prague, Czech Republic

Phantoms of Asia, Civic Center Plaza, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

Wish, Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Festival of the World, Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Arsenale 2012, Kyiv Biennale, Kyiv, Ukraine

Perth International Art Festival, Perth, Australia

Jean Prouve X Choi Jeong Hwa, Vitra, Seoul, Korea

2011

Live Live, Kotakinabalu, Malaysia

Lingua franca, St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland

Welcome, Ecoland, Jeju, Korea

Revive, Gwangju, Korea

My Own Private Neon Oasis, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia

Whatchamacallit, Gwangju, Korea

Cosmos, Oulim Art Gallery, Goyang Oulim Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea

The REDCAT Gala, REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA

Happy Together, Pohang Museum, Pohang, Korea

2010

17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Austria

By Day By Night, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

In the Mood for Love, Aando fine Art, Berlin, Germany

SH Contemporary 10, Shanghai, China

Art HK 10, Hong Kong

Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Roppongi Art Night, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Kirishima Open-Air Museum 10th \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Workshop’, Kirishima, Japan

2009

Beginning of New Era, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

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2008

Opening Exhibition, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand

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Arcadia, Château d‘Oiron, Oiron, France

Spring Art Show, Space-C, Seoul, Korea

New Project, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China

The REDCAT Gala, REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA

2007

Peppermint Candy, Santiago, Chile

Welcome, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK

Trace Root, Arco, Madrid, Spain

Elastic Taboo: Within the Korean World of Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria

Truth, REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), Los Angeles, USA

2006

Gwangju Biennale—The First Chapter: Trace Root, Gwangju, Korea

Special Project, Vivocity, Singapore Biennale, Singapore

Believe It or Not, Ilmin Museum, Seoul, Korea

Art& Industry, SCAPE Biennial, Christ Church, New Zealand

Open-Air Exhibition, Middleheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Through the Looking Glass, Asian House, London, UK

2005    

Dressing Ourselves, Milan Triennale, Milan, Italy

Design Edge, Korean Pavilion, Suntec City, Singapore

Seoul: Until Now!, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Secret Beyond the Door, Venice Biennale-Korean Pavilion, Venice, Italy

CP Biennale, CP Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

Roomscape, Ssamziegil Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2004  

Kim Chong-Hak and Choi Jeong Hwa, Garam Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Liverpool Biennial, Lime Station, Liverpool, UK

Happy Happy Project, Kirkby Gallery, Liverpool, UK

Public Communications with GASUM, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia

This is Not a Love Letter, Korean Cultural Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea

The Tale of Seoul, Korean Cultural Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea

2003    

Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France

Flower Power, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France

Yang Gwang Chan Ran, Biz Art Center, Shanghai, China

Virgin Road, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea

Time after Time, Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco, USA

2002        

Happy Together, Kagoshima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan

The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Orient. Extreme, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France

Korean & Japanese Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Gallery OM, Osaka, Japan

Gwangju Biennale, World Cup Art Soccer Korea and Japan, Gwanju, Korea

2001        

Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama Station, Yokohama, Japan

Lunapark / Contemporary Art from Korea, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

2000        

Bar Epicurus, Mitsubishi-Jisho Atrium. Hukuoka, Japan

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AIR AIR, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco

1999        

Lord of the Rings, Hasselt Museum, Hasselt, Belgium

Tachigawa Festival, Tachigawa Station, Tokyo, Japan

Hot Air, Grandship Convention and Art Center, Shizuoka, Japan

Slowness Speed, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Between the Unknown Straits, Korean Culture & Arts Foundation (Arts Council Korea), Seoul, Korea

1998        

Sao Paulo Biennial, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Seamless, De Appel Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Taipei Biennial - Site of Desire, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan