Korean, b. 1929
Kim Tschang-Yeul is one of the greatest living Korean painters who contribute to the establishment of contemporary Korean art on the international scene. In the 1970s, Kim settled in Paris and started to nurture a unique motif, the water drops. The water drops have been his focus over a period of 40 years and intimately connected to his life.
He stated, “The process of painting the water drops is to filter, to dissolve all the impurities out of them and return them to a clear state of nothing. When all the rage, anxiety, and fear come to the moment of nothing, we reach a state of peace and comfort."
Selected exhibitions
2020
Almine Rech Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019
'Abstraction(s)', Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018
Almine Rech Gallery, New York
'Recurrence", Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
'Kim Tschang-Yeul, L'evenement de la nuit', Chapelle du Mejan, Arles, France
Ways of Seeing, The New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2017
A Communion of Beads, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China
Traces of Beads, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
Artistes coreens en France, Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France
2015
MMCA Collection Highlights, Untitled, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2014
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
2013
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2012
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2010
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea