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

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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