Born in 1960 in Cheong ju and raised in Seoul, Korea, Ik-Joong Kang has lived and worked in New York City since 1984. He received his MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and a BFA from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea.
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Ik-Joong Kang
BORN in 1960, CHEONG JU, KOREA
WORKING/ LIVING in NEW YORK
EDUCATION
1987 : Pratt Art Institute (MFA), Brooklyn, NY
1984 : Hong Ik University (BFA), Seoul, Korea
SELECTED PROJECT / ONE OR TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
2023 : Things I Know, Hangeul Public project, Korean Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain
2022 : The Moon is Rising, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2021 : Bridge of Dreams, Outdoor Installation, Imjingak DMZ Park, Paju, Korea
2020 : Busan Arirang, Busan Museum, Commissioned by Republic of Korea, Busan, Korea
2020 : Gwanghwamun Arirang, Commissioned by Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2020 : Kiddy Car, The War Memorial of Korea and Camp Humphreys, Korea
2020 : Moon Jar/Longing For Home, The Korea Society, New York, NY
2018 : House of Dreams, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Cheongju, Korea
2018 : My Hometown, Cheongju, Korea
2018 : My Dream Career, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2018 : Memorial Garden, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Suncheon, Korea
2017 : Things I Know, ARKO,
Seoul, Korea
2017 : Moon Jars, National Gallery of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 : Samramansang, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 : Floating Dreams, Thames Festival 2016, London, UK
2016 : Cube, Picture Book Library, Sun Cheon, Korea
2016 : Going Home/Arirang,Odu Mountain Unification observatory, Paju, Korea
2015 : Singing Water, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Sun Cheon, Korea
2013 : Bridge of Dream, Permanent Outdoor Installation, Sun Cheon, Korea
2012 : Things I know, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 : Things I know, Public/Outdoor Installation, Industrial Bank of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2011 : Wall of Hope, Public project, Jang An Gu Hospital, Suwon, Korea
2011 : Wall of Hope, Public project, Halla Hospital, Jeju Island, Korea
2010 : Ik-Joong Kang vs Ik-Joong kang, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 : Ik-Joong Kang: Mountain / Wind, Alexander Oches Gallery, Beijing, China
2010 : Ik-Joong Kang, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2010 : Wall of Hope, Public Project, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea
2010 : Wall of Hope, Public Project, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
2010 : Wall of Hope, Public project, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
2010 : Things I know, Public/Outdoor Project, Korean pavillion in Shanghai Expo, Shanghai, China
2010 : 25 Wishes, Korean Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2009 : Moon Jars, Neuffer am Park Kunsthalle, Pirmasens, Germany
2009 : Multiple / Dialogue ¡Ä, Nam June Paik and Ik-Joong Kang, National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Gwacheon, Korea
2008 : Ik-Joong Kang: Mountain / Wind, Alexander Ochs gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 : Ik-Joong Kang / Inexorable Dream; The Korean Affair, Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 : Wall of Hope, Public Project, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2008 : Recent Works, Kang Collection, New York, NY
2008 : Recent Works, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007 : Ik-Joong Kang / Everything He has, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 : Mountain / Wind, Public/Outdoor Project, Gwanghwamun, Commissioned by Republic of Korea
2007 : Small
pieces for Peace, Public/Outdoor Project, G8 Summit, Organized by Eurasian
Foundation,
UNICEF Germany, Heiligendamm / Münster Bad Doberan, Germany
2007 : Moon of Dream, Public/Outdoor Project, Tae Hwa River, Ulsan, Korea
2006 : Amazed Children, Public Project, Cincinnati Children¡¯s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
2006 : Chance of Space, Princeton Cultural Council, Princeton, NJ
2005 : Amazed World 2005, Public Project, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisvillle, KY
2004 : Happy World, Public Project with Princeton Community, Princeton Public Library, NJ
2004 : Moon of Dream, Public/Outdoor Project, Commissioned by WCO, Ho Su Lake, Il San, Korea
2004 : Buddha with Lucky Objects 2004, Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
2003 : Buddha with Lucky Objects and Other Works, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 : Amazed World and Other Works, Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany
2003 : Kang & Zhang, Shanghai Contemporary, Albrecht, Pruess & Ochs, Shanghai, China
2003 : Happy Relief and Other works, Hutchins Gallery, Long Island University, Long Island, NY
2002 : Buddah Eating Rice, Shanghai Contemporary at Bund Center, Shanghai, China
2002 : Bridges-Interspace-Sky (in part of Space, Time and
Architecture, organized by National Gallery and Deutscher)
Collaboration
with Zeiger and Schell Architecture firm, Pruess and Ochs Gallery,
Berlin, Germany
2002 : Cologne Pagoda and Other Works, National Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin, Germany
2001 : Cologne Sculpture, Cologne Messe, Cologne, Germany
2001 : Amazed World, Public Project, United Nations, New York, NY
2001 : Enter the Heaven, Cultural Center at Geistag, Munchen, Germany
2000 : Enter the Heaven, Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1999 : 100,000 Dream, Public/Outdoor Project, Pa Ju Unification Park, Korea
1998 : Nam June Paik / Ik-Joong Kang, Asian Fine Arts Factory, Berlin, Germany
1997 : Throw Everything Together and Add, Venice Biennale, Korean Pavillion, Venice, Italy
1996 : 8,490 Days of Memory, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
1996 : 365 Days of English, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.
1996 : Throw Everything Together and Add, Art Space Seoul, Cho Sun Il Bo Museum, Hak Go Jae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996 : Buddha Eating Chocolate, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England
1994 : Multiple / Dialogue, Nam June Paik / Ik-Joong Kang , Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, CT
1994 : Throw Everything Together & Add, CAPP ST. Project, San Francisco, CA
1992 : Ik-Joong Kang, 3 x 3, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
1992 : Buddha Learning English, Asian American Art Center, New York, NY
1991 : More is More, Collaboration with Bing Lee, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY at Old Westbury, NY
1990 : Ssound Paintingss, Main Gallery, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1990 : Public Performance: Untitled, Collaboration with Sang-Won Park, Main Gallery, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1990 : Public Performance: Untitled, Collaboration with Sang-Won Park, Epoche Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1988 : 6,000 Works, Broadway Windows Gallery, New York, NY
1987 : 3,000 Works, Thesis show, Pratt Art Institute, New York, NY
1987 : Public Performance: Everybody Thinks Oral Sex, Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY
1986 : One Month Living Performance, Two Two Raw Gallery, New York, NY
1986 : Public Performance: For the Cold Wall Collaboration with Antonin Mares, Legien/Leuschordamm, Berlin, Germany
1986 : Public Performance: Flying Paintings, Openplatz, Kassel, Germany
1985 : 1,000 Works, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2021 : Chosunilbo 100 Years, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2020 : Gallery Hyundai 50 Years, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2019 : The Story of You and Me, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea
2018 : Stories and Dreams, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2018 : Hommage to Posco, Seoul, Korea
2017 : Samramansang, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2017 : Contemporary Korean Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2016 : Contemporary Korean Ceramics, Foundation Bernardaud, Limoges, France
2016 : Recent Acquisition, British Museum Korea Gallery, London, UK
2015 : Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
2015 : NK Project, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 : The Art of Our Time: Master Pieces from the Guggenheim Collections, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
2012 : DMZ Art / Book Project for Peace, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2012 : 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 : Mr. Rabbit in Art Land, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2010 : Works in the Open Air, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2010 : Moon is the Oldest Clock, National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea
2009 : Art Summer 2009, European Center for the Arts, Dresen, Germany
2009 : Floor, Ceiling and Wall, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2009 : Artist and Moon Jar, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009 : New Chunjaeyeon, Yeomiji Botanical Garden, Jeju-Do, Korea
2008 : Transcendence: Modernity and Beyond in Korean Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2008 : Salunallets, St. Matthaus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
2008 : Moving Towards a Balanced Earth, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
2007 : Kunstfest Weimar, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany
2007 : Contemporary Korean Artists in New York, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 : 13 Artists in New York, Korean Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY
2005 : Thirty ways of making painting, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005 : Renewed Expressions, Howard County Center for Arts, Ellicott City, MD
2004 : Declaration (100 Artists for Peace), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwa Cheon, Korea
2004 : Kwang Ju Biennale, Citiy Museum, Kwang Ju, Korea
2004 : Pedestrian, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2003 : 100 years, 100 dreams, Space World Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 : At the Crossroad, Korean Cultural Council, New York, NY
2003 : Dream and Reality, Smithsonian Museum International Gallery, Washington D,C.
2003 : Explaining Magic, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 : Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer im Park, Pirmasens, Germany
2002 : Buenos Aires International Biennale, National Museum of Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2002 : 70 Artist around World Cup, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2000 : Neuerwerbungen aus der sammlung Ludwig, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2000 : Koreamerica Korea, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 : Continental Shift, Museum Ludwig Aachen, Aachen
2000 : Six Degrees of Inspiration, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
1999 : Kunst-Welton in Dialog, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1999 : Crossing Zones, Depaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 : Words, Texts, and meaning in the Permanent Collection, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1999 : Year of the Tiger, National Musuem of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1998 : Notes Across Asia, Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany
1998 : Year of the Tiger, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Museum Lugwig, Aachen, Germany
1998 : Where I am (Expo 98), Galeria Municipal Da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 : American Stories, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1997 : Kwang Ju Biennale, Citiy Museum, Kwang Ju, Korea
1997 : Objectivity, Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
1996 : Just Past/Permanent Collection, 1975-96, The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
1996 : Sites of Chinatown, Museum of Chinese in the America, New York, NY
1994 : Old Glory, New Story, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA
1994 : Habana International Biennial, Centro Wifredo Lam, Habana, Cuba
1993 : New Expressions in Asian American Art, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
1993 : Slow Art, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
1993 : Dismantling Invisibility, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Art in General, New York, NY
1991 : Louder, University of Illinois, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
1990 : International Art Show, Iida Museum, Japan
1990 : Food, Hunterdon Art Center, Hunterdon, NY
1990 : China, Hongkong Art Center, Hong Kong P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
1990 : Artist Against Racism, Bedford Styvesant, Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY The Clocktower, New York, NY
1989 : Uptown Downtown, Asian American Art Center/City Gallery, New York, NY
1987 : Togetherness Always, Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY
1987 : Personal History, Minor Injury, New York, NY
1986 : Micro Max, Now Gallery, New York, NY
1985 : Summer Group Show, Lasser Gallery, New York, NY
1982 : Fu Exhibition, Total Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1981 : Independent, National Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
AWARD / FELLOWSHIP
2021 : Culture Merit Award, Republic of Korea
2012 : Korean Art and Cultutre Award, Republic of Korea
2012 : Alumni Achievement Award, Pratt Art Institute, New York
2008 : Proclamation from City Council of New York
2007 : Ellis Island Medal of Honor
1997 : Special Merit Award, 47th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1997 : Louise Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship
1997 : Today's Young Artist Award, Republic of Korea
1996 : The Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship
1994 : New York Foundation of Art Fellowship in Painting
1990 : New York Foundation of Art Fellowship in Painting
ARTIST BOOK / CATALOGUE
2020 : "My Hometown", Published by Republic of Korea, Korea
2018 : "Sarubia" Published by Songsong Books, Korea
2018 : "Moon Jar" Published by Songson Books, Korea
2017 : "Ik-Joong kang Things I Know" Published by ARKO Art Center, Korea
2011 : "Ik-Joong kang vs Ik-Joong Kang" Published by Posco Art Museum, Korea
2010 : "Ik-Joong kang", Published by Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009 : "Baram eu ro suk ee go ddang eu ro ee eur ji go" Published by Arumjigi, Korea
2009 : "Paik / Kang" Published by National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Korea
2008 : "Wall of Hope", Published by Kyung Ki Do Museum, korea
2008 : "Ik-Joong Kang on the Moon", Published by Velocity Co.
2007 : "Ik-Joong Kang", Published by Velocity Co.
2002 : "Starving Artists' Restaurant Guide", edition 3
1998 : "Starving Artists' Restaurant Guide", edition 2
1996 : "Starving Artists' Restaurant Guide", edition 1
1991 : "Throw Everything Together and Add", Published by Ik-Joong Kang's 1990 tax return money
COMMISSION / COLLECTION
2016 : National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Korea
2015 : Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
2015 : National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2014 : British Museum, London, UK
2013 : Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
2012 : UNICEF, Seoul, Korea
2011 : Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2011 : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
2009 : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2008 : Zaitun Library, Erbil, Iraq
2008 : UNESCO, Paris, France
2007 : Kyung Ki Do Museum, An San, Korea
2005 : Commission, New Jersey Transit Authority, (Newark Broad St. Station), NJ
2003 : Commission, Princeton Public Library, NJ
2000 : Commission, KOEX Asem Hall, Seoul, Korea
2000 : Commission, Hungkuk Life Insurance, Seoul, Korea
2000 : Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1999 : Presdient's Committee on Arts and Humanity, Washington, D.C.
1997 : Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1997 : Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea
1997 : The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1997 : Han Sol Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
1996 : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 : Commission, San Francisco International Ariport (main terminal), CA
1992 : Commission, Department of Cultural Affairs, (Queens Vocational School), NY
1991 : Commission, Metropolitan Transit Authority, (Queens Main Street Station), NY
ARTIST TALK / WORKSHOP
2023 : Art Talk and Workshop "Things I Know", Cairo, Egypt
2023 : Talk Concert, Dongbu Changgo, Cheongju, Korea
2023 : Hangeul Public Art Workshop, Edithvale Community Centre, Ontario, Canada
2022 : Suncheon Bay National Garden, Suncheon, Korea
2020 : The Korea Society, New York, NY
2018 : Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2018 : Chungcheongbuk-do office of Education, Cheongju, Korea
2016 : British Museum, London, UK
2016 : 5 x 15/ 5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each, London, UK
2016 : Institute for Unification Education, Seoul, Korea
2016 : Dong A University, Busan, Korea
2012 : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011 : Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2011 : Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea
2010 : Metropolitan Museum of Art, Korean Gallery, New York, NY
2009 : National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Korea
2009 : Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea
2008 : Young Nam University, Daegu, Korea
2008 : Loyola University, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, IL
2008 : Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2007 : Sam Sung Scholarship Workshop, Yosemite National Park, CA
2005 : University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2004 : Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
2003 : Long Island University, C.W. Post, Long Island, NY
2002 : National Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin, Germany
1999 : Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1997 : Long Island University, C.W. Post, Long Island, NY
1997 : Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1997 : Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1996 : Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
1996 : Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
1995 : Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
1994 : Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
1994 : School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1994 : PRATT Art Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1993 : New York University, New York, NY
1993 : State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
1992 : Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
1990 : Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1990 : PRATT Art Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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