Youngseok Cha (b. 1976)

Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Education

2011   MFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea  

2007   BFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibition

2021     Mashup, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2019     Assiduous Senses, 63 Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2018     An Elegant Endeavour, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2017     Something, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2015     Transforming Being Forgotten, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2015     Habitual World, Taipa Houses Museum, Macau

2014     Confidential Custom, PYO Gallery LA, USA

2014     Confidential Custom, PYO Gallery South, Seoul, Korea

2014     Confidential Custom, PYO Gallery 798, Beijing, China

2013     Chronic Circumstance, Space cottonseed, Singapore

2012     Chronic Circumstance, Art+Lounge Dibang, Seoul, Korea

2010     The Montages of the Fragments, New Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong

2010     Well Still Life, Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2009     Well Still Life: Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibition

2023     In This Garden We Loved_Part II, ATELIER AKI, Seoul, Korea

2022     The Museum Visitor, Lotte Gallery, Korea

2022     My First Collection, SHINSEGAE Gallery, Daejeon, Korea

2021     LEEHWAIK Gallery 20^th Anniversary, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2020     Artist’s Pencil, Curator’s Atelier 49, Seoul, Korea

2020     Autumn Breeze, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2020     GARDEN, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2020     비상 : 飛上, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2019     30th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Kumho Young Artist : The 69 Times of Sunrise, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2016     Craving Color, 63 ART MUSEUM, Seoul, Korea

2016     Art, Star, Start up, Gyeonggi Innovation Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2015     Winter Prism, SHINSEGAE Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2015     SOMA DRAWING_Mindful Mindless, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2015     Still Life: A Frozen Moment, Space cottonseed, Singapore

2014     Play with Drawing, ilwoo space, Seoul, Korea

2014     Now and Then… The Future of Korea, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in China, Beijing, China

2014     PENCIL, C5ART, Beijing, China

2014     PENCIL, 1/2 ART SPACE, Shanghai, China

2014     Today’s Salon, COMMON CENTER, Seoul, Korea

2013     Objet, popopopopop, Seoul, Korea

2013     Cool Running, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2013     G.P.S Art Navigator, Gallery Purple, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2012     Muse in Art, ARTSIDE Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2012     Bob up-Young Korean artist group exhibition, O’s Gallery, Jeonju, Korea

2012     Ha Ha Ho Ho, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2012     Unfinished Journey, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2012     A Omniscient View Point, Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea

2012     Gold Day, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011     No.45 Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2011     Korea Tomorrow 2011, Seoul center for arts Hangaram Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011     PROPOSE 7 (Vol.6), Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2011     Do Window Volume 3, Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space, Seoul, Korea

2011     The Moment of Immersion, Fnart Space, Seoul, Korea

2011     Room Project (Vol.1), Interalia art company, Seoul, Korea

2011     Hatch out, KIC Art Center, Shanghai, China

2010     Tomorrow-Open Archive, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2010     Symbolon: Everything is never as it seems, Hwa's Gallery, Shanghai, China

2010     Fashion, Inspired by Culture, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

2010     40x40x40x40, Cottonseed, Seoul, Korea

2010     Threshold, Art+Lounge Dibang, Seoul, Korea

2010     Meet the artists, Kumsan gallery, Heyri, Korea

2009     Ordinary Days, PKM Trinity Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2009     Cue!, Changdong Open Studio, Changdong Art Studio National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2009     The Soul Travels at the Pace of a Carmel, IM ART Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2009     IYAP2009: Against Interpretation, Interalia art company, Seoul, Korea

2008     Directors’ Cut, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea

2008     The Bridge, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2008     Everyday Is Not the Same, BizArt, Shanghai, China; Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea

2008     Privacy, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea

2008     Privacy,Gallery Eighty at Space two, Singapore 

2008     Privacy, Canvas International Art, Netherlands

2008     30^th Joongang Fine Arts Prize Exhibition,

Seoul center for arts Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2007     Blue Ocean: The Blossom of Youth, Gallery Velvet, Seoul, Korea

2007     Drawing Open-Ends, Gallery at Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea

2007     Walking in the City, Moran Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2007     Drawing Variation, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea

2007     Seoul Auction Young Artist, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2006     School-Exchange Show, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA

2005     Serial Killers: In Praise of Madness, Gallery at Spanish Embassy Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2005     Ready Made, Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea

2004     Premier, Network Space Team Preview, Seoul, Korea

Award, Grant & Fellowship

2020     Selected Artist for National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2019     Selected Artist for the 2019 Government Art Bank of National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2019     Selected Artist for the 2019 63Art Museum MINI Exhibition,

63Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2018     Selected Artist for the 2018 Art Bank of National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2018     Selected Artist for 2018 Visual Art Financial Support,

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

2017     Selected Artist for 2017 Collection, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2015     Selected Artist for 2015 Visual Art Financial Support,

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

2014     Selected Artist for 2014 Visual Art Financial Support,

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

2012     Selected Artist for 2012 Visual Art Financial Support,

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

2009     Selected Artist for the 2009 Art Bank of National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2008     Selected Artist for the 2008 Art Bank of National Museum of

Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2008     The 30^th Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Culture Media Company, Seoul, Korea

2007     Grant for Emerging Artist, Arts Council Korea, Seoul, Korea

2007     The 6^thKumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2007     Archive Registration: Selected Artists for Into Drawing,

SOMA Drawing Center, Seoul, Korea

Program & Residency

2013-2014     Gallery Purple Studio, Gallery Purple, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2011-2013     Studio Pakyoung, Gallery Pakyoung Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2008-2009     Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2007            Saturday Talk: Mentoring, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,

Government Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,

Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Abu Dhabi Royal Collection, Abu Dhabi, UAE

ECOLAND, jeju, Korea

Eco Energy Holdings Co., Ltd, Seoul, Korea

Venta Korea, Seoul, Korea

SHINSEGAE, Seoul, Korea

LG, Seoul, Korea