1961 Born in Seoul,Korea

1987 B.F.A. from Hong-ikUniversity, Seoul, Korea

Selected Awards

1986 Participation Prize inthe JoongAng Fine Art Prize

1987 Grand Prize in theJoongAng Fine Art Prize

1997 Total Art Prize (byTotal Art Museum)

2005 Ilmin ArtPrize (by Ilmin Art Museum)

2006 This Year'sPrize (by Arts Council Korea)

Selected Collections

Korea National Assembly of the Republic of Korea |National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | Leeum (Samsung Museum of Art)| Horim Museum | Seoul Museum of Art | Gyeonggi Museum of Art | Gwangju Museumof Art | Pohang Museum of Art | Daegu Museum of Art | Art Sonje Center   ChinaShanghai City | Tainan City, Taiwan   JapanFukuoka Asian Art Museum | Todawa Art Center | Kagoshima Open Air Museum | Mori Art Museum | YokohamaTriennale | Kunisaki City | Shodoshima Island | Kamiooka Station   SingaporeVivo City   FranceLe Consortium | Lyon Capitale   UKTate Liverpool | Korean Culture Center,London   USALA County Museum of Art | The Museum of Fine Art, Houston | New Museum, New York   AustraliaCanberra Museum and Gallery | DeakinUniversity, Melbourne   New ZealandAuckland Museum etc.

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2015

[ Special Invite Exhibition - Choi Jeong Hwa, With ]   Onyang Folk Culture Museum, Onyang, Korea

2014

[ Choi Jeong Hwa Solo Exhibition - Tathata ]   Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea

[ The Choi Jeong Hwa: Natural color, Multiple flowershow ]   Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul,Korea

[ Fukuoka Triennale ]   Fukuoka, Japan

[ Leeum 10th Anniversary Exhibition  -  Beyond and Between ]   Leeum, Seoul, Korea

[ On Choi Chi-won – Birth of Romantic ]   Seoul CalligraphyArt Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2013

[ Playground 2013 ]   Kota kinabalu, Malaysia

[ 321 Art Community Project ]   Tainan,Taiwan, China

[ Life, life ]   Leeahn gallery, Daegu, Korea

[ Taoyuan Landscape Art Festival ]   Taoyuan, Taiwan, China

[ Very Fun Park – Contemporary Art Exhibition ]   Taipei, Taiwan, China

[ From things to beings ]   Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

[ KABBALA ]   DaeguArt Museum, Daegu, Korea

[ Setouchi Triennale ]   Setouchi, Japan

[ Kunisaki Art Project]   Kunisaki , Japan

2012

[ Love. Sweet.Life.]   K11, Hong Kong, China

[ Peace ofeveryone ]   The MOTHER of DESIGN,Marunouchi HOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

[ Directed WorldBiennal Forum venue design ]   Kim DaeJung Convention Center, Gwang ju, Korea

[ Directed SucheonArt Month Project ]   Sucheon, Korea

[ TINA B project]   San Salvatore, Prague, Czech

[ Phantoms ofAsia ]   Civic Center Plaza, SanFrancisco, USA

[ Wish ]   Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Krasnoyarsk,Russia

[ Festival of theWorld ]   Hayward Gallery, London, UK

[ Kyiv Biennale ]  Kyiv, Ukraine

[ PerthInternational Art Festival ]   Perth, Australia

[ Jean Prouve XChoi Jeong Hwa ] Vitra Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2011

[ Live Live ]   Kotakinabalu, Malaysia

[ Lingua franca ]  St. Moritz, Swiss

[ Welcome ]   Ecoland, Jeju, Korea

[ Revive ]   Gwangju, Korea

[ My own private  neon oasis ]  Brisbane,Australia

[ Whatchamacallit]   Gwangju, Korea

[ Cosmos ]   Oulim Art Gallery,Goyang, Korea

[ Happy together]   Pohang Museum, Pohang, Korea

2010

[ Biennale ofSydney ]   Sydney, Australia

[ By day by night]   Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

[ In the mood forlove]   Aando fine Art, Berlin, Germany

[ Plastic Garden]   Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

[ Roppongi Art Night]   Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan

[ Kagoshima Open AirMuseum 10th Anniversary Work shop]  Kagoshima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan

2009

[ Your brightfuture ]   The Museum of Fine ArtsHouston, Houston, USA | LACMA, Los Angeles, USA

[ Shine a light ]  Korea Culture Center, London, UK

[ O.K ! ]   Towada Art Center, Todawa, Japan

2008

[ OpeningExhibition of Bangkok Art and Culture Center ]  Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand

[ Plastic Paradise]   Point Ephemere, Paris, France

[ D'art Contemporainau Chateau D'oiron ]   Paris, France

[ New project ]   Pekin Fine Art, Beijing, China

2007

[ PeppermintCandy ]   Santiago, Chile

[ Welcome ]   Wolverhampton, England

[ Trace root – ARCOSpecial Exhibition of Guest of Honor]   Madrid,Spain

[ Elastic Taboo ]  Vienna, Austria

[ Truth ]   Red cat gallery,Los Angeles, USA

2006

[ GwangjuBiennale ]   Gwangju, Korea

[ Singaporebiennale - Special Project, Vivo City ]   Singapore

[ Believe it ornot ]   Ilmin Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

[ Art& Industry,SCAPE Biennial ]   Christchurch, NewZealand

[ Open-AirExhibition ]   Middleheim Museum,Anwerpen, Belgium

[ Through theLooking Glass ]   Asian House, London, UK

2005

[ Milan Triennale]   Milan, Italy

[ Design Edge - KoreanPavilion ]   Suntec City, Singapore

[ Until Now ]   Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

[ Venice Biennial- Korean Pavilion ]   Venice, Italy

[ CP Biennale ]   CP Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

[ Roomscape ]   Ssamziegil Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2004  

[ Kim Jonghak& Choi Jeong Hwa ]   Garam Gallery,Seoul, Korea

[ LiverpoolBiennial ]   Lime station, Liverpool, UK

[ Happy Happy Project]   Kirkby Gallery, Liverpool, UK

[ PublicCommunications with GHASEUM ]   MelbourneArt Fair, Melbourne, Australia

[ This is not alove letter ]   Korean CulturalFoundation Center, Seoul, Korea

[ The Tale ofSeoul ]   Korean Cultural FoundationCenter, Seoul, Korea

2003

[ Happiness ]   Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

[ Lyon Biennale ]  Lyon, France

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

[ The sun isshining brightly ]   Biz art center,Shanghai, China

[ Virgin Road ]Ssamzie space, Seoul, Korea

[ Time after Time]   Yerba Buena Center for the Art, SanFrancisco, USA

2002

[ Happy Together]   Kagoshima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima,Japan

[ BalticTriennial of International Art ]   ContemporaryArt Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

[ Orient. Extreme]   Le Lieu Unique, Nante, France

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

[ GwangjuBiennale ]   Gwangju, Korea

2001

[ YokohamaTriennale ]   Yokohama Station, Yokohama,Japan

[ Lunapark -Contemporary Art from Korea ] Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

2000

[ Bar Epicurus ]   Mitsubishi-Jisho Atrium, Hukuoka, Japan

[ Let's Entertain]   Waker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA |Pompidou Center, Paris, France

[ AIR AIR ]Grimaldi Forum, Monaco

1999

[ Lord of theRings ]   Hasselt Museum, Belgium

[ TachigawaFestival ]   Tachigawa Station,Tokyo,  Japan

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

[ Slowness Speed]   National Gallery of Victory,Melbourne, Australia

[ Between theUnknown Straits ]   The Korean Culture& Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1998

[ Sao PauloBiennial ]   Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion,Sao Paulo, Brazil

[ Seamless ]   De Appel Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[ Taipei Biennial]   Taipei Museum, Taiwan, China