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‘Dan-A’(旦兒) Byung-Jong Kim, Korea’s representative painter, is well-known for his unique painting style that encompasses the East and the West, the traditional and the modern.

Life
Born in 1953 in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, Kim was admitted to the Department of Painting at College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, and was awarded the Presidential Award at the National University Art Exhibition in 1979. Meanwhile, he made his debut by being awarded in the both fields of art criticism and playwriting at the Annual Spring Literary Contests at Dong-A and Joong-Ang Daily Newspapers in 1980. After receiving his master’s degree from the Seoul National University Graduate School, Kim was appointed as the youngest professor in the Department of Oriental Painting at Seoul National University in 1984. In year 2001, he was appointed as also the youngest Dean of College of Fine Arts. From 1992 to 2001, he studied at Sungkyunkwan University, earning his Ph.D. in Oriental Philosophy. In 2018, at the retirement ceremony of Seoul National University where he worked for 36 years, he delivered a representative speech among 46 retiring professors. Currently he is Emeritus professor at Seoul National University and Chair professor at Gachon University.

His major exhibitions include The Scattering Pine Pollen, Gana Art Center (2019), From Jesus the Fool to Song of Life, Seoul National University Museum of Art (2018), 生命之歌 Song of Life, Beijing Today Art Museum (2015), 30 Years of Kim Byung-jong – Drawing Life, Jeonbuk Museum of Art(2014), and he has held more than 20 solo exhibitions in Seoul, Beijing, Paris, Chicago, Brussels, Basel, Tokyo, and Berlin. He has participated in leading art fairs domestically and internationally in FIAC, Art Basel, Gwangju Biennale, Beijing International Art Biennale, and Triennale-India. He has received significant art awards including AnGyeon Art and Culture Grand Prize, the Proud Jeonbuk People Prize, the Green Order of Merit for Diligence, and the National Order of Korean Culture. His published books include Journey with the Painting Book 1-4, Munhakdongne(2014), and Chinese Painting Study, Seoul National Univesrity Press(1997). His works are in the collections of the British Museum, London, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, and the Blue House Korea. In March 2018, Namwon Byung Jong Kim Art Museum opened in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do.

It is widely agreed that Byung Jong Kim conveys the unique spirit of Korean painting and the national self-conciousness and yet deploys modern expression that goes across media, thus leading the modernization and globalization of Korean paintings. His notable artworks include Jesus the Fool(1998~), Song of Life(1989~), The Scattering Pine Pollen(2016~), Wind and Bamboo(2017~). With extensive subject matters including flowers, trees, the portrait of Jesus, landscapes in travel destinations, memories from the childhood, pine pollen blowing with wind, and the scenery of bamboo forests, Kim articulates free, dynamic and diverse expressions. He is called ‘the life artist’ as his œuvre revolves around the theme of life, and his various works with nature as the theme show the sprouting vitality and poetic beauty in variegated ways. Another characteristic penetrating Kim’s works is the matière of its thick texture that can be seen on the painting’s surface. He has invented the method of painting applying various pigments and stone powder onto the thick surface of the canvas made out of Korean mulberry paper. His artworks often show his unique technique resembling Western relief or Eastern concavo-convex methods. Through these works, he goes beyond the conventional techniques of Oriental paintings or ancient highbrow techniques of Chinese paintings, and pursues his unique way of representation, seeking his individual and independent Korean modern painting by embodying the traditional aesthetics and the theories of Oriental paintings

Educational BackGround

 * 2001 Ph. D., Dept. of East Asian Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University


 * 1982 M.F.A., Dept. of Painting, Seoul National University


 * 1980 B.F.A., Dept. of Painting, Seoul National University

Award and Prizes

 * 2019 Proud Jeonbuk People's Award, Jeollabuk-do provincial assembly


 * 2018 HeoBaekRyeon Art Award, Jeollanam-do


 * 2018 Green Stripes of Korea's Order of Service Merit


 * 2014 Korea Order of Cultural Merit, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism


 * 2004 17th Korean Christian Art Awards, Korean Christian Art Association


 * 1997 Christian Cultural association prize


 * 1995 Sun Arts association prize, Sun Gallery


 * 1992 Korea Artist Prize


 * 1989 Korean Journal association prize


 * 1989 The Korean Publishing Culture Award (Hankook Daily Newspaper), Korean Art Artist Award (「Art era」)


 * 1981 Samsung Foundation Author Award, Samsung Foundation of Culture


 * 1981 Korea Culture and Arts Awards, Ministry of Culture and Information
 * 1979 National University Art Exhibition Presidential Award

Career details

 * Department Chair, Seoul National University College of Fine Arts


 * Director of Seoul National University Museum of Art


 * Director of Seoul National University's Institute of Formation


 * a member of the Seoul National University Council


 * Seoul Museum of Art Adviser

저서

 * 《시화기행 1(파리, 고요한 황홀》. 문학동네. 2021년
 * 《나무 집 예찬(집이 그림이 되는 순간이 있다)》. 열림원. 2014년
 * 《자스민, 어디로 가니?(작은 강아지 한 마리가 가르쳐준 삶의 진실)》. 열림원. 2014년
 * 《화첩기행 1(남도 산천에 울려 퍼지는 예의 노래)》. 문학동네. 2014년
 * 《화첩기행 2(예인의 혼을 찾아 옛 거리를 거닐다)》. 문학동네. 2014년
 * 《화첩기행 3(타향의 예술가들에게 보내는 편지)》. 문학동네. 2014년
 * 《화첩기행 4(황홀과 색채의 덩어리, 라틴아메리카)》. 문학동네. 2014년
 * 《화첩기행 5(북아프리카 사막위로 쏟아지는 찬란한 별빛)》. 문학동네. 2014년
 * 《오늘 밤, 나는 당신 안에 머물다(그리며 사랑하며, 김병종의 그림묵상)》. 문학동네. 2009년
 * 《여행 - ON THE ROAD 전3권》. 열화당. 2008년
 * 《김병종의 라틴화첩기행》. 랜덤하우스코리아. 2008년
 * 《김병종의 모노레터(화첩기행 네 번째》. 효형출판. 2006년
 * 《묵상 바보 예수》. 솔과학. 2005년
 * 《김병종의 화첩기행 1》. 효형출판. 2005년
 * 《김병종의 화첩기행 2(달이 뜬다 북을 울려라》. 효형출판. 2005년
 * 《화첩기행 3/완결》. 효형출판. 2005년
 * 《바보 예수(김병종 화집 1》. 효형출판. 2005년
 * 《생명의 노래(김병종 화집2)》. 효형출판. 2005년
 * 《나의 생명이야기》. 효형출판. 2004년
 * 《나의 생명 이야기》. 효형출판 그림. 2004년
 * 《나를 매혹시킨 한 편의 시 7(시는 모든 예술의 고향)》. 문학사상사. 2003년
 * 《화첩기행 2(달이 뜬다 북을 울려라)》. 효형출판. 2000년
 * 《화첩기행 1(예의 길을 가다》. 효형출판. 1999년
 * 《미술강의》. 통나무. 1998
 * 《중국회화연구》. 서울대학교출판부. 1997년
 * 《화혼을 사르며》. 서울대학교출판부. 1997년
 * 《김병종(아르비방 13)》. 시공사. 1995년
 * 《먹으로 그린 새가 하늘로 가네》. 비룡소. 1994년
 * 《중국회화의 조형의식연구》. 서울대학교출판부. 1989년

Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions


 * 2020 The 1st White One Art Award Exhibition, Kim Byung Jong (Gallery White One, Seoul)


 * 2019 Kim Byung Jong: The Scattering Pine Pollen (Gana Art Center, Seoul)


 * 2005 Kim Byung Jong, (Kim Jae-sun Gallery)


 * 2004 Song of life (Gana Art Center, Seoul)


 * 2003 개인전, 가나아트센터


 * 1999 개인전, 가나아트센터


 * 1999 김병종의 화첩기행전, 조선일보미술관


 * 1999 개인전-김병종. 생명의 노래, 가나아트센터


 * 1997 개인전, 파리 몽뜨니갤러리


 * 1996 개인전, 가나보부르갤러리, 파리


 * 1994 개인전, 가나화랑


 * 1993 개인전, 베를린 구아르니드미술관


 * 1992 개인전, 예화랑


 * 1990 개인전, 동산방


 * 1990 개인전, 폴란드 베즈티루르


 * 1990 개인전, 기욜시립미술관


 * 1989 개인전, 베를린 Roho갤러리


 * 1989 개인전, 동덕미술관

외부링크

 * Namwon City Kim Byeongjong Art Museum