CHOONGSUP LIM

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Born Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, 1941

 

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Education

1993  MFA, New York University. New York. NY

1973  The Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York (Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship)

I960  BFA, Seoul National University, Fine Arts College, Seoul, Korea

Seoul High School of Music and Art

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Awards and Grants

Kim, Se Joong Sculpture Award, 2010

The Pollock - Krasner Foundation, 2007

Woo-Kyung Foundation of Art Award, 1998

Fund from the NYS Council on the Arts, 1994

Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, "Space Program" Grant, 1991-2

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Solo Exhibitions

2015 Korea Society Gallery, <Void> New York, NY

2014 Wumin Art Center, <In Between> Cheongju, Korea

2012 National Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art, <Luna, and Her Thousand Reflections> Gwacheon, Korea

2011 Shin Sea Gae Gallery, <Pond II - Spider, Dichotomy and Threads> Busan, Korea

2010 Hakgojae Gallery, <Wall In Chun Gang> Seoul, Korea

2009 Chang Art Gallery, <Ma Dang> Beijing, China

2008 Atelier - 705, Seoul, Korea

2006 Asian American Arts Centre, <Vanishing - Scape - Fan> New York, NY

Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2005 Sabina Lee Gallery, <Habitual Habitat> Los Angeles, CA

2000 Samsung Museum of Modern Art and Rodin Gallery, <Light Hunting> Seoul, Korea

1999 Kukje Gallery, <Mending with Thread and Soil> Seoul, Korea

1997 Sandra Gering Gallery, <Fossilscape> New York, NY

1995 Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1994 Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, <Chu-ma> New York, NY

1993 Neuberger Museum of Art, <Other Visions> Purchase, NY

Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, <Well-Ant Hill> Los Angeles, CA

1992 Sandra Gering Gallery, <Reversed Tent> New York, NY

1991 Kukje Gallery, <Human Habitat> Seoul, Korea

1989 Sandra Gering Gallery, <Hylozoism-Painting and Wooden Assemblages> New York, NY

LA. International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

1986 Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1981 United States International Communications Agency, American Embassy Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea

1980 O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, <Luminescence> New York, NY

2011 Dubner Moderne Galerie D'Art, <Scope Basel> Basel, Switzerland

Dubner Moderne Galerie D'Art, <Art Paris> Paris, France

Museum of Contemporary Art, <Tell Me Tell Me> Sydney, Australia

Shoes or Not Shoes Museum, Kruishoutem, Belgium

2008 <The Points of Compass> Havana, Cuba

2005 Sandra Gering Gallery, <The Armory Show> New York, NY

Asian American Arts Center, <New York Eviction Blues> New York, NY

Tenri Cultural Institute, <Beyond Acculturation> New York, NY

Art Projects International Gallery, <Perspectives on Asian Contemporary Art> New York. NY

2003 Asian American Arts Center, <Below Canal September, 11 2002> New York, NY

Smithsonian International Gallery, <Dreams and Reality> Washington, DC

Art Projects International <Marking> New York, NY

Korean Culturan Service <At the Crossroads> New York, NY

Space World Gallery, New York, NY

2002 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, <Artists to Artists> New York, NY

2000  National Museum of Contemporary Art, <A Passage for a New Millennium> Kwacheon, Korea

<Gurim Village Project I, The 1st Earth Festival> Young-am, Korea

1999 Seoul Museum of Art, <Seoul in Media - Lumia of Century> Seoul, Korea

1997 Africus Institute for Contemporary Art, <2nd Johannesburg Biennale> Johannesburg, South Africa

<2nd Kwangju Biennale< Kwangju, Korea

Smithsonian Institution, <Hirshhorn Collection: Recent Acquisitions 1992-96> Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC

Exit Art, <Eye of the Tiger> New York, NY

Queens Museum, <Qeens Artists: Highlights of the 20th Century> New York, NY

1996 Asian American Arts Center, <Passion and Compassion> New York, NY

1995 Gallery Cornelius-Hertz, <Contemporary Art of Korea '95> Bremen, Germany

Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Museo Civico, Taverna, Italy

1994 Multiple Parts, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Venice, CA

1993 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

ISE Art foundation, <Semblances> New York, NY

Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea

Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

1992 Museo Civico, <Nella natura I'origine dell'arte> Taverna, Italy

Museum of the City of New York, <A World Together: Korean Art from Seoul, Paris and New York> New York, NY

Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY

1991 Museo de Arte Moderno, <Art Contemporanea de Corea> Mexico City, Mexico

Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, <Korean Contemporary Art> Kyungjoo, Korea

Organization of Independent Artists, <Selections from the Slide File> New York, NY

Centro Museografico, < Nel Piu' Ampio Cerchio> Taverna, Italy

Simmonson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Ho-am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

Marie Walsh Sharp Art Foundation, <Inauguration of the Space Program> New York, NY

Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, <Bare Bones> Brooklyn, NY

1990 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

1988 University of Hawaii Art Gallery, <International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition> traveling exhibition

1987 Foundation Whanki des Arts Plastiques-Centre National, Paris, France

1986 Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, <Korea / New York '86>Sparkill, New York

1985 Organization of Independent Artists, <Not just Black and White> New York, NY

1983 Queens Museum, <Annual Juried Exhibition '83> New York, NY

<Exchange Exhibition of Korean & Japanese Contemporary Art> traveling exhibition, 5 major cities, Japan

Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

1982 National Museum of Contemporary Art, <The Works of Korean Artists Abroad> Seoul, Korea

Korean Cultural Service, <First Annual Invitational: Current Korean-American Sensibilities> New York, NY

1981  Equitable Gallery, <International Art Exhibition> New York, NY

Brooklyn Museum and Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service, <Korean Drawing Now> New York, NY and Washington, DC

1980  Queens Museum, <Annual Juried Exhibition '80> New York, NY

Grey Gallery, <4th Annual Small Works Competition> New York, NY

Whanki Foundation Gallery, <Whanki et leunes> Paris, France

1978 Organization of Independent Artists, Bologna, Italy and New York, NY

1971 <Korea News Grand Prize Exhibition>, Seoul, Korea

1968 <Engagement> Seoul, Korea

1967 Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul, Korea

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Selected Public Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Kyung Gi-Do Museum, Kyunggi, Korea

Shoes or not Shoes Museum, Kruishoutem, Belgium

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Hirshhorn Museum: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea

Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwacheon, Korea

Henie Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway

Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia

Prudential Insurance Co., New York, NY

Whanki Foundation, New York, NY and Paris, France

Musee Whanki, Seoul, Korea

Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Centro Museografico, Taverna, Italy

Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungjoo, Korea

Ho-am Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Ilshin Spinning Co., Seoul, Korea

Space World Gallery, New York, NY

Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY

Private Collections

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Marks, Potomac, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Solon, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Miles Stuchin, New York, NY

Dr. and Mrs. David Rabinowitz, Kings Point, NY

Mr. Nam June Paik, New York, NY

 

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Teaching Experience

1999-2000 Visiting Professor, Studio Art, Fine An Dept., The Korean National University of Ans, Seoul, Korea

1997 Visiting Professor, Studio Art, Fine An Dept., Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea

 

Selected Bibliography

Bouyeure, Claude. "Quatre Artistes de la Fondation Whanki." Cimaise. (January-March 1981): 37-40.

Cohen, Ronny H. Review. Artforum. (April 1980): 79.

Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Personal Jokes..." New York Times, July 25, 1997: C25.

Frank, Peter. "Exhibition Review (O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York)." Art Express. (September-October 1980): 63.

Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week: The Three Suggestions, Being There/Being Here, Faith Ringgold." LA. Weekly, November 
8-14 1991: 132.  

Friedman, Ken. "Choong-Sup Lim's Geography of Materials." Exhibition catalog essay. Won Gallery, Korea, 1986

Glueck, Grace. "Gallery Watch: A Trip to the Chicken Coop." New York Observer, July 3-10, 1995: 24.

Goodman, Jonathan. Review. Brooklyn Rail, September 8, 2015

Heartney, Eleanor. "An Exploration of Nature, Culture and Spirituality." (Exhibition brochure) Neuberger Museum of Art. October 
1993-January 1994: 1-4.  

Heartney, Eleanor. "The New Players: Report from Korea." Art in America. (July 1993): 35, 41.

Heartney, Eleanor. "Ceremonial Art." Sculpture. (September-October 1992): 31-32.

Profile of Contemporary Art: The Early 80's in Japan and Korea. Kyoto: International Art Center of Kyoto, 1987

Jhun, Kyung Hi. "The Spiritual Structure Between Nature and Man Resulting from the Accumulation of Processes." Gana Art: The 
Bimonthly Magazine of Art. (January-February 1992): 24.  

Lee,Young Chul. "Light and Teum" Exhibition catalogue essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1995

Levin, Kim. Review. Village Voice. August 5, 1997: 14.

Morgan, Robert. Dispatch. Sculpture Magazine. January/Febuary, 2016

Oh, Kwang Soo. "Minimalistic Components." Exhibition catalogue essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1991

Paris, Jeanne. "Art Review: Moving into the 80's." New York Newsday, January 26, 1980

Park, Kyung Mee. "Thought Open Toward Nature." Space Arts, Architecture, and Environment Monthly. (January 1992): 36.

Song, Mee Sook. "Contemporary Art (Art Review and Study)." The National Museum of Contemporar,' Art News. (December 31, 
1991): 4-7.  

Welish, Marjorie. "Monochromatic Thinking." Exhibition catalog essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1991

Yoon, Nan Ji. "The Poetic Space Between Nature and Human Beings." Wolgan Misool, The Monthly Arts Magazine. (January 1992): 40.  

 

 

 

Artist Statement

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My process deals with a desire to at once illuminate upon and bridge the divide between nature and culture. I am interested in the possibilities of creating a conjunction between the raw and the processed while attempting to explore the relationship between my experiences of the urban and the natural environment. My work occupies a space uncovered through my constant journeying from one world to another, wherein I am observing myself moving between nature and culture.

There is a kind of a dialogue I find when such two seemingly distinct worlds are bridged. I articulate this dialogue in minimalistic forms, rendered through a variety of mixed media that incorporate both the found and the 'organic' with man-made objects. In my Scape-Fossil series, I have constructed what I consider to be time capsules that bare traces of memory, similar to pages of a kind of visual diary. Each capsule, so to speak, can appear to constitute autonomous fossilized perceptions of nature and culture. In their totality, the numerous capsules can be assembled to encompass a larger Scape-Fossil. Therefore, this work captures a sense-memory of space and time that is a personal reflection on my journies between nature and culture.