Curriculum vitae
b. 1981, Hapcheon, South Korea · Lives and works in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
36Solo exhibitions
200+Group exhibitions
5Public and museum collections
Education
- 2007MFA, Oriental PaintingHongik University, Seoul
- 2005BFA, Korean PaintingDong-a University, Busan
Selected solo exhibitions — thirty-six in total
- 2026AccumulatingGallery T, Lotte Dongtan
- 2025Forest of Smoke — SumukWoljeongsa Hwaeomru Temple, Pyeongchang
- 2024MugamjeondoGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
- 2023Song-un Man Dong-haeHanbyeokwon Museum, Seoul
- 2023Contain Red and GreenItta Space Small Museum, Incheon
- 2022Stone, Wind, Time of the SeaStarlight Museum, Gwacheon
- 2019Park Hyun: Mugam PunggyeongGalerie artpark, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2016Solo exhibitionGana Art Space, Insa-dong, Seoul
- 2011JinmujinHanwon Museum of Art, Seoul
- 2009Solo exhibitionHarbour Gallery, Busan
- Further solo exhibitions 2007 to 2010
Selected group exhibitions — over two hundred in total
- 2026The Age of Exploration: Uncharted MapsMoran Museum of Art, Namyangju
- 2026Dream Journey to IcheonWoljeon Museum of Art, Icheon
- 2025Contemporary Art Japan–Korea ExhibitionHanbyeokwon Museum, Seoul
- 2025Shared Gaze, Connected by ArtBori Life Art Museum, Daejeon
- 2025Ten New Landscapes of JejuHanbyeokwon Museum, Seoul
- 2024Elegant StonesWoljeon Museum of Art, Icheon
- 2023Korean Art London, International Korean Art FairMall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
- 2021Hidden BrushstrokesKorean Cultural Centre, Warsaw, Poland
- 2020Cultural Heritage Seen by PaintersJungmyeongjeon Hall, Seoul
- 2019Hwayu GeumgangGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
- 2019Daily Life in 18th-Century SeoulEdo-Tokyo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 2018New Gyeonggyo MyeongseungcheopGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
- 2017Gwangju Hwaru: Ten ArtistsNational Asian Culture Center, Gwangju
- 2017Jeonnam International Ink Art Pre-BiennaleMokpo Comprehensive Art Gallery, Mokpo
- 2016A Conversation Between Wind and WindWoljeon Museum of Art, Icheon
- 2015I Am an Unknown ArtistArko Art Center, Seoul
- 2012Tomorrow's ArtistGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
Public and museum collections
Acquired steadily rather than at once.
- 2026Government Art BankNational Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- 2025Bori Life Art MuseumDaejeon
- 2023Government Art BankNational Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- 2023Incheon Art BankIncheon Foundation for Arts and Culture
- 2020Gyeonggi Cultural FoundationSuwon
- 2016National Archives of KoreaDaejeon
Corporate collections
- JW Pharmaceutical CorporationGwacheon
- Hyundai Bioland Co., Ltd.
- Hwain Technology Co., Ltd.
- Wise Wires Co., Ltd.
- Notz
Awards
- 2023JWart Award, Grand PrizeJW Pharmaceutical, Gwacheon
- 2017Gwangju Hwaru, Artist PrizeNational Asian Culture Center, Gwangju
- 2017Gyeonggi Literary, Art and Photography, Grand PrizeGyeonggi Provincial Government
- 2016International Disability Art Exhibition, Excellence AwardKorea
- 2012Tomorrow's Artist, Artist AwardGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
Residencies
- 2019International artist residencyGalerie artpark, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2010–14Jamsil Creative Studio, 4th, 5th and 6th cohorts, thirty-seven monthsSeoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
Selected commissions
- 2025–26NADA ART Music Festival, media collaborationKT Sangsangmadang and Modu Arts Theatre, Seoul
- 2022Baekje Pattern, original artwork for immersive contentNational Buyeo Museum, Buyeo
- 2019Edo-Tokyo Museum exchange, original artworkSeoul Museum of History, Seoul
- 2016ICA World Congress Seoul, original artworkSeoul
Teaching and museum education
Park is a museum educator as well as a painter. He runs the participation programmes of his own exhibitions rather than delegating them.
- 2026Ink painting instruction; certificate issued by the Director of the Icheon Woljeon Museum of ArtArmed Forces Correctional Facility, Icheon
- 2017Certified lead instructor, Saturday Culture School, a national arts education programme, April to NovemberGyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum of Art, Seoul
- Short coursesNational Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- Ink painting sessionsGimpo Cultural Foundation
Representation
- United Kingdom — KOUM Partners, London. Exclusive, 2026 to present.
- South Korea — limited project partnership under an arts management grant, to 2027. No authority over international exhibitions.
Selected bibliography and press
- 2025Byun Jong-pil, ‘Park Kyoung Mug's Mugam: The Aesthetics of Serene Contemplation’Art critic; former Director, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art
- 2025‘A Painter of Silence, Stacking Time’Golf Herald, December
- 2021Kim Young-ae, ‘Mugam — still rock’Luxury Magazine, ESTATE issue
- 2015‘The Brushplay of an Artist’EVOIST Korea
- 2014Artist feature, p. 80Monthly Art, Vol. 355, June
- 2014‘REST: An Exhibition for Comfort and Healing’Hankyung, 8 June
- 2014Artist of the Month featureSeoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
- 2013‘Renaissance Man Awakening from Winter Sleep’Culture Seoul, February
- 2009‘A Lone Pine Standing Undaunted’Kookje Shinmun, 3 June
- 2009‘Figuration and Abstraction in Ink Lines’Busan Ilbo, 3 June
Downloads: Curriculum vitae (PDF, August 2026)
I approach the act of painting as play, a form of contemplation without destination. The brush finds what the eye alone cannot. Through accumulation of time, of line, of silence, form emerges not from what is added but from what remains.Park Kyoung Mug, 2025