KyuSung Han
(b. 1952, Daegu, South Korea)
kshan2k15@daum.net | kshan2k@gmail.com | Instagram @kshan2k15
Education
2022 Ph.D. in Printmaking, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2014 M.F.A. in Printmaking, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
1977 M.F.A. in Dying Craft, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
1975 B.F.A. in Applied Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea (Specialization: Dying Craft)
Solo EXhibitions
2009 Invitational Exhibition, Gallery Space DA, Beijing, China
2007 Opening Commemorative Invitational Exhibition, Entoco Gallery, Paju, South Korea
2000 Academy Gallery, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon, South Korea
Selected Group EXhibitions
2026 Art Capital – Le Salon Comparaisons 2026 (Gravure – Diversité Ensemble), De l’âme à l’estampe, Grand Palais,Paris, France
2025 TORRE DELLE ARTI 2025, Torre delle Arti, Bellagio, Italy
Fête de l’Estampe 2025, Maison Tailleur, Maintenon, France
Art Capital – Le Salon Comparaisons 2025 (Gravure – Diversité Ensemble), De l’âme à l’estampe, Grand Palais,Paris, France
2024 PRINT X 2024, Saenggeopan Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea Yoonseul: Like Beautifully Shimmering Water Ripples, United Gallery, South Korea
Tender Thorns, Annyeong Insadong, South Korea
Sweet Home, Sweet Home 2024, Curated by Parc Edition, Parc Edition Gallery, South Korea
2023 No Frame, Gaon Gallery, Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea
Print Map 2: Alternative Worldview, Jane Claire Gallery, South Korea
2022 #Print Map _ NEWTRO, United Gallery, South Korea
Metaverse Virtual Exhibition - Meta-Print 2022, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Modern Art), South Korea
2021 Post-Prints 2021, Kim Hee Soo Art Center, Art Gallery, South Korea
Print × Art ≠ Print ÷ Art, United Gallery, South Korea
2020 Print - Print = Print + Print, United Gallery, South Korea
2019 Fun Fun Printmaking, Dongduk Art Gallery, South Korea
The Temporality of Printmaking, United Gallery, South Korea
Fun Fun Printmaking, Dongduk Art Gallery, South Korea
The Temporality of Printmaking - I Live a Life of Time, Therefore I Am, United Gallery, South Korea
2018 Print Play, Dongduk Art Gallery, South Korea
The Rhythm of Time, The Trace Engraved in Things, United Gallery, South Korea
60 Years of Korean Contemporary Printmaking - DO PRINT!, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, South Korea
Print - Print = Print + Print, United Gallery, South Korea
2017 IN: Engraving, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Modern Art), South Korea
Reproduction Mirror, Saenggeopan Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea
2016 Hangeul & Printmaking - Symbolic Mirror, Saenggeopan Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea
International Print Biennale at Lima (Three-Country Print Biennale), ICPNA, Lima, Peru
Symbolic Mirror - Hangeul & Printmaking, Saenggeopan Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea
International Print Biennale at Lima (Three-Country Print Biennale), Lima, USA, South Korea
Why Must Books Be Rectangular?, Gallery Square, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Art as Books - 10 Years of Wings, Choi Jung Ah Gallery, South Korea
Summer: City and Image, Ara Art Center, South Korea
Printmaking Mirror - Seeing Printmaking, Understanding Printmaking, Saenggeopan Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea
Summer: City and Image, Ara Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Printmaking - Unity in Diversity, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Art as Books - 10 Years of Wings, Choi Jung Ah Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Macao Printmaking Triennial, Macao Museum of Art, Macao
2014 6th Seoul Modern Art Show, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea
New Generation of 21st Century Contemporary Printmaking, Gyeonghuigung Annex, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
33rd Korean Art Exhibition - Part 1 Selected, Gyeonghuigung Annex, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
2008 KyuSung Han Doctoral Thesis Exhibition - Traces of Existence (Subtitle: Index and Resonance), KEPCO Art Center Gallery, South Korea
2001 Korea-Japan Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, Asia Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Selected PUBLICATION
Han Kyu Sung, “A Study on Art as Sublimating Inner Self: Focused on my Printmaking Works,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Hongik University Graduate School, February 2022.
Han Kyu Sung, “Study in Imaginary Spaces,” Master of Fine Arts. Dissertation, Hongik University Graduate School, February 2014.
Han, K. S., & Song, D. (2019). Abstract form of Seund Ja Rhee based on printworks. The Korean Journal of Art and Media, 18(1), 107-132.
Han Kyu Sung, "Study for the paper string in the end of Chosun dynasty” Master of Fine Arts. Dissertation, Hongik University Graduate School, 1976
selected Awards
2012 United Art Festival Encouragement Award
2011 10th Hanseong Baekje Art Grand Exhibition Excellence Award
2010 29th Grand Art Exhibition of Korea Special Selection, among 25 other awards
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Bank (South Korea); Park Soo Keun Museum (South Korea); Seoul Ahn Dental Clinic (South Korea); An Sung Yeol Plastic Surgery (South Korea); Cerabel Co., Ltd. (South Korea).