Statement
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 journeys between nature and culture.
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CHOONG SUP LIM
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Born Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, 1941
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BFA, Seoul National University, Fine Arts College, Seoul, Korea, I960
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The Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York (Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship), 1973
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MFA, New York University. New York. NY, 1993
Awards and Grants
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Kim, Se Joong Sculpture Award, 2010
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The Pollock - Krasner Foundation, 2007
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Woo-Kyung Foundation of Art Award, 1998
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Fund from the NYS Council on the Arts, 1994
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Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, "Space Program" Grant, 1991-2
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Hyundai Gallery, <Monochromatic Thinking> Seoul, Korea
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
2005 Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000 Sabina Lee Gallery, <Habitual Habitat> Los Angeles, CA
1999 Samsung Museum of Modern Art and Rodin Gallery, <Light Hunting> Seoul, Korea
1997 Kukje Gallery, <Mending with Thread and Soil> Seoul, Korea
1995 Sandra Gering Gallery, <Fossilscape> New York, NY
1994 Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1993 Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, <Chu-ma> New York, NY
Neuberger Museum of Art, <Other Visions> Purchase, NY
1992 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, <Well-Ant Hill> Los Angeles, CA
1991 Sandra Gering Gallery, <Reversed Tent> New York, NY
1989 Kukje Gallery, <Human Habitat> Seoul, Korea
Sandra Gering Gallery, <Hylozoism-Painting and Wooden Assemblages> New York, NY
1986 LA. International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1980 United States International Communications Agency, American Embassy Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
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 The Armory Show, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, USA
“New York Eviction Blues,” Asian American Arts Center, New York, USA
“Beyond Acculturation,” Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
“Perspectives on Asian Contemporary Art,” New York Asian Women's Center art auction, Art Projects International (API) Gallery, New York, USASandra 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, <Queens 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
Selected Public Collections
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
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Kyung Gi-Do Museum, Kyunggi, Korea
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Shoes or not Shoes Museum, Kruishoutem, Belgium
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Hirshhorn Museum: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
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Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwacheon, Korea
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Henie Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway
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Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
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Prudential Insurance Co., New York, NY
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Whanki Foundation, New York, NY and Paris, France
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Musee Whanki, Seoul, Korea
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Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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Centro Museografico, Taverna, Italy
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Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungjoo, Korea
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Ho-am Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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Ilshin Spinning Co., Seoul, Korea
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Space World Gallery, New York, NY
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Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
Selected Private Collections
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Mr. and Mrs. Ken Marks, Potomac, MD
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Solon, New York, NY
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Mr. and Mrs. Miles Stuchin, New York, NY
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Dr. and Mrs. David Rabinowitz, Kings Point, NY
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Mr. Nam June Paik, New York, NY
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
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Bouyeure, Claude. "Quatre Artistes de la Fondation Whanki." Cimaise. (January-March 1981): 37-40.
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Cohen, Ronny H. Review. Artforum. (April 1980): 79.
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Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Personal Jokes..." New York Times, July 25, 1997: C25.
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Frank, Peter. "Exhibition Review (O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York)." Art Express. (September-October 1980): 63.
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Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week: The Three Suggestions, Being There/Being Here, Faith Ringgold."
LA. Weekly, November 8-14 1991: 132.
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Friedman, Ken. "Choong-Sup Lim's Geography of Materials." Exhibition catalog essay. Won Gallery, Korea, 1986
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Glueck, Grace. "Gallery Watch: A Trip to the Chicken Coop." The New York Observer, July 3-10, 1995: 24.
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Goodman, Jonathan. Review. Brooklyn Rail, September 8, 2015
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Heartney, Eleanor. "An Exploration of Nature, Culture and Spirituality." (Exhibition brochure) Neuberger Museum of Art. October 1993-January 1994: 1-4.
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Heartney, Eleanor. "Ceremonial Art." Sculpture. (September-October 1992): 31-32.
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Heartney, Eleanor. "The New Players: Report from Korea." Art in America. (July 1993): 35, 41.
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Profile of Contemporary Art: The Early 80's in Japan and Korea. Kyoto: International Art Center of Kyoto, 1987
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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.
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Lee,Young Chul. "Light and Teum" Exhibition catalogue essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1995
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Levin, Kim. Review. Village Voice. August 5, 1997: 14.
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Morgan, Robert. Dispatch. Sculpture Magazine. January/February, 2016
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Oh, Kwang Soo. "Minimalistic Components." Exhibition catalogue essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1991
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Paris, Jeanne. "Art Review: Moving into the 80's." New York Newsday, January 26, 1980
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Park, Kyung Mee. "Thought Open Toward Nature." Space Arts, Architecture, and Environment Monthly. (January 1992): 36.
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Song, Mee Sook. "Contemporary Art (Art Review and Study)." The National Museum of Contemporary,' Art News.
(December 31, 1991): 4-7.
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Welish, Marjorie. "Monochromatic Thinking." Exhibition catalog essay. Kukje Gallery, Korea, 1991
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Yoon, Nan Ji. "The Poetic Space Between Nature and Human Beings." Wolgan Misool, The Monthly Arts Magazine.
(January 1992): 40.