Kim Tschang Yeul

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Kim Tschang Yeul
Hangul:	김창열
Hanja:	金昌烈
Revised Romanization:	Gim Chang-yeol
McCune-Reischauer:	Kim Ch'ang'yŏl

Kim Tschang Yeul (born in Sinuiju on 24 December 1929^[1]) is a Korean painter, who has spent most of his career focused on water drops.

Kim attend the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University from 1948 through 1950. He moved to Paris, France in 1969. In 1996 he was awarded the medal of Knight of Art and Letters, Embassy of France, Seoul. He currently lives in Paris.

His works are shown at the Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art, The National Museum of modern Art (Tokyo), Fondation Veranneman (Ghent, Belgium), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Museum Boymans-van Beuningen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), Bochum Museum Art Collection (Bochum, Germany), and elsewhere.

Among his solo exhibitions were ones at The National Museum of China, Beijing (2005); Gallery Hyundai, Seoul (2004); Galerie Nationale du jeu de paume, Paris (2004); Draguignan Museum, Drauignan, France (1997); Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (1994); Kongkan Gallery, Pusan, Korea (1994); SAGA, (Matsumura Graphics, Tokyo), Paris (1993); The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (1993); Chicago International Art Exposition, Gallery Hyundai, Chicago (1989); Naviglio Gallery, Milan, Italy (1987); Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo (1983); Antwerp Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (1977); Kunsthaus, Hamburg,Germany (1975); and Knoll International, Paris (1973).

[edit] Literature

Ronny Cohen: Tschang Yeul Kim.

Lewis Biggs: Working with Nature: Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea: Chung, Chang-Sup; Yun, Hyong-Keun; Kim, Tschang-Yeul; Park, Seo-Bo; Lee, U-Fan; Lee, Kang-So.