Insu Choi
Education
Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
M.F.A. in Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
Indang Museum, Daegu, Korea
Artlink, Seoul, Korea
2013
Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Date, Busan, Korea
2010
Artlink, Seoul, Korea
2009
Bibi Space, Daejeon, Korea
2004
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1995
Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
1993
Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
1991
Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
1985
Hankook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1982
Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Your Hand, My Heart, Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2015
The Sound of Things, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2014
A Form as Thinking, Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum San, Wonju, Korea
2013
White and White ―Dialog Between Korea and Italy, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy
Trace of Korean Contemporary Art, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Inauguration Exhibition, Mmca, Seoul, Korea
2012
Ceramics Commune, Art Sonje Museum, Seoul, Korea
Steel Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Drawings of Two Artists, Gallery Dooin, Seoul, Korea
2011
Qi is Ful I, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Sculpture’s Drawing, SOMA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010
The Seoul Art Exhibition ―Contemporary Korean Sculpture 2010, Seoul Museum Of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009
Yeoncheon International Sculpture Symposium, Yeonchen, Korea
2008
Scultura Internazionale ad Agliè, Scultura Natura, Torino, Italy
2007
Lines in Space, Gyeonggi Museum Of Modern Art, Gyeonggi, Korea
Spirit of Contemporary Korean Spirit, Manas Art Center, Gyeonggi, Korea
2006
Simply Beautiful, Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
Fluid Artcanal International 06/07, Le Landeron, Switzerland
Invitation To Contemporary, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Silent Forest, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2005
Seoul Sculpture Society Exhibition, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004
Spirit, Art and Calligraphy, Kim Jong Young Museum, Seoul, Korea
Stillness and Movement, SOMA Museum, Seoul, Korea
Looking Back to the Current Of Contemporary Korea Sculpture, Moran Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2002
Seoul Art Grand Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Inter - images “Void”, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2001
Yongsan Family Park Sculpture Garden, International Sculpture Symposium, Seoul, Korea
2000
Mix-up, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
Beyond the Circle, Moran Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
1999
Space and Object, Busan Metropolitan Museum, Busan, Korea
Contemporary Korean Sculpture―1999, Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, Korea
1998
Material and the Touch of the Artist, Moran Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Olympic Park, International Sculpture Symposium, Seoul, Korea
1997
Nature and Thinking, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Voices of Zero at Seong Gok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
The Depth of Thinking, Moran Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996
Il San Lake Park, International Sculpture Symposium, Gyeonggi, Korea
Contemporary Art in Seoul ‘96, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1995
Sculpture Today, Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Circulating Currents-Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art, Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan
1994
Tendency in Contemporary Korean Arts, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1993
Small Sculpture Triennial, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
December Show - After 10 Years, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1992
Artists ―Searching for Life, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Total Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
1990
‘90 Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
New Spirit, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
1945-1990
Panmunjom & Brandenburg, Sigong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Arts Center Inauguration Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1989
Artist Today, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
Small Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
1988
Contemporary Korean Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1987
Harmony in East And West, East-West Center, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Artists in 80s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1986
10 Contemporary Sculptors Show, Batangol Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Bibliography
2016
Sang-Young Sim, Aesthetic Pineal Gland: Sculpture Theory Pooled in A 0.5cm Concavity, Indang Museum
Jung Rak Kim, The Sculpture Existing as Itself, Indang Museum
2013
Sang-Young Sim, Solidarity Moderated by Enlarged Thinking, Gallery Simon
2012
Sang-Young Sim, Drawing of Two Artist, Gallery Dooin
2010
Jung Rak Kim, Vestiges of Time, Artlink, Review, Wolgan Misul, Dec.
2007
Tae-man Choi, History of Contemporary Korean Sculpture, Artbooks, Moran Museum
2006
Shin-young Chung, To and fro, Invitation to Contemporary, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul
2004
Tae-man Choi, Insu Choi Sculpture Exhibition, Kumsan Art Gallery, Review, Wolgan Misul, Nov.
2000
Chung-whan Ko, Symbolic Circle of Contemplation, Space
1999
Kwang-ho Cho, Path Towards Moo Wi, Deulsum Nalsum
1998
Jeong-hee Kim, Material and the Touch of The Artist, Moran Gallery
1997
Yong-dae Kim, The Depth of Contemplation, Moran Gallery
1995
Hoen-yi Choeng, Receptive Eyes, Gana Art
Kazuo Yamawaki, Circulating Currents-Japanes and Korean Contemporary Art, Nagoya City Art Museum
1993
Jong-soong Lee, Dreaming Material, Possibility of another Perception and Breathing Sculpture, SPACE
Young-mok Chung, On Meditative Space, Total Museum
1992
Ufan Lee, Total Art Grand Prix, Total Museum
1985
Il Yi, Sculptures with Human Being, Space
Byoung-guwan Chung, Antagonism between Mass and Surface, Hankuk Gallery
Prize
2001
Total Art Grand Prize, Total Museum, Seoul
1992
Awarded Kim Sejung Sculpture Grand Prize, Seoul
Public Collection
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon)
Seoul Museum of Art
Total Museum
Pohag Art & Culture Center
Government Building Daejeon
Yongsan-Gu Office
Korea Telecom
Seoul Olympic Sculpture Park
Yongsan Sculpture Park
Ilsan Lake Sculpture Park
Yeoncheon Hantan River
Asem Building
Commercial Bank HQ
KorAm Bank HQ
Kookmin Life Insurance Center Building
Seoul National University Dental Hospital
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Seoul National University
Hyundai Department Store(Bucheon)
West-South Agricultural Product Center
Cheongpung Lakeshore
Korsakov Sakhalin Russia