Chung Sanghwa

Chung Sanghwa (born 1932, Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang, Korea)[1][2] is a South Korean minimalist and Dansaekhwa[3] (monochromatic) painter.[4] After receiving his BFA from College of Fine Arts in Seoul National University in 1956,[5] Chung briefly moved to Paris in 1967.[6] Coming from a generation of post-war artists,[7] Chung's reductive process of painting consists of repetitive application and removal of the paint on canvas.[8] Chung held national and international exhibitions,[9] including FROM ALL SIDES: TANSAEKHWA ON ABSTRACTION at Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles.[10][11][12] In 2015, Chung Sanghwa's paintings were included in Frieze New York Art Fair.[13] Gallery Hyundai (Seoul, Korea) has organized more than 25 of Chung's exhibitions, including 9 solo shows[14][15] since 1983.[16][17][18] Chung's works are in permanent collection of the Samsung Leeum Museum of Art, the Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.[19]

Chung Sanghwa, Untitled 86-2-281986, Acrylic on canvas, 227.3 x 181 cm