Chun Kyung-ja

A painter who broke away from traditional Korean painting with richly colored works that fuse fantastical worldviews and opened a new territory, Chun Kyung-ja became widely known to the public. She also wrote many essay collections and enjoyed great public recognition during her lifetime.

Biography

Exhibitions

• Mar 16 – Jul 29, 2018: Busan, Wartime Capital: Flowers Blooming in Despair, Busan Museum of Art
• Apr 4 – Apr 10, 2018: Fragrance of Women, Gallery Ilho
• Jul 13 – Sep 2, 2018: Women’s Art Today, Yangpyeong County Art Museum
• Jul 14 – Oct 3, 2018: Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Korean Art: A Journey of 100 Years, Gana Art Collection, Jeju Museum of Art
• Jul 19 – Sep 9, 2018: Painters in Books, Seongbuk Museum of Art

Publications

• 1974 Going to the South Pacific
• 1980 A World of Dreams and Wind
• 1986 Toward the Wind That Moves the Soul
• 1986 In This Happy and Quiet Hour of Enchantment
• 1988 Flowers, Colors and Wind
• 1989 When Love Is Deep, So Is Loneliness
• 1995 Twilight with Tango Flowing
• 1995 Chun Kyung-ja Pictorial
• 2006 Chun Kyung-ja, Painter of Flowers and Fantasy
• 2006 Page 49 of My Sad Legend

Career

• 1978: Member, National Academy of Arts of Korea
• 1976: Steering Committee Member, National Art Exhibition of Korea
• 1965: Juror, National Art Exhibition of Korea
• Until 1974: Professor, Department of Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University (previously associate professor and assistant professor)
• 1954: Full-time Lecturer, Department of Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University
• 1949 – 1952: Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Chosun University

Awards

• 1983: Silver Crown Order of Cultural Merit
• 1979: National Academy of Arts Award
• 1971: Seoul Culture Award
• 1955: Presidential Prize, Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition