b. 1974
Education
2007 M.A. in Photography with Distinction, London College of Communication, London, U.K.
2005 BA (Hons) Photography, London College of Communication, London, U.K.
1996 B.F.A in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Liminal, Cross Reeding, Seoul
Rejoice: Still Life, Lotte Gallery, Seoul
2020 Copier, Sindoh Art Space, Seoul
2017 Stanza, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan
2016 ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE, Perigee Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 Heeseung Chung, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Inadequate Metaphors, HADA Contemporary, London, U.K.
2013 Inadequate Metaphors, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 Still Life, DOOSAN Gallery New York, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2011 Unphotographable, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2008 Persona, Gallery WA, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 (forthcoming) Brilliant Cut, Gallery Baton, Seoul
(forthcoming) The Images, HITE Collection, Seoul
Romance rooted in Eternity: Flowers in Bloom, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang
Faint Afterglow, Gallery Baton, Seoul
2022 The Artplace HMC 2022 - Welcome FRIEZE, The Oakwood Premier COEX Center, Seoul
Art Rebuild, Boan 1942, Seoul
A Season of Meditation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
Better No to be Named, Chapter II, Seoul
2021 The Review, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Noblesse Collection, Seoul
Super-fine, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
Collection_Opening Hacking Mining, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2020 Korea Artist Prize 2020, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Art Plant Asia 2020: Hare Way Object, Deoksugung, Seoul
2019 Live Forever, HITE Collection, Seoul
Seeing Unaccompanied, Chapter II, Seoul
Controlled Perspectives, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Ireland
2018 Bookshelf of the Artist, Aram Nuri Arts Center Aram Art Museum, Goyang
Imagined Borders, 12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
Daegu Photo Biennale 2018, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu
Of Nature, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon
2017 MEDIA STUDY: TENSION AND RELAXATION, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
You are a Space, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 The art of not landing, Cake Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Flat Form: Gyubang, Wooran Foundation Project Box SEEYA, Seoul, Korea
Photo: Five Rooms, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art , Seoul, Korea
Monkey in the Cabinet of Curiosity, Sinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 Dialogues of Space, Korea Cultural Centre U.K.
Klingsor’s Last Summer, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
Lies of Lies: On Photography, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 Follow me, SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Documentaries: The world behind the moon, SeMA NANJI Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
Ode to Youth: Korea-China Young Artists Exhibition, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul , Korea
Band of Feeling, SeMA NANJI Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
Art Spectrum2014, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Photography and Media: 4 AM, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 Heeseung Chung, Richard Koker, Jochen Klein, Stiftung Ruoff, Nurtingen, Germany
Chung Heeseung & Je Baak, HADA Contemporary, London, U.K.
2011 The 11th SongEun ArtAward Exhibition, SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul, Korea
Triumph of Failure, South Hill Park, Bracknell, U.K.
2010 The Triumph of Failure, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, U.K.
I Love Your Profile, Espacio Menosuno, Madrid, Spain
Singapore International Photography Festival, National museum of Singapore, Singapore
Divided Gaze, KwanHoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
I Love Your Profile, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
Maden Pictures, Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan, Korea
The Triumph of Failure, Noam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 The Photograph as Contemporary Art, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2008 Seoul International Photography Festival, Ancient Seoul station, Seoul, Korea
4482_Emerging Korean Artists in London, Barge House, London, U.K.
Photo Espana 2008 Descubrimientos PHE, Consejeria de Cultura y Turisimo, Madrid, Spain
Sensibility of the Artist, Ssamzie Art Mart, Seoul, Korea
2007 Nikon Discovery Awards, London Olympia, Conference Centre, London, U.K.
MAP 2007 Final Show, London College of Communication, London, U.K.
Photography for Beginners, LCC Eckersley Gallery, London, U.K.
Awards and Residencies
2018 Sindoh Artist Support Program (SINAP), Korea
2016 Unveil’d Photobook Award, UK
2014 SeMA NANJI Residency, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2012 The 11th Daum Price, Korea
2011 The 11th Songeun Art Award, Korea
2008 Photo España 2008 Descubrimientos PHE, Spain
Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, USA
2007 Nikon Discovery Awards, UK
Sproxton Memorial Award, UK
Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Korea
Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Korea
JTBC, Korea
University of the Arts London, UK
Roland Cowan Architects, UK