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Cheolwon Chang has been intrigued by conditions that create a pattern from the proportion of geometric shapes or an irregular object/phenomenon, and has dedicated his artistic career to visualizing things beyond the realm of corporeality. Chang received his bachelor’s degree in painting from Chung-Ang University and completed an exchange program at the Fine Art department of England's Nottingham Trent University. Beginning with the solo show 'Architecture of Illusion’ in 2014, he has participated in multiple group exhibitions and was awarded by the PUBLIC ART Magazine – South Korea’s leading fine arts magazine – as well as the Seoul Art Foundation. In 2016, Chang was chosen as the third class of the Paris Lee Ungno Residence, and later in 2018, he won the 'ACCELERATE Award' from CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research) and completed the following residency at the institute. At CERN, Chang examined experiments on proton collision, particle detectors, and antimatter. The world of atoms consists all matter, and Chang aimed to deepen his study on how the atoms affect the world visible to the eyes, leading him to participate in the Artience Daejeon residency. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), a partner of the Artience residency program, develops the technology to measure standard physical units for mass, time, energy, and on, and inspired by the photon frequency-related Planck constant, Chang developed a body of works that redefine the standard for colors.
1984 born in South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul
Education
2008 B.F.A, Painting, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
2007 B.F.A, Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (Exchange full year)
Solo Exhibition
2020 Finding the Right Formation, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu
2014 Architecture of Illusion, Gallery Absinthe, Seoul
Performances
2020 Disaster and Time, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2019 The Light and Time through a Caption, PLACEMAK-LASER, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2021 Space & Museum, LeeKangha Art Museum, Gwangju
2020 Flexible Boundary, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu
2020 Happiness Finds Me, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2019 Geometry-beyond Simplicity, Museum SAN, Wonju
2018 Artience Daejeon, Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, Daejeon
2017 2nd New Drawing Project, Chang Ucchin Museum, Yangju
2016 Paris Lee Ungno Residence Report, Lee Ungno Museum, Daejeon
2016 PASSAGE_PASS-AGE, 14 Route de Pontoise, Vaux-sur-Seine(France)
2015 The First, Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul
2014 Geometric Reality and Fundamental Space, Space D'or, Seoul
2014 Korea Tomorrow, Dongdaemoon Design Plaza, Seoul
2014 NEW HERO, Bluesquare Nemo, Seoul
2013 SEOULSQUARE Art Festival, Seoulsquare, Seoul
Awards
2017 Accelerate Award in Arts@CERN × ARKO
2015 Seoul Art Foundation
2014 PUBLIC ART Magazine in Korea
Art-In-Residences
2020 Daegu Art Factory, Daegu
2018 Artience Daejeon, Daejeon
2018 CERN, Geneva(Switzerland)
2016 Paris Lee Ungno Residence, Paris(France)
Collections
Chang Ucchin Museum
Lee Ungno Museum