Oh Sang-Ghil
born in Seoul
EDUCATION
1989 M.F.A. in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea (Dept. of Painting, College of Art)
1984 B.F.A. in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea (Dept. of Painting, College of Art)
GRANTS
2004 The 1st Arts Award of the year, Art Council Korea
2003 Good Works․Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-IV, Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
2002 Good Works․Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-III, Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
2001 Good Works․Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-II, Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
2000 Good Works․Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-I, Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
1998 96/97 P.S.1 Artist's show, Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
1999 Han Won Art Museum, Seoul
1996 International Studio Artist Program (I.C.A), New York
1996 Korean Arts & Culture Foundation, Seoul
1996 Song-En Cultural Foundation, Seoul
1996 Il-Shin Cultural Foundation, Seoul
Solo-exhibitions
2001 "recent video installations 2001" Hanwon arts Museum(Seoul, Korea)
1999 "video installations 1999" Hanwon arts Museum(Seoul, Korea)
1998 "video installations 1997" Korean Arts & Cultural Foundation Fine Art Center(Seoul, Korea)
1996 "like the Buddha's mind", Gallery Hakchoun (Chungju, Korea)
1996 "Big Mouth", Gallery wol (Suwon, Korea)
1996 epilog, "ŁÓDŹ GHETTO", Gallery Jo (Seoul, Korea)
1995 "with canvas", Gallery Jo (Seoul, Korea)
1993 "prisoner's hair", Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
1989 "Untitled work"Gallery Soo(Seoul, Korea)
1985 "Variable objects"Gallery KwanHun (Seoul, Korea)
Selected Group Shows
2004 The 26th San Paulo Biennal, San Paulo, Brazil
internet show-Oh Sang-ghil's <Random Fuck>,
Zone Chelsea Center for the arts, New Work(http://zonechelsea.org)
2002 Korean Contemporary Movie Festival, 2002, IT Art & Cultural Center, Nagoya, Japan
Single channel, After…, Ilju Art house, Seoul
2001 video installations(Casula Powerhouse, Sydney)
‘EXCESS Festival’(Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia)
Two aspects of the Contemporary Korean Arts(Dongduk art Gallery, Seoul)
2000 No, or bad signals (Korean Arts & Cultural Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
Utopia, Distopia (Seoung San Art Hall, Changwon, Korea)
Little narrative - Artists in the 80's small group(Korean Arts & Cultural Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul)
International Performance Festival(Insadong, street, Seoul)
Korean Contemporary Art, Expression of Time - Eyes and Hands(Seoul Art Center, Seoul)
1999 VIDEO(Batanggol Art Museum, Yang Pyung)
Seoul Lumia of Century in Media 1999(Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul)
Korean Contemporary Art Trends in the 90's(Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Seoul)
Blasphemy; Dying to be Cruel, Monstrous, Strange(Total art museum, Seoul)
The Visual Extension of Photographic Image(National Museum of Contemporary Arts (Kwachun, Korea)
The End - Past & Present(C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul)
1997 P.S.1 Show/national and International Studio Artist Program(Clocktower Gallery, New York)
Two video artists:Sang-Gyel Oh & Shi-Hyung Jeon, HanWon Art Museum (Seoul,Korea)
1995 Contemporary Korean Art/The special exhibition in KwangJu Bienniale (KwangJu, Korea)
Information & Reality, Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Rebellion of Space, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea)
1995 After, Gongpyung Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
Miumwanbo, Cheongnam Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
1994 WATER SOFT, Su-won Art Center (Suwon, Korea)
Black Sea, Cheongnam Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
1993 Recycling Through Art/'93 Daejeon EXPO (Daejeon, Korea)
The New Generational Tendency in Korean Contemporary Art:
City, Space of Life, Seoul Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
The Spring of Plastic, Gallery Dukwon (Seoul, Korea)
The History of Fluctuation-eruption, Gallery Injae Kwangju, Korea)
1992 Transposition, Gallery Korea (New York)
The History of Fluctuation-eruption(Gallery Sonamu : Seoul, Gallery Byuk-A : Taegu, Korea)
1991 100 Years of Our History - A Reflective View Gallery Total (Seoul, Korea)
A View in Change of Arts, Gallery Kumho (Seoul, Korea)
1990 The Art of Korea-The Present Conditions, Art Museum of Korea (Seoul, Korea)
A Presentment of the Korean Contemporary Art of the 21st Century, Gallery Total (Seoul, Korea)
1989 The Eye of Typhoon, Gallery Noksaik (Seoul, Korea)
△ε, Gallery Soo (Seoul, Korea)
1989-1985 META-VOX, group shows-5 times, Fine art Center,etc. (Seoul, Korea)
1988 The 2nd Special Exhibition for Selected Young Artists(Korean Critics Association, Art Center, Seoul)
A Phase of the Korean Art in the Eighties Gallery Hangang (Seoul, Korea)
'87 Artists of the year, Gallery Seoul
1987 The 4th Young Artists' Biennial, National Museum of Contemporary Arts (Kwachun, Korea)
The Spearhead in Our Generation, Gallery Kwan Hun (Seoul, Korea)
1986 EXODUS, Gallery Kwan Hun (Seoul, Korea)
1985 Experiences of Things, Gallery Jeon Hu (Seoul)
1984 Message of Sight, Art Center (Seoul)
PUBLICATIONS
2004 Lee Seungtaik-Non material arts(ICAS, 2004)
2004 Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-IV, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 (ICAS, 2004)
2003 Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-III, Vol. 1, Vol. 2(ICAS, 2003)
2001 Rereading Contemporary Korean Art-II, Vol. 1, Vol. 2(도서출판 ICAS, 2001년 12월 22일)
2000 Rereading Contemporary Korean Art(Choungumsa, 2000)
1995 ART VIVANT 37(Sigongsa, 1995)
2004. 11 Again, For The Young Artist who Spoiled Other's Paintings, mia Forum
2004. 10 Non materialization : A Theory of the Work of Lee Seung-taek, ICAS publication
2004. 7 Preface, Abstraction from Suffering, Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art IV, vol.3, ICAS publication
2004. 7 Preface, Hwang Yong-yop's Paintings, Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art IV, vol.3, ICAS publication
2004. 7 Preface, Jeong Mun-gyu's Paintings(1958 to 1965), Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art IV, vol.3, ICAS
publication
2003. 11 'Abstraction' and 'Cotemporary Korean Art' : The Question for the Meta-Critic, Seminar, Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art IV, vol.3
2003. 11 Rhetoric of 'Encounter' without Passion : The Critic of Lee U-fan, Web Magazine Art & Discourse
2003. 9 For The Young Artist who Spoiled Other's Paintings, ICAS Forum
2003. 3 1970's Aesthetics Behind Monotone, Seminar, Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art III, vol.2, ICAS publication
2003. 4 Interview, Monthly Magazine Art in Culture, Seoul
2003. 1 Incompetence of The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Monthly Magazine Wolganmisool, Seoul
2003. 1 22 Column, Saving the Public Museum 3rd-Korean Arts & Cultural Foundation, Joongang daily, Seoul
2002. 12. 18 Column, The Retrospective Exhibition of The National Museum of Contemporary Art without Verification, Joongang daily, Seoul
2002. 10 The Subject for Re-reading and Re-Writing, Re-reading Cotemporary Korean Art III, vol.2, ICAS publication
2002, 10 Preface, The Consideration about 'Reaction' : Ji Seok-cheol
2002. 8 Preface, The Alternative of Cotemporary Korean Art, Exhibition Another Perspective, Suwon
2002. 7 The Variety of Cotemporary Art : Busan Biennale Curating Project, Busan Biennale International Symposium, Busan Biennale Council
2002. 6 The Cotemporary Art and Cultural Consumption, Seminar, Ewha sculpture Association
2002. 6 The Range and Role of Curating, Korean Arts & Cultural Foundation
2002. 2. Cotemporary Korean Art, The Suggestion for critical discourse, Monthly Magazine Wolganmisool, Seoul
2001 12 ‘A director's writing’ monthly magazine Art world, Seoul
2001. 1 An argument in opposition for the review by Mr. Hyun Do Kim(art critic), monthly magazine Art, Seoul
2000. 11 Interview: Rereading for the 80's Movement by the small groups in Korea with Mi Kyung Kim(Art history) monthly magazine
WOLGANMISUL, Seoul
2000. 1 New Vision, Beyond 2000, An artist‘s writing’ monthly magazine Art world, Seoul
1995 Sang-Gyel Oh, ART VIVANT series volume 37, SIGONGSA Co. Seoul, Korea
1996 March Preview "Vanishing works, Circulating art", artist's Writing, monthly magazine SPACE volume 130, Seoul, Korea
1992 Dec. 26 "artist space" artist's Writing, Dong-A Daily Newspaper, Seoul, Korea
1994 Aug. "work's around", artist's Writing, monthly magazine ART PLAZA, Seoul, Korea
1991. Nov. artist's Writing, monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Seoul
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002. Jan. Exhibition review ‘Another aspect-The Contemporary Korean Art’ monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL,
Written by Kwang-Seok Jo(art critic), Seoul
2001. Nov. “Special Feature" monthly magazine Art world, Seoul
2001. Nov. 21 IN ART-artist and director Oh, Sang Ghil, Jung Ang Daily Newspaper, Seoul, Korea
2001. Autumn Exhibition review “Oh, Sang Ghil's consideration process and works-recent video installation'
Mi Kyung Kim(Art history) season magazine KOREAN ART CRITICS REVIEW, Seoul
1998 Summer "Exhibition Review" season magazine KOREAN ART CRITICS REVIEW, Seoul, Written by Phil Lee (art critic)
1998 April "Exhibition Review" monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Written by Hyun-Do Kim (art critic), Seoul
1997 December "Exhibition Review" monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Written by Hyun-Do Kim (art critic), Seoul
1996 May "Exhibition Review" monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Written by Kwang-Seok Jo (art critic), Seoul
"Exhibition Review" monthly magazine SPACE, Written by Won-Bang Kim (art critic), Seoul
1995 July "Exhibition Highlight" monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Written by Sung-Rok Seo (art critic), Seoul
1995 Jan.-Feb. Interview by James Lee, ASIAN ART NEWS, volume 5 no. 1,
1994 Aug. "Artists in 90s of Korea", Hong Kong, monthly magazine ART PLAZA, Seoul, Korea
1993 July "Exhibition Highlight" monthly magazine WOLGANMISUL, Written by Sung-Rok Seo (art critic), Seoul
1991 spring "Sang-Ghil Oh" art magazine Sun Misul, Written by Jae-un Lee (art critic), Seoul
March 1999-December 2002 Han Won Art Museum Director, Seoul, Korea]
July 2004- Museum for the Independents & Alternative Director, Seoul, Korea