Born in Kyŏngsang Province in 1945, Park lost his parents and suffered injuries during the Korean War, but overcame his circumstances as a young child to teach himself painting and calligraphy by copying classic texts. An heir to Korea’s “true-view ”tradition, his ink-and-wash paintings portray real mountains, trees, houses, and vistas. Park’s paintings of Kyŏngju, where he has lived for over a decade, express thespirit of this ancient capital of the Silla Dynasty and Korean Buddhism. Like the Chosŏn-era scholar-artists before him, Park has traveled extensively, including to Mount Kŭmgang in North Korea, and along the Silk Road through China, the source of his calligraphic subjects.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015
Korea Society in New York, USA

2014
Gana Art Center in Busan, Korea

2013
Gana Art Center in Seoul, Korea

2011
Museum of China in Beijing, China

2006
Galerie Gana in Beaubourg, Paris

2003
Misulsegae Gallery in Tokyo, Japan

1997
Galerie Gana in Beaubourg, Paris

1994
Donga Gallery in Seoul, Korea

1988
Hoam Gallery in Seoul, Korea

1987
Farina Gallery in Cologne, Germany

1986
Fuji Gallery in Tokyo, Japan

1976
Sun Gallery in Fukuoka, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Korea Special Exhibition in Belgium
Korea Special Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston in Houston, USA

2003
Drawing: It’s New Horizons, National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Korea

2002
The Korea Young Artist Biennale, Daegu Culture & Arts Center in Daegu, Korea

2000
The World Peace Art Feast 2000, Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Korea

1999
Donggangbyeolgok, Gana Art Center in Seoul, Korea
The 6 Representative Artists in Oriental Painting, Chungjark Art Gallery in Seoul, Korea

1998
For the Identity of Korean Art, Busan Museum of Modern Art in Busan, Korea

1997
Paintings & Sculptures with Maternal Affection, Chungjark Art Gallery in Seoul, Korea

1996
The 6th Jeju Silla Art Exhibition in Jeju, Korea

1992
NICAF: Park Dae-Sung, Oh Su-Fan, Lee Il-Ho, Bolakia Gallery in Paris, France

1990
Nature, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Daejeon Museum of Art, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Korea Development Bank, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Women’s University Museum, Seoul Araio Gallery, Paradise Hotel, Cheongwadae, Hoam Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and numerous public and private collections.