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EXHIBITION RECORDS 1943–2026

Exhibition Records

Every exhibition record drawn from the precision timeline. The year links to its place in the Chronology.

1947Kofu-kaiSubmitted work for the first time to the 33rd Kōfūkai open exhibition; two paintings, Winter Trees A and B, were accepted.
1949Kofu-kaiServed as a juror of the 35th Kōfūkai Exhibition, showing Recess and Man with a Violin.
1949Other & GroupShown by invitation at the 2nd Joint Exhibition of Art Associations, organised by the Mainichi Shimbun: Reverie.
1949SoloFirst solo exhibition, Shiseido Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo (7–11 April).
1950Other & GroupShown by invitation at the 3rd Joint Exhibition of Art Associations, organised by the Mainichi Shimbun: White and Black Houses. The Emperor of Japan visited the exhibition, and the painter had occasion to speak with him.
1950Kofu-kaiAppointed a juror of the 36th Kōfūkai Exhibition, showing Seated Woman.
1950NittenExhibited Afternoon at the Nitten.
1951SoloSecond solo exhibition, Shiseido Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo (Nihon Sangyo Keizai Shimbun, 26 July; Naigai Times, 25 July).
1951Kofu-kaiAs a juror of the 37th Kōfūkai Exhibition, showed Figure ('Nemo').
1951NittenExhibited Portrait of an Old Man at the Nitten.
1952Kofu-kaiAs a juror of the 38th Kōfūkai Exhibition, showed Woman with a Book.
1952NittenExhibited Woman at the Nitten.
1953SoloThird solo exhibition, Western Painting Gallery, Hankyu Department Store, Osaka (Osaka Yomiuri Shimbun, 20 March).
1953Kofu-kaiExhibited Lamp and Woman at the 39th Kōfūkai Exhibition, and Houses and Lady at the Nitten.
1954Kofu-kaiExhibited Portrait of Mr. K (F50) at the 40th Kōfūkai Exhibition. Convalesced at Kusatsu Hot Spring.
1954NittenLady in Blue (50-go) submitted to the Nitten by invitation. [Evidence: exhibition list]
1955Kofu-kaiExhibited Houses and Road (F50) at the 41st Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1956Kofu-kaiExhibited Three Nudes (F50) at the 42nd Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1958Other & GroupFourth exhibition: a retrospective of oil paintings at the Hwashin Gallery, Hwashin Department Store, Seoul .
1961Kofu-kaiExhibited Summer Landscape (F20) at the 47th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1963Kofu-kaiExhibited Portrait of a Woman at the 49th Kōfūkai Exhibition (Dong-A Ilbo, 22 April). The sitter was Jang Yeong-suk, professor at Ewha Womans University and wife of Dean Lee Yang-ha.
1964Kofu-kaiExhibited Family (F120) at the 50th Kōfūkai Exhibition in Japan — a portrait of the family of Shin Tae-hwan, president of Seoul National University (Dong-A Ilbo, 10 April).
1964Other & GroupPen drawing Through the Darkness of the Earth for the inaugural issue of the Korea Economic Daily, with text by the poet Kim Chun.
1965Kofu-kaiExhibited Bandoji Pond, Biwon (F40) at the 51st Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1965Other & GroupAs a director of the Shinki-kai, exhibited Bandoji Pond (F30), Aeryeonjeong Pavilion (F30) and Jondeokjeong Pavilion (F40) at its 9th exhibition, Press Centre, Seoul.
1965Other & GroupExhibited Autumn at the general exhibition of the Korean Fine Arts Association.
1966Other & GroupExhibited Bandoji Pond in Autumn at the Malaysia Invitational Art Exhibition, organised by the Government of the Republic of Korea.
1966Other & GroupExhibited Bubujeong Pavilion at the Shinki-kai.
1966Kofu-kaiExhibited Old Tree, Biwon at the 52nd Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1966Other & GroupExhibited Road at the general exhibition of the Korean Fine Arts Association.
1967Other & GroupExhibited Bandoji Pond, Biwon at the Shinki-kai exhibition.
1967Other & GroupExhibited Landscape at the Invitational Exhibition of Active Korean Artists, National Museum of Modern Art, organised by the Ministry of Public Information.
1967Kofu-kaiExhibited Namsan Seen from Deoksugung (F40) at the 53rd Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1968Kofu-kaiExhibited Seungjaejeong Pavilion, Biwon (F40) at the 54th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1968Other & GroupExhibited Bandoji Pond (F30) at the Shinki-kai exhibition.
1969Kofu-kaiExhibited Jondeokjeong Pavilion, Biwon (F30) at the 55th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1970Other & GroupExhibited Autumn Landscape at the 16th Shinki-kai exhibition, National Public Information Hall.
1970Kofu-kaiExhibited Road (F40) at the 56th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1971SoloSixth solo exhibition, Fuji Gallery, Japan — eighteen landscapes on the theme of the Biwon, the Secret Garden of Changdeokgung .
1971Other & GroupExhibited Country Landscape at the inaugural exhibition of the Chosun Hotel Gallery.
1971Kofu-kaiExhibited Aeryeonjeong Pavilion (F100) at the 57th Kōfūkai Exhibition, and The Octagonal Pavilion at the Shinki-kai.
1971Other & GroupShown in an exhibition of leading works of contemporary art, organised by the Fuji Gallery, Japan.
1972Other & GroupShown in an exhibition of foremost Korean contemporary artists organised by the Fuji Gallery, Japan, alongside Lee Jong-woo, Kim In-seung, Kim Suk-jin, Do Sang-bong, Park Deuk-sun, Kim Ki-chang, Son Eung-seong, Park Yeong-seon and Jang Un-sang.
1972Other & GroupExhibited New Green at the Exhibition of Leading Contemporary Artists, Hyundai Gallery.
1972Kofu-kaiExhibited Seogwipo Landscape A at the 58th Kōfūkai Exhibition, and Biwon Landscape at the Shinki-kai.
1973Kofu-kaiExhibited Autumn Landscape (F20) at the 59th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1973Other & GroupExhibited The Old Palace at the Shinki-kai exhibition.
1973Other & GroupExhibited Snow at the Old Palace at the Asian International Exhibition.
1974Other & GroupShown in the Exhibition of Korean Masters, organised by the Koryo Art Gallery, Osaka, alongside Do Sang-bong, Kim In-seung, Park Yeong-seon and Kim Ki-chang.
1974Other & GroupShown at the 21st Shinki-kai exhibition, Art Centre, Seoul (Hankook Ilbo, 13 November).
1974Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Asian International Exhibition.
1974Kofu-kaiExhibited Hallasan at the 60th anniversary Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1975Kofu-kaiExhibited Seogwipo Landscape at the 61st Kōfūkai Exhibition, Japan .
1975Other & GroupSpecial contribution to the 2nd Oriental Ten-Artist Exhibition, Art Centre, Anguk-dong.
1975Other & GroupShown in the Exhibition of Korean Masters organised by the Koryo Art Gallery, Osaka International Hotel, alongside Do Sang-bong, Kim In-seung, Park Gyu, Kim So-yeong, Park Dae-jin, Oh Seung-woo, Kim Hwa-gyeong, Jang I-seok and Kim Suk-jin.
1976Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Jeju Provincial Exhibition: Oedo Landscape. Collection of the Jeju Shinmun.
1976Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Asian International Exhibition: Autumn at the Old Palace.
1976Kofu-kaiExhibited Snow at the Old Palace at the 62nd Kōfūkai Exhibition, Japan (Chosun Ilbo, 25 April; Maeil Business Newspaper, 28 April; Shina Ilbo, 29 April).
1977Kofu-kaiExhibited Island in Autumn at the 63rd Kōfūkai Exhibition, Japan.
1977Other & GroupExhibited Snow on Hallasan and Landscape with Chaerabong at the Jeju Artists Association Sixteen-Artist Exhibition.
1977Other & Group3rd Oriental Art Association Twelve-Artist Exhibition, Central Public Information Hall (Chosun Ilbo, 18 February; JoongAng Ilbo, 19 February; Ilgan Sports, 17 February).
1978Other & GroupSeventh exhibition: Byun Shi-Ji and Lee Hak-suk, a husband-and-wife show (Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo and Dong-A Ilbo, 31 May; Hankook Ilbo, 26 May; Jeju Shinmun, 15 June).
1978Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Jeju Provincial Exhibition: Seaside Village.
1978Other & GroupExhibited Waiting and Island Landscape at the Jeju Artists Association exhibition.
1978Other & GroupExhibited Nude and Evening by the Sea at the art exhibition organised by the Jeju Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organisations.
1978Other & GroupEighth exhibition: an invitational show organised by Ilgan Misul and Saenghwalsa, Jeju Sanho Exhibition Hall (Jeju Shinmun, 16 December; Jedae Shinmun, 29 December). Reviewed by the critic Won Dong-seok.
1979Other & GroupNinth exhibition, Dongduk Art Museum: forty works including Village Landscape and Girl with a Horse .
1979Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Jeju Provincial Exhibition: The Deep Sea.
1979Other & GroupTenth exhibition, Sanho Exhibition Hall, Jeju (Jeju Shinmun, 17 December).
1979Kofu-kaiExhibited Jeju Island Landscape at the 65th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1979Other & GroupExhibited Arrival and Reverie at the Jeju Artists Association exhibition.
1980Other & GroupEleventh exhibition, an invitational show at the Jeonsi Gonggan Gallery, Jeju City: thirty oils including Dalla, Evening Glow and Shipwreck (Dong-A Ilbo, 6 June; Jeju Shinmun, 9 June).
1980Other & GroupGyegan Misul, spring issue: Sunset (F10).
1980Other & GroupExhibited Waiting (F100) at the Jeju Artists Association exhibition, Jeonsi Gonggan Gallery. Collection of Jeju MBC.
1980Kofu-kaiExhibited Lonely Island of the South at the 66th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1980Other & GroupExhibited Anxiety at the Jeju National University faculty exhibition.
1980Other & GroupShown by invitation at the inaugural exhibition of the Namyang Museum of Art: Storm (F30). Collection of Park Tae-hun.
1980Other & GroupExhibited When the Crow Cries (F100) at the 4th Oriental Art Association exhibition, Jeonsi Gonggan Gallery, Jeju City. Collection of the Korea University Museum.
1980Other & GroupExhibited Longing for Home (F100) at the Jeju Provincial Exhibition. Collection of Byun Hyung-ha of KBS.
1980Other & GroupTwelfth exhibition, Sanho Exhibition Hall, Jeju.
1981Other & GroupShown by invitation at Korean Art 81, organised by the National Museum of Modern Art: Jeoldo — The Severed Island. Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art.
1981Kofu-kaiExhibited Lonely Island of Tamna at the 67th Kōfūkai Exhibition.
1981Other & GroupThirteenth exhibition, an invitational show at the Haemok Gallery, Mokpo.
1981Other & GroupFourteenth exhibition, an invitational show at the Namyang Art Centre, Jeju (Jeju Shinmun, 3 June).
1981Other & GroupShown by invitation at the inaugural exhibition of Kim Jung-up's Ilbang Gallery: The Gate.
1981Other & GroupDong-A Ilbo, 'Spring in the Homeland': the oil painting Homecoming (6 March 1981).
1981Other & GroupFifteenth exhibition, Tamna Gallery, Jeju (Dong-A Ilbo, 27 August; Jeju Shinmun, 27 August and 4 September).
1981Other & Group5th Oriental Art Association exhibition, Dongduk Art Museum, Seoul.
1981Other & GroupExhibition marking his departure for France, Baeksang Memorial Hall, Anguk-dong, shown together with Kim Gi-hyeok, Park Jong-hui, Lee Jeong-sin and Pyo Seung-hyeon (Dong-A Ilbo, 7 September; Ilgan Sports, 6 September; JoongAng Ilbo, 4 November).
1981Other & GroupSixteenth exhibition, an invitational show at the Astrolabio Gallery, Rome, 6–20 October (Italian press, 21 October).
1982Other & GroupJoint exhibition, Grand Hotel Gallery, Jeju: ink paintings.
1982Other & GroupSeventeenth exhibition, an invitational show at the Jeong Gallery, Gwangju (Gwangju Ilbo, 22 February; Dong-A Ilbo, 26 February).
1982Other & GroupEighteenth exhibition: an invitational show of ink paintings, Jeong Gallery, Gwangju.
1982Kofu-kaiExhibited San Marco at the 68th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1982Other & GroupNineteenth exhibition, an invitational show at the Hangwang Art Museum, Busan (Dong-A Ilbo, 31 November and 2 December).
1983Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition held by the National Museum of Modern Art following the reform of the national exhibition system: Dreaming of Home.
1983Kofu-kaiExhibited London Landscape (F30) at the 69th Kōfūkai Exhibition (Jeju Shinmun, 29 April).
1983Other & GroupShown by invitation at the Jeju Provincial Exhibition: Girl in a Dream.
1983Other & GroupTwentieth exhibition: an invitational show of ink paintings, Hansol Gallery, Jeju (Jeju Shinmun, 10 December; Dong-A Ilbo, 9 December).
1983Other & GroupThe Wind Cave of Tamna (F100). Collection of Wonhwan Eunhye, Jeju branch.
1983Other & GroupTyphoon (F150). Collection of the Seohae Hotel, Jeju.
1983Other & GroupShown in the Ten Local Artists Exhibition marking the first anniversary of the Sangmi exhibition space, Seogwipo (Dong-A Ilbo, 30 March; Jeju Shinmun, 31 March).
1984Other & GroupShown by invitation at Contemporary Art 84, organised by the National Museum of Modern Art: Reverie. Collection of the Hongik University Museum.
1984Other & GroupShown in the Korea–Japan art exchange exhibition, Jeongudang Gallery (Chosun Ilbo, 28 September).
1984Kofu-kaiExhibited The Seine (F40) at the 70th anniversary Kōfūkai Exhibition (Jeju Shinmun, 25 April).
1984Other & GroupTwenty-first exhibition: an invitational show of some thirty ink paintings, Hansol Gallery, Jeju (Dong-A Ilbo, 9 December; Jeju Shinmun, 10 December).
1984Other & GroupTwenty-second exhibition: an invitational show of twenty-five ink paintings, Sangmi exhibition space, Seogwipo (Jeju Shinmun, 5 March).
1984Other & GroupExhibited Jeju Landscape at the Unification Exhibition organised by the Central Council for National Unification.
1984Other & GroupMembers' invitational exhibition of the New Art Grand Exhibition, 22nd Century Art Museum (JoongAng Ilbo, 10 January).
1984Other & GroupExhibited Waiting at the benefit exhibition for the restoration of the exile house of Chusa Kim Jeong-hui.
1985Other & GroupShown by invitation at Contemporary Art 85, organised by the National Museum of Modern Art: The Road Home.
1985Other & GroupFourteen Painters Exhibition, Sangmi exhibition space, Seogwipo.
1985Other & GroupTwenty-third exhibition, an invitational show at the Sejongdang Gallery, Jeju City (Jeju Shinmun, 4 February).
1985Kofu-kaiExhibited Longing for Home (F40) at the 71st Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1985Kofu-kaiExhibited Longing for Home (F40) at the 71st Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
1986SoloTwenty-fifth solo exhibition.
1986Kofu-kaiExhibited Storm at the 72th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1986Other & Group24th publication commemorative exhibition for Woosung Byun Shi-Ji Art Collection, 6–18 June.
1986Other & GroupKorean Contemporary Art: Yesterday and Today, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1986Other & Group25th publication commemorative exhibition, Dongin Art Museum, Jeju.
1987Other & GroupA permanent exhibition room dedicated to Byun Shi-Ji established at the Seogwipo Municipal Gidang Art Museum.
1987Kofu-kaiExhibited Portrait at the 73th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1987Other & Group1987 Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1989Kofu-kaiExhibited Ieodo — The Legendary Island at the 75th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1990Other & Group27th Jeju Wind Paintings Invitational Exhibition, Baeksong Gallery.
1990Other & Group1990 Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1990Other & GroupSeoul Arts Center Opening Commemorative Exhibition.
1990Solo28th Invitational Solo Exhibition commemorating retirement, Yehyang Gallery.
1991Other & GroupInvitational exhibition marking his retirement, Yehyang Gallery, Jeju.
1992SoloTwenty-ninth solo exhibition.
1992SoloThirtieth solo exhibition, Yemaek Gallery, Seoul.
1992Other & GroupContemporary Art Invitational Exhibition '92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon.
1992Kofu-kaiExhibited Bitter Heart at the 78th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1993Other & GroupTIAS International Exhibition, Tokyo.
1993SoloThirty-first solo exhibition, an invitational show at the Seonam Art Museum.
1993Other & GroupExhibition commemorating the opening of the Seoul Arts Center.
1993Kofu-kaiExhibited Jeongbang Falls at the 79th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1994Other & GroupSeoul International Contemporary Art Festival, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1994Other & GroupChanging Landscapes of Seoul, Seoul Arts Center.
1994Kofu-kaiExhibited The Fisherman at the 80th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1995Other & GroupExhibition marking his seventieth birthday, organised by the Jemin Ilbo, Jeju.
1995Kofu-kaiExhibited Waiting at the 81th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1995Other & Group32nd exhibition commemorating Byun Shi-Ji’s seventieth year.
1996Kofu-kaiExhibited The Island of Storms at the 82th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1997Kofu-kaiExhibited Longing for Home at the 83th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
1997Other & GroupPublication of a Jeju art collection and commemorative exhibition.
1998Other & GroupSpecial Exhibition of Government-Owned Artworks, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon.
1998Other & GroupSpecial Exhibition of Government-Owned Artworks, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1998Other & GroupModern Oil Painting Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon.
1999Other & GroupModern Painting Exhibition.
1999Other & GroupSpecial Invitational Exhibition, Geurim Gallery.
1999Other & GroupKorean Art 99: Human, Object, Nature.
2000SoloThirty-fifth solo exhibition.
2000Kofu-kaiExhibited The Sea of Storms at the 86th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2000Solo35th solo exhibition.
2000Kofu-kaiParticipated in the Kōfūkai, Sinmaekhoe, and Moving Museum exhibitions.
2001Kofu-kaiParticipated in the Kōfūkai, Sinmaekhoe, and Moving Museum exhibitions.
2001Kofu-kaiExhibited Longing for Home at the 87th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2002Kofu-kaiExhibited Living Alone at the 88th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2003Other & GroupModern Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon.
2003Kofu-kaiExhibited The Road Home at the 89th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2003Other & GroupModern Painting Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon.
2004Other & GroupLandscape of the Mind, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang.
2004Kofu-kaiExhibited The Road Home at the 90th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2004Other & GroupOpening Commemorative Exhibition, Deogyang Eoullim Nuri Culture and Sports Center.
2004Other & GroupLandscape of the Mind, 1 September–15 October, Eoullim Art Museum, Goyang.
2005Other & GroupSpecial Exhibition, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo.
2005Kofu-kaiExhibited When the Crow Cries at the 91th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2006Kofu-kaiExhibited The Island of Storms at the 92th Kōfūkai Exhibition, Tokyo.
2007Other & GroupInvited to the opening exhibition of the Korea Gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Two works — Wild Dance and The Road As It Is — were placed on a ten-year long-term loan (2007–2017).
2007Other & GroupInvited to the opening exhibition of the Korea Gallery at the Smithsonian; Nanmu and Going On As It Is shown on long-term loan, 2007–2017.
2014Other & GroupLight and Wind: In Full Spectrum, Jeju Stone Park.
2014Other & GroupLight and Wind: In Full Spectrum, Jeju Stone Park.
2023Other & GroupByun Shi-Ji: Golden Solitude, Sea of Storms, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art.
2023Other & GroupEndless Longing, Art Jeju Space.
2023Other & GroupInto the Storm: Byun Shi-Ji Exhibition, Jeju Stone Park.
2023Other & GroupByun Shi-Ji: Golden Solitude, Sea of Storms, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art.
2023Other & GroupEndless Longing, Art Jeju Space.