JONGSUK YOON
Born in 1965 in Onyang, South Korea
lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
EDUCATION
2004-2005 Chelsea College of Art, MA, London, United Kingdom
1997-2001 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1996 Kunstakademie Münster, Münster, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Bom, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Far East, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France
2024 Kumgangsan, Wall painting, mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien,
Vienna, Austria
Yellow May, Marian Goodman Gallery, LA, USA
Jongsuk Yoon, Han, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna,
Austria
2023 October Sky, House of Art of České Budějovice, Budweis, Czech Republic
2022 Yellow to Pink, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
San, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Republic of Korea
2021 Jongsuk Yoon, Gang, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
2020 April Mai, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Jongsuk Yoon, Wallpaintings Sun and Moon, Nordiska Akvarell Museet, Skärhamn,
Sweden
2018 Gang San, Wallpaintings, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2017 Mind Landscapes, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
2015 Sansui, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Sulwha, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Berge und Wasser, Kunstverein Lippstadt, Germany
2012 Seelenlandschaften, Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2007 Beauty Queen, Galleria Claudio Poleschi, Lucca, Italy
2004 Days Like These, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Germany; Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Things I See, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Runs from 8am to 8pm, do art gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2003 Act of Beauty, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany, Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany
2002 Letter in Yellow, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 Jongsuk Yoon, Hedwig and Robert Samuel Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 In Motion, Wall Paintings, FFT - Forum Freies Theater, Düsseldorf, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Colors of Water, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Republic
of Korea
2024 Where I end and you begin, Galerie Haas, Zürich, Switzerland
2023 River of Rebirth, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture, Hasselt, Belgium
Semi Art Community Project: Boo Gie Woo Gie Art Museum, Ulsan Art Museum,
Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Origin, Emergence, Return, Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York
Earth – a collective landscape, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 Cat, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 What the moon can tell you has been said by the sun, Gallery Dürst Britt & Mayhew,
The Hague, Netherlands
2019 Polke und die Folgen, Akademie-Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018 Alice Attie, Karin Sander, Jongsuk Yoon, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Irony and Idealism, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany
2017 Das Glück der Erde, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Irony and Idealism, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Republic of Korea; KF Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Timeout, Städtische Galerie Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany
Wanderlust, Onewwall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2016 Perron Kunstpreis, Kunsthaus Frankenthal, Frankenthal, Germany
Zoo, Lepsien Art Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
Poetic Scape, Seum Art Space, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2015 Jahresausstellung, Kunstverein Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany
2011 Jahresgaben, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
2007 Summer Sushi, Gallery Yujiro, London, United Kingdom
2006 Einfach so, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sangsuljeun, Do Art Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2005 About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
big makes me feel good, Triangle Space, London, United Kingdom
Ernst Schering Prize, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
36 Craven House, Benjamin Franklin House, London, United Kingdom
Sommergäste, Gallery Bugdahn & Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004. A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water, 5th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
iaab 1+3+4, iaab Merian Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Vanitas, ikob, Eupen, Belgium
Neustart, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2003 The Beauty, Museum Sungkok, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Weites Land, Gut Saathain, Brandenburg, Germany
Jahresausstellung, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany
2002 Form and Formless, Galerie Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, Grimma, Germany
Märkisches Stipendium, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid, Germany
2001 Klasse Schwegler, Katholische Akademie, Berlin, Germany
Paintings, Gallery Van Dedem and Tielkemeijer, Olst, The Netherlands
Ida-Gehardi-Preis, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid, Germany
UBS Artaward, UBS Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
2000 Schwegler and his Students, Gallery Schlick, Düsseldorf, Germany
Wellenauflauf, Gallery Rathert, Minden, Germany
Jahresausstellung, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 Fliegen eröffnet, Städtische Galerie Moers, Germany
Paintings, Gallery Van Dedem and Tielkemeijer, Olst, The Netherlands
Warum ist Zeichnung so schön? Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Germany
Tokyo and Düsseldorf, Aula, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Staff, Musashino Art University Tokyo, Japan
GRANTS
2018 Exhibition funding, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.
Project funding, Goethe Institut Korea, Seoul
2014 Stiftung Zukunft NRW, Düsseldorf
Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
2004 The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul
2003 Märkisches Stipendium, Iserlohn
2002 Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf
2000 DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm, Berlin
Travel Grant /London, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1999 Travel Grant /Italy, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
RESIDENCIES
2020 Bildraum Studio in der Brotfabrik, Vienna, Austria
2019 SoART Millstättersee, Spittal an der Drau, Austria
2016 Künstlerhaus Edenkoben, Edenkoben, Germany
2006 Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
2004 iaab Merian Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Heidelberg, Germany
MONOGRAPHS / CATALOGUES (selection)
Jongsuk Yoon, Kestner Gesellschaft / MUMOK, Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2025, Texts by Adam Budak, Heike Eipeldauer, Interview Jongsuk Yoon and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Yoon Jongsuk, San, Johyun gallery, Busan, Republic of Korea, 2022, text by Eunju Choi
Jongsuk Yoon, Yellow to Pink, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien, 2022,
Text by Tessa Praun
Jongsuk Yoon, April Mai, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien, 2020, Texts by Robert Fleck, Stephan Berg
Jongsuk Yoon, Museum Kurhaus Kleve/Ludwig Museum Koblenz, Distanz Verlag, Berlin, 2017, Texts by Hendrik Bündge, Anna Buschhoff, Eunju Choi, Robert Fleck, Harald Kunde, Beate Reifenscheid, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Christina Végh
Jongsuk Yoon, sansui, Osthaus Museum Hagen, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2015, Texts by Stephan Berg, Eugen Blume, Reinhard Spieler, Stefanie Kreuzer, Erich Franz, Wonseok Koh, Thomas D. Trummer, Insoo Cho, Tayfun Belgin, Gregor Jansen, Kay Heymer
Jongsuk Yoon, DAAD Berlin, 2001, Text by Friedrich Meschede
COLLECTIONS (selection)
AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bankgesellschaft Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Coppel Collection, Mexico
Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez Collection, Miami, Florida
K&L Museum, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
SoArt, Vienna, Austria
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
SYZYGY Collection of JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey
Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Sammlung Viehof GBR, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom
