1935 Born in Seoul, Korea
1958-63 B.F.A/M.F.A in Sculpture, Seoul National University
1974-75 Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A
2020 Died on November 17th
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Sculptor's Garden: Five seasons, Choi Man Lin Museum, Seoul, Korea
2021 Sun&Moon, Choi Man Lin Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 Breath of Earth, Choi Man Lin Museum, Seoul, Korea
2018 The Essence of Existence, Leeahn gallery, Daegu, Korea
2014 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2011 Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea
2011 Venus 'O', Date Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010 Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Sculpture and Drawing by Man-Lin Choi, Gongganpurple, Paju, Korea
2008 Venus 'O', Gongganpurple, Paju, Korea
2007 Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001 Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
1993 Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1992 Gallery Seiho, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Art Dune, Hamamatsu, Japan
1987 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1979 Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 A Season of Meditation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2021 Between Past and Future, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
2021 With Nature: still life and landscape, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2020 The Modern And Contemporary Korean Calligraphy, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2018 33 years of companion, Kimsechoong Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 The Move of Curves, Gallery ERD, Seoul, Korea
2013 White&White- Dialogue between Korea and Italy-, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy
2012 Steel Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
2011 Sculptors Drawing, Seoul Olympic Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2010 Primavere del bianco, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 Beginning of the Image, Seongbuk Mueseum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 Collection Highlights, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2007 Korea/Japan Contemporary Art 2007, Tokyo, Japan
1996 FIAC, Paris, France
1996 Korean Sculpture Today, Moran Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1996 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1995 Professionals of Fine Arts Collefe of Seoul National University, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea
1995 Seoul National University / Chicago Art Institute Exchange Exhibition, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea
1995 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1995 50th Anniversary of Liberation: A Wish for Reunification: Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art,
Seoul, Korea
1994 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1994 Representation of Korean Intellectual, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1989 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1988 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1988 Leading Korean Artists Exhibition, Alpine Gallery, New York, USA
1988 Opening Anniversary Exhibition, ChosunIlbo Museum, Seoul
1986 Dynamic & Alive Korean Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1985 Fourty Years of Modern Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1985 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1985 Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1982 Grand Art Exhibition of Korea, Seoul, Korea
1982 Korean Sculpture Exhibition, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Munye Theater, Seoul, Korea
1982 Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1981 Drawing '81, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1981 Korean Art '81, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1978 Korea: The Trend for the Past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1978 Art Associations' Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1978 Joongang Finearts Prize, Jooang Ilbo, Seoul, Korea
1978 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1974 Seoul '70, Seoul, Korea
1974 Korean Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1973 Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972, Myeongdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Honolulu, USA
1973 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1972 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1972 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1970 Modern Korea Sculpture, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1970 Korean Art Awards, Hankook Ilbo, Seoul, Korea
1968-69 Korea Modern Artists Exhibition, Chosun Media, Seoul, Korea
1966 Malaysia-Korea Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1966 Congress for Cultural Freedom Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1965 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1961 Korean Art Exhibition, Korea Ministry of Culture and Education, Manila, Philippines
1956-63 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1956 Korean Artist Association Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1949 Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Awards
2014 Silver crown Order of Cultural Merit of Korea
2012 Grand Prize at the National Academy of Art, Korea
2007 Artist Grand Prize of Korea
1997 Environment Culture Award of Korea
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju
Seoul National University, Seoul
Olympic Park, Seoul
Art Sonje Center, Gyeongju
King Sejong The Great Museum, Seoul
Alleyway, Suwon
Gyeongnam Art Musem, Changwon
Choi Man Lim Museum, Seoul
Pohang Museum of Steel art, Pohang
KBS, Korea
Ho-am Art Museum, Yongin
Hilton Hotel, Seoul
Korea Center for International Finance, Busan
Busan Museum of Art, Busan
Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall, Seoul
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
SIGMA TOWER, Seoul
The Independence hall of Korea, Cheonan
Korea World Trade Center, Seoul