HEO WOOK
Born in 1973, Seoul, Korea
1986–1992 Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School, Seoul, Korea
1993–1994
École des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France
1994–1998
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
Diploma: DNSAP
Residency
2007
Asia Culture City Residency Program
Uijae Creative Studio Residency, 2nd Cohort, Gwangju, Jeonnam, Korea
Award
2007
2nd POSCO Steel Art Award — Finalist Exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
Heras Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2025
MILAL Museum, Seoul, Korea
Jeongdong 1928 Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Jochiwon 1927 Art Center, Jochiwon, Korea
Taeun Gohyeon Gallery, Geoje, Korea
2024
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
Taeun Gwanpo Gallery, Geoje, Korea
Taeun Gohyeon Gallery, Geoje, Korea
Street Museum Container, Seoul, Korea
Art Salon de H Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023
Gugu Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
AUGHT New York, New York, USA
L153 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Yeonhui Bridge Installation Project, Hongcheon River, Hongcheon, Korea
Jeongdong 1928 Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2021
Jeongdong 1928 Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2020
MILAL Museum, Seoul, Korea
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
2019
MILAL Museum, Seoul, Korea
2018
Gallery Iritum, Tokyo, Japan
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
LG U+ C Gallery, Seoul, Korea
LG U+ Healing & Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017
Colon B Arts, Seoul, Korea
2016
Kalifa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
L153 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Absolut Lounge — Collaboration, Seoul, Korea
2015
Soheon Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
Kalifa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014
Between Art Space, Jeju, Korea
2013
Octagon, Seoul, Korea
Soheon Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
Ark Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Logos Jeonwon Gallery, Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Nampo Museum, Jeonnam, Korea
2012
Yemaek Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011
DOSI Gallery, Busan, Korea
Yemaek Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gallery KU, Seoul, Korea
MOK SPACE, London, UK
OPENSTUDIO 21, Seoul, Korea
2010
ART2021 by Yeh Gallery, Seoul, Korea
OPENSTUDIO 21, Seoul, Korea
2009
LVS Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Nampo Museum, Jeonnam, Korea
OPENSTUDIO 21, Seoul, Korea
2008
Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
Gallery H, Hyundai Department Store Trade Center, Seoul, Korea
Blank Space Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007
Gallery LM, Seoul, Korea
Hyundai Department Store — Installation Solo Exhibition, Mokdong, Seoul, Korea
2006
Gallery GAINRO, Seoul, Korea
Hyundai Department Store — Installation Solo Exhibition, Mokdong, Seoul, Korea
2005
Gallery SEO, Seoul, Korea
WITH PLUS Korea, Seoul, Korea
Gyeongin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004
Gallery RAAM, Seoul, Korea
Korea Culture & Arts Foundation Office, Seoul, Korea
Art Space Miyum, Seoul, Korea
2003
Project 2003, Gwanghwamun Civic Open Plaza, Seoul, Korea
Gallery LAMER, Seoul, Korea
2002
Project 2002, Gyeongbokgung Station Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
COEX Chosun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001
Project 2001, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea
Kumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2000
Project 2000, Bukhansan, Seoul, Korea
Gallery HANJU, Seoul, Korea
1999
Gallery FUSION, Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Art Dream — Dreaming Art, Without Boundaries, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Gwangju Able Art Week, Gwangju, Korea
2023
Color in Everyday Life, Three-Person Exhibition with Heo Wook, Jung Da-un & KOMA, The Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022
And Spring, We Draw, Three-Person Exhibition with Heo Wook, Jung Da-un & KOMA, Kki Studio, Paju, Korea
2020
Boundaries — Meaning, Haedong Cultural Village, Damyang, Jeonnam, Korea
2019
Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
3331 Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
Paintings That Came to the Front of the House, Salon de Dudes, Seoul, Korea
2018
Overlap, Two-Person Exhibition with Heo Wook & Jo Nara, Trinity Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Between Space, Two-Person Exhibition with Heo Wook & Jung Da-un, Hoban Artrium, Gwangmyeong, Korea
2017
Gwangju Bium, Nanum Festival — Contemporary Art Exhibition, Brady Hall, Archdiocese of Gwangju, Korea
NEW BOOK, Waterfall Mansion, New York, USA
2016
Korea–China Exchange Exhibition Communicating Through Youth, National Assembly Members' Office Building, Seoul, Korea
2015
Fermented Soul, Waterfall Mansion, New York, USA
Beyond Pop, Lotte Hotel Main Building Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014
Between Repetition, Busan Art District P, Busan, Korea
Kolon Summer Culture Festival Infinity, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea
2013
Following the Artistic Footsteps of Paris, Park Eul Bok Embroidery Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012
11 Artists with The Macallan, Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2011
Capturing Contemporary Art — Opening Exhibition, Gallery Woong, Daegu, Korea
Schofield Autobiography I, National Assembly Members' Office Building, Seoul, Korea
Schofield Autobiography II, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Dreams for Africa Project, Ttukseom J-Bug Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
Between Space, Gallery La Cave, Geneva, Switzerland
Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, Singapore
2010
New Year's Exhibition 2010, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
2009
Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, Singapore
Asian Hope Network Project, Kumsan Gallery, Paju Heyri, Korea
TWO+, Gallery Eve, Seoul, Korea
A Part of Me, Space Ham, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Motor Show — Mercedes-Benz, KINTEX, Korea
2008
Artist's Garden — Children's Garden Exhibition, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
2007
Joyful Abstraction, Aram Art Museum, Goyang, Korea
Inside–Outside, Art Gallery Hyun Opening Exhibition, Yongin, Korea
Blooming Art Fair — Five Colors, Hyundai Department Store Mokdong, Seoul, Korea
Songzhuang International Art Festival Project, Beijing, China
Falling in Fall, Shinsegae Department Store — Main / Gangnam / Incheon, Korea
New Type Contemporary Museum in School, Myongji Foreign Language High School, Uiwang, Korea
POSCO Steel Art Exhibition, POSCO, Seoul, Korea
Pop-Con Mix, Yeongeun Museum, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Uijae Creative Studio Open Studio Exhibition, Former Jeonnam Provincial Government Building, Gwangju, Korea
2006
House of Imagination — Experiencing Space, Seongnam Living Design Festival, Korea Design Center, Seongnam, Korea
Who's Who?, Gallery H, Hyundai Department Store Apgujeong, Seoul, Korea
Play, Kumsan Gallery, Paju Heyri, Korea
Support–Supported, Environmental Sculpture Exhibition, Sungmoon English Publishing, Seoul, Korea
SEO FACTORY — New Idea, SEO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
40 Young Bloods, Gallery Opra, Seoul, Korea
2005
Fascinating Space, DACOYA, Seoul, Korea
Color–3, Colla-p Gainro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korea–Japan Art Exchange Exhibition, Japan Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea
Small Museum — Dreaming of the Sea, Jeju Port Coastal Terminal, Jeju, Korea
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Tableau–Table, B'union Gallery, Bundang, Korea
2004
Small Museum — Strange and Beautiful, Incheon City Hall Station, Incheon, Korea
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Street — Encountering Art, Nahye-seok Street, Suwon, Korea
Small Museum — One Fine Day, Incheon Juan Station, Incheon, Korea
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
The Talking Wall, Marronnier Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Garden of Dreams and Memories, Baekhaeyoung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003
Novotel Ambassador 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
Small Museum — Colors and Dreams of Korea, Government Complex Daejeon, Daejeon, Korea
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Space and Surface Painting, Gallery Korea, New York, USA
Beautiful Environmental Sculpture Exhibition, COEX Chosun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Peace: Universal Language, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
Cube–Tube, French Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
2002
Korea–Japan Art Exchange Exhibition, Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima, Japan
BLUE, La Mer Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korean Young Artists Biennale, Daegu Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea
PUBLIC ART / LARGE-SCALE WORKS / PROJECTS / COLLABORATIONS
2023
IWP Collaboration
2022
THE Fellowship Collaboration
The Korea Herald Collaboration
Yeonhui Bridge Installation Project, Hongcheon River, Hongcheon, Korea
2016
Absolut Korea Collaboration
2014
Kolon Collaboration
Between Collaboration
2013
DUEL Fashion Collaboration
2012
Songdo Knowledge Industry Valley, Incheon — Large-Scale Artwork
2011
The Macallan Whisky Collaboration
2006
Korea Design Center, Seongnam — Installation Project
Sungmoon English Publishing Co. — Public Art
2005
WITH PLUS Korea Launch — Installation Project
Jeju Port Coastal Terminal — Installation Project
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2004
Korea Culture & Arts Foundation Office — Installation Project
Organized by the Korea Culture & Arts Foundation
Incheon Juan Station — Installation Project
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Incheon City Hall Station — Installation Project
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2003
Government Complex Daejeon — Installation Project
Organized by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2001
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts — Installation Project