1948년 대구 출생
현재 뉴욕에서 거주하며 작업 중

EDUCATION

1981-84 뉴욕 아트 스튜던트 리그 졸업
1977 대구 계명대학교 대학원 졸업
1974 중앙대학교 회화과 졸업

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 갤러리 분도 (대구, 한국 )
2006 2x13 Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
2005 Mediapia Gallery ( 볼티모어, 미국 )
0000 갤러리 가나 보부르 ( 파리, 프랑스 )
0000 갤러리 코리아, 뉴욕 한국문화원 (뉴욕,미국 )
2003 MBC M 갤러리 ( 대구, 한국 )
0000 수남 갤러리 ( 부산, 한국 )
0000 박여숙 갤러리 ( 서울, 한국 )
2000 대백 프라자 갤러리 ( 대구, 한국 )
0000 Hudson River Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
1999 Nardin Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
1998 New York City Technical College - Grace Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
1997 Space Untitled Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
0000 Shibuya Tokyu Gallery ( 도쿄, 일본 )
1996 박여숙 화랑 ( 서울, 한국 )
0000 Space Untitled Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
1995 B.A.I. Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
1994 갤러리 부산 ( 부산, 한국 )
0000 맥향 갤러리 ( 대구, 한국 )
0000 이목 갤러리 ( 서울, 한국 )
0000 박여숙 화랑 ( 서울, 한국 )
1993 Prezant Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
1990 Yee Mock Gallery ( Seoul, Korea )
1988 Si Kong Gallery ( Seoul, Korea )
0000 Riverdale Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
0000 Gallerie La Maison de New York ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
1987 Riverdale Gallery ( 뉴욕,미국 )
1986 Riverdale Gallery (1 407뉴욕 ,미국 )
1985 Riverdale Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
1981 Han Kook Gallery ( 뉴욕, 미국 )
0000 이목화랑 ( 대구, 한국 )
0000 신세계 갤러리 ( 서울, 한국 )
1980 국립현대미술관 ( 서울, 한국 )
1966 경북문화센터 갤러리 ( 대구, 한국 )

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92 (New York)
0000 Confluence of cultures 2 ,Walter wickiser gallery (New York)
2007 Contemporary Korean artist in New York, Seoul Art Center Museum
0000 Incarnation, Hammond Museum ( New York )
0000 Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92 (New York)
2007 7’s Korean artist show U.N (New York)
2006 Asian Art Works / Silent auction, Helen Mills Theater ( New York )
0000 Third Annual Award / Silent auction, AHL Foundation,Inc ( New York )
2005 The Artville, 2x13 Gallery ( New York )
0000 Beyond Acculturation, Stimulus, Responce and Mutual Benefit, Tenri Gallery ( New York )
0000 Psalmist : The substaee things hoped for, Elga Gallery ( New York )
0000 Romantically Surreal, Nabi Gallery ( New York )
2004 Column I, Art Column ( New York )
2003 At the Crossroads, Gallery Korea ( New York )
0000 Dream & Reality: Korean Art Exhibition to Celebrate 100Years of Korean Immigration to the US,
0000 International Gallery, Smithsonian Museum ( Washington, D.C. )
0000 Daegu Art Expo 2003, Daegu Convention center ( Daegu, Korea )
2002 26 Metro Artist, Parker Gallery ( NewJersy )
0000 Art Cologne, Park Ryu Sook Gallery ( Cologne, Germany )
0000 Daegu Art Expo 2002, Daegu culture and Arts center ( Daegu, Korea )
0000 1st Korea International Art Fair, Pusan Convention Center, BEXCO ( Pusan, Korea )
0000 Ihatov Japan & Korea Art Festival, Ihatov Museum ( Ihatov, Japan )
0000 -100 +100, Gallery 24 ( New York )
0000 Expression of Intention, Road Gallery (New York )
2001 Absorption On The Ground 31, Space World Gallery ( New York )
0000 Illution and Reality ; Hyperrealism Painting in Korea and America, Samsung Museum of Modern Art ( Seoul, Korea )
0000 15 Asian American Atists, Stony Brook University Art Gallery ( New York )
2000 2000 Cow Parade ( New York City )
0000 International Artists Event, CAYA Gallery ( L . A. )
0000 Focus, Gallery Korea ( New York )
1999 The Impact of Millennium, Space World Gallery (New York)
0000 Last Century Group Show, NABI Gallery (New York)
0000 Romance & surrealism, NABI Gallery (New York)
1998 Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival '98, Metropolitan Museum (Pusan, Korea)
0000 Landscape, Ramnarine Gallery (New York)
0000 Active Vision 2, Space World Gallery (New York)
0000 Inner Realms, NABI Gallery (New York)
0000 New York New World: Korean Artists '98 (Gallery Korea, New York)
1996 Grand Prize Artists Exhibition, The National Museum of Contemporary (Korea)
1995 Works Old and New Prezant Gallery (New York)
1994 Korea Contemporary Art-Phenomenon 1978-84, Gain Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
0000 New York Visions: Asian American Artists in 1994, One Metro Tech Center (New York)
0000 Korea in New York, Haenah-Kent Gallery (New York)
1993 Side Effects: Perceptual Dialogues, Gallery Korea (New York)
0000 Recycling through Art, Taejon Expo '93 (Taejon, Korea)
1992 PDF 10th Anniversary Benefit, Forum Gallery (New York)
0000 Confrontation of Dream and Reality, Hyundai Art Museum (Seoul, Korea)
0000 Creation and Situation, Hyundai Art Museum (Seoul, Korea)
0000 East and West, Invited Artists Exhibition , Haenah-Kent Gall (New York)
1991 The 2nd Tokyo Art Expo, Tokyo International Trade Center (Harumi, Japan)
1990 4 Invited Artists Exhibition: Concept and Paradox Prezent Gallery (New York)
0000 Landscape Observed and Imagined, Krasdale Gallery (New York)
1989 The 1st Annual International Invited Show, Gallery Michido (Japan)
1987 Figurative Ideas, Gallery Korea (New York)
1986 New York's Current Korean Art, Gallery Korea (New York)
1978 The 1st Kong-Art Festival Competition (Seoul, Korea)
0000 Korean Contemporary Painting (Taipei, China)
0000 '80 Seoul Contemporary Art Festival (Seoul, Korea)
1976 '81 The 2nd-6th Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of Modern Art (Seoul, Korea)
0000 The 4th Independents National Museum of Modern Art (Seoul, Korea)

AWARD

1978 제1회 동아미술제 대상, 서울 프레스 센터 (서울, 한국)

SELECTED REFERENCE

- Benjamin Genocchio, ‘Korean Artists Mix, and Nature Mingles’, The New York Times, August19.2007
- Michael O'Sullivan, Weekend's Best - Exhibition, The Washington Post, August15, 2003
- Mark Jenkins, ‘ Korean American Art, With An Emphasis On 'American ‘, The Washington Post Weekend, April22, 2003
- Choi, EunJoo, ‘Spark of the Fetishism’ , Art in Culture, April 2003
- Ki, TaeUn, ‘People - Chong Gon Byun, Is Got Dead?’ , Noblesse, April 2003
- Han DaeSoo, ‘ Meditation for the Long times ago’, Newsweek, March 2003
- Lee, Yong Woo ‘ Artist Study - Chong Gon Byun’ , Art in Culture, June 2001
- William Zimmer ‘ Works reflect a skeptic's view of life on earth’ , The New York Times, February 20, 2000
- Braff, Phyllis ‘ Two Solos and Five-Part Harmony’ ‘, The New York Times, September 19, 1999
- Braff, Phyllis ’ Inner Realms’ , The New York Times, June 28, 1998
- Nakano, Minoru ‘ The Most Intelligent Two Artists from Korea and Japan have competitions in NY and Tokyo ‘ Monthly Art Magazine, November, 1997
- Raynor, Vivien ‘ Works Old and New ‘, The New York Times, January 14, 1996
- Kim, Young Sam ’ Home Town of The Artist ‘ , Wol Kan Cho Sun,November 1, 1996
- Kim, Jung Hee ‘Paintings by Byun, Chong Gon’, The Space, June 1, 1994
- Yoon Jin Sup ‘ The Sharp View Satirizing Our Contemporary Civilization’, Monthly Magazine Art, June 1994
- Lee, Yong Woo ‘ The Natural Foundation of Civilization’, Recycling through Art, August 7, 1993
- Raynor, Vivien ‘ Four Contemporary Artists Offer Surprises at Prezant Gallery ’, The New York Times, December 8, 1991
- Raynor, Vivien ’ Painter Organizes a Landscape Show ’, The New York Times, April 8, 1990
- Song, Mi Suk ‘ Changeable World Through The Appropriation ’ Art World, September 1, 1990
- Merkel, Joseph ‘ Chong Gon Byun's Gheeto Americana ’, Art Speak, New York, June 1, 1988
- Simon, Sean ‘ The Pop Passions of Chong Gon Byun ’, Art Speak, New York, April 16, 1988
- Lee, Jun ‘ Alchemy of Mixed Media’ , Art Post, August 1988
- Song, Mi Suk ‘ Aesthetics of rage and sociological Criticism’ , Art Post, August 1988
- Kim, Jung Min ‘ Humanity Revival Through Diversity of Media ’ , Monthly Magazine Art, August 1988
-Kaitz, Merrill ‘ Turning a Fresh Eye on U.S ’ , The Riverdale Press, New York, April 14, 1983

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

알바니 미술관 (알바니, 조지아주, 미국)
인디아나폴리스 미술관 (인디아나폴리스, 인디아나주, 미국)
클리브랜드 미술관(클리브랜드, 오하이오, 미국)
국립현대미술관 (서울, 한국)
POSCO 센터 (서울, 한국)
Riverdale Y.M.Y.W.H.A (뉴욕, 미국)
한림미술관 (대전, 한국)
대구시립미술관(대구, 한국)