
윤정원, 책 읽어주는 새, 162x130cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2019

윤정원, 마음의 노래, 162x130cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2020

윤정원, 책 읽어주는 새, 17x65cm, Acrylic on aluminum, 2020

윤정원, 책 읽어주는 새, 162x130cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2019

이윤희, Fount, porcelain, 40x40x58cm, 2016

이윤희, Noon-porcelain, 26x25x28cm, 2016

이윤희, Catcher-porcelain, 25x45x45cm, 2016

이윤희, The Castle Of The Spider's Web, 34x34x10cm, 2015

이윤희, So Nyeo, porcelain, 22x22x30cm, 2016

이윤희, La divina commedia, porcelain, installation view

이윤희, La divina commedia, porcelain, 29x33x15cm, 2016

이윤희, pilgrim, porcelain, 23x25x43cm, 2016

Simon Morley, '1948', Acrylic and aggregate medium on canvas, 152 x 122cm, 2021

Simon Morley, '1948', Acrylic and aggregate medium on canvas, 152 x 122cm, 2021
Born 1958, in Eastbourne, UK.
Live and works in South Korea and France.
1977-80 BA Modern History, Mansfield College, Oxford University
1996-98 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
2013 PhD, University of Southampton
Selected One-Person Exhibitions (since 2000)
2021 ‘1948’ and Other Paintings, Gallery JJ, Seoul
‘Ex Libris’, Jesuitenbibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 ‘Ex Libris’, Bibliothek Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany
Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
2018 ‘Parallel’, Hanmi Gallery, Seoul
‘Our Utopia’, Youlhwadang Book Museum, Paju Book City, Korea
2017 ‘Invisible’, Courtauld Institute Library, London
2016 ‘Soyez realistes. Demandez l’impossible’, DomaineM, Cerilly, France
2015 ‘Korean Works, 2010-15’, Gallery JJ, Seoul
‘Kiss Me Deadly’, Gallery Baton, Seoul
2014 ‘Albert Camus: Oeuvres’, Galerie Scrawitch, Paris
‘Book-Painting,’ Lounge Project, Art Sonje Center, Seoul
‘Lost Horizon’, Art First, London
2012 ‘Monograph’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
2011 ‘Korea Land of the Dawn, and Other Paintings’, Art Link Gallery, Seoul
‘A Short History of the Twentieth Century’, Art First Gallery, London
‘Guest from the Future’ (with Maria Chevska), Galerie8, London
2010 ‘Six Halls’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
‘Moon is Homeland Bright’: An Installation, Kyunghee Univ. Museum of Art, Seoul
‘Messagerie’, Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon, France
2009 ‘Hitchcock’s Blondes’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
‘The Rose Annual, 1924’, Art First Project Space, London
‘Cine Italia’, Metis_NL, Amsterdam
2008 ‘Moon Palace’, Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul
‘Cine Italia’, Zonca & Zonca, Milan
2007 ‘A Short History of Dutch Painting, Part II’, Metis_NL, Amsterdam
‘Classic Japanese Movies’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
‘The English Series’, Art First, London
2005 ‘Bookpainting’, Fiera del Libro d’Arte, Palazzo del Re, Bologna
‘VIRUS’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
‘A Short History of Dutch Art’, Metis_NL, Amsterdam
‘Rossa’, Galleria Spazia, Bologna
‘Reading Room’ (with Maria Chevska), MOCA Peckham, London
2004 ‘A Short History of Modern Japanese Fiction’, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo
Solo Presentation, MiArt, Milan (Percy Miller Gallery)
2003 ‘Post Card’, Percy Miller Gallery, London
‘The Life of Things’, 3 Degrees West Gallery, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, UK
(Artist-in-Residence exhibition)
‘The Unfortunate Tourist of Helvellyn and his Faithful Dog’, 3 Degrees West Gallery,
Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, UK
2002 ‘Italian Holiday’, Zero arte contemporanea, Piacenza, Italy
2001 ‘The Collected Works of George Orwell, and Other Paintings’, Percy Miller Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions (since 2005)
2021 ‘Colours,’ Galleria Spazia, Bologna, Italy
2019 ‘1968’, Three-person show at Eagle Gallery, London
2017 ‘Wider than the Sky’, Artspace Boan 1943, Seoul
2016 ‘Bookish’, Thomas Park Gallery, Seoul
‘Writing on the Wall’, Art First, London
‘A L’Echelle des Mots’, Espace Larith, Chambery, France
2015 ‘Visible Air’, Kyunghee University Museum of Art, Seoul
2014 ‘Le Mont Analogue’, Galerie Julien Bezille, Paris
‘Moon’, Art First Gallery, London
‘Universal Studios, Seoul’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
‘Memoire de guerre,’ Musée Romain Rolland, Clamecy, France
2013 ‘Crossing Spaces’, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
‘Natural History’, Art First, London
‘Monocromi. Dalla Materia alla Superficie. La Poetica dell’oggetto.
Morley e Pinelli,’ Galleria Spazia, Bologna
Chang Eung-Bok’s Boutique Hotel, ‘Peach Blossom Dream’, SeMA, Seoul
Gwangju Design Biennial (collab. with Chang Eung-Bok), Gwangju, Korea
2012 Poznan Mediations Biennial, ‘The Unknown’, Poznan, Poland
REAL DMZ, Cheorwon Province, South Korea, curated by Samuso
2010 ‘Gyeonggi Creation Center Residency Program Exhibition’, Incheon Art
Platform, South Korea
2009 ‘Self-Taught’, Uri and Rami Museum, Ashdot Yaacov, Israel
‘ZOOM’, Looking Back/Looking Forward’, Art First, London
2008 Michael Petry’s ‘Golden Rain’, On the Edge exhibition, Savenger, Norway,
European Capital of Culture Exhibition
2006 ‘Les Mots pour le faire’, with Yves Chaudouet and Maria Chevska, Musée
Romain Rolland, Clamecy, France
2005 ‘A Picture of Britain’, Tate Britain, London
‘Ex Roma’, Abbey Award Winners Exhibition, APT Gallery, London
‘Lost and Found in Translation’, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
'Art is a Word', Benefit exhibition for the Museums of Israel, Christie’s, London
Public and Corporate Collections
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (Ansan, South Korea), Musee des Beaux-Arts (Dijon, France), Akxo Nobel (Holland), Cityside Development (London), Musée Romain Rolland (Clamecy, France), Tate Gallery Library (London), Victoria and Albert Museum Library (London), Wordsworth Trust (Grasmere, Cumbria, UK), Sotheby’s Institute of Art (London), Winchester School of Art Artists’ Book Collection
Awards, Residencies & Fellowships
2010 Artist in Residence, Gyeonggi Creation Center, South Korea
2008 Artist in Residence, Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul
2005 Artist in Residence, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Parc Saint Leger, Pougues-les-Eaux, Burgundy, France
2004 Abbey Fellow in Painting, The British School in Rome
2003/04 British Council Travel Award (Japan)
2002/03 Artist-in-Residence, The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria, UK
2000 Elephant Trust Grant
1998 London Arts Board Grant
Simon Morley is also a writer. He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Word and Image in Modern Art (2001), Seven Keys to Modern Art (2019, also translated into Korean), and The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art (2020). He is the editor of The Sublime: Documents in Contemporary Art (2010), and co-editor of a Special Issue of the Journal of Contemporary Painting, ‘Dialogues in Painting and Gesture-East and West’ in 2021. His essay on Chung Sang Hwa was published in the catalog of the 2021 exhibition at the MMCA, Seoul. His most recent book, the product of an avocation, By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose, is published in October 2021. He is currently writing a new history of modern painting, to be published in 2023.