1935 born in Kyung Nam, Korea 1959 graduate from the Dept. of Painting, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea 1986 Chairperson of Korean Art Association and Vice President of Integral Association of Korean Art 1989 "Hiroshima" Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima, Japan 1990 Dean of Art School at Hongik University 1995 Korean National Culture and Art Award Chairman of Steering Committee and Screening Committee of Korean National Art Exhibition Presently/ Professor Emeritus of Art School at Hongik University