Kim Guiline

" To paint is to see, perception put into action, an action that takes root within oneself and is directed far towards others with the aim of changing the vision of those who look."

Kim Guiline (1936-2021), born in 1936 in Gowon, South Hamgyõng province, in what is now North Korea, graduated from Hankuk University in Seoul, studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure Arts-Décoratifs in Paris. He has lived and worked in Paris, France, since 1961.

Throughout his career, Kim Guiline has sought to explore the multiple dimensions of the surface of paint in order to bring out its depth.

Born in 1936 in Kowon County, South Hamgyeong Province (in present-day North Korea), died in 2021.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
- Peintures, 1975-2015, RX&SLAG Paris, Paris, France.
- Undeclared Fields, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2018
- Kim Guiline, Sindoh Art Space, Seoul, South Korea.
2017
- Kim Guiline – Selected Works : 1967-2008, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA.
2016
- Kim Guiline, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Kim Guiline, Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2005
- Kim Guiline, Topohaus Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2002
- Kim Guiline, Cais Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2001
- Kim Guiline, Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea.
- Kim Guiline, Shilla Gallery, Daegu, South Korea.
2000
- Kim Guiline, Bhak Young Deok Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1997
- Kim Guiline, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1990
- Kim Guiline, Itinéraire Gallery, Nice, France.
1989
- Kim Guiline, Jacques Barrère Gallery, Paris, France.
- Kim Guiline, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1986
-Kim Guiline, Hankuk Art Museum, Yongin, South Korea.
- Kim Guiline, Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris, France.
1984
- Kim Guiline, Tendances Gallery, Paris, France.
- Kim Guiline, Hankuk Art Museum, Yongin, South Korea.
- Kim Guiline, Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris, France.
1978
- Kim Guiline, Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris, France.
1977
- Kim Guiline, Jean Chauvelin Gallery, Paris, France.
- Kim Guiline, Myung-dong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Kim Guiline, Gyeonji Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1976
- Kim Guiline, Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert Gallery, Paris, France.
1972
- Kim Guiline, Luszpinski Gallery, Paris, France.
1965
- Kim Guiline, Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France.
- Kim Guiline, Castel de Très Girard, Morey-Saint-Denis, France.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2021
- Untitled, Tong-in Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Modern Life, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea.
- Masterpieces of Contemporary Korean Artists, NOUVEAU, Jeju, South Korea.
2020
- HYUNDAI 50 Part I, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Korean Abstract Art, Sindoh Art Space, Seoul, South Korea.
- Dear Friends of Youngeun, Connecting Memories # I: Truthfully Yours, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
2017
- Korea-France: Contemporary Art Masters, Yangpyeong art Museum, Yangpyeong, South Korea.
- Score_ Music for Everyone, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea.
- The Ascetic Path : Korean Dansaekwha, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Pétersbourg, Russia.
2016
- AFTER DRAWING, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Remembering Past Times, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
- Dansaekwha : the Beauty of Filling and Emptying, Ujong Museum of Art, Boseong, South Korea.
2015
- -Color Pool, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea.
- Korean Abstract Painting: 45th Anniversary of Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea.
Tracing back, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
- 5 Figures of Abstract Art, ILHO Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Sensitive White: Hanji in Contemporary Art, Museum SAN, Wonju, South Korea.
2014
- The Art of Dansaekwha, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Inhabiting the World, Biennale de Busan, Busan, South Korea.
2013
- SCENES VS. SCENES, BukSeoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.
- Contemporary Art in the Textbook, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, South Korea.
- Closer to Contemporary Art II: Abstraction is Alive, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea.
2012
- Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - MMCA, Gwacheon, South Korea.
2011
- QI is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea.
- Dot and…,Interalia Art Company, Seoul, South Korea.
2010
- REMIND, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
2008
- Korean Abstract Art:1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Branch, Seoul, South Korea.
2006
- Invitation to Modern Art, National University Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.
- The Logbook, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi Gwangju, South Korea.
2004
- Painting in Korea: Yesterday and Today, Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Branch, Seoul South Korea.
2002
- Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Gwacheon, South Korea.
- Capturing Nine Colors, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
2001
Towards New Life and Light, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
2000
- The Facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea.
- 9 Spaces, 9 Perceptions, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea.
1999

- Corée, la Résonance : 12 artistes coréens contemporains, Délégation Permanente de La République de Corée auprès de l’OCDE, Paris, France.
1996
- Monochrome White, M-13 Gallery, New-York, USA.
- Korean Painting of the 1970’s Monochrome, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1995
- L’Art Contemporain Coréen à Paris, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
1994
- École de Séoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea – MMCA, Gwacheon, South Korea.
- Light and Color in Korean Art, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1991
- Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Art, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, South Korea.
1990
- Art Junction, Nice, France.
1989
- Korean Art Museum Collections, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA.
1988
- International Contemporary Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA, Gwacheon, South Korea.
1987
- Korean Art Museum Collections, Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan.
1986
- Séoul-Paris, Seoul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Centre National des Arts du Cirque, Paris, France.
- Korean Art Today, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea – MMCA, Gwacheon, South Korea.
1985
- Quatre Peintres Coréens à Paris, Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France.
1984
- FIAC, Paris, France.
- Blanc : Huit Artistes Coréens Contemporains, French Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea.
1983
- Korean Contemporary Artists, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
- Contemporary Artists, Jean Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
1983–1981
- Villa Corot : Open Studio Exhibition, Villa Corot, Paris, France.
1982
- Korean Artists in Foreign Countries, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA, Gwacheon, South Korea.
- Contemporary Paper Works, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Deoksugung, South Korea.
1981
- Drawings of Korean Contemporary Artists, DongSanBang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1980
- Salon International d’Art, Toulon, France.
- Asia Contemporary Art, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
1979
- 15th São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 4th École de Seoul, Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Seoul, South Korea.
- Papiers, Jean Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
- 11ème Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes-sur-mer, France.
- Künstlerhaus Hamburg-Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany.
1977
- Korea: Face of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan.  
- Korean Contemporary Artists, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan.  
- The 3rd École de Seoul, Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA, Seoul, South Korea.  
- The 5th Independent, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA, Seoul, South Korea.
- Korean Modern Painters Show, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - MMCA, Seoul, South Korea.
1976
- Galerie Stevenson et Palluel, Paris, France.
- Galerie Jean Chauvelin, Paris, France.
- FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
- Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, France.
1976-1974
- Salon Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Paris, France.
1975-1973
- Salon de Mai, Paris, France.
1972
- O.R.T.F., Paris, France.
- Forum des Arts, Maison de la Radio, Paris.
- Galerie d’Art de l’Université de Moncton, Canada.
1971
- Galerie de la Baume, Paris, France.
1970
- Galerie des Arts, Paris, France.
1968
- Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
1965
- Salon Confrontation, Dijon, France.


COLLECTIONS (selection)

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Gwacheon, South Korea.
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea.
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea.
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.  
Ujong Museum of Art, Boseong, South Korea.  
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.  
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France.