Biography

HA Cha Youn was born in 1960 in Masan (South Korea).
Since 1983, she lives and works in France and Germany. Since 2002, she lives in Paris (France).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

A la recherche de l’autre

Houg Galllery, Paris (France)

2021

Return Home

Alt Space LOOP, Seoul (South Korea)

2019

Home(s) project

Lescer Art Center, Zalesie Gorne, Korean Cultural Center, Varsovia (Poland)

2013

Nestling: Jjockbang project

Corner Art Space, Seoul (South Korea)

2011

Sweet home

Kunstverein Grafschaft-Bentheim, Neuenhaus (Germany)

2010

Diorama Projections

2P Contemporary Art Gallery, Hong Kong (China)

Video visionen

Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg (Germany)

2009

Sweet Home 4 project

La galerie des écoles d’art, Louise Michel Gallery and Espace Mendès-France, Poitiers (France)

2008

Consigne

For "City & Images" 4th edition.
NegPos Gallery, Nîmes (France)

2006

Balade dans Paris

Espace Icare, Issy-Les-Moulineaux (France)

2003

En couleur  –  Farbprobe

Grenoble international, Grenoble (France)

2001

En couleur  –  Farbprobe

Cité internationale des Arts, Paris (France)

1999

Vœu de Nouvel an

Artem Gallery, Quimper (France)

1998

En couleur  –  Farbprobe

Künstlerhaus Meinersen (Germany)

1996

Studiolo

Studiogalerie Kunstverein, Braunschweig (Germany)

1995

Zwischenspiel

Galerie Schleuse 16, Böblinger Kunstverein (Germany)

AUSZUG  Teil 3  – Die Zeittramperin

Hanover (Germany)

1994

AUSZUG  Teil 2  – Les mots & Die Wörter

Hanover (Germany)

1993

AUSZUG  Teil 1 – Solo, la fin de série

Hanover (Germany)

1990

(untitled)

Galerie du Placard, Nîmes (France)

1989

Encore et toujours

École de Nîmes (France)

1988

Reis pflanzen

HBK Braunschweig (Germany)

1987

Je me brûle

École de Nîmes (France)

1986

First painting exhibition

Yi-Jo Gallery, Masan (South Korea)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Boomerang

Houg Gallery, Lyon (France)

2022

Simple Acts of Listening

Sound Effects Seoul (South Korea) – La Hague (Netherlands)

2021

Futurae

St-Art 2021, Strasbourg (France)

2020

Champs Libres

MAIF Social Club, Paris (France)

2018

Around Sol Lewitt

Lescer Gallery, Zalesie Gorne (Poland)

Dialogues, Art sacré – Art contemporain

Donezan (France)

2016

Republic of O sang

11th Gwangju "Mega-Exhibition" Biennale
The National Asia Culture Center, Gwangju (South Korea)

Habiter

In the context of "Rencontre image et ville"
Negpos Gallery and Fotoloft, Nîmes (France)

2014

Mobil Home Project

Songwon Art Center, Seoul (South Korea)

2013

Running on the Borders – part 1: Localization

Pool Art Space, Seoul (South Korea)

Plastique en scène ; mêlé, emmêlé, recyclé

Aragon Cultural Center, Oyonnax (France)        

2012/13

Women In-Between

In the context of "Asian Women Artists 1984-2012"
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum, Tochigi Prefectural Art Museum of Fine Arts, Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Japan)

2011

Espace public

1st Biennale "Images et Patrimoine", Nîmes (France)    

Habiter la terre

5th International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Melle (France)

2009

Multiscape

3.15 Art Center, Masan (South Korea)

2008

Re-View

Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon (South Korea)

Contemporary Korean Artists in Paris

Seoul Art Center, Hangaram museum, Seoul (South Korea)

Daily life in Korea

Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok (Thailand)
(exhibition curated by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea)  

Eunni is back

Gyeonggido Museum of Modern art, Ansan (South Korea)

2007

Eau, air, terre : la sagesse du jardinier

3th International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Melle (France)

2005

Issy Biennale 2005

Musée français de la Carte à jouer, Issy-Les- Moulineaux (France)

2003

Connivences

Les Réservoirs, Limay (France) and Hedaes Sevira Gallery, Paris (France)

2002

Jeune Création 2002

La Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (France)

2001

Réminiscences au pays du matin calme

Korean embassy, Paris (France)

Simultanées

Olivier Houg Gallery, Lyon (France)

Rolex-nord

Atelierhaus, Hanover (Germany)

1999

Hannover 1999

Eisfabrik Foro Artisco, Hanover (Germany)              

1996

Wiedersehen

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (Germany)

1995

Frühlingserwachen

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (Germany)        

1993

Subjekt, Prädikat, Objekt

Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (Germany)

1992

Szene Hannover

Prix Villa Minimo, Kubus, Hanover (Germany)                    

1990

Klasse

Kunstverein Celle (Germany)                                                         

Im Carré

Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen (Germany)

Raum Klima

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (Germany)

1989

Exhibition off off

Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles (France)

1986

Les jeunes maîtres

Le confort moderne, Poitiers (France)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024

HA CHA YOUN Home(s), [digital publication], Alt Space LOOP, Seoul (South Korea)

2023

Hwanghae, no. 119 (South Korea)

Artist-Kunstmagazin, no. 134, Bremen (Germany)

2016

Republic of O sang, Gwangju biennale, Gwangju (South Korea)

2015

Mobil home project, Songwon Art center, Seoul (South Korea)

2013

Running on Borders: Inter-cultural Negociation and Adventures of Thinking, Art Space Pool, Seoul (South Korea)

« A space for contemplation and agreement on residential models », in Contemporary art journal, vol.15, Seoul (South Korea)

2012

Women In-Between – Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum,Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Mie Prefectural  Art Museum (Japon)

2011

Habiter la terre, Biennale Internationale d’art contemporain de Melle (France)

Sweet Home, Kunstverein Grafschaft-Bentheim (Germany)

2009

"Projet Sweet Home 4", École des Beaux-Arts et Ville de Poitiers (France)

Multiscape-Reading, Writing, Memorizing, 3.15 Art Center, Masan (South Korea)

Re-View, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon (South Korea)

2008

Contemporary Korean Artists – Paris, Seoul Art Center (South Korea)

Daily life in Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art (South Korea)

Eunni is back, Gyeonggido Museum of Modern art, Ansan (South Korea)

2007

Eau, air, terre: La sagesse du jardinier, Biennale Internationale d’art contemporain de Melle (France)

2003

L’âme coréenne, Association Culture Corée (France)

Connivences, Réservoir, Limay (France)

2002

Jeune création 2002 (France)

2001

Réminiscences au pays du matin calme, Ambassade de Corée (France)

1998

En couleur–Farbprobe, Kunstlerhaus Meinersen (Germany)

1996

Wiedersehen, Kunstverein Hannover (Germany)

Studiolo, Kunstverein Braunschweig (Germany)

1995

Auszug, Böblinger Kunstverein (Germany)

1993

Subjekt, Prädikat, Objekt, Haus am Waldsee (Germany)

1992

Szene Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover (Germany)

1990

Klass, HBK Braunschweig (Germany)

Raum Klima, Kunstverein Hannover (Germany)

RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & PRIZES

2016

Artist residency, Toji Cultural Fondation, Wonju (South Korea)

2008

Creation residency at Écoles d’art et de la ville de Poitiers (France)

2001

Residency and grant for german artists at Cité internationale des Arts, Paris (France)

1999

Artists‘ prize 1999, Niedersachsen (Germany)

Residence and grant, Fondation Septembre, Lamspringe (Germany)

1998

Residency and grant from Sparkassenstiftung, Hanover (Germany)

1996

Residency and grant from Barkenhoffstiftung, Worpswede (Germany)

1992

Grant for artists from Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn (Germany)

1987

Scholarship, Office franco-allemand pour la jeunesse (France)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2021

MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Korea)

Videos « Sweet Home 4 / Arrival » (2009/2021)

SeMA Seoul Museum of Art (Korea)

Photo & video performance « Je me brûle » (1987, 2021)

2013

Kyeongnam Art Museum (Korea)

Video « Sweet Home 4 » (2009)

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts (Japan)

Videos « Balade de Carola » (2008), « Balade dans Paris » (2006)

2007

Melle city (France)

Photograph « Consigne » (2005)

1999, 1996

City of Hannover (Germany)

Assemblage « Farbprobe/blau-rosa » (1996),
Photographies « Ha Cha Youn » (1988), « 366 days in Poitiers, Nîmes, Braunschweig, London, Berlin, Paris… » (1989)

1998

Künstlerhaus Meinersen (Germany)

Assemblage « Elisabeth & fRol(2) » (1996)

1997 and 1995

Ministry of Science and Culture in Lower Saxon (Germany)

Assemblage « Elisabeth & fRol(5) » (1996),
Installation « Reis & Blumen » (1990)