1960
Born in Cheong Ju/ South Korea
1984
BFA Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1987
MFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Lives and works in New York City, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
IK-JOONG KANG | MOUNTAIN & WIND, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Beijing, China
Ik-Joong Kang, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
Things I Know, Special Project for The Korean Pavilion, Sanghai Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
25 Wishes, Special Project for Korean Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Wall of Hope, Special Project for Seoul Asan Children's Hospital. Seoul. Korea
2009
Ik-Joong Kang - Moon Jars, Neuffer am Park Kunsthalle, Pirmasens, Germany
Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2008
MOUNTAIN & WIND, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
Inexorable Dream; The Korean Affair, Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
Wall of Hope (with 50,000 South Korean Children), Installation at Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2007
Project Mountain Wind, Seoul, Korea
Small Pieces for Peace, Organized by Eurasian Foundation, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN │ BEIJING and UNICEF Germany, G8 Summit meeting Project, Heiligendamm / Münster Bad Doberan, Germany
Moon of Dream (with 11,000 Citizens from Ulsan City), Tae Hwa River, Ulsan, Korea
2006
Chance of Space, Princeton Cultural Council, Princeton, NJ
Amazed Children (with 25 Children's Hospitals around the world), Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
2005
Amazed World, Muhamed Ali Center, Louisville, USA
2004
Moon of Dream, Ho Su Lake, Il San, South Korea
Happy World, Public Project with Princeton Community Project, Princeton Public Library, NJ
Buddha with Lucky Objects 2004, Speed Museum, Louisville, USA
2002
Cologne Pagoda & other works, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, SMPK Berlin, Germany
2001/02
Amazed World, UN-Headquarter, New York, USA
2000
Enter the Heaven, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN/ BEIJING (former Prüss & Ochs Gallery ), Berlin, Germany
1997
Throw everything together and add, Venice Biennial, Korean Pavillion, Venice, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Moon ist he Oldest Clock, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2009
ART SUMMER 2009, Hellerau - European Center for the Arts, Dresden, Germany
Se-Hwang Kang, Ik-Joong Kang / 300 Years, Calligraphy Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2008
Sol un Allets. St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
Korean Contemporary Show, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Moving Towards a Balanced Earth, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tonarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
Ik-Joong Kang & Se Hwang, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
XU SHUN: OCCURRENCE (DIE WAHREN ORTE III) FEAT. IK-JOONG KANG, WOLFGANG LAIB, MALTE SPOHR, HEIMO ZOBERNIG, ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
2007
Everything He Has, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Le Souvenir: Kultobjekte – neu inszeniert, pèlerinage – Kunstfest Weimar, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
BALANCE! KUNST IN HEILIGENDAMM, Bad Doberan, Germany
2006
The Sacred and the Profane; ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN I BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
2005
In Search of Dreams Across the Pacific, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, USA
2004
Declaration (100 Artists for Peace), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwa Cheon, Korea
2003
Dream and Reality, Smithsonian Museum International Gallery, Washington D,C., USA
