1916
Born in UlJin, Gangwon-do (Now Gyeongsangbuk-do)
1935-38
Graduated from Toyko Art Academy, College of Fine Arts in Japan
1938
Awarded Best Prize in Free Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1948-50
Lecturer, Department of Fine Art, Seoul National University
1966-1970
Professor, Department of Fine Art, Hongik University
2002
Deceased

Solo Exhibitions
2012
Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
2010
Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2005
Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003
Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
2000
Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1998
Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
1996
Hoam Gallery, Yongin, Korea
1995
Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
1983
Shinsegae Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1980
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Gonggan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1979
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1977
Jin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1976
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1975
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1970
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1969
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1966
Joonang Public Assemble, Seoul, Korea
1964
Shinmun Assemble, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibitions
2012
Art from the Textbook, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Pioneer of Korean Abstract Art Yoo Youngkuk 10th anniversary, GALLERY HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
2011
Korean Rhapsody – Montage of History and Memory, Leeum -Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
KIM WHANKI YOO YOUNKUK, GALLERY HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
100 Years of Korean Art, AKL Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2010
Lee Whaik Gallery, KIAF Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
Yi’s Emergence – Centennial Celebration of Yi Sang’s Birth, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2010 From the Center of Korean Art, GALLERY HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
2009
Modern Boy, Modern Girl – Korean Contemporary Art, Modernism and Modernity (KIAF Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
From Color to Color – Tradition and Contemporary Art, Kyungwoon Museum, Seoul, Korea
2008
100 Years of Korean Drawings, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
The Modern Korea Rediscovered, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2007
Critical Perspective – Some 130 Artists, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Artists in the Classics, Gana Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
60 Year Anniversary of New Realist School, Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006
Yoo Young-Kuk, Olivie Dvro Invitation Double Art at University, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Invitation to Contemporary Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Koera
Into the Aura – The Great Masters of Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
2005
88 Famous Artists Exhibition, Lotte Art Museum, Lotte Hotel, Busan, Korea
Oh Chiho / Yoo Youngkuk, Shinsegae, Gwangju, Korea
2003
Light and Color, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2002
100 Korean Modern Paintings Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary, Gwachun, Korea
Inaugural Exhibition of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Dignity and Humor: Modern Korean Art, Ho Am Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000
3.24 New Millennium Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1996
Exhibition of Korean Abstract Painting’s Spirit, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990
90 Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1988
'88 Olympiad the international Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Korea
1985
The 40years of Korean Modern Art Exhibition for the 40th Anniversary of Korean Liberation Commemoration, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1984
84 Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1983
Yoo Young-Kuk, Olivie Dvro Invitation Double Exhibition, US-Korea European Art Committee, Seoul, Korea
Korean Contemporary Paintings, Viscontea Hall, Milano, Italy
1981
Korean Art ’81, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1978
Salon De Me Invitation Exhibition, Paris, France
Retrospective – Neo-Realists, Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1976
Korean Contemporary Western Paintings Grand Competition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1968
Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Paintings, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1967
The 9th Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
1963
The 7th Sao Paulo Biennale, Soa Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1962
Member of ShinSaghe Foundation, Kyongbokgung Museum, Seoul, Korea
1958-61
Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Gyeongbokgung Museum, Deoksugung Museum, Seoul, Korea
1958
Free International Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1957
Modern Art Foundation Exhibition, Dongwha Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1953
The 3rd Neo Realists Exhibition, Temporary gallery of the National Museum of Korea, Pusan, Korea
1949
The 2nd Neo Realists Exhibition, Dongwha Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1947
The 1st Neo Realists Exhibition, Hwashin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1937-42
Free Art Exhibition (no.1 to 6), Tokyo, Japan
1937-41
N.B.G (Neo beaux-Art group), YagHwaDongInJun , Tokyo, Japan
1937
The 7th Japan Independence Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan