Chong-Il Woo

he became interested in conceptual art and developed a distinctive way in which the photographic image is more than just visual components.
he hsa been focusing on the beauty of women. From his early works in the US to his recent photographs, he has never deviated from the beauty of women.

He strives to depict diverse forms of women in relation to daily life in different times and in different places.



In his ‘Women in Chosun Dynasty’ series, he described the conceptual meaning of beauty across the past and present time using different mediums, such as fabric and pebbles, to show the beauty of women in realistic and unrealistic form.

In his new series ‘Nomadic life’, he represents women displaying the latent nomadic characteristics of humans at different locations and binding eroticism with nature.



"My photography works which illuminate traditional photography are not satisfied with the one-dimensional output. When my artistic imagination and idea works, I create and finally complete my work that coexisted with various scenes in a different time and diverse beauty., and this is why I exist as an artist."

Chong-Il was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. After he studied fine art at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Photography at the Portland C College in the US,

Solo Exhibition
2020 Marie Gallery (Seoul Korea)
2018 Galeries Bartoux(Honfleur France)
2017 BiSunJae(비선재)Gallery(Seoul Korea)
2016 ArtPark Gallery(Seoul)
2016 Index Photo Gallery(seoul)
2015 NamSanGol HanOk Village Street Museum(Seoul)
2015 Index Poto Gallery(Seoul)
2014 Leeahn Gallery(Seoul Korea)
2014 Now Gallery(Seoul Korea)
2013 Khalifa Gallery(Seoul Korea)
2012 Gallery Mark (Seoul Korea)
2004 Gallery BHAK (Seoul, Korea, Park young-duk Gallery)
1998 Moosim Gallery(Choun Ju)
1997 SK Josepsburg Gallery (Portland Oregon)
1996 Galleria Art Hall (Seoul Korea)
1995 Benham Gallery (Seattle Washington)
1994 Kodak Gallery (Seoul Korea)
1993 Palace Gallery (Portland Oregon)

Group Exhibition
2021 HZ gallery (HongKong)
2019 Galeries Bartoux(Singapour)
2019 Galeries Bartoux(NY, USA)
2019 Galeries Bartoux(Matignon Paries)
2018 Galeries Bartoux(Matignon Paries)
2017 Galleries Bartoux(France,Paris)
2017 Korea International Art Fair(KIAF) (Seoul Korea)
2017 LA Art Show (LA, USA)
2016 Korea International Art Fair(KIAF) (Seoul Korea)
2016 CONTEXT Art Miami(Miami USA)
2016 RuArts Gallery(Moscow Russia)
2016 Novosibirk State Art Museum(Novosibirk Russia)
2016 PHOTO Salon (Moscow Russia)
2016 LA Art Show (LA, USA...