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Photo : Dongil An
Presentation

Born in 1961, in Yeongyang, South Korea.

Lives and works between Daegu, South Korea and Cologne, Germany.



  Education


1988  B.F.A.,Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea

       M.F.A.,Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea



  Introduction 


Nam Tchun Mo is a leading figure of the generation of artists in the wake of the Dansaekhwa movement (Korean monochrome, including Lee Ufan, Park Seo Bo, Ha Chong Hyun among other artists), of which he is a direct heir, along with Lee Bae. Nam Tchun Mo lives between Daegu and Cologne. His artistic language is mostly relies on monochrome (white, red or green) and resin –which he uses to create ridge patterns. Arranged in very diverse compositions, they evoke the furrows of tobacco and chili fields the artist used to see from his home as a child. They allow him to work around line, transparency and matt effects, and play with light variations.


- Henri-François Debailleux



  Public collections 


Art Bank, Seoul, South Korea

Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea

CAD International, Miami, USA 

Christie’s, Auction, Düsseldorf, Germany

Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu Distribution Complex, Daegu, South Korea

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Kingdom of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

GalilaBarzilai Hollander Collection, Belgium

Hotel Shilla Stay, Samsung Group, Seoul, South Korea

Hotel Shilla Stay, Dongtan, South Korea 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Ulsan, South Korea

Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, South Korea

Kolon, Seoul, South Korea

Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Kyungbook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea

Kyungbook National University School of Dentistry, Daegu, South Korea

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Mulliez, Group Auchan, France

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea

Paradise Hotel, Busan, South Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Schott Music Gmb, Schott Music GmbH&Co.KG, Mainz, Germany

Shinsegae Department Store, Daegu, South Korea

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany

Parc.1, Seoul, South Korea

Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China

Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France


Selected Artworks
beam 17-138
beam 17-138
2017
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
beam 16-89
beam 16-89
2016
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
beam 17-69
beam 17-69
2017
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
strokes 0501
strokes 0501
2019
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
strokes 18-02
strokes 18-02
2019
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
stroke line #1
stroke line #1
2015
57.0 x 77.0 cm / 21.6 x 30.3 in
stroke line #3
stroke line #3
2016
57.0 x 77.0 cm / 22.4 x 30.3 in
lines #2
lines #2
2019
57.0 x 77.0 cm / 22.4 x 30.3 in
beam 18-44
beam 18-44
2018
115.0 x 100.0 cm / 45.3 x 39.4 in
beam 17-83
beam 17-83
2017
160.0 x 120.0 cm / 63.0 x 47.2 in
beam 18-10
beam 18-10
2018
160.0 x 120.0 cm / 63.0 x 47.2 in
beam 17-41
beam 17-41
2017
160.0 x 120.0 cm / 63.0 x 47.2 in
beam 2015 #2
beam 2015 #2
2015
160.0 x 120.0 cm / 63.0 x 47.2 in
beam 14-1
beam 14-1
2014
210.0 x 160.0 cm / 82.7 x 63.0 in
stroke-lines 20-38
stroke-lines 20-38
2020
160.0 x 120.0 cm / 63.0 x 47.2 in
Spring 20-105
Spring 20-105
2020
104.0 x 104.0 x 7.0 cm / 40.9 x 40.9 x 2.8 in
Videos
Nam Tchun-Mo, Spring 20-102
Nam Tchun-Mo, Spring 20-102
Nam Tchun-Mo
Nam Tchun-Mo
Exhibitions In Our Galleries
All Exhibitions


Solo shows (selection)


2025

From the lines, , Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, Korea


2024

Strokes and Rhythms, Ceysson & Bénétière, Luxembourg

From the Earth, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea


2023

From Lines, Indang Museum of Daegu Health College, Daegu, Korea


2019

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2018

Line to Landscape, Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

Collision and Re-spreading of Lines, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, South Korea


2017

Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany


2016

Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, South Korea Art'Loft, Brussels, Belgium


2015

Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Where Light and Dark Collide, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany

Presentation, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

Beam 2015, Kunstraum21, Bonn, Germany


2014

Gallery 604, Busan, South Korea Gallery Yedong, Busan, South Korea


2013

Holly Hunt&Nam Tchun Mo,New York Space Hongjee, Seoul, South Korea


2012

Gallery M, Daegu, South Korea BIBI Space, Daejeon, South Korea

Galerie Landskron Schneidzik, Nurnberg, Germany


2011

IBU Gallery, Paris, France


2010

Atelier24, Gelterkinden, Switzerland Gallery Date, Busan, South Korea


2009

IBU Gallery, Paris, France Seok Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2008

Gallery Uwe Sacksofsky, Heidelberg, Germany Gallery F5, Beijing, China


2007

CAIS Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Seok Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2005

Atelier24, Gelterkinden, Switzerland Lee Hyun Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2004

Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea


2003

CAIS Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2002

Lee Hyun Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2001

Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, South Korea

Gallery M, Daegu, South Korea


2000

Ci Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea


1998

Ci Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


1996

Ci Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


1994

Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, Germany


1993

Gallery XAS-multikult, Frankfurt, Germany


1992

Dubitz Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


1989

Yemak Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


Group shows (selection)


2025

Experience Pommery #18 Melodies en Sous-Sol, Domaine-Vranken Pommery, Reims, France

Fire, Boghossian Foundation- Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium

Highlights of Korean Abstract Art,Daegu Arts Center,Daegu Korea


2024

Vision of Beauty, La Galleria, Venice. Italy

Shapes, Lines & Colors, Lee-Bauwens Gallery. Brussel, Belgium


2023

HERE & MORE, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea

Blue-The Colour of the Place, La Galleria, Venice, Italy Find the Light, Suseong Artpia, Daegu, Korea


2020

Printemps , Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France


2018

The Post Dansaekhwa of Korea, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Absence, Art'Loft, Brussel, Belgium


2017

Beautiful Black, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2016

Made in the EAST, MDZ Art gallery, Knokke, Belgium

KunsttageWinningen. Winningen, Germany

Changing Time, Kunstraum21, Bonn, Germany


2015

Korea Tomorrow, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Leading Artists 2015, Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

Korean Contemporary Art, Ulsan Culture Art Center, Ulsan, South Korea


2014

AHA, Kunstraum21, Bonn, Germany

Blue & D major, Ilju & Seonhwa Gallery, Seoul
, South Korea

Painting not Painting, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2013

10th anniversary of Gallery Bernd A. Lausberg, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany

The exhibition of 3 artists, Dongwon Gallery, Daegu, South Korea

Reconfiguring Contemporary Art:From a Korea Perspective, ICAS, Singapore


2012

Monochrom in Korea, Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Manz, Germany

Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea

Light & Color ,Space BBK, Cologne, Germany


2011

Made in Daegu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea

Konkrete Abstraktion, Gallery Bernd A. Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany

The exhibition of 3 artists, Gallery Chungdam, Daegu, South Korea

Minimal Esthetics, Tong-In Auction Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2010

Iwami International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Iwami, Japan

In Side Out, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, South Korea

The Young artists of Today, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea


2009

Rhythm, Forms, and Intimacy: Spectrum, Sejong Center, Seoul, South Korea

New painting, Gallery yfo, Daegu, South Korea

Painted Painting, Art Park, Seoul, South Korea


2008

Vacuum Space, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul, South Korea

Color, Face, Space, Gallery Mokkumto, Seoul, South Korea


2007

Art in Life, Molteni & C, Seoul, South Korea


2006

Light & Mind, Shin Museum of Art, Cheongju, South Korea Sea Art Festival, Busan Biennale2006, Busan, South Korea Quadrangle's Colors, M Gallery, Daegu, South Korea


2004

Monochrome Paintings of Korea Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

15th Anniversary Special Exhibition 86, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Nam Tchunmo - Bitzigeio, LandtagRheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany

SUM of the Contemporary, Deagu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea Nagasaki Contemporary Art Show, Nagasaki, Japan


2003

Extreme Beauty, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea

A Pleasant Workshop, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Happiness, Art Space M-POST, Seoul, South Korea

20th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2002

Aesthetic Meeting, Nine Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea

2002 Daegu Contemporary Art Show, Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

Korean Contemporary Art, Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

September 9 Artists, BIBI Space, Daejeon, South Korea

Share Living and Joy, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2001

Korea Art 2001: Return to Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea

Refreshment, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea


Public Collections


Art Bank, Seoul, South Korea

Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea

CAD International, Miami, US

Christie’s, Auction, Düsseldorf, Germany

Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea

Daegu Distribution Complex, Daegu, South Korea

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Kingdom of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

GalilaBarzilai Hollander Collection, Belgium

Hotel Shilla Stay, Samsung Group, Seoul, South Korea

Hotel Shilla Stay, Dongtan, China

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Ulsan, South Korea

Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon; South Korea

Kolon, Seoul, South Korea

Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Kyungbook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea

Kyungbook National University School of Dentistry, Daegu, South Korea

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Mulliez, Group Auchan, France

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea

Paradise Hotel, Busan, South Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Schott Music Gmb, Schott Music GmbH&Co.KG, Mainz, Germany

Shinsegae Department Store, Daegu, South Korea

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany

Parc.1, Seoul, South Korea

Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France

Bibliography