Ha Chong-Hyun
Ha Chong-Hyun: A Retrospective
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, CA)
September 25, 2026 – January 25, 2027
As the first major U.S. exhibition of Ha Chong-Hyun’s six-decade career, this retrospective introduces a defining voice of postwar Korean art at a pivotal moment of global interest in Asian contemporary art. The exhibition advances the Asian Art Museum’s role as a leading platform for Asian and Asian diaspora artists, elevating contemporary voices while deepening engagement with Korea’s artistic legacy and its global influence.
https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/ha-chong-hyun-retrospective/
Ha Chong-Hyun has lived and worked in Seoul since graduating from Hongik University in 1959. Awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the institution, he served as Dean of the Fine Arts College at Hongik University (1990–1994) and later served as Director of the Seoul Museum of Art (2003–2006). His work has appeared in major Biennale exhibitions worldwide and at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon; the Denver Art Museum; the Song Art Museum, Beijing; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Fondazione Mudima, Milan. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim; the Art Institute of Chicago; M+, Hong Kong; the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; and the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
