1936 대구출생. 뉴욕과 LA에서 15년간 체류하며 뉴욕 Art student League에서 회화와 판화를 전공하고, 도쿄에서 판화를 수학했다. 파리 비엔날레, 도쿄 판화비엔날레 및 세계 유명 비엔날레에 한국대표작가로 다수 작품을 출품하였고, 37회의 개인전과 2백여회의 단체전에 참가하였다. 현재 홍익대학교 미술대학 대학원에서 판화를 강의하고 있다.
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Fine Art Center of KFCA(Seoul, Korea)
1995 John. n. Joe Gallery(Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
1994 Dongsoong Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1991 The Modern Museum of Art(Santa Ana, U.S.A)
1990 The Modern Cultural Center(Tokyo, Japan)
1989 Nishiwuchi Gallery(Japan)
1987 Hyundai Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1986 Dolores An Gallery(New Jersey, U.S.A)
1985 Riverdale Gallery(New York, U.S.A) Gallery New York(New York, U.S.A)
1984 Amano Gallery(Osaka, Japan)
1982 Soo Gallery(Daegu, Korea) Chong-Tap Gallery(Chongju, Korea)
1981 Space Gallery(Busan, Seoul)
1979 Space Gallery(Busan, Seoul)
1978 Sun Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1977 Kyongi Gallery(Seoul, Korea) Kaneko Art Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
1976 Myongdong Gallery(Seoul, Korea) Seoul Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1975 Backnok Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1974 Gallery 16(Kyoto, Japan) Nirenoki Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
1973 Shiroda Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
1967 Busan Information Center(Busan, Korea)
1958 Daegu Information Center(Daegu, Korea)
Group Exhibitions
1999 "Korean Contemporary Art," Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art(Kansas, U.S.A)
1998 "Korean Contemporary Art," The Cerrillos Cultural Center(New Mexico, U.S.A)
1995 "Collaborations," Black Gallery(Los Angeles, U.S.A)
1993 "The Forty Years of Korean Contemporary Printmaking," The National Museum of Contemporary Art(Seoul, Korea)
"Three Worlds One Art," Biola University Art Gallery(U.S.A)
1992 "Discontinuities: Nam June Paik, Ku Lim Kim," Charles Whitchurch Gallery(U.S.A) "Invited Exhibition of Korean Modern Arts by 36 Members," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art(Kyungju, Korea) "Chicago International Art Exposition"(Chicago,U.S.A)
1991 "Invited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art(Kyungju, Korea) "The Three Sugestions," LACA Gallery(Los Angeles, U.S.A) "Sodobna Korejska Grafika Korean Graphic Art Now"(Galerija Tivoli, Ljubljana)
1990 "Tokyo Art Expo," Harumi International Trade Center(Tokyo, Japan) "The Silent Dialogue, Still Life in the West and Japan," Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art(Shizuoka, Japan)
1989 "Korean Contemporary Art," Bergen Museum of Art and Science(U.S.A) "Invited Seoul Art Fair," Dongsoong Art Gallery/ Hoam Art Gallery(Seoul, Korea)
1988 "Premiere Triennale Mondiale d'Estampespetit Format"(France) "Korean Contemporary Art Festival," The National Museum of Contemporary Art(Seoul, Korea) "Modernism in Korean Contemporary Art Since 1970-1979"(Seoul, Korea) 1987 "Six Artists Now," Art Center(New Jersey, U.S.A)