Ha Chong-Hyun

Korean | 1935

Ha Chong-Hyun is a Korean Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1935. Their work is currently being shown at Art Sonje Center in Seoul. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Hammer Museum have featured Ha Chong-Hyun's work in the past.Ha Chong-Hyun's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 73 USD to 1,000,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,000,000 USD for Conjunction 08-10, sold at Korea Premier Auction in 2016. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 71,888 USD.Ha Chong-Hyun has been featured in articles for Korea Herald, Art Basel Stories and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Acts of Nullification in Park Seo-Bo and Ha Chong-Hyun written for Art Asia Pacific in January 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Ha Chong-hyŏn, Ha Chonghyun

Featured for Sale

CONJUNCTION 92-10 ,1992

By Ha Chong-Hyun

SBI Art Auction

20-25(P ,2021

By Ha Chong-Hyun

Korea Premier Auction

At Auction

Notable Lots

Conjunction 91-01 ,1991

By Ha Chong-Hyun

+560%

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Conjunction 96-101 ,1996

By Ha Chong-Hyun

+95%

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CONJUNCTION 77-12 ,1977

By Ha Chong-Hyun

+64%

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Upcoming Lots

CONJUNCTION 92-10 ,1992

By Ha Chong-Hyun

SBI Art Auction

20-25(P ,2021

By Ha Chong-Hyun

Korea Premier Auction

Recent Auction Results

Conjunction 2002-29 ,2002

By Ha Chong-Hyun

Korea Premier Auction

Conjunction 19-87 ,2019

By Ha Chong-Hyun

Seoul Auction

Conjunction 21-45 (P) ,2021

By Ha Chong-Hyun

-34%

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Seoul Auction

VIEW 261 AUCTION RESULTS

Current Exhibitions

Ha Chong-Hyun: 5975

Art Sonje Center

Jongro-gu | Seoul | South Korea

Feb 14,2025 - Apr 20,2025

Past Exhibitions

Ha Chong-Hyun: 50 Years of Conjunction

Tina Kim Gallery

Chelsea | New York | USA

Nov 07,2024 - Dec 21,2024

Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Hammer Museum

Westwood | Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 11,2024 - May 12,2024

VIEW 39 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Acts of Nullification in Park Seo-Bo and Ha Chong-Hyun

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Coverage

“ ..Best known for his experimentation with paint and commitment to asking, “what is painting?” Ha’s exhibition in Busan focuses on works from his celebrated Conjunction series, with special emphasis on his... ”
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Kukje Gallery, Busan

“ ..Chong-Hyun Ha Retrospective will be organized to look back on the works of Chong-Hyun Ha, an epoch-making artist in the history of Korea's contemporary art... ”
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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul

“ ..Once the white surface has turned a smoky gray, the artist scrapes away horizontal or vertical lines to reveal the untouched white pigment beneath... ”
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Blum & Poe, Tokyo

“ ..Ha continues to experiment with technique and push the boundaries of expression in the Conjunction series... ”
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Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

“ ..It consists of a hemp rope stretched across a wooden box so tightly that a few unraveling strands threaten to break the entire cordage... ”
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Almine Rech Gallery, Paris