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In Words includes essays describing the artist’s creation process and philosophies of how nature, intuition are manifested in sculpture, featuring The Weight of Wings, written by Yeon-Tak Chang.

In Stone is the visual exposition of works by sculptor Yeon-Tak Chang.

References contains the professional credentials, awards and recognition attained, plus chronological lists of exhibitions, back to 1980.

Joint Exhibit – Harmony Between Man and Nature –
October 16 to November 28, 2021

At the Canadian Sculpture Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Address: 19 Mill St., Toronto / Phone: 647-435-5858
www.sculptorssocietyofcanada.org

In Words

The Weight of Wings

It seems fortunate that wings were not given to human beings.
Human beings do not hope to have wings to fly. Angels, who have the appearance of human beings have wings. For human beings, the dream of wings is the thirst and longing for endless freedom.
In my childhood, I enjoyed flying kites on windy days. I flew the kites that I had made, up into the infinite blue sky, carrying my dream and vision. Then, I was beginning to escape into the endless journey of my life.
The wings of flying kite-birds were waking my sleeping soul.

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In Stone

Gallery Collections

Please use the top level men In Stone to browse the descriptive galleries of sculptures created during Yeon-Tak Chung’s continuing journey.

Exhibitions

Joint Exhibit – HARMONY BETWEEN MAN and NATURE – October 16 to November 28, 2021
Sculptures of Yeon-Tak Chang will be on exhibit along with pieces by David Ruben Piqtoukun at the Canadian Sculpture Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Address: 19 Mill St. / Phone: 647-435-5858
www.sculptorssocietyofcanada.org

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Art Hall , University of East Stroudsburg, PA, U.S.A.
2000 Hyundai Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996 Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1993 Theodore Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
1988 Shinsegye Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1985 Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
1983 William Whipple Gallery, Marshall, Minnesota
1982 West Broadway Gallery, New York, New York
1981 Sam Woo Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1980 Gallery II Mercante, Milan, Italy
Gallery Nuovo Spazio 2, Venice, Italy
1979 McDonald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Harmony Between Man and Nature – SSC Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2019 KASC Member – Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Spatial Modes – SSC Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2018 KASC Member – Dosaan Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2017 Stone Work – SSC Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2015 Approaches – John B. Aird Gallery , Toronto
2012 Chang’s Family Art Exhibition, University of East Stroudsbug, PA, U.S.A.
2011 Three Sculptors Exhibition, Dosaan Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001-2018 SSC Member Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000 John B. Aird Gallery (Sculpture 2000), Toronto, Ontario
1999 Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Gallery (KASC), Toronto, Ontario
1998 Art ’98 (Vancouver International Art Fair), Vancouver, British Columbia
1996 American Centre, Detroit, Michigan
Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Civic Center, Inchon, Korea
International Sculptor’S Symposium (Korea’s Clay & Fire), Iksan, Korea
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Han Kook Gallery, New York, New York
1995 Korean Cultural Service, New York, New York
Toyamura International Biennial Juried Exhibition, Hokaido, Japan
‘95 World Art Festival Invitational Exhibition, Seoul Press Center Gallery,
Seoul, Korea
First Canadian Place Gallery, O.S.A., Toronto, Ontario
1994 Marika Jewellery and Fine Art, Banff, Alberta
Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, S.S.C. Tour Show, Montreal, Quebec
1993 Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ontario
First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992 National Art Centre, Lak Woo Sculptor’s Society, Seoul, Korea
John B. Airde Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Theodore Museum of Contemporary Art, KASC, Toronto, Ontario
1991 City Art Gallery, lnterCity Dialogue, Toronto, Ontario
1989 John B. Aird Gallery, S.S.C., O.S.A., Toronto, Ontario
1988 National Art Centre, Lak Woo Sculptor’s Society, Seoul, Korea
John B. Aird Gallery, S.S.C., O.S.A., Toronto, Ontario
The Dante Centre, Ravenna, Italy
Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
1987 William Whipple Gallery, Marshall, Minnesota
Ernest Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary
Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Commune di Castellanza, Varese, Italy
1986 Columbus Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Pauline McGibbon Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1985 Pagani Museum, Milan, Italy
Nina Owen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Library Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Bridgestone Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
National Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
’84 Contemporary Art Invitational, National Museum of Modern Art,
Kwa Cheon, Korea
1983 8 Korean Artists From North America, Korean Cultural Services,
Los Angeles, California
1982 Canadian Artists Invitational Show, Setadel Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Sculptors Society of Canada, Pointe Claire Cultural Centre, Pointe Claire, Quebec
Sam II Gallery, LAKA Group, Los Angeles, California
Oversea Korean Artist Invitational, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
1981 Korean Contemporary Artists Invitational Show, Sheraton Centre Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian National Exhibition Art Show, Toronto, Ontario
Second International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario
Sculptors Society of Canada, Brampton Museum of Arts, Brampton, Ontario
Gallery Gabor, Toronto, Ontario
1980 Commune di Marino, Second International Biennial Juried Exhibition,
Marino/Rome,Italy
Commune di Carrara, Second International Scupltor’s Symposium, Carrara, Italy
Sculptors from Toronto, McDonald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

References

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Seoul National University (1964)
Ontario Collage of Art, Toronto, ON (1980)

Professional Studies

Worked on marble sculpture in Pietrasanta and Carrara, Italy (1979-1980)

Professional Memberships

Member of Sculptors Society of Canada
Member of Ontario Society of Artists

Publications

Art Culture, November 1980, by Attilio Lunardi, Milan, Italy
The Korea Times Weekly, March 1981, by Che-Ung Kim, Seoul, Korea
The Korea Times Toronto, May 19, 1982 by Mee-Rai Cho, Toronto, Ontario
Art Speak, May 1982, by Palmer Poroner, New York, New York
The Independent, October 1983, by Anne Tyler, Marshall, Minnesota

Awards

Merit Award, Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Chosun-Ilbo, Seoul, 1964
Korean Heritage Award, Toronto, 1983
Vogel Architect Award, Sculptor Society of Canada, Toronto, 1993
RCA Award, The Jacobine Jones Foundation, Toronto, 1994

Public Collections & Commissions

Museum of Modern Art (Pagani Museum), Milan, Italy
National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd. Toronto, Ontario
Ford America, Omaha, Nebraska
Southwest State University of Minnesota, Marshall, Minnesota
St. Sosa Lee Roman Catholic Church, Etobicoke, Ontario

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