Professor
AHN, BYUNGHAK
Associate Professor, Typography
ahn.hisd@gmail.com
I am interested in text, images, meaning, and their relationships. I have been teaching Typography, Graphic Design, and Design Archive and have also been a member of Jindalrae, a group of people who are experimentally keen on the various subjects of Visual Culture for 25 years. I have been working under Corpus and have held solo exhibitions, 'A List of Fragments or Spectacles' at 'Gallery Square' in 2014 and 'Juxtaposition' at 'Gallery 31' in 2013.
MAJOR
Typography, Graphic Design, Design Archive
BIOGRAPHY
Ph.D. in Visual Communication, Hongik University, Seoul
MA in Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London
MFA in Visual Communication, Hongik University, Seoul
BFA in Visual Communication, Hongik University, Seoul
Chairman of the Typojanchi Organizing Committee
Member of Creative Group, Jindalrae
Creative Director at CORPUS Inc.
Former Head of the Design History Society of Korea
Former Curator of Hangeul Experiment Exhibition at National Hangeul Museum
Former Advisor of ARITA, AMORE PACIFIC Corporate Font
2024
Director of , Seoul
2022
Director of , Culture Station 284, Seoul
2017
Director of <5th Typojanchi: International Typography Biennale>, Culture Station 284, Seoul
2015
Curator of Special Exhibition in the <4th Typojanchi: International Typography Biennale>,
Culture Station 284, Seoul
2012
Organizer of Red Tape: Series of Lectures and Forum, London
2006
Organizer of 3rd Hangeul DADA: International Design Exhibition, Seoul
1996
Graphic Designer at Ahngraphics, Seoul
AWARDS
2022
Presidential Award for Contribution to Culture and Arts
2017
Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Award for Contribution to Culture and Arts
2014
The 1st Prize: Korea Society of Typography
2012
Selected Designer by Sustain RCA
2006
The 1st Prize of Curatorial Proposal: Donga Art Festival, Ilmin Museum of Art
1994
The 1st Prize of University Newspaper Design, National Association of University Journalists
PUBLICATIONS
2020-24
Extra Archive: Journal for Design History, Seoul: CORPUS Inc.
2012
Research to Establish a Design Archive Korea, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
2006
Jindalrae Document: Visible Poetry: Keumkang Mountain, Visible and Invisible, Seoul: Sijirak
2006
Design Education, Slow Food, Seoul: CORPUS Inc.
2003
NANA Project 1, Seoul: Ahngraphics
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Post Human: International Poster Exhibition, Jakarta
2021
Typo-heterochronia, Georgia
Donghae Art Pre-biennale, Donghae
Donghae Art Pre-biennale, Donghae
2020
International Poster Exhibition in Hangeul Culture and Art Festival, Ulsan
Contagion and Immunity, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Contagion and Immunity, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
2019
International Poster Special Exhibition in Honor of Achille Castiglioni, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
XYZ BOX: Mono-Graphic, Yoon Design Gallery, Seoul
Design Peace Agreement, Yoon Design Gallery, Seoul
XYZ BOX: Mono-Graphic, Yoon Design Gallery, Seoul
Design Peace Agreement, Yoon Design Gallery, Seoul
2018
Super Surfaces, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
tE13: Korea Typography Society Exhibition, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Typo-Poetry: Typo-Poetry: Despite Black and White in Sound, OCAF Hall, Georgia
Seoul@Let’s Meet Tomorrow@Pyongyang, International Poster Exhibition, DDP, Seoul
Connecting Hongik: Letters and Symbol, Hongik University Museum, Seoul
tE13: Korea Typography Society Exhibition, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Typo-Poetry: Typo-Poetry: Despite Black and White in Sound, OCAF Hall, Georgia
Seoul@Let’s Meet Tomorrow@Pyongyang, International Poster Exhibition, DDP, Seoul
Connecting Hongik: Letters and Symbol, Hongik University Museum, Seoul
2017
Illustration Festa 017, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
tE12: Korea Typography Society Exhibition, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Hills 17, Gallery One, Seoul
tE12: Korea Typography Society Exhibition, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Hills 17, Gallery One, Seoul
2016
Hunminjeongeum and Hangeul Design, Korean Cultural Center (Tokyo), National Hangeul Museum (Seoul)
Sing Me a Poster, Online Exhibition, WGD
Illustration Festa 016, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Poster Issue, On Poster, DPPA, Seoul
International Poster Exhibition, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Taebaek
AGI: I Love Seoul, Poster Exhibition, DDP, Seoul
Sing Me a Poster, Online Exhibition, WGD
Illustration Festa 016, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul
Poster Issue, On Poster, DPPA, Seoul
International Poster Exhibition, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Taebaek
AGI: I Love Seoul, Poster Exhibition, DDP, Seoul
2015
Illustration Festa 015, Gallery One, Seoul
Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition for 70th Anniversary of Independence, MMCA, Seoul
Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition for 70th Anniversary of Independence, MMCA, Seoul
2014
The Library of Babel & the Code Archive, 8th Exhibition of Korean Typography Society, Pukyong National University, Pusan
Graphics RCA: Fifty Years, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Asia Network Beyond Design, Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul), Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (Tianjin), National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Art Center (Yunlin), Joshibi Art Museum (Sagamihara)
Graphics RCA: Fifty Years, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Asia Network Beyond Design, Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul), Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (Tianjin), National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Art Center (Yunlin), Joshibi Art Museum (Sagamihara)
2013
Asia Network Beyond Design, Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul), Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (Tianjin), National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Art Center (Yunlin), Joshibi Art Museum (Sagamihara)
Expressions of Hangeul drawn by Oesolgaji, Oesol Memorial Hall, Ulsan
Flag design for Summer Universiade, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju
Encounter.Mass.Rupture, Collaboration Art Festival, Palais de Senté, Ulsan
Juxtaposition, Galley31, Ulsan
Images of Spectacles, Gallery 31, Ulsan
Do You Want Me to Tell Something Great?, Galley31, Ulsan
Expressions of Hangeul drawn by Oesolgaji, Oesol Memorial Hall, Ulsan
Flag design for Summer Universiade, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju
Encounter.Mass.Rupture, Collaboration Art Festival, Palais de Senté, Ulsan
Juxtaposition, Galley31, Ulsan
Images of Spectacles, Gallery 31, Ulsan
Do You Want Me to Tell Something Great?, Galley31, Ulsan
2012
Design for the Real World: Sustain RCA, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Jindalrae Document 3: Palais de Seoul, Seoul
Paper Road: Paths of Intellectual Imagination, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Re-solutions, Korean Cultural Centre, London
Jindalrae Document 3: Palais de Seoul, Seoul
Paper Road: Paths of Intellectual Imagination, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Re-solutions, Korean Cultural Centre, London
2011
Falling Short: Time to Question, Her House Gallery, Hoxton, London
Non-linear Adding Machine, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
I am Juxtaposition, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Similar Effects Different Causes, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Documentation of Falling Short: Contradictions, Hockney Gallery, London
Non-linear Adding Machine, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
I am Juxtaposition, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Similar Effects Different Causes, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
Documentation of Falling Short: Contradictions, Hockney Gallery, London
2010
SISI: Exhibition Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Lee Sang’s Birth, Gallery D+, Seoul
2008
Genji Monogatari, Nagoya International Airport, Nagoya
2007
Korean Graphic Design, AIGA National Design Center, New York
Power of the Moon: Design, Catch The Time, Seoul Plaza, Seoul
Power of the Moon: Design, Catch The Time, Seoul Plaza, Seoul
2006
Different But the Same: Human Rights, Gwanghwamun Gallery (Seoul), Gwangju Art Museum (Gwangju)
Hangul Blooms, Special Exhibition of the 5th Seoul Design Festival, COEX, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: Visual Poetry, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
4th Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, Japan Foundation Seoul, Seoul
Hangul Blooms, Special Exhibition of the 5th Seoul Design Festival, COEX, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: Visual Poetry, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
4th Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, Japan Foundation Seoul, Seoul
2005
3rd Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, DIC Color Square, Tokyo
Hangeul T-shirt Design Exhibition: Wearing Hangeul, Artreon Gallery, Seoul
Red T-shirt Exhibition, Lotte Department Store Main Branch, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Hangeul T-shirt Design Exhibition: Wearing Hangeul, Artreon Gallery, Seoul
Red T-shirt Exhibition, Lotte Department Store Main Branch, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
2004
Tension: VIDAK 10th Anniversary Exhibition, KIDP Gallery, Bundang
2nd Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, Japan Foundation Seoul, Seoul
3rd Seoul Design Festival, Poster Special Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: BAL, KEPCO Art Center, Seoul
1st Hangeul DADA, SSAMZIE Art Center, Seoul
International Design EXPO: Korean Contemporary Design, Beijing World Trade Center, Beijing
Traditional Culture Exhibition, Sejong Center Arts Gallery, Seoul
2nd Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, Japan Foundation Seoul, Seoul
3rd Seoul Design Festival, Poster Special Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: BAL, KEPCO Art Center, Seoul
1st Hangeul DADA, SSAMZIE Art Center, Seoul
International Design EXPO: Korean Contemporary Design, Beijing World Trade Center, Beijing
Traditional Culture Exhibition, Sejong Center Arts Gallery, Seoul
2003
A Mirror That Remembers: Exhibition Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Korean Film Screenings, Sejong Center Arts Gallery, Seoul
Image Korea, Seoul Arts Center Design Museum, Seoul
Image Korea, Seoul Arts Center Design Museum, Seoul
2002
Design Korea: Political Communications, Seoul Arts Center Design Museum, Seoul
2001
Seoul-Tokyo 24 Hours, Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition, GGG Gallery, Tokyo
2000
Active Wire, Korea-Japan Young Designers Exchange Exhibition, Art Seonje Center, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: Defense, DongDong Gallery, Seoul
Jindalrae Document: Defense, DongDong Gallery, Seoul
1999
Low Flying, Art Space Pool, Seoul
1998
City and Moving Images: Food, Clothing and Shelter, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Bogoseo Bogoseo 21st Century Declaration, Gallery SAI, Seoul
Korea: Jindalrae Poster Exhibition, Seoul
Bogoseo Bogoseo 21st Century Declaration, Gallery SAI, Seoul
Korea: Jindalrae Poster Exhibition, Seoul
1996
International Fax Paper Exhibition on Unification Theme. Seoul
1995
Individual Battles, Indeco Gallery, Seoul