Chang Hoon Woo graduated in Fine Art from Chung-Ang University, South Korea. Over the last four decades he has been painting prolifically, mainly in oils, making large canvases replete with vibrant colours and intricate detailing, creating conceptually intense, complex spaces, highlighting in particular the high-tech aspects of modern living. He has held as many as twenty-two Solo Exhibitions of his paintings and has participated in numerous Art Exhibitions and Art Fairs around the world. Some of these include the Karlsruhe Art Fair, Koln Art Fair in Germany, the Scope Miami Art Fair, USA, Hong Kong Contemporary, Europ' Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland, and The Sydney International Art Fair (Australia). Some of the participations in his own country include AHAF-Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, West-in Chosun hotel, Seoul, The Doors Art Fair, Imperial Hotel. Seoul, Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX. Seoul, and Korea International Art Fair, COEX. Seoul.

 

Receiving his first award in 1978, the “Special Prize” at The 1st Chung-Ang Art Exhibition, he went on to receive several more honours, including the Gold Prize in 1985 and 1992 by the Korean Association of Figurative Art, and the prestigious ‘Best Artist of Korea’ Prize by the Society of Critics. In 2019, at the ‘Affordable Art Fair’ held in Singapore, in front of a live audience he carried out the ‘Official Performance Live Painting’.