Yoo Choong Yeul was born July 23rd 1960 in the Kyung-Gi Province Kwang Ju City. He entered art in 1981 and for 40 years he has been recognized as one of the top Korean painters.

His work is mostly based on realism and is best known for classic portraits. From the start of his career, he dreamt of being one of the most recognized painters in the world and in the year 1985 he painted “Sea Captain” and his work was given the honour of being featured in the famous “Decor” magazine in 1988.

In 2010 his work was featured on the cover page of England’s artbook “Art in Vogue”. And in 2012 his work was also featured on the cover page for publications from America’s Morningside Publishing, Ekidsland Publishing, LLC.

He has 57 paintings listed for copyright in America and a number of his work is also listed in Korea’s Patent office for design work as well.

And in Italy, his work was featured in Art Book “EFFETTO ARTE” and was exhibited on a number of occasions. Also in 2016, he was awarded the best artist of 2016 by the Costanza Foundation.

His international exhibits include Portugal, Netherlands, Turkey, Iran, Macedonia, Germany and in 2015 and 2016 he was the leading figure in arranging a massive international exhibit with “Haegeumgang Theme Museum” in Geuje, inviting 110 artists from 25 countries.

In 2016 he designed a Hollywood Movie poster “I Am Someone”

He is also an esteemed member of several renowned organizations worldwide.

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