Born in 1947 in MokPo.  Graduated from the Graduate School of Education of Kun-Kook University. Had his first solo exhibition in 1989 at the Sei-Jong Culture Center.

Most people would describe Roy Cho's work as being Impressionistic.  This does not do justic to his abilities nor to his paintings.  He borrowed the field palette of the Impresisonist, as well as their quest to render light as realistic and accurate as possible.  Yet his work is rooted in realism.  Not the Photo or Hyper-Realism of today.  Philosophically, his work returns to the realism of the 18th century; a realism that was concerned with the ideal and absolute beauty.  Still, this does not accurately describe a painting by Roy Cho, since his paintings are also dinstinctly contemporary.  His art is about being truthful to the medium, paint, accurate when depicting light, precise when rendering nature, and selective when conveying beauty.  

In Roy Cho's work, one can find the idealism of a Watteau, the same concern for the medium and accuracy that one would find in a Courbet or a Corot, the saturation of light common to Impressionism, and a perspective that is clearly situated in the present.

GROUP & PREVIEW EXHIBITION
1985, 6-17  Specially Selected of Contemporary Art Exhibition (Sei-jong Culture Center)
1986, 4-27  Excellent Prize Korea Japan Exchange Art Exhibition (Dong Yong Gallery)
1987, 3-27  Japan Art Association Exhibition (Kyoto International Culture Museum)
1987, 4-20  Korea Art Exhibition Recommendation Artist
1988, 11-14 Selected Prize, Korea Great Art Exhibition (National Museum of     Contemporary Art)
1989, 11-18 Selected Prize, Korea Great Art Exhibition (National Museum of Contemporary Art)
1990, 10-8  Selected Prize, Korea Great Art Exhibtion (National Museum of Contemporary Art)
1991, 11-29 Il-Gam Association (Back-Sang Anniversary Hall)
1992, 11-24 IL-Gam Association of Exhibition (Back-Sang Anniversary Hall)
1993, 8-21  Invited Exhibit International Public of Art Contest Exhibition (Japan Culture Promoting Association)
1996, 7-22  Exhibition of Korea Fine Arts Today
1996           30th Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition
1997, 5-23  The Chung-Nang Fine Art Exhibition
1998, 10-9  Selected Prize, Korea Great Art Exhibition (National Museum of Contemporary Art)
1999, 3       Arts Association Exhibition
1999, 11     Invited Seoul Art Exhibition