biography of Ufan LEE (1936)
Personal data
Birth : 1936 - , Korea
Sex : M
Education
1961 : Nihon University (Graduation Philosophy) – 4-8-24 Kudanminami – Tokyo, Japan
Professional data
Work and Life
1956:Moves to Japan
Lives and works in Japan and France
Prizes
2001
2001 : Praemium Imperiale , Sculpture – Tokyo, Japan
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Subject
abstraction/figurationMovements and styles
Mono-HaSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Lee Ufan: Paintings 1973-2001
Kunstmuseum – Bonn, Germany
06/17/2001 – 09/09/2001
1999
Kamakura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1999
1997
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
1997
Lorenzelli Arte – Milan MI, Italy
1997
Lee Ufan: sculptures and paintings
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
11/13/1997 – 01/04/1998
1996
Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1996
1995
Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloß Morsbroich – Leverkusen, Germany
1995
Galerie de Paris – Paris, France
1995
1994
National Museum of Contemporary Art – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1994
Fondazione Mudima – Milan MI, Italy
1994
1993
Kamakura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1993
1992
Galerie de Paris – Paris, France
1992
1991
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art – Tokyo, Japan
1991
Lorenzelli Arte – Milan MI, Italy
1991
1990
Kamakura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1990
1989
Galerie de Paris – Paris, France
1989
1988
Museum of Fine Arts – Gifu, Japan
1988
PAC Padiglione de Arte Contemporanea – Milan MI, Italy
1988
1986
Galerie de Paris – Paris, France
1986
1985
Kamakura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1985
1984
Galerie de Paris – Paris, France
1984
1982
Galleria Gio Marconi – Milan MI, Italy
1982
1980
Galerie Eric Fabre – Paris, France
1980
1978
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
1978
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1978
1977
Galerie Eric Fabre – Paris, France
1977
1975
Galerie Eric Fabre – Paris, France
1975
1974
Tamura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1974
1970
Tamura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1970
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Gallery Hyundai – 80 Sagan Dong Chongro Ku – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : M-Fotografie Bochum – Schlossstr. 1a-Haus Weitmar – Bochum, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : PYO Gallery – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Ci-Gong Gallery – Jung-Gu 727-14 Daebong-Dong – Taegu, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Gallery Hyundai – 80 Sagan Dong Chongro Ku – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Gana Art Gallery – Chongno-Gu 97 PyungchanDong – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine, n°1
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
10/19/2000 – 10/23/2000
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
Festivals
1983
ARS 83
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
1983
Group exhibitions
2006
La Force de l’Art
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
05/10/2006 – 06/25/2006
2002
Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
09/12/2002 – 01/27/2003
1998
Korean Contemporary Art-Portics of Time
Samsung Museum of Art – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1998
1997
Two Approaches
Kamakura Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1997
Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997
1996
Project 8
Museum of Contemporary Art – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1996
1995
Asiana
Venice VE, Italy
1995
1994
Japanese Contemporay Art
Guggenheim Museum SoHo – New York NY, United States
1994
1992
Giaponnesi degli Anni 70
GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna – Bologna BO, Italy
1992
Contemporary Art from Korea
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1992
1990
Blau-Farbe der Ferne
Heidelberger Kunstverein – Heidelberg, Germany
1990
1989
Japan ’89
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst – Gent, Belgium
1989
Croisements de Signes
IMA Institut du Monde Arabe – Paris, France
1989
1987
Mono-ha and Post Mono-ha
The Seibu Museum of Art – Tokyo, Japan
1987
1986
le Japon des Avants-gardes
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1986
Séoul-Paris
CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Paris, France
1986
1985
40 Years of Japanese Contemporary Art
TNM Tokyo National Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1985
1984
Wiesbanderner Skulpturentage
Wiesbaden, Germany
1984
1983
M. Kawabata, Lee Ufan, and Y. Saito Exhibition
Juda Rowan Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1983
1982
Meister der Zeichnung
Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
1982
Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition
Camden Art Centre – London, United Kingdom
1982
1980
Skulptur im 20 Jahrundert
Basel BS, Switzerland
1980
1979
1st Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition
The Hakone Open-air Museum – Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
1979
1978
Focus 78
Centre Culturel du Marais – Paris, France
1978
1977
13th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan
National Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo, Japan
1977
Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977
1976
Recent International forms in Art – Biennale of Sydney n°2
Art Gallery of New South Wales – Sydney NSW, Australia
11/13/1976 – 12/19/1976
1974
Japan Traditional Gegenwart
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
1974
1973
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1973
1971
Biennale de Paris, n° 7
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1971
1970
Aspects of New Japanese Art
National Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo, Japan
1970
1969
The 5th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan
TNM Tokyo National Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1969
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1969
1968
Contemporary Art of Korea
National Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo, Japan
1968