Lee Ufan
1936 Born in Korea 1956 Interrupted studies at Seoul National University and came to Japan 1961 Graduated from Nihon University, Department of Philosophy, Tokyo 1969 Awarded prize for critical writing "From Object to Being" 1990 Cultural Decoration, Republic of Korea 1991 Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Letters, Republique Fran aise 1973-93 Professor of Tama Art University, Tokyo 1997-98 Invited Professor at Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris Currently lives and works in Japan and France Selected Solo Exhibition 1970 '74 Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1973 '77 '80 '83 '86 '89 '93 '96 '99 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1975 '77 '80 Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris, France 1976 '78 '89 '95 Galerie m, Bochum, Germany 1978 '84 '87 '90 '94 '97 Hyondae Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1978 Dseldorf Kunsthalle, Dseldorf, Germany 1978 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 1980 Marl Sculpture Museum, Germany 1982 Studio Marconi, Milano, Italy 1984 '86 '89 '92 '95 Galerie de Paris, Paris, France 1985 '90 '93 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1988 The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan 1988 Padiglione D'Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy 1991 Lorenzelli Arte, Milano, Italy 1991 Hara Museum ARC, Japan 1993 The Museum of Modern Art Kamakura, Japan 1994 The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1994 Fodazione Mudima, Milano, Italy 1995 St臈tisches Museum Leverkusen, Germany 1996 Lisson Gallery, London, England 1997 Galerie National de ju de Paume, Paris Lorenzelli Arte, Milano, Italy 1998 St臈tisches Museum im St臈el, Frankfurt 1999 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo Selected Group Exhibition 1968 Contemporary Art of Korea, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 1969 The 5th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1969 '73 S瀰 Paulo Biennial, S瀰 Paulo, Brasil 1970 Aspects of New Japanese Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1971 7th Paris Biennial, Paris, France 1974 Japan Traditional Gegnwart, Stadische Kunsthalle, Dseldorf, Germany 1975 3rd Triennial India, National Academy of Art, India 1976 2nd Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia 1977 13th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Awarded prize of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Kassel Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany 1978 Z.B. Sculpture, Stadtische Galerie im Stadeischen Kunstinstilut, Frankfurt, Germany Focus 78, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris 1979 1st Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition, Hakone Open Air Museum, Awarded Superlative Prize, Kanagawa Japan 1980 Skluptur im 20 Jhrhundert, Basel, Switzerland 1982 Meister der Zeichung, Kunsthalle Nnberg, Germany Material Gets Art, National Galerie, Berlin, Germany Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Camden Arts Center, London, England 1983 ARS 83 Helsinki, Finland M. Kawabata, Lee U Fan, and Y. Saito Exhibition Juda Rowan Gallery, London England 1984 Wiesbanderner Skulpturentage, Wiesbaden, Germany 1985 40 Yeards of Japanese Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1986 Seoul-Paris, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France 1986-87 Le Japon des Avant-Gardes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1987 Mono-ha and Post Mono-ha, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan 1988 Mono-ha Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporarnea, Roma, Italy 1989 Croisement de Signes, Instilut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France Japan 1989, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium Effels de Miroir, Bibliotheque Lois Aragon, Ile de France, Choisy, France 1990 Blau, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany 1991-92 Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Art The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Portland Museum, U.S.A. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico 1992 Contemporary Art from Korea, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, EnglandAvanguardie Giaponnesi degli Anni 70, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy 1994 Japanese Contemporary Art, Guggenheim's Soho Museum, New York 1995 Asiana, Venezia, Italy 1996 Japon 1970 Mono-ha, Mus馥 O'art Moderne Steliene France Project 8, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul 1997 "Two Approaches" Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan "Made in France:"Mus馥 National d'Art Moderne, Centre Geroge Pompidou, Paris 1998 "SARAJEBO 2000", Museum Moderna Kunst stiftung Ludwimg, Wien "Korean Contemporary Art-Portics of Time", Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul