| 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"
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| 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
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Currently lives and
works in Japan and France |
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| Selected
Solo Exhibition |
| 1970 '74 |
Tamura Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan |
| 1973 '77 '80
'83 '86 '89 '93 '96 '99 |
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Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan |
| 1975 '77 '80
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Galerie Eric Fabre,
Paris, France |
| 1976 '78 '89
'95 |
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Galerie m, Bochum,
Germany |
| 1978 '84 '87
'90 '94 '97 |
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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 |
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Galerie de Paris,
Paris, France |
| 1985 '90 '93
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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
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| 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 |
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Lorenzelli Arte, Milano, Italy
|
| 1998 |
St臈tisches Museum im
St臈el, Frankfurt |
| 1999 |
Kamakura Gallery,
Tokyo |
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Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
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| Selected
Group Exhibition |
| 1968 |
Contemporary Art of
Korea, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,
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Japan |
| 1969 |
The 5th Contemporary
Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan |
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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, |
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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 |
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National Museum of
Modern Art, Tokyo, Kassel Documenta 6, Kassel,
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Germany |
| 1978 |
Z.B. Sculpture,
Stadtische Galerie im Stadeischen Kunstinstilut,
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Focus 78, Centre
Culturel du Marais, Paris |
| 1979 |
1st Henry Moore Grand
Prize Exhibition, Hakone Open Air Museum, |
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Awarded Superlative
Prize, Kanagawa Japan |
| 1980 |
Skluptur im 20
Jhrhundert, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1982 |
Meister der Zeichung,
Kunsthalle Nnberg, Germany |
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Material Gets Art,
National Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
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Japanese Contemporary
Art Exhibition, Camden Arts Center, London, |
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England |
| 1983 |
ARS 83 Helsinki,
Finland |
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M. Kawabata, Lee U Fan,
and Y. Saito Exhibition Juda Rowan Gallery, |
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London England |
| 1984 |
Wiesbanderner
Skulpturentage, Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 1985 |
40 Yeards of Japanese
Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Art |
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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
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| 1989 |
Croisement de Signes,
Instilut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
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Japan 1989, Museum van
Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium |
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Effels de Miroir,
Bibliotheque Lois Aragon, Ile de France, |
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Choisy, France |
| 1990 |
Blau, Heidelberger
Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1991-92 |
Aspects of
Contemporary Japanese Art The Santa Monica |
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Museum of Art,
Portland Museum, U.S.A. |
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Museo Rufino Tamayo,
Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1992 |
Contemporary Art from
Korea, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, |
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EnglandAvanguardie
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Giaponnesi degli Anni
70, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy |
| 1994 |
Japanese Contemporary
Art, Guggenheim's Soho Museum, New York |
| 1995 |
Asiana, Venezia, Italy
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| 1996 |
Japon 1970 Mono-ha,
Mus馥 O'art Moderne Steliene France |
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Project 8, Total
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul |
| 1997 |
"Two Approaches"
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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"Made in France:"Mus馥
National d'Art Moderne, Centre Geroge |
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Pompidou, Paris
|
| 1998 |
"SARAJEBO 2000",
Museum Moderna Kunst stiftung Ludwimg, Wien |
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"Korean
Contemporary Art-Portics of Time", Samsung
Museum of Art, |
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Seoul |
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