LEE UFAN
SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
DATES
Born 1936, Kyongsan-namdo, Korea
Lives and Works in Kamakura, Japan and Paris
EDUCATION
1956, Seoul National University, moved to Japan
1961, Nihon University, Philosophy
1973–1991, Professor at Tama University
AWARDS
2001 Awarded Praemium Imperiale in painting by Japan Art Association
2016
Sculpture in the Courtyard: Lee Ufan. The Cane of Titan, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, March 16–October 9, 2016.
2015
Lee Ufan: New Works, Pace Hong Kong, November 20, 2015–January 9, 2016.
Lee Ufan: One Man Show, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, November 14, 2014–March 23, 2015. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: From Point, From Line, From Wind, Pace London, 6 Burlington Gardens, September 15–October 31, 2015. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 15–June 27 (extended through August 21), 2015. (Catalogue; text by Barbara Rose)
Lee Ufan, Lisson Gallery, London, March 25–May 9, 2015.
2014
Lee Ufan: One Man Show, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, November 14, 2014–March 23, 2015.
Lee Ufan, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, July 26August 22, 2014.
Lee Ufan Versailles, Château de Versailles, June 17–November 2, 2014.
2013
Lee Ufan, Kamel Mennour, Paris, November 6–December 21, 2013.
Lee Ufan: Tension précaire, La Chapelle Saint-Laurent-Le Capitole, Arles, France, July 1–September 22, 2013. (Catalogue)
2012
Lee Ufan: The Art of Emptiness, Asia Society, Houston, April 14–September 16, 2012.
2011
Dialogue: Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, November 15–December 18, 2011.
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 24–September 28, 2011. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: Bilder und Skulpturen, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, April 14–June 18, 2011. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, January 14–March 5, 2011.
2010
Lee Ufan: Resonancia, Galería Elvira González, Madrid, September 9–October 30, 2010.
Lee Ufan, Blum and Poe Gallery, Los Angeles, January 16–February 20, 2010. (Catalogue)
2009
Lee Ufan: Peintures et Sculptures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, September 3–October 2, 2009. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: Sculpture, Kukje Galley, Seoul, August 28–October 9, 2009. (Catalogue)
2008
Lee Ufan, PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57th Street and 534 West 25th Street, New York, September 19–October 25, 2008. (Catalogue)
Living with Contemporary Art, No. 7: Lee Ufan: Drawings, Nagoya Gallery, Japan, May 22–29, 2008.
Lee Ufan, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, April 19–June 29, 2008. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Lisson Gallery, London, April 2–May 10, 2008. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, March 3–29, 2008.
Lee Ufan: A Dialogue, Museen Dahlem, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, February 12–May 25, 2008.
2007
Lee Ufan, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, September 14–October 27, 2007.
Lee Ufan: Resonance, 52nd La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, June 10–November 27, 2007. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, February 21–April 21, 2007.
Living with Contemporary Art, No. 2: Lee Ufan< Nagoya Gallery, Japan, February 7–17, 2007.
2006
Lee Ufan, Gallery Muramatsu, Tokyo, 2006.
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 2006.
Lee Ufan, Galerie Micheline Szajcer, Antwerp, Belgium, October 19–December 2, 2006.
Lee Ufan: Terra cotta et aquarelles sur papier, IBU Gallery, Paris, June 7–July 29, 2006.
Lee Ufan: Silence, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany, March 31–June 28, 2006.
2005
Exposition Lee Ufan, Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France, December 10, 2005–February 19, 2006. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan; The Art of Margins, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, September 17–December 23, 2006. (Catalogue)
2004
Lee Ufan: Peinture Sculpture, Espace d’Art Contemporain Fernet Branca, Alsace, France, June 16–October 31, 2004. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: The Art of Encounter, Lisson Gallery, London, January 21–February 28, 2004. (Catalogue)
2003
Lee Ufan, Samsung Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2003.
Lee Ufan: The Search for Encounter, Ho-Am Art Gallery and Rodin Gallery, Seoul, October 3–November 16, 2003. (Catalogue)
2002
Lee Ufan, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, April 16–May 25, 2002.
2001
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 2001.
Lee Ufan: Paintings 1973–2001, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, June 17–September 9, 2001. (Catalogue)
2000
Lee Ufan, Kong Gan Gallery, Busan, Korea, 2000.
Lee Ufan: Interconnection, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany, October 27, 2000–February 21, 2001.
1999
Lee U-fan: 70s Prints, Takeda Art Co. Inc., Tokyo, 1999.
Lee Ufan, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, 1999.
Lee Ufan, Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, 1999.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1999.
1998
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 1998.
Lee Ufan, Sigong Gallery, Taegoo, Korea, 1998.
Lee Ufan: Painting and Sculpture, Städtisches Museum im Städel, Frankfurt, June 5–August 2, 1998. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan Print Works 1970–1998, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo, February 14–March 29, 1998. (Catalogue)
1997
Lee Ufan, Gallery Bhak, Seoul, 1997.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyondai, Seoul, 1997.
Lee Ufan, Space Shimonda, Tokyo, 1997.
Lee Ufan, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, November 13, 1997–January 4, 1998. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: Anche il vuoto lavora, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, May 29–July 5, 1997. (Catalogue)
1996
Lee Ufan, Galerie J. Moussion, Paris, 1996.
Lee Ufan, Kong Gan Gallery, Busan, Korea, 1996. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1996.
Lee Ufan, Lisson Gallery, London, October 18–November 16, 1996. (Catalogue)
1995
Lee Ufan, Galerie de Paris, France, 1995.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1995.
Lee Ufan: Entsprechungen–Setzungen 1994/1995, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany, September 22–November 20, 1995.
Lee Ufan, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, March 11–April 30, 1995. (Catalogue)
1994
Lee Ufan, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, 1994. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Galerie Hyundai, Seoul, 1994.
Lee Ufan, Inkong Gallery, Seoul, 1994.
Lee Ufan, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan, 1994.
Lee Ufan, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, September 3–22, 1994. (Catalogue)
1993
Lee Ufan, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, 1993.
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 1993.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1993.
Lee Ufan, Toshi Shuppan, Tokyo, 1993.
Lee Ufan, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan, April 11–May 23, 1993. (Catalogue)
1992
Lee Ufan, Galerie de Paris, France, 1992.
Lee Ufan, Kong Gan Gallery, Busan, Korea, 1992.
Lee Ufan, SAGA-mmg, Grand Palais, Paris 1992.
Lee Ufan, Space Gallery, Busan, Korea, 1992. (Catalogue)
1991
Lee Ufan, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, 1991. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, 1991.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1991.
Lee Ufan, Inkong Gallery, Seoul, November 19–28, 1991. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: With Winds ’91 at Milano, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, May 1991. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, May 25–July 14, 1991. (Catalogue)
1990
Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyondai, Seoul, 1990. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Inkong Gallery, Seoul, 1990.
Lee Ufan, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, 1990.
1989
Lee Ufan, Galerie de Paris, France, 1989.
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 1989.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1989.
With Winds: Lee U-fan, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, concurrent with Tokyo Gallery, Japan, November 24–December 9, 1989. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: With Winds, Paintings 1986/88, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany, April 23–June 21, 1989. (Catalogue)
1988
Lee Ufan, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, 1988.
Lee Ufan, With Winds: Bilder 1986/88 = Paintings 1986/88., M Bochum, Galerie für Film, Foto, Neue Konkrete Kunst und Video, Bochum, 1988. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: Ex Oriente, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, October 4–December 31, 1988. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: Traces of Sensitivity and Logic, Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan, January 5–February 11, 1988. (Catalogue)
1987
Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyondai, Seoul, 1987. (Catalogue)
1986
Lee Ufan, Galerie de Paris, France, 1986.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1986.
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, June 1986.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, January 10–25, 1986.
1985
Lee Ufan, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, 1985.
1984
Lee Ufan, Galerie de Paris, France, 1984.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyondai, Seoul, 1984. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, 1984, Tokyo.
1983
Lee Ufan, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, 1983.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1983.
1982
Lee Ufan, Studio Marconi, Milan, 1982.
1981
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 1981.
1980
Lee Ufan, Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris, 1980.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, 1980.
Lee Ufan, Marl Sculpture Museum, Germany, 1980.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1980.
1979
Lee Ufan, Gallery Muramatsu, Tokyo, 1979.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan, 1979.
Lee Ufan, Marl Sculpture Museum, Germany, 1979.
1978
Lee Ufan, Antwerp Gallery, Belgium, 1978.
Lee Ufan, Gallery Hyondai, Seoul, 1978. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan: From Point—From Line, Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, Germany, 1978. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, 1978.
Lee Ufan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, 1978.
Lee Ufan: Skulpturen, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany, August 20–October 15, 1978.
1977
Lee Ufan, Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris, 1977.
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, March 1–19, 1977. (Catalogue)
1976
Lee Ufan, Gallery Spectrum, Antwerp, Belgium, 1976. (Catalogue)
Lee Ufan, Galerie M Bochum, Germany, May 26–July 6, 1976.
1975
Lee Ufan, Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris, 1975.
1974
Lee Ufan, Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, 1974.
1973
Lee Ufan, Tokyo Gallery, Japan, 1973.
1972
Lee Ufan, Myong-Dong Gallery, Seoul, August 21–27, 1972.
1971
Lee Ufan, Pinar Gallery, Tokyo, 1971.
1970
Lee Ufan, Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, 1970.
1967
Lee Ufan, Sato Gallery, Tokyo, 1970.