Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
- Lee Ufan: Dialogue With Materials ,Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery ,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Lee Ufan: Open Dimension ,Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution ,National Mall, Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
- Lee Ufan: From Point, From Line: 1976 - 1982 ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- Lee Ufan: Inhabiting time ,Centre Pompidou Metz ,Metz, France
2018
2016
2015
- Lee Ufan: New Works ,Pace Hong Kong (30 Queen's Road) ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Lee Ufan: Color Halation / Space Halation ,SCAI the Bathhouse ,Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Lee Ufan: From Point, From Line, From Wind ,Pace London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Lee Ufan ,Pace New York (534 West 25th Street) ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Lee Ufan ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Lee Ufan ,Lisson Gallery, London (Bell Street) ,Marylebone, London, UK
2014
2011
2010
2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
- 55 years: A Legacy of Modern & Contemporary Korean Art | Part II ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961鈥�1982 ,Tina Kim Gallery ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- MOT Collection. 30th Anniversary Exhibit Nine Profiles: 1935鈫�2025 ,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo ,Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Inkong Archive ,PIBI Gallery ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Resonance ,Pyo Gallery, Seoul ,Seoul, South Korea
- MOMAT Collection ,The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- L鈥檃rt de la rencontre ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
2024
- All Things Change ,Museum SAN ,Wonju, South Korea
- Lee Ufan and Kim Tschangyeul鈥�: Collection ,Pyo Gallery, Seoul ,Seoul, South Korea
- Collections ,Johyun Gallery, Haeundae ,Busan, South Korea
- Traces of Time, Echoes of Space ,Gana Art Nineone ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- ATO: A Beautiful Gift ,Gallery AP Space ,New York, USA
- The Path of Abstraction ,Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery ,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Heroes For Imagine ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- A Product of Time: 25 Years of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art ,The Warehouse ,Dallas, Texas, USA
- Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko: Correspondence ,Pace Seoul ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- The Modern and Contemporary Korean Calligraphy ,The Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center ,Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Glimpse of Light ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- Mad Monk ,Friends Indeed, New York ,New York, USA
- Woods III: Inscriptions and Excavations ,QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art ,Brisbane, Australia
- The Image of Colour, the Mystery of Image ,MODEM, the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts ,Debrecen, Hungary
2023
- The Part In The Story Where Our Accumulating Dust Becomes A Mountain ,SeMA Seoul Museum of Art ,Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Lineages: Korean Art at The Met ,The Metropolitan Museum of Art ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Future Lies Ahead: Daejeon 1993/2023 ,DMA, Daejeon Museum of Art ,Daejeon, South Korea
- We Love Korea 鈪� ,Whitestone Gallery, Seoul ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Radical: A Pierre Soulages & Lee Ufan Dialogue ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- Stories Of Stones ,Villa Medici ,Roma, Italy
- Intercontinental Abstraction Pt. 1 ,Omer Tiroche Gallery, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Le tempo de l鈥檈space ,313 Art Project, Seongbuk ,Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Extraordinary Form Abstract and non figurative art from Miettinen Collection, 1970 - Present ,Miettinen Collection ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
- Chewing Gum VI ,Pace Hong Kong (80 Queen's Road) ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- A Summer On The Riviera ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- To the Origin ,Gana Art Center ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- We Love China: Part 2 ,Whitestone Gallery, Beijing ,Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Lee Ufan and Claude Viallat: Encounter ,Pace London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- We Love China: Part 1 ,Whitestone Gallery, Beijing ,Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Material & Immaterial in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art ,Cleveland Museum of Art ,Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Icônes: An exhibition of works from the Pinault Collection ,Pinault Foundation, Punta della Dogana ,Venice, Italy
- Back To the Future ,Lorenzelli Arte ,Milan, Italy
- Minimal: The Art from East Asia ,Humboldt Forum ,Berlin, Germany
- New Era ,Pyo Gallery, Seoul ,Seoul, South Korea
- Transfer: Korean and British Abstract Painting and the Digital Document ,Korean Cultural Center UK ,London, UK
- Secondary Market ,Perrotin, Dubai ,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Winter 2023 ,Kamakura Gallery ,Kanagawa, Japan
2022
- Perrotin Dubai ,Perrotin, Dubai ,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Being In the World鈥擳he Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum ,Long Museum, West Bund ,Xuhui, Shanghai, China
- New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions ,LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California, USA
- MOT Collection ,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo ,Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Collection Reflection And Inversion ,Toyota Municipal Museum of Art ,Toyota, Japan
- Breathing ,Hamburger Kunsthalle ,Hamburg, Germany
- Monochrome Multitudes ,Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago ,Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Brushstrokes and Beyond ,Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- MOT Collection: Rewinding The Collection 2nd ,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo ,Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Summer 2022 ,Kamakura Gallery ,Kanagawa, Japan
- ONLINE: Gallery Collection 1960-1990s ,Tezukayama Gallery ,Osaka, Japan
- From Monet to Richter ,Pola Museum of Art ,Kanagawa, Japan
- Infinity ,Buchmann Galerie, Berlin ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2021
- Winter 2022 ,Kamakura Gallery ,Kanagawa, Japan
- Double "I" ,MAMC Saint-Étienne ,Saint-priest-en-jarez, France
- KNYAA Group Exhibition: Maximalism And Minimalism ,One Art Space ,New York, USA
- Collection Exhibition ,National Museum of Art, Osaka (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan) ,Osaka, Japan
- Opening Perrotin Secondary Market ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- Silence ,Pace Geneva ,Geneva, Switzerland
- A room with a... ,Pace Palm Beach ,Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Landscape of geometry ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- Spring Story II ,Gana Art Center ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Mountains Carrying Suns ,BLUM, Tokyo ,Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Abstraction and Calligraphy: Towards a Universal Language ,Louvre Abu Dhabi ,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Selected Works ,Lisson Gallery, New York (508 W 24th Str.) ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- ONLINE: Works on Paper: Abstraction ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, London ,London, UK
- Group Show ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
2020
- Coexistence ,Gana Art Nineone ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Winter Show ,Gana Art Hannam ,Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Selected works in London ,Lisson Gallery, London (Bell Street) ,Marylebone, London, UK
- Winter 2020 ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
- Painting and Existence: Chinese, Japanese and Korean Abstract Painting Travelling Exhibition ,Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (1st Space) ,Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- FIAC in the galleries. Booth 6PDL ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- Horizon ,Lisson Gallery, London (Cork Street) ,London, UK
- The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree ,Camden Art Centre ,London, UK
- Stars: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World ,Mori Art Museum ,Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- ONLINE: Group Exhibition ,Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow ,Moscow, Russia
- Hyundai 50 Part 1 ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- The Eastern Gesture: Five Voices from the Korean Avant-Garde ,Dep Art ,Milan, Italy
- Viva Gino! A Lifetime of Art ,Les Abattoirs ,Toulouse, France
- Pace Masters ,Pace Prints, 57th Street ,57th Street, New York, USA
- Silent Beauty: Nordic and East Asian Interaction ,Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde ,Stockholm, Sweden
2019
- Light Profoundness: The Worldlet of East Asian Artists ,Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing ,Chaoyang, Beijing, China
- Mono-Ha: The Art of Nothingness ,Aki Gallery, Taipei ,Taipei, Taiwan
- Volutes partent en fumée: Carte Blanche to Jean-Michel Attal ,Phillips Paris ,7e, Paris, France
- 2019 Asian Art Biennial: The Strangers From Beyond The Mountain And The Sea ,National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts ,Taichung, Taiwan
- Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality ,Cranbrook Art Museum ,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
- Silent Beauty ,Ateneum Art Museum ,Helsinki, Finland
- Sculptor's Prints ,Pace Prints, 26th Street ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Chewing Gum III ,Pace Hong Kong (80 Queen's Road) ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Galerie m ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Yves Klein, Lee Ufan, Ding Yi: The Challenging Souls ,Power Station of Art ,Huangpu, Shanghai, China
- Upcoming The Nature Rules: Dreaming of Earth Project ,Hara Museum of Contemporary Art ,Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Atelier Aki: The Story ,Atelier Aki ,Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Awakenings: Art and Society in Asia 1960s-1990s ,National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon ,Gyeongju, South Korea
2018
- Minimalism: Space. Light. Object. ,ArtScience Museum ,Singapore, Singapore
- Minimalism: Space. Light. Object ,National Gallery Singapore ,Singapore, Singapore
- Catch It and Lose It ,Locks Gallery ,Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- Ganaart Hannam: In Context ,Gana Art Center ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Nature Knows No Pause ,MASSIMODECARLO, Milan (Belgioioso) ,Milan, Italy
- The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes ,National Museum of Art, Osaka (Kokuritsu Kokusai Bijutsukan) ,Osaka, Japan
- Just so. Stories 1978 - 2018 ,Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Domgasse ,Vienna, Austria
- Kim Tschang Yeul & Lee Ufan ,Pyo Gallery, Seoul ,Seoul, South Korea
2017
- Art and Space ,Guggenheim Bilbao ,Bilbao, Spain
- Fall Exhibition ,Kamakura Gallery ,Kanagawa, Japan
- Unpacked: Contemporary Works from Private Collections of Northern California ,Museum of Sonoma County ,Santa Rosa, California, USA
- What Is the Relationship Between Ceramics and Contemporary Art? ,Kaikai Kiki Gallery ,Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Graphite Works ,Taka Ishii Gallery, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Gallery Collection ,Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong (H Queen鈥檚) ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Gestures ,Pace Prints, 57th Street ,57th Street, New York, USA
- Damage Control ,Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles ,Los Angeles, California, USA
2016
- The Space Between Lines ,Locks Gallery ,Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Hopes of Paradise ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- On Paper ,Gana Art Busan ,Busan, South Korea
- After Drawing ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- From Point to Line ,Senior & Shopmaker Gallery ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Dansaekhwa and Minimalism ,BLUM, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Paper ,Johyun Gallery, Dalmaji ,Busan, South Korea
- Dansaekhwa and Minimalism ,BLUM, Los Angeles ,Palms, Los Angeles, California, USA
2015
2014
- Working With Nature ,Johyun Gallery, Dalmaji ,Busan, South Korea
- The Hara Museum Collection At 35 ,Hara Museum of Contemporary Art ,Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- From All Sides: Tansaekhwa on Abstraction ,BLUM, Los Angeles ,Palms, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Lee Ufan & Kishio Suga ,Tezukayama Gallery ,Osaka, Japan
- B L A N K _ S P A C E ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- The Art of Dansaekhwa ,Tina Kim Gallery ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Hanga: Modern Japanese prints ,QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art ,Brisbane, Australia
- Hanga: Modern Japanese prints ,QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art ,Brisbane, Australia
- Other Primary Structures ,The Jewish Museum New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Mingei: Are You Here? ,Pace New York (508 West 25th Street) ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Carte Blanche ,Pace Chesa Büsin ,Zuoz, Switzerland
- Overcoming the Modern; Dansaekhwa: The Korean Monochrome Movement ,Alexander Gray Associates, New York ,New York, USA
- The Artistic Spirits of Modern Artists on Paper ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Making Links: 25 years ,SCAI the Bathhouse ,Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2013
2012
- Play it again, Sam ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Requiem For The Sun: The Art Of Mono-Ha ,Gladstone Gallery, New York (21st Street) ,New York, USA
- Asia Week at Pace Prints ,Pace Prints, 57th Street ,57th Street, New York, USA
- Requiem for the Sun: The Art of Mono-ha ,BLUM, Los Angeles ,Palms, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Master Drawings New York ,Barbara Mathes Gallery ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- New Editions ,Pace Prints, 57th Street ,57th Street, New York, USA
2011
- Recent Editions ,Pace Prints, 57th Street ,57th Street, New York, USA
- Art Against Trafficking In Women And Sexual Exploitation ,Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne ,Lucerne, Switzerland
- Young Sook Park & Lee Ufan: Pure Clay ,RH Gallery ,Tribeca, New York, USA
- Silence and Time ,DMA, Dallas Museum of Art ,Dallas Arts District, Dallas, Texas, USA
2010
Lee Ufan is a Korean Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1936. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Rijksmuseum Amsterdam have featured Lee Ufan's work in the past.Lee Ufan's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 2,659,165 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is 2,659,165 USD for East Winds, sold at Seoul Auction in 2021. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 175,094 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 33,447 USD.Lee Ufan has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Studio International in May 2025.
Artist's alternative names: Lee U-fan, Ufan Lee, Yi U-hwan
Artist's alternative names: Lee U-fan, Ufan Lee, Yi U-hwan