Artists
LEE Bae
Biography
Lee, Bae
1956 Born in Chung-do, Korea
1979 BFA, MFA, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul
Currently lives and works in Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Foundation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
2013 Holly Hunt, New York
2012 P&C Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2011 Saint-Etienne Museum, Saint-Etienne, France
RX Gallery, Paris
Nicolas Robinson Gallery, New York
IBU Gallery, Paris
Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
2010 Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles
604 Gallery, Busan, Korea
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing
White Box Gallery, New York
Seok Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2008 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
White Box Gallery, New York
RX Gallery, Paris
2007 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
2006 RX Gallery, Paris
2005 IBU Gallery, Paris
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
Kawafune Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2000 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
Kongkan Gallery, Seoul
1999 Space Galley, Busan, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
1998 Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris
1997 Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1996 Willy d'Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Seomi Gallery, Seoul
1994 Bellefroid Gallery, Paris
1993 Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1991 Bateau-Lavoir Gallery, Paris
1988 Soo Gallery, Seoul
1987 Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Les nouvelles folies françaises, Musée D’Archéologie nationale et Domaine national de Saint Germain
en Laye, Saint Germain en Laye, France
Plaisir 2, Galerie RX, Paris
18th International Exhibition of Drawings, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
ODYSSEY II, Korean Culture Center DC, Washington, DC
Nature & City, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea
2012 Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Gwacheon, Korea
MOXIE: Ushio Shinohara and Lee Bae,The Jerome A. Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen Art Center at
Kunsthalle, Beacon, New York
2011 Artist of the Year 1995~2010, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2010 Off the Wall: Architectural Ceramics, On the Border, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
2009 Emptiness and Fullness, Espace Commines, Paris
2006 Look on Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Jean Fournier, Paris
Christianity in Contemporary Art, Lumen Gallery, Paris
Frontier, Montparnasse Museum, Paris
1999 Nature in Modern Art, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Berlin-Seoul, Berlin Municipal Communal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Area of Painting, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1997 Independence, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1996 Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Tokyo National Museum of Modern art, Tokyo; Osaka
International Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
Black and White, Seomi Gallery, Seoul
Seven Spaces in One Place, Manufacture des Oeillets, Ivry, France
1995 Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Another Dimensions, Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1994 Conspirator, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux. France
New and Powerful Art from Artsenal, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul
‘94 Daegu Work Shop, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Two-Days, Two-Nights, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Exhibition for Opening de l’Espace Artsenal-Paris, Espace Artsenal-Paris, Paris
1993 Three Korean Artists- Lee Bae •Kwon Soonchul •An Jongdae, Bellefroid Gallery, Paris
Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1992 Paris-Over There, Kwok On Museum, Paris
1991 Europe Factory, Center for Contemporary Art, Pantin, France
Young Artists, Center for Korea Culture, New York
1988 Korea Seen Through Contemporary Artists, Albert Chanot Art Center, Paris
1987 The Korean Young Artists, National Museum of Modern Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Heterodox, Center for Korea Culture, New York
Awards
2013 The 4th Korean Association of Art Critic Prize, 4th Korean Association of Art Critic, Seoul
2000 The 1st Ha Chong Hyun Art Award, Committee of Ha Chong Hyun Art Award, Seoul
Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
SeoulMuseum of Art, Seoul,
BusanMuseum of Art, Busan, Korea
DaejeonMuseum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Leeum-Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Privada Allegro Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Baruj Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris
FNAC (Fonds National d’art Contemporain), Paris
1956 Born in Chung-do, Korea
1979 BFA, MFA, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul
Currently lives and works in Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Foundation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
2013 Holly Hunt, New York
2012 P&C Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2011 Saint-Etienne Museum, Saint-Etienne, France
RX Gallery, Paris
Nicolas Robinson Gallery, New York
IBU Gallery, Paris
Winter Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
2010 Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles
604 Gallery, Busan, Korea
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing
White Box Gallery, New York
Seok Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2008 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
White Box Gallery, New York
RX Gallery, Paris
2007 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
2006 RX Gallery, Paris
2005 IBU Gallery, Paris
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
Kawafune Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2000 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
Kongkan Gallery, Seoul
1999 Space Galley, Busan, Korea
Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
1998 Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris
1997 Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1996 Willy d'Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Seomi Gallery, Seoul
1994 Bellefroid Gallery, Paris
1993 Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1991 Bateau-Lavoir Gallery, Paris
1988 Soo Gallery, Seoul
1987 Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Les nouvelles folies françaises, Musée D’Archéologie nationale et Domaine national de Saint Germain
en Laye, Saint Germain en Laye, France
Plaisir 2, Galerie RX, Paris
18th International Exhibition of Drawings, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
ODYSSEY II, Korean Culture Center DC, Washington, DC
Nature & City, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea
2012 Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Gwacheon, Korea
MOXIE: Ushio Shinohara and Lee Bae,The Jerome A. Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen Art Center at
Kunsthalle, Beacon, New York
2011 Artist of the Year 1995~2010, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2010 Off the Wall: Architectural Ceramics, On the Border, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
2009 Emptiness and Fullness, Espace Commines, Paris
2006 Look on Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Jean Fournier, Paris
Christianity in Contemporary Art, Lumen Gallery, Paris
Frontier, Montparnasse Museum, Paris
1999 Nature in Modern Art, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Berlin-Seoul, Berlin Municipal Communal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Area of Painting, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1997 Independence, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1996 Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Tokyo National Museum of Modern art, Tokyo; Osaka
International Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
Black and White, Seomi Gallery, Seoul
Seven Spaces in One Place, Manufacture des Oeillets, Ivry, France
1995 Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Another Dimensions, Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1994 Conspirator, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux. France
New and Powerful Art from Artsenal, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul
‘94 Daegu Work Shop, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Two-Days, Two-Nights, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Exhibition for Opening de l’Espace Artsenal-Paris, Espace Artsenal-Paris, Paris
1993 Three Korean Artists- Lee Bae •Kwon Soonchul •An Jongdae, Bellefroid Gallery, Paris
Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1992 Paris-Over There, Kwok On Museum, Paris
1991 Europe Factory, Center for Contemporary Art, Pantin, France
Young Artists, Center for Korea Culture, New York
1988 Korea Seen Through Contemporary Artists, Albert Chanot Art Center, Paris
1987 The Korean Young Artists, National Museum of Modern Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Heterodox, Center for Korea Culture, New York
Awards
2013 The 4th Korean Association of Art Critic Prize, 4th Korean Association of Art Critic, Seoul
2000 The 1st Ha Chong Hyun Art Award, Committee of Ha Chong Hyun Art Award, Seoul
Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
SeoulMuseum of Art, Seoul,
BusanMuseum of Art, Busan, Korea
DaejeonMuseum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Leeum-Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Privada Allegro Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Baruj Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris
FNAC (Fonds National d’art Contemporain), Paris
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