1936
Born in Kyongsangnamdo, South Korea
1956
Seoul National University, moved to Japan
1961
Nihon Univerity, Philosophy
1973-91   
Professor at Tama University
2001   
Awarded Praemium Imperiale in painting by Japan Art Association

Solo Exhibitions
1967   
Sato Gallery, Tokyo
1970   
Tamura Gallery, Tokyo
1972   
Myong-Dong Gallery, Seoul
1973   
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1974   
Tamara Gallery, Tokyo
1975   
Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris
1976   
Gallerie m, Bochum, Germany
Spectrum Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (Exh. cat.)
1977   
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris
1978   
Galerie m, Bochum, Germany Hyondae Gallery, Seoul (Exh. cat.)
Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (Exh. cat.) Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark Antwerp Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1979   
Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1980   
Marl Sculpture Museum, Germany Gallery Ueda, Tokyo
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo Galerie Eric Fabre, Paris
1982   
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
1983   
Gallery Ueda, Tokyo Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1984   
Hyondae Gallery, Seoul (Exh. cat.) Galerie de Paris, Paris
1985   
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
1986   
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo Gallery Ueda , Tokyo
Galerie de Paris, Paris 1987    Hyondae Gallery, Seoul (Exh. cat.)
1988   
The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin
Padiglione D’Arte Contemporaneo, Milano ( Exh. cat.)
1989   
Galerie m, Bochum, Germany (Exh. cat.). Galerie de Paris, Paris
Gallery Ueda, Tokyo Shirota Gallery, Tokyo Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1990   
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo Inkong Gallery, Seoul
Hyondae Gallery, Seoul (Exh. cat.)
1991   
Lorenzelli Arte, Milan (Exh. cat.) Gallery Ueda, Tokyo (Exh. cat.)
Hara Museum ARC, Japan
1992   
Galerie de Paris, Paris SAGA - mmg, Grand Palais, Paris
Space Gallery Pusan, Korea (Exh. cat.)
1993   
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo Shirota Gallery, Tokyo
1994   
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Fondazione Mudima, Milan
1995   
Galerie m, Bochum, Galerie de Paris, Paris
Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen
1996   
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo Lisson Gallery, London
1997   
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Jeu de Paume, Paris
1998   
Stadtisches Museum, Stadel, Frankfurt
1999   
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
Liliane & Michel Durand - Dessert, Paris 2000    Galerie m, Bochum
2001   
Kunstmusum Bonn, Bonn
2002   
SCAI the Bathhouse, Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc; Tokyo, Japan
2003   
Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul
Rodin Gallery, Seoul Correspondance, Lisson Gallery, London
2004   
Lisson Gallery, London Espace d’Art Contemporain Fernet Branca, Saint Louis
Moderato cantabile, Lee Ufan, simon Callery, Nishikawa, Galerie Philippe Casini,
2005   
Lee Ufan; The Art of Margins, Yokohama Museum of Art Exposition Lee Ufan, Musee D’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole
2006   
Lee Ufan Silence, Galerie m Bochum’ Bochum Lee Ufan, Galerie Micheline Szajcer, Antwerp
Lee Ufan, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2007   
Galerie Nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwalder Lee Ufan, Resonance, Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, San Marco 2597, 30124 Venice
SCAI the Bathhouse, Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc., Tokyo, Japan
2008   
Lee Ufan A Dialogue, Museum fur Asiatische Kunst, Berlin Lee Ufan, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Lee Ufan, Lisson Gallery, London Lee Ufan, Pace Wildenstein, New York
2009   
Kunstverein Lippstadt
2011   
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity, Guggenheim Museum, New York Painting and Sculpture, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Lee U-Fan - gallery A-zone, Okayama Lee Ufan, SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo