LEE SEUNG-JIO 1941 Born in Yongcheon, Korea 1990 Died in Seoul, Korea 1984 MFA, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 1965 BFA in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA 2017 Nucleus, Perrotin, Hong Kong 2010 Back to Black, Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2000 Special Exhibition of Late Lee Seung Jio, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea 1996 Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1991 Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1987 Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1984 Mee Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1980 Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1978 Hankook Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1976 Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1973 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Origin, Perrotin, Paris, France After Drawing, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, MMCA Gwacheon, 30 Years, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Dansaekhwa: The Traces of Four Artists, Curated by Yoon Jin Sup, LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 2015 Beyond Materiality, Pursuing the Realm of Vacancy - Eye and Mind of Korean Contemporary Art, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea Empty Fullness: Materiality and Spirituality in Contemporary Korea Art, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Commemorative Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of Liberation: The Great Journey with the Citizen-Uproarious, Heated, Inundated, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2014 Color, Aram Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Empty Fullness: Materiality and spirituality in contemporary Korean Art, SPSI Museum, Shanghai, China 2012 Dansaekhwa – Korean Monochrome painting, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2011 Qi is full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea 2010 The Color of Nature, Monochrome Art in Korea: Collections from the Busan Museum of Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), Taipei, Taiwan Geometrical Illusion: Homage to Lee Seung Jio, Ilju & Seonhwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 The Color of Nature – Monochrome Art in Korea, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China 2008 Artists, What is Science for You?, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea, Roh Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 Korean Abstract Painting 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2006 Reduction and Expansion of Contemporary Art – ORIGIN Painting Association 1962-2006, Seoul Art Center, Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea 2005 The Root of Honam Abstract Painting, Woojaegil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea 2004 Monochrome Paintings of Korea, Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2003 Dynamics of Expansion and Reduction, KEPCO Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2002 Painting & Drawing, Batangol Art Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Understanding of Abstract Art, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea 2001 Korea Contemporary Art from mid-1960’s to mid – 1970’s : A Decade of Transition and Dynamics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea Artists of Die at an Early Age and Destiny, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea Landscape Exhibition, Gallery M, Daegu, Korea A Treasure Island called Contemporary Art, Batangol Art Center, Geyonggi-do, Korea 1999 The Exhibition of “ORIGIN – 2000 – Good Morning,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 1996 Korean Monochrome in the 1970’s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea 1993 Korean Contemporary Art: The Generation of Fury & Challenge, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1992 The 17th École de Seoul: Special Exhibition of Lee Seung-Jio, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1991 A Grouping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art – The Period of Reduction and Conversion, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea A Grouping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art Ⅲ – The Period of Disagreement and Confrontation, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1989 Korean Contemporary Art – A Situation of the 80’s, Dongsung Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 14th Ecole de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Commemoration of Kwanhoon Gallery's 10th Anniversary: 89 Artists Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 15th Seoul Art Festival: Organizing Committee, 5 Artists Exhibition, Hilton Museum, Seoul, Korea 1988 Opening Commemorative Exhibition of the Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary Art: Commemorative Exhibition of the 24th Seoul Olympics, Seoul, Korea 88 Seoul Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary Art's Today, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea The 14th Seoul Contemporary Arts Festival: Commemorative Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of Lee Kyong-Sung's Birth, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korean Modern Painting in the 70s, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea Olympiad of Art: The International Contemporary Painting, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 14th École de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul Invitational Exhibition of 5 Artists, Hilton Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1987 Black & White in Korean Art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of 4 Artists, Hilton Gallery, Seoul, Korea ’87 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of '87 Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea The 6th National Art Exhibition: Invitational & Judge, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea ’87 Exhibition of Miniature Works, Gallery Soo, Seoul, Korea Exhibition of 13 Men's Message, Baiksong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 12th École de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul 1986 '86 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea Today's Art Inspection, Baiksong Gallery, Seoul, Korea Post-Abstraction of 9 Artists Exhibition, Batangol Arts Center, Seoul, Korea '86 National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Korean Art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1985 Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Minimization and Maximization, Hu & Jeon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 11th Seoul Contemporary Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea '85 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 1984 Exhibition of Human Documents ’84 /’ 85, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Invitational Exhibition of '84 Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea The Invited Exhibition of 60’s Korean Contemporary Art – Informal & That’s Side, Presented by Walker Hill Museum, Seoul, Korea Seoul Paper Works, ’84, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea International Drawing Grand Exhibition, Seoul International Arts Center, Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 10th Seoul Contemporary Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea 1983 The Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea 1982-1983 Contemporary Plasticity of Paper in Korea & Japan, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan 1982 Commemorative Exhibition of the Opening, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Seoul International Mail Art Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of '82 Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Contemporary Artists' Drawings & Prints, Kwanhoon Gallery, Myungdong Gallery, Songwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1981 'Situation of Today' Part Ⅰ Structure = Plane Surface, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Men's Works Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Haemok Gallery, Mokpo, Korea The 30th Korean National Art Exhibition: Invitational & Judge, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of '84 Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1981 Korean Art '81, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Seoul 10 Artists’ Works, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1980 Korean Print & Drawing Grand Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of 36 Contemporary Artists: Korea Contemporary Art Union, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Exhibition of 62 Contemporary Artists, Dongbang Gallery, Busan, Korea Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Myungsung Country Club, Seoul, Korea Invitational Exhibition of Hong-Ik Contemporary Art, Hong-Ik University Museum, Seoul, Korea The 29th Korean National Art Exhibition: Invitational & Judge, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Asia Contemporary Art Festival Part II, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; Fukuoka Art Museum,Fukuoka, Japan 1979 Invitational Exhibition of 14 Korean Contemporary Artists, Elcanto Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 11th Cagnes-Sur-Mer International Painting Festival, Cagnes, France Korean Fine Art: Method of Today's Exhibition, Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea Work on Paper, Jin Gallery, Seoul, Korea Today’s Method, Fine Art Center, Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea 1978 Work on Paper, Kyunji Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korea : The Trend for the Past 20 years of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea 1977-1980 Korean Fine Arts Association, Grand Exhibition of Paintings, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1977 Korean Contemporary Paintings, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan Fact of Korean Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan The 14th São Paulo Art Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil The 1st Gangwon Contemporary Art Festival, Chuncheon, Korea Contemporary Korean Western Painting, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1975-1984 Seoul Contemporary