 Artist's arttributes:
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Painting, Sculpture |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| Japan | 30 |
| South Korea | 28 |
| Germany | 27 |
| USA | 17 |
| Italy | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Galerie m Bochum, Germany |
13 |
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Kamakura Gallery, Japan |
10 |
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SCAI the Bathhouse, Japan |
5 |
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Gallery Hyundai, South Korea |
5 |
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Lisson Gallery, United Kingdom |
5 |
Biography: 
24.6.1936 Born in Kyongnam (KR)
Awards 2001 Awarded the Praemium Imperiale prize for painting.
Lives and works in Paris (FR) and Tokyo (JP)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 149
Solo shows 46
2011
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| Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Painting and Sculpture - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Lee U-Fan - gallery A-zone, Okayama |
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| Lee Ufan - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
2010
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| Lee Ufan - Galería Elvira González, Madrid |
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| Lee Ufan - Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
2009
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| Lee Ufan - Kunstverein Lippstadt, Lippstadt |
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| Lee Ufan - Painting and Sculpture - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| Lee Ufan - Sculpture - Kukje Gallery, Seoul |
2008
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| Lee U Fan - 123 Gallery, Seoul |
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| Lee Ufan - The Pace Gallery - 534 West 25th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Lee Ufan - The Pace Gallery - 32 East 57th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Lee Ufan - Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels |
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| Lee Ufan - BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo |
2007
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| Lee Ufan Collection Exhibition - - Gallery Micah, Seoul (closed, 2009) |
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| Lee Ufan - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna |
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| Lee Ufan: Correspondence Paintings 1995 – 2005 - McCaffrey Fine Art, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp |
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
2005
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| Lee Ufan - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne |
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| The Art of Margins - Yokohama Museum of Art, Nishi-ku, Yokohama |
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| Lee Ufan - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Lee Ufan - Gallery Shilla, Daegu |
2004
2003
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| Lee Ufan - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Lee Ufan - The Search for Encounter - PLATEAU - Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul |
2002
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| Lee Ufan - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
2001
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| Lee Ufan - Gemälde 1973 - 2001 - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
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| Lee Ufan - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
2000
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1999
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| Lee U-fan - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1998
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| Lee Ufan - Bilder und Skulpturen - Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main |
1997
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| Lee Ufan - Jeu de Paume, Paris |
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| Lee Ufan - Lorenzelli Arte, Milan |
1996
1995
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| Lee Ufan - Entsprechungen - Setzungen - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1993
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| Lee U-Fan - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1990
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| Lee U-Fan - sculpture works - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1989
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1985
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| Lee U-Fan - sculpture works - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1978
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| Lee Ufan - Skulpturen - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1976
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| Lee Ufan - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
Group shows 103
2013
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| Black & White. Reason and Passion - Lorenzelli Arte, Milan |
2012
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| Without Shape a Thinking Format that Transcends the Medium - Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung |
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| Aufbruch - Malerei Und Realer Raum - Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock |
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| Aufbruch - Malerei und realer Raum - Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg |
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| Aufbruch. Malerei und realer Raum - AdK - Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
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| Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting - National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon |
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| 2012-1 Building: Art in Relation to Architecture - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
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| Asia Week at Pace Prints - Pace Prints, New York City, NY |
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| The virtue of design furniture - Hakgojae - Sokyuk, Seoul |
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| Requiem For The Sun: The Art Of Mono-ha - Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Group Exhibition - LISSON GALLERY, Milan |
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| Aufbruch - Malerei und realer Raum - Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern |
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| Master Drawings New York - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Recent Editions - Pace Prints, New York City, NY |
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| The Breath of Master - Galerie Bhak, Seoul |
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| Tell me Tell me: Australian and Korean art 1976-2011 - National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon |
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| Art Against Trafficking In Women And Sexual Exploitation - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne |
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| A Brushstroke - Hakgojae - Sokyuk, Seoul |
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| Pure Clay - RH Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The World Belongs to You - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
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| Silence and Time - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
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| Colour moves Surface - Lorenzelli Arte, Milan |
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| Nam June Paik . Lee U Fan - Song Art Gallery, Seoul |
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| Shelter - Peter Freeman, Inc., New York City, NY |
2010
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| Expanding Art - Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu City |
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| The Vision of Contemporary Art - Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju Bomun |
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| Tauba Auerbach, Matthew Day Jackson, R.H. Quaytman, etc... - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin - Paris, Paris |
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| Painting, Process and Expansion - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Collector's Favorite - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Red - Johyun Gallery - Seoul, Seoul |
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| Old & new - Johyun Gallery - Seoul, Seoul |
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| Colorless Colors - Hakgojae - Sokyuk, Seoul |
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| Personal Structures | Time - Space - Existence - Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis BV:BKV, Bregenz |
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| Art for You - Leeahn Gallery, Daegu |
2009
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| Doubou Doushi - Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka-city |
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| Essential Experiences - Palazzo Riso - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo |
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| 15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition - Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Four Stories : Paths to Japanese Modern Art - Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba |
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| A Walk in the Park: Outdoor Sculpture at PaceWildenstein - The Pace Gallery - 545 West 22nd Street, New York City, NY |
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| In-finitum - Museo Fortuny, Venice |
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| La pintura y sus alrededores. En torno a la Galería Nächst St. Stephan de Viena - Palacio de Sástago, Zaragoza |
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| Kim Tschang Yeul, Park Seo-Bo, Lee Ufan - Johyun Gallery - Busan, Busan |
2008
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| Contemporary Art for 30 years PART 1 - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
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| Mediation Biennale 08 - Mediations Biennale, Poznan |
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| Summer of Contemporary Art - Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba |
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| The Thin Line of Shadow - Galleria Davide Di Maggio - Milano, Milan |
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| Sensitive Systems - Hakgojae - Sokyuk, Seoul |
2007
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| Modern and Contemporary Masters - Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Blue - Johyun Gallery - Seoul, Seoul |
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| Void in Korean Art - Leeum - Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul |
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| Gallery Road To The Museum Master Piece Collection - Gallery Road to the Museum, Seoul |
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| fundacion shelter - Galería Carreras Múgica (former Colón XVI), Bilbao |
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| fundacion shelter - Galerìa Guillermo de Osma, Madrid |
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| Selections from the Hara Museum´s Permanent Collection - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Time is always now! - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
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| Poetry in Motion - Galerie Beyeler, Basel |
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| What is Mono-ha? - BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Beijing, Beijing |
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| Time Recorded - McCaffrey Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Elastic Taboos - Koreanische Kunst der Gegenwart - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
2006
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| 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Motion On Paper - Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (England) |
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| Summertime - Reflexion - Selbstreflexion - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
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| Und es bewegt sich doch ... - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum |
2005
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| Reconsidering - Mono-ha - NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka |
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| Japanese, Korean and Chinese Art - BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) - Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| The 35th Anniversary Exhibition - Part 2 - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
2004
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| Blue - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
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| Why not live for Art? - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo |
2003
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| Tradition and Innovation - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Artsonje Collection Highlights - Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju Bomun |
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| Kaiga - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
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| Anni '70 '80 '90 - Lorenzelli Arte, Milan |
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| Transition - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
2002
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| APT 2002 - Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002 - Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD |
2001
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| Silence / Violence - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
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| IKIRO/Be alive - Contemporary art from Japan – 1980 to the present - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo |
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| Vision - Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi |
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| Shelter - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
2000
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| Mr. Paint - Galerie Monika Reitz, Frankfurt/Main |
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| 2000 Shanghai Biennale - Spirit of Shanghai - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| Japanese contemporary art '60-'80 - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
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| Wood Works - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1999
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| Korean Art of 50 years - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Kwang-Young Chun, Chan-Young Kim, Nam June Paik, Ufan Lee Korean - Galerie Conny Dietzschold, Cologne |
1998
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| Sarajevo 2000 - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
1997
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| Small Truths - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (England) |
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| Two Approaches - Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa |
1996
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| Small Truths - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
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| PAPIER "Europäer" - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1995
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| Bestandsaufnahme XII - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
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| Zeichnungen aus dem Bestand der Galerie - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1991
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| Seven Artists: Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Art - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
1990
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| Bestandsaufnahme VII - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1989
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| Europalia Japan - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Drawing as itself - NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka |
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| Aus dem Würfelmuseum - Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen |
1982
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| Kunst wird Material - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
1977
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| documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 27 |
Austria
| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg
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| | Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
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Belgium
| | Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
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China
| | Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing
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Germany
| | Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin
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Italy
Japan
| | SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo
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South Korea
Spain
| | Galería Elvira González, Madrid
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United Kingdom
USA
| | Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | The Pace Gallery - 32 East 57th Street, New York City, NY
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| | The Pace Gallery - 534 West 25th Street, New York City, NY
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| | The Pace Gallery - 545 West 22nd Street, New York City, NY
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Collections 14
Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Germany
Japan
| | Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba
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| | The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Gifu
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| | The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Hayama
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| | Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
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| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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| | Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
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South Korea
| | Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju Bomun
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| | Leeum - Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
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| | Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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Catalogs
| | Koreanische Positionen der Gegenwart, Dokumente unserer Zeit, Band XXIV- Galerie Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz |
| | 20 Jahre für die Kunst ...; Dokumente unserer Zeit XXV- Galerie Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz |
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