1946 Born in Seoul, Korea
B.F.A & M.F.A. of Art Education
The College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
2013 Dies in Tokyo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 Hakgojae, Seoul
2012 Kunst Doc, Seoul
2010 Monstre, Seoul
2008 LEEAHN Gallery, Changwon
Hakgojae, Seoul
2005 Tong-In Gallery, Seoul
2003 CAIS Gallery, Seoul
2002 Gallery M, Daegu
2000 Galerie Bhak, Seoul
1993 Haenan-Kent Gallery, New York
1992 Koart Gallery, Seoul
1988 Saem Gallery, Seoul
1985 Yoon Gallery, Seoul
1983 Space Gallery, Seoul
1977 Seoul Gallery, Seoul
Mura Matsu Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Lee Dong Youb's paintings & Ree Soo Jong's white porcelain Jar, Songart Gallery, Seoul
2013 White &White: Dialogue between Korea and Italy, Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese, Roma
2012 Mapping the Realities, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Monochromy in Korea, National Musuem of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2010 each & other, Kimi art, Seoul
2008 Inter-viewing Paintings: The Interface between Eastern-style paintings and Western-
style paintings in South Korea, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul
2007 Hommage 100: Korean Contemporary Art 1970-2007, Korea Art Center, Busan
Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul
2006 100 Years of Korean Art–Part 2: Tradition, Human, Art, Reality, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2002 Rereading of Korean Contemporary Art III; Critical Reviews of 1970s Monochrome Paintings,
Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art from the mid-1970s to mid–1980s: Age of Philosophy And Aesthetics,
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2000 The Nature, Posco Museum, Seoul
Trace–Eternal Trace and Pure Surface, CAIS Gallery, Seoul
Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition–Aspect of Contemporary Korean–Japan Art, Gwangju
1997 Korean Art 97–Humanism•Animalism•Mechanism, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1996 Korean Monochrome Painting in the 1970s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1993 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, Miyagi Museum, Miyagi
1991 A Grouping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art III, Hanwon Museum, Seoul
1990 Seoul Art Fair, Hoam Gallery, Seoul
Awards
1980 Grand Prize at the 7th Korean Fine Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Hankuk Ilbo, Seoul
1978 Special Selection at the 1st Grand Exhibition, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul
Excellent Frontier Prize at the 5th Grand Exhibition of Korean Fine Arts, Hankook Ilbo, Seoul
1974 Prize at the 6th Cagness International Painting Festival, Cagness
1972 Grand Prize at the 1st Independants, Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul
Public Collections
Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
The Museum of Hong–Ik University, Seoul
Sung-Gok Art Museum, Seoul
POSCO Museum, Seoul
Hakgojae, Seoul
Tong-In Gallery, Seoul
CAIS Gallery, Seoul