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MinJoo Lee

Artist Portraits 1976-2000
European shows
Important solo exhibitions & group exhibitions
Reviews(in the Pamphlets)
Important art critics
 Newspaper & Magazine publication
 

*EDUCATION
2000 Artists in Residence program(Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.)
1989 Studied at University of Michigan, School of Art, Graduate Studies
1982 M.F.A. Graduate School, Seoul National University
1980 B.F.A. The depart of Painting, College of Fine art, Seoul National University

*SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 The light for the new birth(Fineartspeople gallery, USA)
       Minjoo on Stage(Watergate convention hall, Seoul)
2006 The 30th solo exhibition -Gasan gallery "The joy of resonance"
2006 Ho Art Fair-Ho gallery, Seoul กฐUniversal resonance"
       KPAM-Seoul Art center
       The 28th solo show-Gallery Wooduk-resonance among lives
2007 Resonance among lights (Hanjeon art plaza gallery, Seoul)
       The connection between War & Peace(Gallery Artodrome, Germany)
2005 The 29th solo exhibition -Gana Insa Art center-"Blue-X:Resonance among lives"

2004 2person show-"The power of blood-sisters meet brother"
       (Changdong studio center gallery, Seoul)

       The 27th solo show: Anecdotes: The war for peace!?"
        (Gallery at Korean delegation to UN ,New York)

       The 26th solo show-The power of blood (White space, The Netherlands, Den Haag)
       The25th solo show-"Resonance among lives"(Art forum New Gate, Seoul)
       The 24th solo show-"Anecdotes; The war for peace!?"(POSCO gallery, Pohang)
2003 The 23rd solo show-The song of Gong-Myung-Pil-Sun"(Jung gallery, Seoul)
       The 22ndsolo show-"The clash ofcivilizations and the resonance oft hem"
       (Mulpa artcenter,Seoul)

       The 21st solo show-"Special fan painting by Minjoo Lee"(Adagio gallery, New York)
       The 20th solo show-"The 50th anniversary of the cease-fire"(Gallery All, Korea)
       The 19th solo show(Metropolitan art center, New York)
2002 The 17th solo show-Universal Resonance
        (Gallery Chosun,COEX convention center, Seoul)
       The 18th one -woman show-east meets west, south meets north
        (Galerie im Neuen Kranzler Eck,Berlin)
2001 The 16th Solo Exhibition-Searching for my Animus through my father-Fatherland-Reunification of  Korea(Kongpeong Art Center, Seoul)
2000 The 15th Solo Exhibition-"Healing Brush stroke"(Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, U.S.A.)
2000 The 14th Solo Exhibition-"The Decoration on The Void"(Choi Gallery,  Seoul)
1998 MANIF4!-Seoul International Art Fair(Seoul Art Center. Seoul)
       The 12th Solo Exhibition-"Resonance"(Korean Culture & Art Foundations Art Center,Seoul)
       The 11th Solo Exhibition-Resonance"Salvation"(Icon Gallery, Seoul)
       1996 The 10th Solo Exhibition-"The Void & The Substance 7-Praying"(63Gallery, Seoul)
       2person Show-"Aboriginal Esquisses"(Recycling()(Icon Gallery, Seoul)
1995 The 9th Solo Exhibition-"The Void & The Substance 6-The Deliverance from The Icon"(Icon Gallery)
1994 The 8th Solo Exhibition-"The Void & The Substance 5(Icon gallery, Seoul)
       The 7th Solo Exhibition-"The Void & The Substance 4-Climing up"(Hong-in gallery, Dae-jeon)
1993 The 6th Solo Exhibition-The Void & The Substance 3-White shadow(Seoul Art Center)
       The 5th Solo Exhibition-"The Void & The Substance 2"(Galleria gallery, Seoul)
1992 The 4th one Woman Show-"The Void & The Substance 1"(Gallery Madrid National University, Spain)
1991 The 3rd One Woman Show-"The Infinite Meditation For TAO"
       (Gallery SchloB Greiffen Horst , Krefeld, Germany)
1989 The 2nd One Woman Show-"Material+Brushwork"(Gallery Hyundai, Seoul)
1987 The 1st One Woman Show-The Wall(Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul)

*AWARDS & GRANTS
2008 The award of Korea- Art- development(The society of Korea- Art- development)
2007 Grant of International Exchange Program(Korean Culture &Art Foundations Art Center)
2004 Grant of an artist's solo show(Korean Culture &Art Foundations Art Center
2002 The 23th international fan painting (Tokyo museum, Japan, Internnational fan painting award ,Tokyo museum, Japan)
2001 The 22th international fan painting (Tokyo museum, Japan, -Excellent artist)
2000 Grant of International Exchange Program(Korean Culture & Art        Foundations Art Center)
1999 Freeman Alternate' Grant(Vermont Studio Center, USA)
1995 Grand prize in the competition of Koran fresh artists(Gallery Seoho, Seoul)
       The 16th international fan painting (Tokyo museum, Japan, -President's Award)
1988 Seoul Fine artists' award
1987 Grand oriental culture exhibition (Special mention)
1986 The 4th new art exhibition(Grand prize)
       Excellent 100 Korean artists (San Francisco Hoam art center, CA, USA -Prize of Creativity)
1985 The 4th Seoul Art Festival-Special mention
1984 The 8th Art & Culture Competition (Special mention)
1979 The 10th Korea College Art Competition (Silver Prize)
1976 The Alumni Association of Kyung-ki Girls' High School (Honorable Medal)

*SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2002-2008 New York Art Expo(Javits convention center (,New york),Puertorico art & wine fair, (Puertorico)
Montreal Art Expo(Canada)
11th Europ'Art Geneva -Palexpo Geneva-Sponsored by 3Heartlee Art-F &Korean Culture &Art Foundations Art center(Geneva, Switzerland)
15t-17th Europ'Art Geneva -Palexpo Geneva-Sponsored by Gallery Jung & Gallery Ho)
5th MAC21-(Marbella, Spain)
4th-10h International Kunstmesse (Zurich, Switzerland)-Sponsored by Gallery Jung ,Samsim art )
7th-8th Innsbruck art fair(Sponsored by Dansung gallery & gallery PICI, Seoul)

2006 Bangladesh Biennial(Bangladesh)
       Korea-China ink paintings(Kwansanwol museum, Shincheun, China)
2005 Prominent artists from Korea(George Mason Univ, Washington ,USA)
       India-Korea exchange exhibition(Habitat center,&Montage gallery, New delhi)
       International fan painting(Tokyo museum, Japan)
       Korea-Japan 100artists"the wave of emotion and ardour"(A's gallery, Ginza, Japan)
       Korea-Miyanma invitational exhibition(Langun museum)
       Korea-Russia Art Fair(Central dome exhibition hall, Moscow, Russia)
2004 Korea-Kenya(Niroby museum, Kenya)
       Wave of emotion and ardour(A'S gallery, Ginza, Tokyo)
       International fan painting(Tokyo museum, Japan)
2003 Korean contemporary art exhibition(Xian museum, China)
       Art of ink in Xian(Xian Sanchi historic museum, China)
       Wave of emotion and ardor(Japan)
       Art of ink in America(Mobile museum of art, Alabama, USA)
       "Silk road "(National museum of Tashikent, Uzbekistan)
       International fan painting(Tokyo museum, Japan)
       Korea-Taiwan exchange exhibition(Unlimhyun exhibition hall, Taiwan)
2001 Nature-Rise & Fall Oodori Museum(Satporo,Japan)
       Korean Beauty, Chuwa gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
2000 Art of Ink in America, Newark Museum, (Newark,USA)
2000 Eco-feminism in Korea, Nash Gallery,(Minesota, USA )
1998 Korea, Netherlands invitational Artists(Netherlands)
1997 International Art EXPO at Carnegie Hall(New York, USA)
       Salon Comparaison (Paris, France)
       Invitational Exhibition-(India National Museum of Fine Art,India)
1997 The Exhibibion of Korea contemporary artists (Barcellona, Spain)
       117 MANO DE ARTE Exhibition (Madrid, Spain)
       The Invitational Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists
       (National Contemporary Art Museum, Mongol)
1995 The 16th international Exhibition of Fan Painting (Tokyo, Japan)
       A New Asian Jump (Korea Cultural Center, Tokyo,Japan)
1994 The 15th international Exhibition of Fan Painting (Tokyo, Japan)
       A New Asian Jump (Korea Cultural Center, Japan)
1993 the 14th international Exhibition of Fan painting (Tokyo, Japan)
1992 Salon de la Jeune Peinture(Grand Palais, Paris)
       The 13th international exhibition of Fan Painting (Tokyo, Japan)
       Grands et jeunes d'aujourd'hui (Grand Palais, Paris)
       B.I.A.C (Biennale internationale d'art Contemporain (Brignole, France)
       Korea-the Young Spirits of 24 Korean Artists
       (Germany-Pusan-Cheongju)
       The 12th International Exhibition of Fan Painting (Tokyo, Japan)
1990 the Light from the East (Kiev. USSR)
       the 2nd Young Artists Exhibition in Muscot (Muscot, Oman)
1989 Berlin Contemporary Art Festival (Berlin, Germany)
       International Paper Art Exhibition in Japan '89 (Japan)
1988 The Invitational Exhibition of M nster City (Germany)
       International Biennale Der Papier Kunst (Germany, Denmark)
1987 Korea-Japan Exchange Art Exhibition(Tokyo, Japan)
1986 Asia Art Exhibition in Tokyo
1977 Columbia University-Seoul National University Exchange Art Exhibition        (USA)

*SELECTED NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2007-2008 Traveling Museum."(National contemporary Art Museum in Korea)
2006 "DangKuPoongWol"Dog painting Exhibition(GongPeong art center, Seoul) Open Asian Exhibition(Kyunghyang gallery, Seoul)
2005 Seoul-China selected ink painters(Seoul Metropolitan art center, Seoul)
       Gallery Ho representative artists Show1(6.1-8.30)(Ho gallery)
       Gallery Ho representative artists Show 2(9.1-11.30)(Ho gallery)
       Seoul Art Festival( Seoul Metropolitan art center,Seoul )
       Contemporary Korean Paintings(Ho gallery)
2004 Artist hosted exhibition for congratulation of United States of America independence day(Dragon hill lodge, Yongsan compound, Seoul)
       Post-U Cultural festival(Daegu cultural center)
2003 Korean style feminism(Sejong cultural center, Seoul)
2001 Nature-Rise & Fall(Seoul Metropolitan Museum,Seoul)
       Neo-Wave-Terror (Gallery Kwanhoon,Seoul)
2000 Wisdom of classic books-contemporary life(Kongpeong Art center,Seoul)
       Laugh of Artists(Seoul Art Center)
       Dream of New Millenium(Korea National theater,Seoul)
1999 Surprising Ideas(Sun Gallery, Seoul)
1998 2000 Kwang Ju Biennial(Kwang Ju,)
1998 Title, Untitle, Notitle( Kumho Museum, Seoul)
1996 MANIF2!(Seoul Art Center, Seoul)
       Antiflat on flat(Seongok Museum, Seoul)
1995 Moving Museum(National contemporary Art Museum in Korea)

-She participated in more than 220group exhibitions in Korea, France, Spain, Germany, Japan, USSR, Mongol, Oman, India, Usa, Arab Emirate.
-The articles(newspaper&magazine publication) about her art work were published more than 70 times.
-Now she belongs to 10kinds of artist associations.

*SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2004 "Ceremony for a new life"(White space, The Netherlands)
       "The power of blood-sisters meet brother" (Changdong studio center gallery, Seoul)
       Anecdotes: The war for peace!?(Gallery at Korean delegation to UN, New York)
2003 "Circular movement for world peace" at the opening ceremony of Zurich International art fair(Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland)
2002 "Meditation for world peace through GongMyungPilSun" at the opening ceremony of Zurich International art fair(Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland)

*PRESENT
President of Samsimart
adjunct professor of Kyunghee University

 

*COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Korea University Museum
Sunggyunkwan University Museum
Park, SooGeun Museum
Goerge Mason University(USA)
Korean Embassy in Geneva
Korean Cultural Center in New York
Emporia
Hankook Yakurt
Art Forum Newgate
Korea National theater
Seoul Art Center
National Cancer Center Hospital
Faculty Lounge of Seoul National University    etc.

 

*WORKS
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- ETC

 

*INTERVIEW
- VIDEO INTERVIEW

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