Ufan
Lee
Born in 1936 in Haman-gun, Korea
Lives and works in Paris and Kamakura, Japan
Lives and works in Paris and Kamakura, Japan
Ufan Lee is the main theorist and artist of the Mono-ha (« School of Things ») theory in Japan. His paintings greatly contribute to « Korean Monotone Art ». Kamel Mennour and Lee Ufan have been working together since 2013. He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale for painting in 2001 and the UNESCO Prize in 2000. In 2010, the Lee Ufan Museum opened at Benesse Art Site, in Naoshima, Japan.
Rijksmuseum Gardens, Amsterdam, 2024
Versailles Palace, 2014
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2019
Fondation Lee Ufan-Arles, 2022
Punta della Dogana, Venice, 2023
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2022
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2020
Rijksmuseum Gardens, Amsterdam, 2024
Versailles Palace, 2014
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2019
Fondation Lee Ufan-Arles, 2022
Punta della Dogana, Venice, 2023
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2022
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2020
Rijksmuseum Gardens, Amsterdam, 2024
Versailles Palace, 2014
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2023
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2019
Fondation Lee Ufan-Arles, 2022
Punta della Dogana, Venice, 2023
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2022
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2020
portfolio
2024
Les jardins du Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2023
“Lee Ufan, le fil infini”, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Pace London, London
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Videos
exhibitions
Summer Show
May 23 - Jul 19, 2025
Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi
L’art de la rencontre
Feb 6 - Mar 20, 2025
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts
Lee Ufan
Quiet Resonance
Aug 31, 2024 - Sep 1, 2025
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Lee Ufan
Mondes flottants, du Japonisme à l’art contemporain
Jun 22 - Sep 22, 2024
Les Franciscaines
Available publications
© Lee Ufan, Adagp, Paris, 2025. Courtesy the artist and Mennour, Paris.