1984 MFA in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1965 BFA in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1960 Graduated from Osan High School, Osan, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Hyundai Card First Look: Lee Seung Jio, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2022 Lee Seung Jio, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020 Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA Lee Seung Jio: Advancing Column, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2016 Nucleus, Perrotin Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2010 Back to Black, Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
1996
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1991
Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1987
Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1984
Gallery Mee, Seoul, Korea
1980
Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1978
Hankook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1976
Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Art of Naming, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, CheongJu, Korea
2023 Geometric Abstraction in Korean Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Agostino Bonalumi and Lee Seung Jio: The Paradox of Proximity, Mazzoleni Art, London, UK Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s-1970s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s-1970s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2019 Representation of Space Time, Wooran Foundation ART SCAPE 1, Seoul, Korea The 50th Anniversary Exhibition of MMCA Korea The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1990–2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2017 Asian Diva: The Muse and the Monster, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 ORIGIN, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France LA Art Show 2016: Dansaekhwa—The Traces of Four Artists, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA After Drawing, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea MMCA Gwacheon 30 years 1986–2016: As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2015 Untitled, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Empty Fullness: Materiality and Spirituality in Contemporary Korean Art, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Commemorative Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of Liberation: The Great Journey with the Citizens-Uproarious, Heated, Inundated, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Beyond Materiality, Pursuing the Realm of Vacancy: Eye and Mind of Korean Contemporary Art, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2014 Color, Goyang Cultural Foundation, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2011 Daegu Art Museum Opening Exhibition: Qi (氣, Life Energy) is full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2010 Geometrical Illusion: Hommage to Seung Jio Lee, Ilju & Seonhwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korean Avant-garde Drawing: 1970–2000, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 Korean Abstract Painting 1958–2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Artists, What is Science for You?, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 9 Representative Artists of Korean Contemporary Art, Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Reduction and Expansion of Contemporary Art: ORIGIN Painting Association 1962–2006, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2005 Restoration: 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 Dynamic of Expansion and Reduction: Records of Geometrical Abstraction and the Post-Modern, KEPCO Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2002 Korean Contemporary Art from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s: Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Understanding of Abstract Paintings, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2001 Korean Contemporary Art from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s: A Decade of Transition and Dynamics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Artists of Death at an Early Age and Destiny, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 Spiritual Landscape: Transcendence and Philosophy, Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
1999 5 Meter Exhibition, Chongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1997 Second Generation Korean Contemporary Art: Changes and Circulation, CI-GONG Gallery, Daegu, Korea The Flow of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1970s and 80s, Grorich Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996 Korean Monochrome Painting in the 1970s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1995 Exhibition of International 52 Artists, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1993 Korean Contemporary Art: The Generation of Fury & Challenge, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1992 The 17th Ecole de Séoul: Special Memorial Exhibition of Lee Seung Jio, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1991 A Groping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art II: A Period of Reduction and Expansion, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea A Groping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art III: A Period of Conflict and Confrontation, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990 Contemporary Art Festival ’90: Western Painting, Sculpture, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1989 Korean Contemporary Art: Situation of 80’s, Dongsoong Art Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea Commemoration of Kwanhoon Gallery’s 10th Anniversary: Invited Exhibition of 89 Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 14th Ecole de Séoul: Modernism and Its After, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Exhibition of 5 Artists, Hilton Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988 Korean Modern Painting in the 70’s, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea Celebrating Exhibition 70th Anniversary of Suknam Lee Kyungsung, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea Opening Commemorative Exhibition of the Chosun Ilbo Gallery: Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 14th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea Commemorative Exhibition of the 24th Seoul Olympic Games: Korean Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea ’88 Seoul Art Grand Exhibition, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea The Exhibition of Miniature Works, Soo Gallery, Seoul, Korea Contemporary Korean Art, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1987 Exhibition of 4 Artists, Hilton Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea Contemporary Art Festival ’87: Korean Painting, Western Painting, Sculpture, Handicrafts and Calligraphy, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Black & White in Korean Art Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea ’87 Seoul Art Grand Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea The 12th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Message of the 13 Artists, Baiksong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986 Evidence: Today's Art by Inspection, Baiksong Gallery, Seoul, Korea Commemorative Exhibition of the Opening of the New Museum: Korean Art Today, National Museum of Modern Art, Gwacheon, Korea ’86 Seoul Art Grand Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Post-Abstraction of 9 Artists Exhibition, Batangol Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 11th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Relocation Commemorative Exhibition of Soo Gallery Part II: Flat Surface Paintings of 9 Artists, Soo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1985 Contemporary Art Festival ’85: Korean Painting, Western Painting, Sculpture, Handicrafts and Calligraphy, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Minimization and Maximization, Hu Gallery; Jeon Gallery, Seoul, Korea ’85 Seoul Art Grand Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 11th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1984 Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition: An Aspect of the Latter Half of the 70’s, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea Seoul·Paper Works ’84, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Contemporary Korean Art Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Contemporary Art Festival ’84: Korean Painting, Western Painting, Sculpture, Handicrafts and Calligraphy, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary Art in the 60’s: Informal Its Peripherals, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 1st Seoul International Drawing Biennale ’84, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 10th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1983 Contemporary Art Festival ’83: Korean Painting, Western Painting, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition: An Aspect of the Letter Half of the 70’s (Traveling Exhibition), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Tochigi; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Seoul Propositions of 10 Contemporary Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Ecole de Séoul: New Paper Work, Spring Gallery (春之藝廊), Taipei, Taiwan The 8th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The Beauty of Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Kaohsiung Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan The 9th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1982 The Phase of Korean Contemporary Art, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan Exhibition of Drawings & Prints by Contemporary Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery; Koryo Gallery; Myoung-Dong Gallery; Songwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Memorial Exhibition of Kim Munho, Koryo Gallery, Seoul, Korea Seoul International Mail-Art Exhibition ’82, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Opening Commemoration Exhibition of Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea The 7th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery; Koryo Gallery; Songwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 8th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea New Paper Works: Korea and Japan (Traveling Exhibition), National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto; Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Saitama; Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center, Kumamoto, Japan
1981 Situation of Today: Part I Structure·Plane·Surface, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korean Art ’81, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Haemok Gallery, Mokpo, Korea The 6th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery; Koryo Gallery; Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 30th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Seoul 10 Artists’ Works, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 7th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1980 Exhibition of 36 Contemporary Artists ’80, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 6th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fine Arts Center Korean Print & Drawing Grand Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 29th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Invited Exhibition of Hongik Contemporary Art, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea Exhibition Marking the Fukuoka Art Museum’s First Anniversary: Asian Artists Exhibition Part II-Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Invited Exhibition of 62 Korean, Contemporary Artists, Dongbang Gallery, Busan, Korea The 7th Korean Art Grand prix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1979 Commemoration of Elcanto Museum’s 1st Anniversary: Invited Exhibition of 14 Korean Contemporary Artists, Elcanto Museum, Seoul, Korea Korean Fine Art: Method of Today’s Exhibition, Korean Culture Arts Foundation Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea The 5th Ecole de Séoul, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Work on Paper, Jean Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 7th Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 5th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1978 The 6th Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 4th Ecole de Séoul, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Work on Paper, Gyeonji Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 1st Jeonbuk Contemporary Art Festival, Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju, Korea The Trend for the Past 20 Years of Korean Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 5th Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1977 Korea: Facet of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Osan’s 70th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Seoul Gallery; Taein Gallery, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary Paintings, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan Grand Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Western Paintings, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 3rd Daegu Contemporary Art Festival, Daegu Citizen’s Hall, Daegu, Korea The 1st Gangwon Contemporary Art Festival, Chuncheon Provincial Culture Center, Chuncheon, Korea The 5th Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 3rd Ecole de Séoul, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Opening Commemorative Exhibition, Abang Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 14th Biennale de São Paulo, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil The 2nd Gwangju Contemporary Art Festival, Chonill Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea All-Time Awarded Works of National Art Exhibitions, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 3rd Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1976 Opening Commemorative Exhibition of Seoul Gallery Part II: Invited Exhibition of Eight Korean Contemporary Artists, Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 2nd Ecole de Séoul, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 12th Asia Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan The 4th Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 2nd Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 1st Gwangju Contemporary Art Festival, Chonill Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea The 1st Busan Contemporary Fine Art Festival, Busan Citizens’ Hall Gallery, Busan, Korea
1975 The 7th Cagnes-Sur-Mer International Painting Festival, Haut-de-Cagnes, France Figurative Art by Abstract Artist, Areum Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 1st Ecole de Séoul, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Space Grandprix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 3rd Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 2nd Daegu Contemporary Art Festival, Museum of Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea The 1st Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1974 Opening Commemorative Exhibition of the Fine Art Center, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea The 23rd National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea The 1st Daegu Contemporary Art Festival, Museum of Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea The 1st Seoul Biennale, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1973 Korean Contemporary Art 1957–1972 Abstraction: Situation Plastique Anti-Plastique, Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 1st Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Daegu Department Store Gallery, Daegu, Korea Exhibition of 12 Artists, Sahn Kahng Gallery, Daejeon, Korea Exhibition of 4 Artists, Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea Seoul: 13 Artists of Contemporary Art, Signum Gallery, Tokyo, Japan The 1st Invited Exhibition of Printmakers, Korean Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 100 Contemporary Artists, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1972 The 6th Exhibition of ORIGIN Fine-Arts Association, Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 1st Indépendants, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea ’72-AG. Print Exhibition, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 3rd Avant Garde Exhibition: ’72-AG. Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1971 Interchange Exhibition of Seoul Busan Artists, Lady Gallery at Seoul Bank, Busan, Korea Painting Today’s Korea, Myoung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 2nd Korean Art Grandprix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea The 11th Biennale de São Paulo, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil The 20th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea The 2nd Avant Garde Group Exhibition: ’71-AG. Group Exhibition: Reality Realization, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1970 The 1st Avant Garde Group Exhibition: ’70-AG. Exhibition: The Mechanics of Phenomenon Restoration, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea 6 Korean Young Artists, Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan The 1st Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea The 4th Exhibition of ORIGIN Fine-Arts Association, Press Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 19th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1969 The 3rd Exhibition of ORIGIN Fine Arts Association, Press Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 13th Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 18th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1968 Total Art Exhibition, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 12th Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea The 1st Dong A International Fine Art Exhibition, Dong A University, Busan, Korea The 17th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Artists, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1967 Union Exhibition of Korean Young Artists, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1963 The 1st Exhibitions of the ORIGIN Fine-Arts Association, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1962 The 11th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1961 The 10th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1956 The 8th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
Selected Awards
1980
Grand Prix, The 7th Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1975
National Prize, The 7th Cagnes-Sur-Mer International Painting Festival, Haut-de-Cagnes, France
1971
Special Prize, The 20th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1970
Prize of Minister of Culture & Information, The 19th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1969
Special Prize, The 18th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1968
Grand Prix, The 1st Dong A International Fine Art Exhibition, Dong A University, Busan, Korea
Prize of Minister of Culture & Information, The 17th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1962 The 11th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1961 The 10th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
1956 The 8th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
Selected Public and Private Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, USA
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Walkerhill Art Museum (Wooran Foundation), Seoul, Korea
Deutsche Bank, Seoul, Korea
Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Hansol Group Co., Seoul, Korea
Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea