Born in 1956 in Cheongdo, South Korea
Lives and works between Paris, France and Seoul, South Korea

LEE Bae

La pratique monochromatique de Lee Bae est une quête formelle et immersive dans les abysses de la noirceur. Brouillant les lignes entre le dessin, la peinture, la sculpture et l’installation, il façonne son esthétique abstraite pour donner une profondeur tangible et une intensité à l’absence de couleur. Jusqu’au milieu des années 2000, il travaille exclusivement avec du charbon brut pour créer des assemblages minimalistes et raffinés qui, telles des mosaïques, se composent d’éclats ou de morceaux de bois calcinés sur des toiles ; il produit également des arrangements sculpturaux de taille plus imposante au moyen de troncs carbonisés. Le charbon, qui s’obtient en brûlant du bois et sert à raviver le feu, offre une métaphore puissante du cycle de la vie, ce qui pousse l’artiste à élargir ses recherches jusqu’à la quatrième dimension temporelle. Bien que Lee Bae ne travaille désormais qu’avec le noir de carbone, une substance proche de la suie, sa dernière série d’œuvres picturales cristallise des gestes élémentaires aléatoires — qu’il a travaillés au préalable à l’encre de Chine sur papier — au moyen de couches épaisses d’acrylique translucide semblable à de la cire.

 

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education

1981 B.F.A. Department of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 
1986 M.F.A. Department of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Graduate School of Art, Seoul, Korea

solo shows

2024
-La Maison de la Lune Brûlée, 60th Venice Biennale, Wilmotte Foundation, Venice 

2023
-Issu de Feu, Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center, New York, New York
-Lee Bae, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2022
- Souffle d'Encre, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
- Oblique, Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea 
- Black in Constellation, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Lee Bae, Indang Museum of Daegu, Daegu, South Korea

2021
- Union, Phi Foundation, Montreal, Canada
- Paradigm of Charcoal, Perrotin, Hong Kong

2020
- The Sublime Charcoal Light, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan 
- Lee Bae, Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
- Lee Bae, Gallery2, Jeju, Seoul, South Korea 

2019
- Promenade, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA 
- Venice Wood Water, Wilmotte Foundation, Venice, Italy

2018
- Black Mapping, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Plus de lumière, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
- Overstated & Understated, Paradise Art Space, Incheon, South Korea

2017
- Mir Gallery, Pohang, South Korea

2016
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
- La Cohue, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Vannes, France
- Issu du feu, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
- Suspens, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France

2015
- Carte Blanche à Lee Bae, Musée Guimet, Paris, France

2014
- Fernet Branca Fondation, Saint-Louis, France
- Gallery Hyundai, Korea
- Contemporary Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
- RX Gallery, Paris, France
- Wooson Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2013
- Holly Hunt, New York, USA

2012
- P&C Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2011
- Musée d’Art moderne de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
- RX Gallery, Paris, France
- Galerie Nicolas Robinsons, New York, USA
- Galerie IBU, Paris, France
- Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany

2010
- Galerie Andrew shire, Los Angeles, USA
- Galerie 604, Busan, Korea

2009
- Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
- Mark / Motion / Imprint, Whitebox Art Center, New York, USA
- Gallery Seok, Daegu, Korea

2008
- Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea
- RX Gallery, Paris, France

2007
- Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea

2006
- RX Gallery, Paris, France

2005
- IBU Gallery, Paris, France
- Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
- Kawafune Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
- Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2000
- Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
- Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea

1999
- Kongkan Galley, Busan, Korea
- Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1998
- Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris, France

1997
- Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea

1996
- Willy d’Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1994
- Bellefroid Gallery, Paris, France

1993
- Espace Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

1991
- Bateau-Lavoir Gallery, Paris, France

1988
- Soo Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1987
- Kyungin Gallery, Seoul, Korea

group shows

2023
- Origin, Emergence, Return, Rink Level Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA
- Black and White - an achromatic group show (of paintings), København K, Denmark
- 1.5 DEGREES, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
- A tie to all the Earth, Teagan Art Space, Beijing, China
- Dui-jipki, Esther Schipper gallery, Berlin

2022
- Contourless, Noblesse Collection, Seoul, South Korea

2021
- Resonance, Horim Museum, Seoul, South Korea
- Catastrophe and Recovery, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Inter-Mission, Paradise Art Space, Incheon, South Korea 

2019
- Venice Wood Water, Wilmotte Foundation, Venice, Italy

2018
- Overstated & Understated. Inaugural exhibition curated by Kuho Jung, Paradise Art Space, Incheon, South Korea

2017
- Art Central, Johyun Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2016
- Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, South Korea
- Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
- Art Paris Art Fair 2016, Galerie RX, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Winter, Galerie RX, Paris, France
- Nouvel acquisition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

2015
- Séoul – Paris – Séoul, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
- Biennale d’Issy, Issy les Moulineaux, France

2014
- Overcoming the Modern, Dansaekhwa, The Korean Monochrome Movement, Alexander Gray Gallery, New York, USA
- Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Museum, Busan, South Korea
- Hong Kong Art Basel, Hakgojae Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2013
- International Drawing Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
- "Les Nouvelles folies françaises", domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Musée d'archéologie national and château, within the "Le Nôtre Year" - Commissioner: Patrick Amine.

2012
- Plaisir, RX Gallery, Paris, France
- Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon/Seoul, Korea
- Nature in Contemporary Art, Museum of the City of Yang Pyung, Korea

2011
- Artist of the Year, 1995-2010, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2010
- International Architectural Ceramic exhibition, Clayrch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea

2009
- "Vide et plénitude", Espace Commines, Paris, France

2008
- Paris-Séoul, Seoul Museum (Hangaram), Seoul, Korea
- International Textile and Art Documenta, Daegu Art Center, Korea

2006
- Look on Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Christianity in Contemporary Art, Lumen Gallery, Paris, France
- Frontier, Montparnasse Museum, Paris, France

1999
- Nature in Modern Art, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Berlin-Seoul, Berlin Municipal Communal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- Area of Painting, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea

1997
- Independent, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1996
- 21st Century’s Prospect, Seoul, Korea
- Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Tokyo National Museum of Modern art, Tokyo; Osaka International Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
- Black and White, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Seven Spaces in One Place, Manufacture des Oeillets, Ivry, France

1995
- Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Another Dimensions, Espace Artsenal , Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

1994
- Conspirator, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux. France
- New and Powerful Art from Artsenal, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, Korea
- ‘94 Daegu Work Shop, Cigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Two-Days, Two-Nights, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Exhibitor for Opening de l’Espace Artsenal-Paris,
- Espace Artsenal-Paris, Paris, France

1993
- Three Korean Artists-Lee Bae, Kwon Soonchul, An Jongdae, Bellefroid Gallery, Paris, France
- Atelier Opening, Ateliers Artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

1992
- Paris-Over There, Kwok On Museum, Paris, France

1991
- Europe Factory, Center for Contemporary Art, Pantin, France
- Young Artist, Center for Korea Culture, New York, USA

1988
- Korea Seen Through Contemporary Artists, Albert Chanot Art Center, Paris, France
- Origines, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea

1987
- The Korean Young Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
- Heterodox, Center for Korea Culture, New York, USA

public collections

- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
- Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
- Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Dae Gu, Korea
- Jeju Museum of art, Jeju, Korea
- Leeum-Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
- Musée d’art moderne Saint-Etienne, France
- Gyeongnam Art Museum, Gyeongnam, Korea
- Fondation Colas, France
- Privada Allegro Foundation, Madrid, Spain
- Baruj Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris, France
- FNAC (Fonds National d’art Contemporain), Paris, France
- CNAP (Centre national des arts plastiques), Paris, France
- Fondation Carmignac, Paris, France
- Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
- Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
- Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, France
- Artbank of Korea, Gwacheon/Seoul, Korea
- Musée des Beaux-Arts – La Cohue, Vannes, France
- Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China
- Paradise Art Center, Incheon, Korea
- Museum Voorlinden, Netherlands
- PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada

awards

2018
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France

2013
National Association Price of Art Critics, South Korea

2009
Artist of the Year, Korean Cultural Center, Paris

2000
Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon/Seoul, South Korea

2024

Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, JR, Klara KRISTALOVA, Emi KURAYA, LEE Bae, Takashi MURAKAMI, Paola PIVI, Gérard SCHNEIDER, AYA TAKANO, Pieter VERMEERSCH

28 mars 2024 - 17 mai 2024

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Perrotin Matignon

Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Sophie CALLE, Mathilde DENIZE, Bernard FRIZE, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, KIM Chong-Hak, LEE Bae, Mr., Takashi MURAKAMI, Park Seo-Bo, Paola PIVI

28 mars 2024 - 27 avril 2024

Séoul

10 Dosan-daero 45-gil, Gangnam-gu

Imagine

2023

MADSAKI, Takashi MURAKAMI, LEE Bae, Joaquín BOZ, Josh SPERLING, Paola PIVI

2 décembre 2023 - 13 janvier 2024

Séoul

10 Dosan-daero 45-gil, Gangnam-gu

Zero, Ten

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, JR, Koak, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Mathilde DENIZE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Hans HARTUNG, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Dora JERIDI, Susumu KAMIJO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Takashi MURAKAMI, Sophia NARRETT, Katherina OLSCHBAUR, Danielle ORCHARD, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, LEE Bae, QI Zhuo, SHIM Moon-Seup

16 octobre 2023 - 10 novembre 2023

paris

60 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Matignon - October+ group show

Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, Laurent GRASSO, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, JR, Klara KRISTALOVA, LEE Bae, Gabriel DE LA MORA, Takashi MURAKAMI, Tavares STRACHAN, Pieter VERMEERSCH

10 janvier 2023 - 5 avril 2023

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Salon Perrotin Matignon

2022

LEE Bae

4 novembre 2022 - 17 décembre 2022

Shanghai

3/F, 27 Hu Qiu Road, Huangpu District

Souffle d’Encre

LEE Bae

8 janvier 2022 - 12 mars 2022

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
10 IMPASSE SAINT CLAUDE 75003 PARIS

Le noir en constellation

2021

LEE Bae

7 août 2021 - 11 septembre 2021

hong kong

807, K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Paradigm of Charcoal

2020

Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Thilo HEINZMANN, KIM Chong-Hak, LEE Bae, Georges MATHIEU, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Park Seo-Bo, Maria TANIGUCHI, Xavier VEILHAN

24 novembre 2020 - 6 février 2021

hong kong

807, 8/F, K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road,Tsim Sha Tsui

Floating World

LEE Bae

3 juillet 2020 - 18 août 2020

tokyo

Piramide Building, 1F, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku

THE SUBLIME CHARCOAL LIGHT

2019

LEE Bae

2 novembre 2019 - 1 février 2020

new york

130 Orchard Street

Promenade

2018

LEE Bae

17 mars 2018 - 26 mai 2018

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

Black Mapping

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