1943 Born in Daegu
1965 Graduated Department of Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
1982-93 The professor of National Gyeongsang University
1985-87 A guest professor and guest artist in New York state University (Earlbany)
1991 Triangle Artist Workshop (New York)
1991-92 P.S.1 (New York Contemporary Fine Art Research Center) International Studio Artists Program, New York, USA
Works and lives in Seoul
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Lee Kang So: Where the Wind Meets the Water, ,National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
Lee Kang So, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Lee Kang-So, The Wind Blows: About the Sculpture, Leeahn Gallery Seoul, Korea
2021 Lee Kang-So, From a Dream, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2019 Lee Kang-So: Becoming, Palazzo Caboto, Venice, Italy
2018 Lee Kang-So: Disappearance ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Lee Kang-So: Becoming ,Wooson Gallery ,South Korea
2016 Lee Kang-So, Musée d’Art moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France
2015 Ilwoo space, Seoul, South Korea
Space of Shadow, Wooson Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Lee Kang-So, Haeden Museum of Art, Gangwha, Incheon,
2014 Between the Lines: Korean Contemporary Art Since 1970 ,Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
2012 Gallery Shilla, Deagu, South Korea
2011 Deagu Art Museum, Deagu, South Korea
PKM Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2010 Joy Art Gallery, Beijing, China
The Center of the Korean Modern Art, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2009 Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Space Purple, Heiri Villige, Paju, South Korea
PYO Gallery LA, USA
2008 Gallery YEH, Seoul, South Korea
2007 LEEAHN GALLERY, Changwon, South Korea
Emporia Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Samtuh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2006 LEE KANG SO : Paysage vu par le Coeur, Musee des Arts Asiatique, Nice, France
2005 WHITE BOX, New York, USA
Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003 Art sonje Museum, Gyeongju, South Korea
Daegu Art & Culture Hall, Daegu, South Korea
Meak-Hyang Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Gallery Shilla, Daegu, South Korea
LEEHYUN Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2002 Le Palais des Congres de Paris, France
Calorie Hedaes Sevira, Paris, France
LEEHYUN Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2001 CAIS Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2000 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo/ Robert Y. Carat Gallery, Paris, France / Gallery Suga, Busan, South Korea
Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Lee Kang-So, Gallery Robert Y.Carat, Paris, France
1999 Calorie des Ponchettes, Nice, France
CAIS Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1997 Rho Gallery, Seoul / Arario Gallery, Cheonan / Jo-Hyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
1996 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1995 Jo-Hyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea
1994 Lee, Kang So's New Engraving Exhibition, Hana Kent Gallery, New York, USA
Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Sampung Gallery, Seoul / Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Lee, Kang-So Lithograph Exhibition, Maek-Hyang Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
1993 Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Paramus, New Jersey, U.S.A / Gallery World, Busan, South Korea
Hena-Kent Gallery, New York, USA
1992 Salama-Caro Gallery, London, UK
Hana-Kent Gallery, New York, USA
Maek-Hyang Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
1991 Gallery World, Busan, South Korea
Lee Kangso, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, South Korea
1990 Hena-Kent Gallery, New York, USA
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Seomi, Seoul, South Korea
Ho Am Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1989 Lee Kangso, Inkong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1988 Lee Kangso, Inkong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
1986 Lee Kang-So, Gallery SOUTH KOREA, New York, USA
1985 Lee Kangso, Duson Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Lee Kang-So, Gallery Maekhyang, Daegu, South Korea
Lee Kang-So Recent Prints, Gallery Samcheong, Seoul, South Korea
1983 Lee Kang-So, Gallery Soo, Daegu, South Korea
1981 Lee Kang-So, Gallery Sambo, Daegu, South Korea
Lee Kang-So, Gallery Kwanhoon, Seoul, South Korea
1979 Lee Kangso, Gallery Muramatsu, Tokyo, Japan
Lee Kang-So, Gallery Hankook, Seoul, South Korea
Lee Kang-So, Gallery Lee, Daegu, South Korea
1977 Taein Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1976 Lee Kang-So, Aai Gallery, Tokyo, South Korea
1975 Daegu Metropolitan Library Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
1973 Lee Kangso, Gallery Myungdong, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s-1970s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Seoul, Korea
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, Hammer museum, LA, USA
Colorful Korean Painting – From Harmony to Purification, Artspace3, Seoul, Korea
2022 Dalseong Daegu Contemporary Art Festival, The ark, Daegu, Korea
A Dream - Enchantment, Changseong-dong Laboratory, Seoul, Korea
Now and Then: 1992-Present: Park Seo Bo, Lee Kang So, Lee U Fan, Kim Tschang Yeul, Yun Hyong Keun, Gallery Shilla
Daegu, Korea
2021 Daegu Forum I: Playground for Poetry, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Gongmyeong: Resonance, Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 The Modern and Contemporary Korean Writing, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul,
Korea
Hyundai 50 Part II ,Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
Gallery HYUNDAI 50 Part II, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
The Moment of Gieok (Korean Alphabet ㄱ), Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum; Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
The LEE In-sung Art Prize 20thAnniversary Exhibition (The Great Epic), Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Leeum Video Project, Leeum Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2019 Awakenings: Art and Society in Asia 1960s-1990s ,National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Korea, Gwacheon/Gyeongju, South Korea
2018 Modern Arts: 7 Keywards, Jeonbuk Museum of Arts, Jeonbuk, South Korea
2017 Hwanki: Aesthetic of color, Hwanki Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Rehearsals from the Korean Avant-Garde Performance Archive, Korean Cultural Centre UK, UK
2016 Paper, Johyun Gallery, Busan ,Busan, South Korea
KM9346 : Korea-Morbihan 9,346km, Kerguehennec Museum, France
2015 BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea
Korean Painting, Beyond the Borders, Cultural Station 284, Seoul, South Korea
Taehwa River Eco Art Festival, Beyond Walled Enclosure,Taehwa River Grand Park, Ulsan, South Korea
2014 Between the Lines: Korean Contemporary Art Since 1970, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
South Korean Beauty : Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2013 At the Nexus of Painting and Writing, Seoul Calligraphy Museum, Seoul arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Daegu Contemporary Art, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, South Korea
Writing becomes painting, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2012 A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance, Tate Modern, London, UK
Korean Dansaekpa, National Contemporary Art Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea
Korean Contemporary Painting, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Qi is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea
Tell me Tell me: Australian and Korean Contemporary Art 1976 – 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney,
Australia; travelled to National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
2010 Korean Historical Conceptual Art 1970-80s, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Suwon, South Korea
In the Midst of the Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
Space Purple, Heiri Villige, Paju, South Korea
Korean Avant-Garde Drawing 1970-2000, Soma Art Musuem, Seoul, South Korea
2009 Eight Korean Modern Artists, Gallery Pakyoung, Paju, South Korea
Spirit of Korea, Alliance Francasie, Victoria City
2008 Platform Seoul 2008, I have Nothing to Say and I am Saying It, Former Seoul Station & Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
Korean Abstract Art 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea, Gallery Rho, Seoul, South Korea
2007 48th October Salon, Urban Crossroad: New York – Seoul – Paris, Museum of Yugoslav, Belgrade
Contemporary Art of Korea – China: Oriental Visual, Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China
Void in Korean Art, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Performance Art of Korea 1967 – 2007, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
Breath, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2006 Images in Motion, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2003 Drawing: Its New Horizons, National Museum of Art Deoksugung, Seoul, South Korea
2001 Korean Contemporary Art: from mid-1960s to mid-1970s: A Decade of Transition and Dynamics,
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon , South Korea
60-70’s Korean Contemporary Art, Hanwon Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2000 Gwangju Biennale 2000, The Special Exhibition: The Facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Plane as Spirits, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
1999 Musée des Arts Asiatique, Nice, France
1995 Korean Contemporary Art. The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1994 The Faces of Contemporary Art 40 Years, Ho Am Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1993 4 Contemporary Artists of Korea: Chung Changsub, Yun Hyunggeun, Park Seobo, Lee Kangso,
Ci Gong Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
1992 Working with Nature, Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Jean – Michel Basquiat, Jonathan Borofsky, Richard Bosman, Lee Kangso, Terry Winters, Haenah – Kent Gallery, New York, USA
International studio Artists, Museum of Modern Art(P.S.1), New York, USA
Line and Expression, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1991 Inaugural Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju, South Korea
1990 Autumn Muramatsu, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1989 Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Ho Am Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1988 Korean Contemporary Art Festival, Commemorative Exhibition of Seoul Olympic Games,
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
1983 Korean Contmeporary Art Exhibition: The Latter Half of the 70’s: An Aspect, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,
Tokyo; travelled to The Museum of Modern Art, Tojiki; National Museum of International Art,
Osaka; The Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; and Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1981 Korean Contemporary drawings, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
1977 The 14th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Korea: Facet of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1976 The Biennale of Sydney, Recent International Forms in Art, Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Austrailia
The 10th International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo; travelled to National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1975 The 9th Biennale de Paris 1975, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Awards
2002 The 3rd Lee In Sung-Art Prize
1983 Seoul international Print Biennale Prize
Public Collections
National Museum of Contemporary Art
HoAm Museum of Art
Artsonje Museum
Kumho Museum of Art
Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art
Han Lim Museum of Contemporary Art
Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art
Busan Metropolitan Museum of Ar
Daegu Art & Culture Hall
Museum of Hongik University
Museum of Keimyung University
Busan City Hall
Daegu City Hall
Open Air Sculpture Garden Asadal
Lexon Co. Ltd.
Mie Museum of Art
The International Museum of 20th Century Arts & Cultural Centre
Gyeongnam Provincial Museum of Art
Daegu Art Museum
Written Foundation
Clayarch Kimhae Museum
Haeden Museum of Art
Written Foundation
Kimdaljin Art Archives and Museum
Asia Culture Center