Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
Currently a professor of Western Painting at Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Seoul, Korea
Education
1999 MFA in Printmaking, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
1994 BFA in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Lee Kwang-Ho: BLOW-UP, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021
Lee Kwang Ho, GALLERY2 Joongsun Nongwon, Jeju, Korea
Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2020
Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2018
Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2016
Lee Kwang Ho, Art Central (Johyun Gallery), Hong Kong
2014
Picturing Landscape, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012
Caress, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
2011
Touch, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010
Touch, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
Lee Kwang-Ho, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
2006
Inter-View in Changdong, MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea
2003
Paintings with Annotations, Hanjeon Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002
The Spy, Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea
2001
Lee Kwang-Ho, Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea
1996
Lee Kwang-Ho, Gallery Boda, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
2024 4th JEJU BIENNALE – The Drift of Apagi: The Way of Water, Wind, and Stars, Jeju Museum of Art and other venues, Jeju, Korea
Cloudy 3pm, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Witty Fake, Koo House Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea
on Flora and Painting, Lee Hwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023
UNBOXING PROJECT 2: Portable Gallery, New Spring Project, Seoul, Korea
Samdadojingyung (Landscape of Three Abundances): Human, Myth, and Nature, Seogwipo Arts Center, Jeju, Korea
on Flora and Painting, Lee Hwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022
Seeing Beyond, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Moments We Encounter, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
Instinctively, both, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
Growing Plants, Seongnam Cube Art Museum, Seongnam, Korea
I AM SORRY! I AM NOT REAL, MOM!, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
on Flora and Painting, Lee Hwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021
Present of Nature, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea
We connect Art ＆ Future, Kiaf and INCHEON AIRPORT, Incheon, Korea
Will Snow Fall on Ruins, on Ruins?, Kyobo Art Space, Seoul, Korea
on Flora and Painting, TONG-IN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Friendship: Mentor-Mentee, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Support SARUBIA 2021, Project Space SARUBIA, Seoul, Korea
2019
Figurative Abstract, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital ART CUBE, Seoul, Korea
2018
Botanica, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 7 Keywords Exhibition, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea
2017
With Companions, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Ordinary Amount of Light and Air, Kimsechoong Museum, Seoul, Korea
FRIENDSHIP : MENTOR-MENTEE, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Neo-naturalism, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
2016
Beyond Representation-Encounter with the Hyperreal World, Muan
Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea
A7, Gallery imazoo, Seoul, Korea
Being In Nature, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
2016 Alma Mater II, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015
Support SARUBIA 2015, Gallery 3, Seoul, Korea
Christie's Asian Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Convention ＆ Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
2015 Asia Art Archive Annual Fundraiser, The Space, Hong Kong, China
Same Difference (Lee Kwang-Ho, Yoo Geun-Taek), space bm, Seoul, Korea
Seven Signs, Park Soo Keun Museum, Yanggu, Korea
WE HEAR IT, GALLERY MARK, Seoul, Korea
Korea Tomorrow 2015, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Realism Interface, Seokdang Museum of Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
Stranger Seen Through Inward Eye, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
Illusion and Fantasy, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014
Royal Jelly, Gallery Royal, Seoul, Korea
2013
Manifestation, LIG Art Space, Seoul, Korea
AMMA UMMA!, India International Centre, New Delhi, India
Residing in private places, Atelier Aki, Seoul, Korea
Reality, Between Representation and Autonomy, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
Still Life, CSP111 ARTSPACE, Seoul, Korea
Made in Hands, Gallery Sein, Seoul, Korea
Trace of Korean Contemporary Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Dialogue in the moonlight, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
Human, For a while, Culture Factory Osan, Osan, Korea
2012
Im/Pulse to See, Gallery 101, Seoul, Korea
Korean Eye 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Chae Yong Sin and Korean Portraits – Ideals and Illusions, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Manner in Korean Paintings, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
Shift, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011
The Seoul Art Exhibition 2011-Hyperrealism, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Abstract it!, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
Seekers of the Future of Memories, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
FICTION & NONFICTION, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
2010
Instinctively, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
Defense Mechanism, TN Gallery, Beijing, China
Biennale+ one – Why Korea Contemporary art Now, Space zoo, Gwangju, Korea
The Lamp of the East, Atelier Aki, Seoul, Korea ＆ Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
Busan Biennale- Now Asian Artist, Citizen Hall, Busan, Korea
Hyperrealism Painters, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
2009
Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
Non-landscape Landscape, Pocheon Art Valley, Pocheon, Korea
2008
Reality – Portraits, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
Beyond Definition: still-life, portrait, landscape, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
Fifty-five Contemporary Artists, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Reality in Contemporary Art, Cyart Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007
On Painting, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Video Killed the Painting Star, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
Con-terminal, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
A Complex, Sunggok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Where Euclid Walked, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Charge Your Imagination, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Korean Reality ＆ Spirit, Cyart Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Window and Light, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Context ＆ Figure, Daewon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006
Selected Artist Exhibition for the III edition of the Castellon County Council International Painting Prize, Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón, Castellón, Spain
New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Figures in Landscape, The Newgate East, Seoul, Korea
Propose 7, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Truth of Six Rooms, SAVINA Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Face of Our Time, Yunseul Art Gallery, Gimhae Arts ＆ Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea
Joongang Fine Art Prize, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Angel, Gallery Jung, Seoul, Korea
2005
Ryu Yong-moon, Lee Kwang-Ho, Gallery Space Sadi, Seoul, Korea
Art ＆ Film, SAVINA Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Scenery look at the eye, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
Read a diary, Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Print 2005, TOPOHAUS, Seoul, Korea
2004
Seam, Gallery Myart, Seoul, Korea
2003
The Void of Representation, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
Trick, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Family, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2002
One Thousand Eyes, One Thousand Ways, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korea Young Artists Biennale 2002, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
The Mystery, SAVINA Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
SONGEUN Art Award, Gongpyeong Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Visual ＆ Figure, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2001
Young Creation - Seeing, Being Seen, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2000
Paintings for Nurturing the Intelligence, Gallery Savina, Seoul, Korea
Convergence and Divergence, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
1999
Painting / Picture, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Exhibition of Rhu, Lee, Kim, Seonam Art Center, Seoul, Korea
M.F.A. Exhibition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1998
The Art of Painting, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1997
Inter-View, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
300 Spaces, Gallery Yoon, Seoul, Korea
The Political Survival of Artists, GALLERY BODA, Seoul, Korea
S.N.U. ＆ Tokyo Nat'l Univ. Joint Print Exhibition, Tokyo National University, Tokyo, Japan
1996
The Language of Print Exhibition, GALLERY BODA, Seoul, Korea
D-22 / Politics outside of Politics, GALLERY BODA, Seoul, Korea
Tomorrow's Print Exhibition, Gallery Dansung, Seoul, Korea
S.N.U. ＆ Tokyo Nat'l Univ. Joint Print Exhibition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1995
Contemporary Korean Print Competition, Dongbang Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea
S.N.U. ＆ Tokyo Nat'l Univ. Joint Drawing Exhibition, Tokyo National University, Japan
1994
Convergence and Divergence, Incheon Citizen Hall, Incheon, Korea
Selected Awards
2006
Selected Artists for the 3rd International Painting Prize of the Castellón County Council, Spain
Award of Excellence, Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2005-6
International Artist Studio Program, MMCA Residency Changdong, Korea
2003
Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
1995
Award of Excellence, Contemporary Korean Print Competition, Seoul, Korea
Selected Public and Private Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea
Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
By Art Matters, Hangzhou, China
Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China