Lee Ufan (born 1936 in Kyongnam, Korea) is a Korean artist and academic, honored by the government of Japan for having Contributed to the development of contemporary art in Japan. In 1956, Lee Ufan moved to Yokohama, Japan and studied philosophy. In 1973, he became a professor at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Lee Ufan won the Praemium Imperiale prize for painting in 1996. The following year he was appointed guest professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work has been featured at many museums including the Yokohama Museum of Art and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul. Currently, his work is being displayed at the Solomon R. Gugghenheim Museum in New York City. https://youtube/watch?v=E1qZflfKiN0
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