Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Agora_Spring Is Here, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
2016 Eye and Mind of Korean Contemporary Art Ⅱ: Reinstatement of Realism, Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul
2015 The Landscapes of the Temples, Mihwangsa, Haenam, Korea
2010 Woohyun Arts Prize Winning Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2009 A Country: Three Landscapes, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
2006 Two Rooms Daechu-ri_Baghdad, Peace Museum, Seoul
2005 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2004 Spirit of Soil, Face of Soil, Hangil Book House, Paju, Korea
2003 National Land, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
Journey on Iraq and Islam – Looking for the Owner, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
1999 Homecoming – Oji-ri People 2, Seosan Cultural Center, Seosan, Korea
1997 Invitational Exhibition, Haeban Gallery, Incheon, Korea
1996 Gana Art Award Winning Exhibition, Gana Art, Seoul
1992 People of Soil, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Yeji Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1991 Oji-ri People, Oji Primary School, Seosan, Korea
1989 Invitational Exhibition, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea
1986 People of Soil, Grimmadang Min, Seoul; Maek-Hyang Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1976 Lee Jong-gu Esquisses, Public Information Office, Incheon, Korea
Awards
2010 Woohyun Arts Prize, Incheon Foundation for Art & Culture, Incheon, Korea
2005 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1994 Gana Art Prize, Gana Art, Seoul
1983 2nd Prize, 6th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul
1982 Special Prize, 5th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul
Publications
Lee Jong-gu 1980-2013 (Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture: Established Visual Artist's Catalog Publication Project, Hakgojae Books, 2013)
Spirit of Soil, Face of Soil (Hangil Art, 2004)
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Junbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
OCI Museum of Art, Seoul
Korea University Museum, Seoul
Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Incheon Foundation for Art & Culture, Incheon, Korea
Ssamzie Art Collection, Paju, Korea
Arirang Literature Museum, Gimje, Korea
Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul
Cheong Nam Dae, Cheongju, Korea
The Bank of Korea, Seoul
KEB Hana Bank, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Gyeonggi Millennium Docufesta: Gyeonggi Archive_Now, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art Gyeonggi
Sangsang Campus, Suwon, Korea
Exhibition on Peace and Human Rights in East Asia for 70th Anniversary of 4〮3: From Silence To
Shouting, Jeju 4〮3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea
Gana Art Collection: Regrettable Times, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2017 Korea Tomorrow 2017, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Keyword Korean Art 2017 Square Art: From Torch to Candlelight, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Moontides for Jeju Haenyeo, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
2016 Facing Faces, Sungkyunkwan University Museum, Seoul
Art In Society – Land of Happiness, Seoul Museum of Art (Buk-Seoul), Seoul
2015 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
70th anniversary of Korean Independence – Korean Modern Art, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon,
Korea
Beyond the Borders, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
2014 Retro ’86~’88: The Origin of Korea Pluralism, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul
The Stream of Korean Contemporary Art Ⅶ – Realism, Gimhae Arts & Sports Center Yunseul Art
Gallery, Gimhae, Korea
Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
People_Korea and Kazakhstan, National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana
The Blue Bird of May, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2013 Bali Jeju – Determination of Two Islands, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta
Rabbit in the Submarine, Democracy Park, Busan, Korea
2012 Korean Art from the Museum Collection_Grand-Narrative Part I, National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Gwacheon, Korea
Korean Modern Art – A man Here, Now, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Chea Yong Shin and Korean Portraits – Ideals and Illusions, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
The Aesthetics of Table Setting, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
DMZ Peace Picture Book Project_Winter Winter Winter, Spring, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art,
Ansan, Korea
2nd Incheon Peace Art Project – Sea of Peace, Boundary of Water, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2011 Artist of the Year 1995~2010, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum, Seoul
The Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Co-Existence & Co-Prosperity, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
1st Incheon Peace Art Project – Sea of Conflict, Sea of Reconciliation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon,
Korea
Today’s Asian Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Nature, Life, Human, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2010 Realism in Asian Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea; National
Museum of Singapore, Singapore
Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul
Korean Avant-Garde Drawing 1970~2000, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul
2009 Art in Superstar, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
Wonderful Pictures, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
Realism Interpreted as Contemporary Art, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
2008 Ssamzie Farmer, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul
The Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Finale of Baekdudaegan Jirisan, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Asia and Rice, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea
2007 Gyeonggi, National Highway No.1, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Power and Dream of People’s Art, Gana Art, Seoul
Jeju Island, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
The Pulsation of People: Realism in Korean Art 1945-2005, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2006 100 Years of Korean Art Part 2 – Tradition, Human, Art, Reality, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
[Woman / Work / Art] Portrayal of Woman at Work in Korean Art, Ewha Womans University Museum,
Seoul
Illusion/Disillusion, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Korea Unification Art Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
The Truth of Six Rooms, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2005 The Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1st Pocheon Asian Art Festival, Pocheon Banweol Art Hall, Pocheon, Korea
Portrait of the Times, The Sound of Daily Life, Park Soo Keun Museum, Yanggu, Korea
2004 Bahgdad 551km, JeBiwool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea
Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists from Korea and Overseas, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Eommoi Moak, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
Existence and Illusion, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2003 Environmental Art – Water, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, U.S.
2002 Thoughts on Vegetables, Gallery La Mer, Seoul
Our Faces, JeBiwool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea
Another History of Art: Representation of Feminity, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
2001 The 1980’s Realism and the Age, Gana Art, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art. Expression of the Time – "Hurts and Healing", Seoul Arts Center Hangaram
Art Museum, Seoul
2000 Rice in Korean History, National Museum of Korea, Seoul
1999 Money•Money•Money, Gallery Savina, Seoul
JoongAng Fine Arts Prize - Winners' Special Exhibition, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul
Korea+JAALA, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Koreans by Koreans: Portraits from Prehistory to Modern Times, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul; Rodin
Gallery, Seoul
1998 Grand Opening Commemorative Exhibition of DMA, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Facing The New Millennium, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
1997 2nd Gwangju Reunification Art Festival, Mangwol-dong Cemetery, Gwangju, Korea
Portrait of Our Times – Father, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Korean Art 97 – Humanism•Mechanism•Animalism, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Gwacheon, Korea
1996 Reality 96, KEPCO Plaza Gallery, Seoul
Development of Korean Modernism: 1970-1990 Conquest of Modern, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
1995 50th Anniversary Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where are We, Seoul Arts Center,
Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
Gwangju Unification Art Exhibition, Mangwol-dong Cemetery, Gwangju, Korea
Korean Contemporary Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
1st Gwangju Biennale: The Spirit of Gwangju Resistance in May, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju,
Korea
Following the Silk Road, Donga Gallery, Seoul
1994 Korean Minjoong Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
100th Donghak Commemoration – Bird, Bird, Blue Bird, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
1993 DMZ Peace Project, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo
Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art, Queens Museum of Art, New York;
Kumho Gallery, Seoul
Reality of the Land – Exhibition of Kim Jung-Heun and Lee Jong Gu, Seoin Gallery, Seosan, Korea
Moved by Eyes, Read by Heart, Donga Gallery, Seoul
1992 Today's Life, Today's Art, Kumho Gallery, Seoul
JALLA – World and Us, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Searching for the Korean Identity in Korean Contemporary Art, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul
Face of Our Time – Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
1991 Reunification Exhibition, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
A View In The Change Of Art, Kumho Gallery, Seoul
A Groping for the Identity of Korean Contemporary Art, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul
1990 The Reality of the Rural Communities and the Life of the Farmers, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea
Landscape of Fatherland Ⅱ, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
May! Gwangju!, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
1989 4 People Traveling Our Land, Coal Industry Promotion Hall, Taebaek, Korea
From Hwangtohyeon to Gomnaru: Homage to ‘Kumgang’ by Shin Dong-yup, Yesul Madang Geumgang,
Seoul
‘80s Visual Art, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
1988 6th JALLA, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Minjung Art in Korea – Politic & Art, Artists Space, New York
1987 Today’s Art in Incheon, Incheon Cultural Center, Incheon, Korea
6th Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Taebaek Gallery, Daegu, Korea; Haein Gallery, Busan, Korea
22 Artists of Our Times, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
1986 Problematic Artists' Works of 1986, Seoul Museum, Seoul
30 Pioneers of Our Times, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
5th Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Grimmadang Min, Seoul
1985 1st Horizon (~1995), Public Information Office, Incheon, Korea
85 Years of Korean Art, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul
4th Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Hangang Museum, Seoul
1984 History of 40 Years after the Liberation, Gwangju Academy Museum, Gwangju, Korea; Cheonnam
National University, Gwangju, Korea; Catholic Center Exhibition Hall, Busan, Korea; Jin Gallery,
Masan, Korea; Yonsei University, Seoul; Korea University, Seoul
Art of Life, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul; Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
3rd Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Gwangju Academy Museum, Gwangju, Korea
1983 2nd Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul; Soo Gallery, Daegu, Korea
JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1982 1st Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Deoksu Museum, Seoul
30 Years of Incheon Art, Public Information Office, Incheon, Korea
4th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1980 1st Visual Art (~1983), The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul
1st Contemporary Art Now ’80 – Incheon (~1985), Nambin Gallery, Incheon, Korea
