1953 Born in Seoul, Korea
1978 BFA. Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1981 Moved to New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 "Landscapic Algorithm", PKM TRINITY GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
2006 "Landscapic Algorithm", LIG Tower, Seoul, Korea
2002 "An Economy of Signs", Elga Wimmer PCC, New York
1998 "Project and Recede ll", Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1997 Galerie àpert, Amsterdam, Holland
1997 "Project and Recede ll", Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1997 "Project and Recede ll", Galerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea
1996 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1996 Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996 "Project and Recede" Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1993 "Minus and Plus", B4A Gallery, New York
1986 Gallery International, Washington, D.C.
1986 Zone Gallery, New York, including Performance, "Marcel et Moi; II"
1984 LaMaMa La Galleria, New York
1979 Komai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 "Invitation to Modern Art", Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2006 "Dragon Veins", Contemporary Art Museum University of South Florida, Florida
2005 "Black on White", Elga Wimmer PCC, New York
2003 "At the Crossroads", Gallery Korea, New York
2003 "Signs, Symbols & Codes", Elga Wimmer PCC, New York
2003 "Clear Intentions", The Rotunda Gallery, New York
2003 "Dreams and Reality": Korean American Contemporary Art, International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2002 "New Acquisitions 2001", National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2002 Project 3(with Yun-fei Ji, Xu Bing, Rie Hachiyanagi), Elga Wimmer PCC, New York
2001 Korean Art 2001; The Reinstatement of Painting, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2001 "Mind and Scenery", Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
2000 Gallery Hyndai at Art Chicago, Chicago & Art Basel, Basel
2000 The Horizon of New Millennium, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1998 "Art Frankfurt", Messe Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Todd Gallery, London, England
1996 "Sign Language", Polo Gallery, New Jersey
1996 "5th Year Celebration", Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1996 "19th Anniversary Benefit GALA/Art Auction", The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1996-98 "Champions of Modernism", Art of Tomorrow and Today, Castle Gallery,
New Rochelle, New York / Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Florida
1995 '95 Annual Summer Show at Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1995 Elga Wimmer at Art Chicago '95
1995 "Minimal: Optimal", Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
1994 "One Hundred Hearts Benefit Art Auction", The Contemporary, New York
1994 "Betrayal/Empowerment", Great Dodge Hall, Columbia University, New York
1993 "Drawing", B4A Gallery, New York
1987 "Artmix 87" Space 2B, New York
1985 "Sexy Provocative just plain Lewd" Torn Awning Gallery, New York
1985 "Personal History/Public Address" Minor Injury Gallery, New York
1985 Four Person Show with Performance, "Marcel et Moi; I", Torn Awning Gallery,
New York
1985 "Homeless at Home" Storefront Gallery, New York
1983 "Current Korean-American Sensibilities", Gallery Korea, New York
1981 "Korean Drawing Now", The Brooklyn Museum, New York and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1981 "Today's Situation", Kwan Hun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1981 "Korean Drawing Now", National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1981 Stage Design Award, The 2nd Korean Dance Festival, Seoul, Korea
1980 The Grand Exhibition of Prints & Drawings, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1979 "The 15th Biennale de Sáo Paulo", Muse de Arte, Sáo Paulo, Brazil
1979 "The Korean Artists", Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1979 "7 Artists in Korea & Japan", Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1979 "7 Artists in Korea & Japan", Hankook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1978 The 5th Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition held by Hankook Press Group, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
1978 "The Past 20 Years", National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1978 The 5th Hongik Printing Group Show, Gyonji Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1978 Chun Buk Contemporary Art Festival, Chunju, Korea
1977 Four Person Show, Taein Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1977 "Facets of Contemporary Korean Art", Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1977 "Korean Contemporary Paintings", National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1976 Three Person Show, Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1980-76 Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1980-76 Kwangju Contemporary Art Festival, The Chonil Art Gallery, Kwangju, Korea
1980-76 Pusan Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan City Public Gallery, Pusan, Korea
1979-75 Ecole De Séoul, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1979-75 Independants, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1979-75 Daegu Contemporary Art Festival, Daegu Public Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1975 "Length & Breath", Press Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1974 Performance, "Here/Now", Nackdong River, Daegu, Korea
1974 The 2nd Independents, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1974 Exhibition of Prints by 10 Artists, U.S.I.S. Seoul, Korea
1973 The 1st Independents, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Publications and Reviews
2006 International Magazine of Space Design: bob, Art &Space, August, Seoul, Korea
2006 Shinyoung Chung "Landscapic Algorithm", The Monthly Art Magazine: Wol Gan Misool, April, Seoul, Korea
2005 Kyungmee Park, "Paintings of Sang Nam Lee", Contemporary Art, Spring, Seoul, Korea
2003 Melissa Chiu, Asian Art Now, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 37, Australia
2003 John Keene, Sang Nam Lee: "An Economy of Signs", Bridge Magazine, Volume 1 Number 3, Chicago
2003 Richard Vine, February, Review of Exhibition, Art in America
2002 Time Out New York, June 21-27, Art Listings, Issue No. 351
2002 Jonathan Goodman, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 35, Australia
2001 Berry Schwabsky, "Sang Nam Lee and the Subject of Abstraction",
The Monthly Art Magazine: Wol Gan Misool, Nov. Seoul, Korea
1999 Jonathan Goodman, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 21, Australia
1999 Elleen Tabios, "Art Folio", The Asian Pacific American Journal, Spring Summer,
New York
1998 New Yorker, Short List, Feb. 16, New York
1998 New York, Art List, Feb. 9, New York
1998 Richard Vine, "Asian Futures", Art in America, July, New York
1998 Robert C. Morgan, The End of the Art World, Allworth Press, New York
1998 Carl Skelton, dART International, April May June, Canada
1998 New Observations (issue 117) Winter, "The Voice of a 'Deconstructed' Artist"
1998 Kim Levin, Choices Art, The Village Voice, March, New York
1998 Ken Johnson, The New York Times February, "Art Guide"
1998 Robert C. Morgan, Review February, New York
1998 Denise Carvalho, Review February, New York
1997 Amyre Loomis, One World Volume 3, Issue 3, New York
1997 Yoon Ie Lee, Koreana Autumn, Seoul, Korea
1997 Richard Vine, Space March, Seoul, Korea
1997 Bang Heun Cyun, Space March, Seoul, Korea
1997 Interview Sang Nam Lee Bogoseo, Seoul, Korea
1997 Pil Lee, Korean Art Critics Review Autumn, Seoul, Korea
1996 George J. Hass, Sign Language, Polo Gallery, New Jersey
1996 D. Dominick Lombaridi, Essay for Champions of Modernism, Portico Inc, New York
1997 Maia Damianovic, Essay for "Project/Recede II", Gallery Hyundai & Galerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea
1998 Wan Kyung Seong, The Monthly Art Magazine: Wol Gan MiSool, Nov, Seoul, Korea
1996 Richard Vine, July, Review of Exhibition, Art in America
1996 Pamela Wye, The New York Art Intelligencer, Winter
1996 Denise Carvalho, Cover Magazine, May, New York
1996 Pepe Karmel, Art in Review February, The New York Times
1996 Kim Levin, Choices Art, The Village Voice, Feb, New York
1996 Pierre Restany, Essay for "Project/Recede" at Elga Wimmer Gallery
1995 Maia Damianovic, Essay for "Minimal : Optimal" at Elga Wimmer Gallery
1993 Sung Won Kang, The Monthly Art Magazine: Wol Gan MiSool, July, Seoul, Korea
1993 Robert C. Morgan, Minus and Plus, Essay for B4A, July, New York
1986 East Village Eye, March, New York
1979 Kidazawa Kensho, Bijutsu Techo, September, Japan
1977 Bijutsu Techo, October, Japan
1977 Bijutsu Techo, November, Japan
1976 Toshiaki Minemura, Mizue, October, Japan
1975 Joseph Love, Mizue, March, Japan
1975 Joseph Love, Art International, June, Switzerland