Seoul, b. unknown

Inhyeon Lee(b. 1958) majored in painting at Seoul National University and obtained a master's and doctoral degree from the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts. He served as a professor at the Department of Painting at Hansung University for over 30 years and trained younger students. Since the early 1990s, he has continued the ‘L'épistémè of Painting’ series, which raises philosophical questions about the historical structure of art. To this day, he has achieved outstanding pictorial achievements through endless challenges. Inhyeon Lee held 21 solo exhibitions across Korea and Japan. He also participated in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad, including the INDEPENDENTS exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in 1979 and 1980, the Gwangju Biennale in 2000, Grand Palais Paris, Seibu Museum of Art in Japan, Artcore Gallery in LA, Institute of Contemporary Art in Singapore, and Seoul Museum of Art. Participated in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He won the Award of Excellence at the 1st SPACE International Prints Biennale and the Grand Prix at the 10th Seoul International Print Biennale. His works are collected in the National Museum of Modern Art, the British Museum, and the Seoul Museum of Art.