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LEE Kuang-Yu
LAST UPDATE : 2019.10.21 / EDITOR : tcaa
16 artworks / 29 exhibition / 0 essays

Lee Kuang-Yu was born in 1954 in Taiwan. In the early 1970, he entered the Department of Sculpture of the National College of Arts. Following graduation in 1975, he went to Spain to study western sculptural technique and theory. On returning to Taiwan, he taught at TNUA and NTUA, retiring in 2006 to devote himself to his work. Lee Kuang-Yu’s thinking unites modernist and traditional forms, so that abstract forms appear amid figurative pieces. His art marries eastern culture to artistic creation, producing forms full of a highly individual sculptural aesthetic. His work has previously been exhibited in Spain, Austria, Japan and Singapore. LEE Kuang-Yu also accepted an invitation to take part in the 'Open 18 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations', along with October's 'The Moment - Taiwanese Art Projects Exhibition' in New York in 2015. His works can be seen in the public spaces or National Taiwan University Hospital MRT station, on Civic Boulevard, and at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung. Within Taiwan, three major galleries have collected many of his works.

birth year
1954
Place of Birth
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
education
1983
M.F.A
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
1982
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain
1975
Sculpture department
Nation Taiwan University of Art
experience
2006
Present Position
Currently active as an artist
2006-2000
Resigned
Department of Fine Art, National Taiwan University of Arts Professor
2006-1984
Resigned
Department of Fine Art, Taipei National University of Arts Professor
1997
Resigned
The Sculpture Society of Taiwan Secretary-general
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2018
Space, Poetry and People: Art of Lee Kuang-Yu
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
2017
To Have and Have Not: A Simultaneous Exhibition with the Venice Biennale by LEE KUANG-YU
Remarkable Cultivation Art Museum, Chini Gallery , Tainan, Taipei , Taiwan
2017
The 57th Venice Biennale : To Have and Have Not – the Solo Exhibition of LEE KUANG-YU
Palazzo Rota Ivancich , The National Pavilion of San Marino , Venice , Italy
2016
Skein of Heaven – Solo Exhibition of LEE Kuang-Yu
Remarkable Cultivation Art Museum , Tainan , Taiwan
2014
Mountain.Emptiness
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Purity: The Power of Thought
Chung Yo Department Store , Taichung , Taiwan
2012
Red Pine
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2011
Life, illusion of bodies
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts , Taichung , Taiwan
2009
Life, illusion of bodies
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts , Taipei , Taiwan
1992
First solo exhibition
Leisure art center , Taipei , Taiwan
2015
The Moment-The Taiwanese Art Project
Tenri Cultural Institute , New York , USA
2015
Open 18. International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations
Piazzale S. Elisabetta & Blue Moon Square & Hiton Molino Stucky Hotel , Venice , Italy
2014
A Symphonic Concoction: Sculpting Art in Taiwan in the 1980s
Juming Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
Atmospheric-Between Stir and Still
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2013
128 Art Street
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Mind Space
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
2012
Moving In
Chini Gallery , Taipei , Taiwan
1999
Volume & Form
Andres Contemporary Art Pte Lte Singapore
1995
Austria Graz international sculpture craft workshop exhibition
Graz , Austria
1988
The 3rd Asia Art Exhibition
Hukuoka , Japan
1982
Spain coin and relief design exhibition
National Mint of Spain Spain
1981
Spain fall salon
Spain
KEYWORDS
SELECTED ARTWORKS
Gold Foil
169x123.5x237 (cm)
01 / 10
Great Merriment
Sculpture ,
Gold Foil
102x104x228 (cm)
01 / 10
My Beloved Child
Sculpture ,
Gold Foil
127x130x227 (cm)
01 / 10
Thinker
Thinker was inspired by the Metteyya Buddha image of Eastern culture. With concise, light, unhurried but powerful line transition, Lee Kuang-Yu depicts the expression of a person deep in thought. The work also borrows the creative meaning of “between the real and the incorporeal” of eastern art, using a plate-shaped structure to form a spatial style in which real and unreal are intertwined. No matter where he is, the thinker merges into the surrounding space, the space around becomes his own ...
Sculpture ,
Gold Foil
89x87x181 (cm)
01 / 10
Empty Procession
The style of the work Empty Procession was inspired by the kanzhoima of Tibetan Buddhism, having the image of “dancing in the air.” In this work, a piece-like structure formed by flowing lines similar to the lines of calligraphy is used to depict the kanzhoima dancing in the air with a joyful expression. Lee also introduces the meaning of kanzhoima, stressing individual selfreflection, understanding and enlightenment, to finally achieve the transformation of the physical body into the body of ...
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LEE Kuang-Yu, 2013, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2013, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2013, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2013, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2013, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2008, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2007, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 2006, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 1996, Sculpture
LEE Kuang-Yu, 1995, Sculpture
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