SUGA KISHIO

• SUGA KISHIO, born in Iwate prefecture, a contemporary artist. His works are diverse, including sculptures and installations. He is a member of the "Mono-ha" group that emerged in the late 1960s to 70s. He boldly uses space and combines everyday objects such as wood, stone, and metal to create his works. Major collections: The Dallas Museum of Art, Tate Gallery, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Chiba City Museum of Art, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

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    LEE U-FAN, internationally acclaimed artist and representative of the Mono-ha movement. He came to Japan in 1956 to study philosophy at Nihon University, where he absorbed a wide range of Eastern and Western thought and literature and became a driving force behind a trend known as the Mono-ha. He had solo exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA in 2011 and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Metz, France in 2019. In 2010, he opened the Lee Ufan Museum in Naoshima, Japan, in collaboration with ANDO TADAO. He opened the Gallery called Space LeeUFan on the grounds of the Busan Municipal Museum of Art. Major Collections: The Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou, Tate Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto