Since he began exhibiting in the 1970s, Lee Kun-Yong has presented his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as international art exhibitions, including the Paris Biennale (1973); Bienal de São Paulo (1979); Gwangju Biennale (2000); and Busan Biennale (2014).
More recent solo exhibitions include Lee Kun-Yong, Pace, Hong Kong (2022); Lee Kun-Yong: Bodyscape, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul (2021); Lee Kun-Yong: Relay Life, Busan Museum of Art (2019); Lee Kun-Yong, Pace, Beijing (2018); Lee Kun-Yong: Lee Kun-Yong in Snail's Gallop, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Gwacheon (2014).
Select group exhibitions include The Avant-Garde: Experimental Art in South Korea, in 1960s—1970s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2022); CORPUS GESTUS VOX, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan (2021); Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s—1990s, MMCA Gwacheon, National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT), Tokyo, and National Gallery Singapore (2019); Renegades in Resistance and Challenge, Daegu Art Museum (2018); As the Moon Waxes and Waves, MMCA Gwacheon (2016).
