Yongwoo Lee is an art historian and curator based in Shanghai and Seoul. He is artistic director of the Shanghai International Art City Research Institute, and professor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University. He was previously the director of the Shanghai Himalayas Museum, and the founder and co-curator of Shanghai Project with Hans Ulrich Obrist. He was the first president of the International Biennial Association from 2013 to 2017.