He first visited the United States as a member of the Ford Foundation's Young Artist Program in 1963.
[1] Bae's solo exhibition "Works on Paper" was held at Soker-Kaseman Gallery in San Francisco in 1983.
A posthumous solo exhibition was held at Jean Art Gallery in Seoul, South Korea in 2008.
His art explored themes related to Asian philosophy and spirituality, particularly Confucian and Zen ideas.
Bae died on November 14, 1992, of colon cancer.