Heejoon Lee
Heejoon Lee
Seoul, South Korea, b. 1988
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Seoul, South Korea, b. 1988
Heejoon Lee creates abstract paintings from images of the natural world. In 2012, he earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and Sculpture from Hongik University, and a master's degree in Fine Art from the University of Glasgow School of Art in 2014. In this way, the artist collects, edits, and brushes the accumulated experiences and daily images obtained from travels from close surrounding to distinct locations, and incorporated them into geometric shapes. The composed instant images add the texture and time of the accumulated paint to generate a new space on the canvas. In addition to the photo collage and thick matière geometric shapes in <The Tourist> in 2020, the artist shifts his focus from minor objects to the surrounding landscape and extends the visual experience beyond abstract painting to the experience of space in which architecture and painting coexist.
2014
M.F.A. Fine Arts, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2012
B.F.A. Painting and Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Education
2019
First prize winning of ‘New Hero’ award, Public Art magazine, Seoul, Korea
2017
Nominated for ‘Essay & Image’ in Art World magazine, Seoul, Korea
2016
Nominated for ‘New Look’ in Art and Culture magazine, Seoul, Korea
Award
2023
<Scaffolding>, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2022
<Heejoon Lee>, Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea
2021
<Raw, Polished, Coated>, Space So, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2023
<Discovery: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea>, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY, USA
2023
<2023 KUMHO YOUNG ARTIST>, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2023
<PATH OF CONTACT>, ARCO Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition
2021
Incheon Art Flatform, Incheon, Korea
2013
Neoterismoi Toumazou, Nicosia, Cyprus
Residency
Heejoon Lee
Machine's Score
Artue - Korea
Sold
$6,870
(₩9,000,000)
Heejoon Lee
Orchids and Haze
Artue - Korea
Sold
$6,870
(₩9,000,000)
Heejoon Lee
Beyond the Horizon of a Black Hole
Artue - Korea
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Heejoon Lee
Utopia
Artue - Korea
Sold
$8,396
(₩11,000,000)
Heejoon Lee
The Orbit of a Red Comet
Artue - Korea
Available
$611
(₩800,000)
Heejoon Lee
Utopia
Artue - Korea
Available
$611
(₩800,000)
5 May 2023 - 11 Jun 2023
Scaffolding
Heejoon Lee presents the architectural elements of proportion, balance, and color he discovered in the process of exploring the urban architectural space with his own abstract visual language. In this exhibition, Lee showcases his painting and sculpture that incorporate ‘scaffolding', a temporary external architectural structure used in the construction process, and his installation work that displays the actual exhibition space as a variable environment. The modern aesthetic space newly created by the materiality of painting and the conversion of senses invites the viewers to escape from the norm and have multifaceted experiences.
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
18 Jul 2023 - 27 Aug 2023
Discovery: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea
The exhibition "Discovery: 12 Contemporary Artists From Korea", presented by Artue, showcases the diverse talents on the cutting-edge of Korea’s art scene, with works from artists : Sungsic Moon, Park Chan-wook, Jina Park, Heejoon Lee, Eunu Lee, HaSeulLin Jeong, Hyundoo Jung, Hyun Seung Eui, Chansong Kim, Yoonhee Na, Hyeon-A Cho, and Seok Cho. By encapsulating a broad range of contemporary artistic practices, it offers an intimate glance into the current landscape and future potential of Korean art, further promoting the understanding of postwar Korean art that has rapidly ascended in the global art sphere over the past decade.
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY, USA
20 May 2021 - 11 Jul 2021
Shrunk and became a point, disappearing
Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea