Artist

Heejoon Lee

Heejoon Lee pays attention to the aesthetics of design pervading in various locations within the scenery surrounding our lives. He cautiously examines the proportions, balance, and colors of his surrounding environments and seeks subjects for his paintings. Through the process of expanding and editing his collection of sceneries, Lee creates abstract images composed of vertical and horizontal color-planes. He symbolizes the outer scenery and transfers it onto the canvas. In the process of reproducing the images with painting methods, he creates multiple layers and extracts new textures through his brushstrokes, to visualize the layers of time and space he has discovered while observing cityscapes.

  • Education
    • 2012-2014 Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland.
      2006-2012 Bachelor of Painting, Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2021 《Image Architect》, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
      2021 《Raw, Polished, Coated》, Space So, Seoul, Korea
      2020 《The Tourist》, Seoul, Korea
      2017 《Emerald Skin》, Yeemock Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2017 《The Speakers》, Weekend, Seoul, Korea
      2016 《Interior nor Exterior: Prototype》, Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2021 Dwindles to a Point and Vanishes, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
      2021 《Public Art New Hero》, Daechung Museum, Cheongju, Korea
      2020 《Space Sense》, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
      2020 《Sharpness: temperature of Art》, Ilwoo Art Space, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《Painting Network》, Shinhan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《APMAP》, Amorepacific Museum Jeju Osulloc, Seogwipo, Korea
      2019 《Unstable Objects》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《Phantom City》, Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《Geometry, Beyond Simplicity》, Museum San, Wonju, Korea
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2022 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
      2021 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

      Awards/Collections
      2021 Awarding Research Fund, Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
      2020 Public collection of Seoul Metropolitan City, Seoul, Korea
      2020 Public Collection of Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
      2020 Awarding Exhibition Fund, Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
      2019 Public collection of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      2019 First prize winning of ‘New Hero’ award, Public Art magazine, Seoul, Korea
      2018 Public Collection of Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
      2018 Awarding Research Fund, Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
      2017 Awarding Exhibition Fund, Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
  • Link
      

〈Liquid Sunshine〉, 2021, acrylic and photo-collage on canvas, 182 x 182cm, Courtesy of the artist

〈Bricks〉, 2021, acrylic and photo-collage on canvas, 200 x 200cm, Courtesy of the artist

〈Barcelona Pavilion no.1 & no.2〉, 2021, acrylic and photo-collage on canvas, 160 x 160cm each, Courtesy of the artist

〈Flat White at JeomJeom〉, acrylic and photo-collage on canvas, 45.5 x 45.5cm, Courtesy of the artist

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