Artist

Soyo Lee

Soyo Lee is a visual artist working in the theme of natural history and life sciences in the modern transitional period in Korea. Soyo is a PhD in Electronic Art from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with interdisciplinary research on conservation and preservation of historical fluid-preserved human anatomy specimens. Her works have been shown at venues including MMCA Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, NJP Art Center and MCA Australia.

  • Education
    • 2013 PhD in Electronic Arts, Department of the Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
      2009 MFA, Department of the Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
      2006 BFA, Department of Fine A2022 ejrts, Korea National University of Arts. Seoul.
      1998 BA, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul.
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2022 Jasan-urbo, a pictureless natural history , Seodaeun Museum of Natural History, Seoul.
      2021 Heuksan, dark and scary, Mihakgwan, Seoul.
      2017 Jasan-urbo, a pictureless natural history, Lifeforms in culture, Seoul.
      2016 A Dying Art, Art Space Hue, Paju.
      2015 Ornamental Cactus Design, Gallery 175, Seoul.
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2022 2022 Jeju Biennale: Flowing Moon, Embracing Land, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju.
      2022 Gangneung International Art Festival: Tale of a City, Daechumoo Fine Art, Gangneung.
      2022 Zero, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul.
      2021 Because we do not know ourselves, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Jeongok.
      2021 2021 DMZ Art & Peace Platform, UniMARU, Paju.
      2021 Sounds of the Blue Marble: Mourning the Anthropocene, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul.
      2021 The Pearl Diver, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan.
      2020 As after sunset fadeth in the west, Art Scape 1, Wooran Foundation, Seoul.
      2019 Ecological Sense, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin.
      2018 Tastes of Weather, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul.
      2016 New Romance: Art and the Posthuman, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.
      2016 An Illustrated Book of Plants, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2021 MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul.
      2020 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul.
      2019-2020 NTUCCA Residencies, Singapore.

      Collections
      Seoul Museum of Art
      Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
      Verbeke Foundation
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A Dying Art, 2012/2022, mixed media installation, variable size, photograph provided by Space Aefter.

Jasan-urbo, a pictureless natural history, 2019, mixed media installation, variable size, photograph provided by Wooran Foundation.

A couple of days spent with Jeju camellias, 2020/2022, mixed media installation, variable size, photograph provided by Jeju Biennale.

Yago, somewhat like mushrooms, 2020/2022, mixed media installation, variable size, photograph provided by Jeju Biennale.

Plastiquity Archive, 2022, mixed media installation, variable size, photograph provided by Seoul Arts Center.

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