LEE LEE NAM

 

 

1969       Born in Damyang, Jeonnam, Korea

 

Educations

2013       Completed D.F.A. in Fine Arts, Chosun University, Jeonnam, Korea

2011       Completed D.F.A. in Communication & Arts, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

1997       M.F.A. in Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, Chosun University, Jeonnam, Korea

1995       B.F.A. in Sculpture, College of Fine Arts, Chosun University, Jeonnam, Korea

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026    Beholding the Formless, Hearing the Soundless, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

On Repeat: Memory, Glacier Museum of Art, Wonju, Korea

 

2025    The Archaeology of Radiant Light, Chinggis Khaan National Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

             Landscape Theater of Lee Lee Nam, National Asian Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea

2024    Stand at the Center of Existence Beyond Visible Forms, Indang Museum of Daegu Health College, Daegu, Korea

Light Beyond the Visible, Guri Cultural Foundation, Guri, Korea

2023      Stand at the Center of Existence Beyond Visible Forms, Gyeomjae Jeong Seon Museum, Seoul, Korea

             Thinking Landscape, Ujong Museum of Art, Boseong, Korea

2022       Light Shining Upon Each Person, Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP), Gwangju, Korea

Mars Odyssey: A Cosmic Utopia Embroidered with Light, Hwaseong ICT Life Culture Center, Hwaseong, Korea

2021    Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale: The Comfort of Life, Hampyeong Museum of Art, Hampyeong, Korea

Lee Lee Nam: Singal of Light, National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2020       He’s been here...Postmodern Aura In Lee Lee Nam, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2019       Lee Lee Nam, Encounter of Light, Seoul Botanic Park Magok Cultural Hall, Seoul, Korea

2018       A Path to Peace, MARS Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2016       Update_6, ZEBRASTRAAT, Ghent, Belgium

At the rising of the roots, AANDO FINE ART, Berlin, Germany 

2015       Good Night Analogue, Good Morning Digital, The Korea Society Gallery, New York, US

Kigali National Day Commemorative Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

2014       Leenam Lee: Reborn Again Light, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2013       Good Night Analogue, Good Morning Digital, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China

             Good Night Analogue, Good Morning Digital, ArtMia, Beijing, China

 

2012    A Conversation between Monet and Sochi: Video Art by Lee-nam Lee, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, US

             Dillusion, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2011       Les Peintures Vivantes, art center nabi, Seoul, Korea

             A Conversation Between Monet and Sochi, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, US

2010       Art at Your Fingertips, SUN GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

2009       Lee Leenam, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

             Light & Art, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Shinsegae Gallery Centum City, Busan, Korea

2008       Myth Inside Monitor, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

             LEE LEE NAM, CAIS Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2007    Gwangju Shinsegae Art Festival Award Winner Exhibition: Lee Lee Nam, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea       

Lee Lee-Nam, LEE ART, Deagu, Korea

2006       Young Artist of the Year: Lee Lee Nam – Reality and Illusion, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2005       Lee Lee Nam, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

 

Selected Group Exhhibitions

2026       New York New Ink!, Korean Cultural Center New York, New York, US

Time Travel with Contemporary Artists from Textbooks, Park Soo Keun Museum in Yanggu County, Yanggu, Korea

2025    International Digital Art Triennial: Symbiosis, Gallery of Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

The Paddy Fields and the Re-wild, Tiaobei Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

2024       The Jerusalem Biennale, Art and Nomads: Multiple Horizons, President Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel

Gwangju Design Biennale: Meet Design, Poetic Space of Awon, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

2023      50 Years of the Van Gogh Museum: A Living Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fission: The New Wave of International Digital Art, Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Arts Centre, Changsha, China

2022   Jeju Biennale: Flowing Moon, Embracing Land, Jeju International Peace Center, Jeju

Jinan International Biennale: A World of Coexistence, Shandong Art Museum, Shandong, China; Jinan Art Museum, Jinan, China

2021    Korean International Ceramic Biennale: Re: Start, Recovery-Draw a Space, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, Korea

POST MODERNITY: MODERNITY = HYPER REALITY : REALITY, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Koera

2020    One Inspiration – The Very First Ideas from Korean Tradition and Culture, The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Planting Peace, Embracing the World, National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Seoul, Korea

 

2019       London East Asia Film Festival, Film & Art: Rise of Roots, Starr Cinema, Tate Modern, London, UK

Korean Video Art from 1970s to 1990s: Time Image Apparatus, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2018       Nam June Paik & Lee Lee Nam Media Art, KAIST Vision Hall, Daejeon, Korea

             Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

2017       Istanbul Biennial: Taste of Tea, Haydarpaşa Train Station, Istanbul, Türkiye

Gwangju Design Biennale Special Exhibition: Futures – Media Art: Post Human, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju,       Korea

2016       Bill Viola · Lee Lee Nam, St. Jacob’s Church, Ghent, Belgium

             PLEASE RETURN TO BUSAN PORT, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway

             Gardens of the World, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland

2015       Personal Structures – Crossing Borders, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy

             Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial: Imagining Place, Willoughby, Australia

2014       Simultaneous Echoes, Fortabat Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina

             Heritage, Legacy and Light, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

2013       A Soldier’s Tale – 60 Years of Memories, 130 Years of Friendship, Asia House, London, UK

             Korean Contemporary, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

             Kobe Biennale, Meriken Park, Kobe, Japan

2012       Digital Furniture, art center nabi, Seoul, Korea

             Gwangju Art Prize Artists Exhibition, WooJaeGil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2011       Chengdu Biennale: Pure Views: Contemporary Art Exhibition, East Chengdu Music Park, Chengdu, China

2010       50th Anniversary Exhibition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France

             The Lamp of the East, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India

2009       Moscow Biennale Special Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

             Topography of the Spirit: Cross-Sections of Korean Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,             Taichung, Taiwan

2008       Seville Biennale: Youniverse, Palace of Charles V, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain

             Meme Trackers, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China

2007       The Museum Blooms a Flower, Gongju National Museum, Gongju, Korea

Smithsonian American Art Museum Open Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States of America, Washington, D.C., US

2006    Seoul International Media Art Biennale: Dual Realities, Seoul Museum of Art, Seosomun Main Branch, Seoul, Korea

             Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition, Art Orchestra, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

 

 

 

 

Awards and Selected

2020       Selected Artists, KOREAN EYE 2020, Parallel Contemporary Art, UK

2010       SUN Art Award, SUN GALLERY, Korea

2009       Young Artist of the Year Award, Korean Fine Arts Association, Korea

             Artist of the Year Grand Prize, KBS Gwangju, Korea

2005       Young Artist of the Year Award, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea

             Grand Prize, Gwangju Shinsegae Art Award, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2002       Gwangju Art Award, Gwangju Art Award Committee, Korea

Selected Artist, Ha Jungwoong Young Artists Invitation Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea

 

Selected Projects

2026       Google × Lee Lee Nam Media Art Collaboration, Gemini Playground, The Shilla Seoul, Seoul, Korea

FIFA World Cup Media fasad, Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico

2025       Media Façade Screening on the Colosseum, Korea-Italy Cultural Exchange Year, Colosseum, Rome, Italy

APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center, Gyeongju, Korea

2024       Moonlight Lotus Show at Changgyeonggung Palace, Changgyeonggung, Seoul, Korea

2023       Korea Now Festival, Outernet London, London, UK

Seoul Light: Digital Subculture, Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Korea

2022       Seoul Media Art Week, Digital Media Channels around Samseong-dong Trade Center, Seoul, Korea

             Raonhajae: Cooling Off on a Summer Night, Media Façade, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts,   Seoul, Korea

2021       Unique Henan: Land of Drama, Media Façade Project, Zhengzhou, China

The Signal of Light, Exterior Screens, Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid, Spain

2020       Corporate Citizenship, Light for Coexistence, Media Art Installation, POSCO Center, Seoul, Korea

             Gwangju Reborn, Media Art Installation, Jeonil Building 245, Gwangju, Korea

2017       Face in the Book, National Library of Korea Records and Media Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

Residency

2018       Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris, France

             Gyeongju International Residency Art Festa, Gyeongju, Korea

 

Selected Careers

2020         Advisory Committee Member, Building Artwork Policy FGI Research

2019       Media Art Director for the Opening Ceremony Finale, FINA World Championships
Media Director for the Opening Ceremony, ISEA: International Symposium on Electronic Art

2017       Media Art Director for the Closing Ceremony, FINA World Championships
Artistic Director for the Opening Ceremony, Gwangju Media Art Festival
Media Art Performance Director, Budapest, Hungary

 

2015       Artistic Director, Summer Universiade, Gwangju, Korea
Media Art Director for the Opening Ceremony, Asia Culture Center

 

Selected Collections

National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea

Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea

Yeongam Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art, Yeongam, Korea

Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Uijae Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

art center nabi, Seoul, Korea

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, US

and others