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LEE Woosung

Lee’s works are the portrait of the people of today’s society, and begins from paying attention to ordinary events. In his recent works, Lee paints his subjects on large fabric banners. Though banners have been widely used as propaganda in the past, Lee paints his personal acquaintances in their ordinary routines, such as having a cup of coffee or waiting for a bus. The realistic yet symbolic vocabularies, and the idea of ‘painting that folds and unfolds’ creates the artist’s unique oeuvre.

Lee Woosung was born in Seoul, 1983. He received his BFA in Painting from Hongik University and MFA in Fine Arts from Korea National University of Arts. Following his first exhibition in 2008, he has held many exhibitions in Korea’s major art museums such as Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul), Gyeongnam Art Museum (Changwon, Korea), etc. He also worked on multiple projects in major alternative spaces such as Common Center (Seoul), Art Space Pool (Seoul), Amado Art Space/Lab (Seoul), etc. He participated in exhibitions abroad, such as DOOSAN Gallery New York (New York), and Wexford Art Center (Wexford, Ireland). Although he has held many exhibitions in various institutions, My Dear is Lee’s first solo exhibition in a gallery. 

Biography

 

1983 Born in Seoul, Korea

Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

 

Education

2012 MFA, Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea

2009 BFA, Painting, College of Fine Ars, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

 

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Come Sit with Me, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2021 But some day, one day, soon, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2017 My Dear, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás, Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul, Korea

2015 Pulling from the Front, Pushing from Behind, Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

2013 Returning, Entering, Descending, Devouring, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2012 The Tower We Built Up, Seoul Art Space Seogyo; Seoul Art Space Hongeun, Seoul, Korea

Bul Bul Bul, Gallery175, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Projects

2022 Revolution: Throw, Angelism, Seoul, Korea

2021 Well with Anything: Owl in Long Long Night x Outhouse, Youtube; Instagram Live; 

Outhouse, Seoul, Korea

2020 Project: Ghidam – Incheon Seo-gu Public Art Project, Cosmo40; Janggogae-ro area, 

Incheon, Korea

Scattered Fragments in the Memory of Their Respective Positions, 

Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Owl in Long Long Night: Drawing Class, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, YouTube

Strange Spring, Live Audio-Visual Performance Ep. 1, Instagram Live; Multi Use Room, 

Seoul, Korea

2019 Sailing a Paddle Boat, 5 Percent, Seoul, Korea

Draw a Slanted Night (Workshop), Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Artist’s Lunch Box, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2018 Life is Like a Game, Ilmin Museum Mural Project, Seoul, Korea

2017 Kiss Kiss, Hello! Artist Seoullo 7017, Seoul, Korea

2016 Outdoor Painting Project, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand

2011 14th Seoul Fringe Festival: Sabujak Sabujak – Two Moving Winters, Placemak, 

Seoul, Korea

 

Residencies

2023 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2017 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea

2016 The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand

2015 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea

2014 Cow House Studio, Enniscorthy, Ireland

2013 MMCA Goyang Residency, Goyang, Korea

2012 SFAC Seoul Art Space Hongeun, Seoul, Korea

2009 Space Beam International Artist-in-Residence Program, Incheon, Korea

 

Awards

2013 OCI Young Creatives, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, Korea

MMCA Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea

Government Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Semi Art Community Project: Boo Gie Woo Gie Art Museum, Ulsan Art Museum, 

Ulsan, Korea

RePlant, Seoul National University Powerplant 68-dong, Seoul, Korea

2022 Rent, Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul, Korea

Hangang, E-Land Cruise Terminal 1 and 2; Yeouido Hangang Park; Cruise Ship, 

Seoul, Korea

Something may happen, Kyungpook National University Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

Skins, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

From Now to Now, Culture Street in Junggu, Ulsan, Korea

An Exhibition with Little Information, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, Korea

Real DMZ Project: Checkpoint. Border Views from Korea, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 

Wolfsburg, Germany

Unboxing Project: Today, New Spring Project, Seoul, Korea

The painters en plein air, A-Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Seoul, Korea

Real DMZ Project: Negotiating Borders, Sydney, Korean Cultural Centre Australia, 

Sydney, Australia

2021 SeMA Collection: Captured Time, Yeoksam 1 Culture Center, Seoul, Korea

Ogamdo: 5 Scenes of Korean Art, Aural Gallery (Online Exhibition), Madrid, Spain

Bony, Museumhead, Seoul, Korea

Binge-Watching; 14284, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

The Society of Individuals, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, Korea

Painting as Performativity, This is not a church, Seoul, Korea

38˚C, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2020 1st Jinan International Biennial: Harmo-power, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China

Art Plant Asia 2020: Hare Way Object, Deoksugung Palace, Seoul, Korea

Never Ever Artistic, Sloppy Museum, Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Follow, Flow, Feed, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Ogamdo: 5 Scenes of Korean Art (Curated by A-Lounge, Online Exhibition), 

Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Storm is blowing from paradise, Kyobo Art Space, Seoul, Korea

Azaleas Bloom and Fall, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

Us Against You, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

New Normal, Old House, Seoul, Korea

Ring: A Circle and a Square, Korean Cultural Center, Hong Kong

2019 There Might Be More Light, Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, Korea

Kahn Parade 2019: Kahn Show - The Natural Variety, Post Territory Ujeongguk, 

Seoul, Korea

The 7th Man #4 “Buchimgae Party”, Space MM, Seoul, Korea

Apprenticeship of Artist, SNUE Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

The Adventures of Korean Contemporary Painting: I Will Go Away All by Myself, 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea

The House Where Art Lives, Songzhuang Contemporary Art Archive, Beijing, China; 

Korean Cultural Center Gallery MI, Tokyo; Fei Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan

Ring: A Circle and a Square, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea

One Shiny Day, National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, New Delhi, India

Preview, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Moving & Migration: Stories from a Place to Other, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 

Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

New Spaces: New Korean Art since 2010, Genron Chaos*Lounge Gotanda Atelier, 

Tokyo, Japan

Multi-Access 4913, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

The Sea Will Not Sink, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea; Space illi; Artspace Boan1942; 

Hart; Space 291; Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

Immortality in the Cloud, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Pool Rising, Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

2018 Still Alive, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea

12th Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea

21st Bucheon International Comics Festival: Comics, and Beyond, 

Korea Manhwa Museum, Bucheon, Korea

Pleasantly Bluntly (Commentary), Artspace Boan1942, Seoul, Korea

The Show Must Go On, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Us, Coexisting, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Lobby Gallery, Suwon, Korea

Bridge Project, Space Sieon, Jeonju, Korea

October, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

Kahn Parade 2018: Biting Kahns, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, Korea

2017 The Scrap, Wangsan-ro 9-gil 24, Seoul, Korea

October, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Urban Ritornello: The Archives on Community, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Don’t Dream of It, There is No Other World: Consolation from Labour and Art in an Overworked Society, 

Alternative Artspace Ipo, Seoul, Korea

Stars of Stars, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

Pool Rising, Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

The Red Brick House, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Undefined Boundaries, Heritage Space, Hanoi, Vietnam

Painting / Daily Document, soshoroom, Seoul, Korea

2016 Seoul Focus: No Longer Objects, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

The Moon, Round Like a Little Plate, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea

Twin Peaks, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea

Close Relation: Art Wanting to be Close to the Public, and the Public Wanting to Become Art, 

Sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea

Chaser; They Seriously Loved, Artspace Boan1942, Seoul, Korea

Narration, space bm, Seoul, Korea

Body Matters: art as discourse, performativity, representation, 

Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Floating, Concrete, DOOSAN Gallery New York, New York, US

Nanji 9th Review: Experiment & Expression, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2015 Ferment, Sempio Space, Icheon, Korea

Ruins, Korean Cultural Center, Shanghai, China

Goods, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea

Festival 284, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

Give Way, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland

Nanji Art Show IV: Cyanosis, SeMA Nanji Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea

Nanji Art Show II: Nightseeing, SeMA Nanji Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea

A Form of Self, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Pool Rising, Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

Sixth Sense, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2014 Once Is Not Enough, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul, Korea

Catego-Rising, Gallery175, Seoul, Korea

Today’s Salon, COMMON CENTER, Seoul, Korea

Byul-Byul-Dong-Haeng (同行), OCI Museum of Art, Seoul; 

Gwangyang Culture and Art Center, Gwangyang; Pohang Art Center, Pohang;

Yeongju Culture & Arts Center, Yeongju; Gunsan Art Center, Gunsan, Korea

Bonup: Art as Livelihood, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2013 Love Impossible, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Drawn to Drawing, Gallery Kaze, Osaka; Gallery Nakai, Kyoto, Japan

Fluxus Forecast, MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, Korea

Incidents, MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, Korea

Near Future, Far Comfort, Gallery White Block, Paju, Korea

A Wise Answer to an Absurd Question (愚問賢答), KunstDoc Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2012 A Cabinet in the Washing Machine, Seodaemun-gu Recycling Center, Seoul; 

Pangyo Eco-Center, Pangyo, Korea

2011 Sai Sai Project, Telephathic Power & Itaewon Area, Seoul, Korea

Young & Upcoming, Kunsthalle Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea

2010 The Orbit of Painting, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea

Rare Flash, KEPCO Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2009 Public Studio_IV: Sarangbang Guests and Baedari, Space Beam, Incheon, Korea

2008 AB, Television 12, Seoul, Korea

 

Artworks
The Sunset and Smile

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

72.7x72.7cm

In the Fall, in Yeouido

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

Pink Rose and Smile

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

72.7x72.7cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

I Am Still Working

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x50cm

The Disappearance of the Self on the Mirror

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x65.1cm

The Disappearance of the Self on the Mirror

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

65.1x65.1cm

A Studying Person, Smudged with Light Blue in the Head and Background

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

90.9x72cm

A Reader, in Pastel Violet and Blue-green, and Muscari Seeds

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

90.9x72.7cm

Come Sit with Me

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

91x91cm

Come Sit with Me

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

91x91cm

Come Sit with Me

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

91x91cm

A Person Sitting on a Chair, Painted Twice Repeatedly

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

91x91cm

Red Color and Orange Lights Silhouette

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

91x91cm

Face with No Shadow, in Mid-Tone Gray

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

116.8x91cm

Two People and Bright Blue

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

116.8x91cm

I Will Be Back Here Again

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

116.8x91cm

At Anyang-cheon, Standing Against the Sunlight Around 6pm

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

130.3x130.3cm

Two People Standing by the Large Window and a Painting on the Wall

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

130.3x130.3cm

Looking Straight Up While Lying on the Floor, in Mid-Tone

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

130.3x130.3cm

Sitting on the Wooden Foyer, Aged Tree Color and Blue, and a Small Flower

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

162.2x130cm

A Standing Man in the Red Backdrop

2023

Acrylic gouache on canvas

162.2x130.3cm

Tumbling Around

2023

Acrylic gouache on a quilted cloth

200x200cm

Fresh Green Cucumbers

2023

Acrylic gouache and acrylic latex on fabric

210x210cm

Eternal Story

2023

Acrylic gouache and black gesso on fabric

210x210cm

Eternal Story

2023

Acrylic gouache on fabric

210x210cm

The Sunset and Friends

2023

Acrylic gouache on a quilted cloth

260x600cm

Rocking Stone

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

50 x 65 cm

Splash Splash

2017

Acrylic gouache on fabric

210 x 210 cm

Four of Us Gathered by Chance, and We Had Drinks

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

To Knock this Tree Down - Crack Crack Boom

2017

Acrylic gouache, water-based paint, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

While Having a Cup of Coffee with Yoonjung

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

Tonight, Many Decisions Will be Made

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

Yeojin, Please Light Up the Flashlight on Your Phone

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

Jaehoon, Waiting for a Bus in Sinchon

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

Teacher's Hand, Wrinkles on His Jacket, and Empty Glasses

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 105 cm

Floating Lights on the Street

2016

Water-based paint, gesso on fabric

300 x 543 cm (x2)

People Sitting on Top of a Red Brick Wall

2014

Acrylic gouache, water-based paint on fabric

345 x 300 cm (x4)

Sejin, Painted Twice Repeatedly

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on fabric

210 x 210 cm

My Dear

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

50 x 65 cm

My Dear

2017

Acrylic gouache on canvas

40.9 x 31.8 cm

My Dear

2017

Acrylic gouache on canvas

24.2 x 33.4 cm

I Came a Long Way to See You; Let's Share and Eat Here

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

50 x 65 cm (x3)

Always on My Mind

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

65 x 50 cm

Sunset

2017

Acrylic gouache on canvas

31.8 x 40.9 cm

Burning Charcoal on Your Head

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

31.5 x 41 cm

I’m Waiting for…

2017

Acrylic gouache on canvas

40.9 x 31.8 cm

Where Were You That Day?

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

31.5 x 41 cm

Miracle of the Han River

2015

Gouache on canvas board

37.9 x 45.5 cm

Returning, Entering, Descending, Devouring

2013

Acrylic gouache on canvas

50 x 65.1 cm (x10)

Midsummer

2015

Gouache on canvas

91 x 91 cm

The End

2013

Acrylic gouache on canvas

130.3 x 193.9 cm

Daecheong Dam

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

65 x 50 cm (x3)

My Dear

2017

Acrylic gouache, gesso on canvas

41 x 31.5 cm

Sleeping Man

2012

Acrylic gouache on canvas

181.1 x 227.3 cm

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