Jaehee Lee

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Jaehee Lee embarked on an artistic journey that led her from majoring in painting during her undergraduate and graduate studies to becoming a book designer and wedding dress designer. Currently, she is also active as a wedding florist. Having been deeply loved by her father throughout her childhood, Jaehee experienced a profound sense of unfamiliar absence upon his sudden demise, prompting her to delve into the essence of human existence. Vibrant dresses, exquisite flowers, and the contemplation of human mortality have sparked Jaehee's philosophical journey, shaping her current artistic worldview. This introspection became the cornerstone of her current artistic philosophy.

Jaehee Lee's work is a visualization of memory based on absence.
... The consciousness and expression of absence revealed in the work is a present progressive story of the old times and the past. It is a list of things that are familiar with what is left but familiar with the unfamiliar, and through this, it focuses on showing solidly 'absence'. As for the operation method, the other is introduced and the open completion method is adopted.
The biggest feature is that it has a tendency of conceptual art, and the underlying materi...

Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea. (MFA.painting)

Solo Exhibitions
2023.11: "Present of Yesterday", Siheung Oido Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
2019.02: "Traces of Through Time", Partium Gallery, Incheon, Korea.
2016.09: "Dreaming of Utopia", Mapo Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

Booth Exhibitions
2018.10: Beijing Art Invitational, "Art and Media, Silk Road Exhibition", G-ART Gallery, Beijing, China.
2017.05: "Dusty Blue Paper", Gaon Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
2016.04: "ECO-Vanitas", Mapo Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

Group Exhibitions
2022.01: "Three Artists Invitational", Hidden Place, Seoul, Korea.
2022.08: "Flow 2022 Summer", Topohaus, Seoul, Korea.
2021.12: "Christmas Exhibition", Hidden Place, Seoul, Korea.
2020.12: "Boundaries of Flow", Art of Time, Seoul, Korea.
2019.10: "Flow 2019 Autumn", Mupung Gallery, Beijing, China.
2018.10: "Gangneung City Museum Exchange Exhibition", Gangneung City Museum, Gangneung, Korea.
2017.09: "Peach Garden Oath", Partium Gallery, Incheon, Korea.
2016.11: "Imagination Solidarity", Insa Gaia Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
2016.06: Seoul Art Prize Exhibition, Seoul City Museum Kyung Hee Palace Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
2015.05: "Flow", Hongik University Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea.