Kyungmin Lee

Lives and works in Paju

Kyungmin Lee is a contemporary artist based in Korea, whose work continuously explores the concepts of light, space, and boundaries. Graduating with a degree in Art Practice from Goldsmiths University in the UK in 2012, Lee experiments with new aesthetic experiences that transcend the boundaries of nature and artifice, time and space, the individual and the collective. His work focuses on visualizing spatial and sensory experiences rooted in geopolitical boundaries. Specifically, his time in the military, experiencing life in a border region, and his interactions with North Korean people during his studies in the UK became key moments that allowed him to view the reality of division in a new light. Drawing inspiration from physical and conceptual boundaries such as the DMZ, South Korean propaganda broadcasts, and military spaces, he expands the meaning of boundaries through the interplay of light, sound, white and yellowing, material and data. Through changes in light and surface, he reveals the uncertainty of boundaries and explores invisible power structures and the flow of information through the echoes and distortions of sound.

Lee's work is rooted in the political and social contexts he has experience...

2012 BA in Art Practice, Goldsmiths University of London
2007 MFA in Media Art, Kaywon University of Art & Design

Art Residence
2014 Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, South Korea

Solo Exhibitions
2023
'Clean room', Art Space Hue, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2022
'Dolmen: The stone', Aramnuri Library, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
'Convergence_white', avecmwa gallery, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2019
'Painting experiment', Gallery Marie, Seoul, South Korea
2014
'Memorable Passing', Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, South Korea

Collections
2020 'Convergence of Painting', Singapore Art Book Library, Singapore

Group Exhibitions
2023
'Green Light', Intersection Space 818, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
'The Wind Again', Bucheon Art Bunker, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
'The Three Generations House', Donuimun Museum Village, Seoul, South Korea
2022
'Clocks and Life', Donuimun Museum Village, Seoul, South Korea
'Somewhat of an Art Community-Bugiwugi Art Museum', Ulsan Museum of Art, Ulsan, South Korea
'The Night of the Earth, The Stars of Others', G-contemporary, Seoul, South Korea
'Extremely Personal', KINTEX, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2021
'Maze: The Aesthetics of Painting', One Edition Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
'The Story of Something Becoming a Book', Aramnuri Library, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
'A Book That Enters', Artnoid Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Walking the Earth o...