Gowoon Lee

1979 Born in Seoul, Korea
With a nuanced and subtle color palette, Gowoon Lee transforms an image of a cloud into a world with limitless possibilities. The curves are soft and sensuous, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in it and maybe even poke their head through the surface. What you imagine to be in those clouds is up to you, as the figures in the artworks do not ever reveal their face. Sometimes only certain limbs are visible and at other times a couple stands intimately close in a half embrace. The bodies, while sometimes frantically protruding from these forms, always are in a position of repose, content and relaxed with their position. For each viewer, whatever is in those clouds will always elicit a sense of curiosity and innocence; to be absorbed in a world where daily routine and responsibility are lost in the shroud.

Education
2002 BFA Painting and Printmaking, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
BA Art History, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
2005 MFA, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
2007 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

Group Shows
2003 Plus- Minus Group Exhibition, Artswill Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea

2004 Plus- Minus Group Exhibition, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea
Painting Lesson 410 Group Exhibition, Heyri Art Village, Ilsan, S. Korea

2005 SVA Fall Open Studio, NY, USA

2006 Dark Matter USA, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, USA
SVA Spring/Fall Open Studio, NY, USA

2007 SVA Spring Open Studio, NY, USA
CAA New York Area MFA Exhibition, Curated by David Row, Hunter
College/Time Square Gallery, NY, USA
All Tomorrows Parties, Curated Amy Smith-Stewart, SVA Chelsea Gallery,
NY, USA
SVA MFA ROAD SHOW, Curated by Dan Cameron,
Stop #1: BOOTS Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, Missouri,USA Stop #2: Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Stop #3: Arthur Roger Project Space, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Art Students Exhibition in NY, ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Supported by Consulate General of Japan in N...