Gyuyeol Lee

GYU YEOL LEE
I became an artist in residence at Yongdusan Park Art Street in Busan in 2024.

This work begins with an exploration of a state that cannot be clearly defined that is, “liminality.”

As an architecture major who studied architectural theories and philosophies such as Modernism and Postmodernism, I was inevitably bound by the clear lines on blueprints and the tangible physical boundaries of reality. The language of architecture is accustomed to defining space and segmenting it according to its purpose. However, the essence of the world I inhabit could not be divided by such crisp, knife-cut boundaries. This is because our lives and time are not fragmented pieces, but rather exist on a continuum where countless fleeting moments are ambiguously intertwined and overlapping.

Now, instead of being confined by rules, I face a canvas that allows me to infinitely expand my thoughts beyond the constraints of reality. The organic lines and colors filling the canvas are not lines of separation between inside and outside. They form a psychological “gray zone” created by scattered lines and layers upon layers of color. By visualizing the texture of time and space which is ambiguous and defies definition I explore a new dimension of...

Architecture at Silla University.

South Korea/Busan: 2024.09.01-30
Small Garden 2.0 Lee Gyu-yeol Solo Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2024.08.06-11
SUMMER TIME 2024 Local Emotion Youth Artist Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2024.04.09-23
So.So.So Part 2 Drawing the Happiness of Spring

South Korea/Busan: 2024.04.01-06
Small Garden 1.0 Lee Gyu-yeol Solo Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2024.02.21-25
Raon Garden: First Step 1st Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2024.02.14-26
So.So.So 2024 Residency Artist Invitational Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2024.01.23-28
Erstes Delta First Turning Point Lee Gyu-yeol Solo Art Exhibition

South Korea/Busan: 2023.08.25 Art Group Exhibition/ 1st Exhibition Hari