Cheol Jin Lee

I live in Korea and am engaged in creative activities under Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju, which is registered as a World Heritage Site. I have been working on figure painting since I was in college because I have been interested in figure painting. In particular, through the name of a woman with a Korean sentiment of "Chunsim", I have been working on simply characterizing a character with the motif of women's happiness that can be found in everyday life. My work is a painting work that emphasizes the texture of Matière by stacking a thick layer of acrylic paint on the canvas, and it is about the small joys found in the lives and daily lives of happy women.
Since graduating from college, he has been working on nude figures until the early 2000s, and with the 2008 New York exhibition, the direction of his work began to change. This change has been extended to the 'Chunsimi' series that continues to this day.
The characters in the work are expressed as a symbolic character through the artist's interpretation rather than a realistic representation. The characters drawn in a simple and soft form convey comfort and warmth and try to approach the viewers in a friendly manner.
In recent work, flowers filled with screens are expressed in fre...

Graduated from Yeungnam University Art College, Korea (1990)
Graduated from Yeungnam University Graduate School of Art Education (1993)

[individual exhibition]
52 individual exhibitions (NewYork/Seoul/Daegu/Busan/Pohang/Suwon/Gyeongju/Kimhae/Changwon 1994-2026)
2026-Happy Chunsim: Inner Garden (Seoul/Gallery Insa Art)
2025-2025 APEC Success Wish "Meet Art on the Street" (Gyeongju/Bulguksa Village)
2025-Solger Art Museum Invitational Private Exhibition (Gyeongju/Solger Art Museum Planning)
2024-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Busan/Mare Gallery)
2024-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Busan/Libin Gallery)
2009-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Daegu/Daebaek Plaza Gallery)
2008-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Private Exhibition (New York / Art World Space)
2008-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition: JAZZ-Legend of Red Stream (Busan/Mont Mart Gallery)
2006-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Private Exhibition (Seoul/Lee Hyung Art Center)
2005-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Daegu/Yein Gallery)
2004-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Private Exhibition (Seoul/Sejong Cultural Center)
2003-Lee Cheol-jin's individual exhibition (Daegu/Hangi Sook Gallery)
2002-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Busan/Gallery Montmartre)
2002-Lee Chul-jin Invitational Individual Exhibition (Pohang/Daebaek Gallery)
2000-Lee Cheol...