Keun Woo Lee

The Black Forest in southwest Germany is still referred to as a "large closed forest area". But what does that mean? What is actually meant by forest? The spruce that dominates there today tends to grow in tightly packed groups far into the valley than in mountainous solitude. Naturally, it would only thrive at higher altitudes as it grows in cold areas. Due to this stiffness and tightness of the planting, less light gets into the forest during the day.
If you look at the wood plantations from a distant vantage point at sunset, you may feel concerned about the tension caused by something anxiety that is somehow troubling you. This unfamiliarity and instability reminds me of my first visit to Germany. A natural forest, on the other hand, is a place where many different types of old trees and tree species live together in harmony. It is a place where people from different ethnic groups live together, and it is a place that plays the same role as cities elsewhere. In the case of the Black Forest and also in other forests in Germany, however, only a very single species of tree grows, and this experience of monoculture is comparable to similar feelings in the experience of German cities.
The problem of understanding and communicating ...

Diplom, bei Max Uhlig, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. Master bei Marit Tingleff, Oslo National Academy of the Art. Master bei Kerstin Abraham, Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel.

Solo Exhibition
2016 Gallery Jan Kossen (New York), Galerie Kunstgehauser (Dresden),
2014 AKA Gallery (Seoul)
2013 Kunstraum B (Kiel)
2012 Hanabank, (Seoul)
2009 Blocksberg 13 (Kiel)
2006 MIS GmbH (Dresden)
2005 Theater Dresden(Dresden), Scholoss Pilinitz (Dresden)
2003 Konstantin b Gallery (Regensburg), Botanische Institut (Dresden)

Selected Group Exhibition
Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2021 (Gyeonggi-do Korea), Korean Gallery Artfair 2020 (Coex Seoul Gallery Lee&Bae), Intersect Chicago 2020 (Chicago Gallery Lee&Bae), Asia Now Paris (Paris), Art Basel Volta 2019 (Jankossen Contemporary), Galerie Klose (Weibsbilder 19), Galerie Handwerk München (Kiel Keramik), Kunsthall Kiel (Muthesius Preis), Art Miami Context 2018 (Jankossen Contemporary), Kunstverein Marburg (Kiel Holen), Art Karlsruhe (Art Park galerie), Art Southhampton (Jankossen Contemporary), Art Paris (Jankossen Contemporary), Stiftung Lemgo (Landschaft),
Tiancheng International Auction (Bank of China - Hong Kong).