Ji Eun Lee
lives and works in Bayreuth

MARCO ALBER, SALVE MAGAZINE, KÖLN, 2018
Combining classicism and modernity in a single-colour work that gains its expression mainly through the repetition of stamped structures is not an easy task. Lee succeeds in this symbiotic combination of opposites. It may be because of her being a Korean woman, who leaves behind her life in Asia to promote her artistic abilities, first to deepen her art studies in Bremen and then in Düsseldorf.
In the end, the onlooker does not care to know out of what this game of opposites, of symmetry and irregularity, of countless repetitions and interruptions of the same arises, for the final works speak for themselves. Often, the artist skilfully combines the advantages of sculptural ways of working with those of hanging wall objects. These are created from clay, resin or natural materials, which she puts together in clear form and arrangement. Lee is not only concerned with the resulting product, but also with the free spaces that arise in her works and are either further processed or already have their informative value as empty gaps.
Lee's work speaks of the experience of repetition of work steps, of the uniform arrangement of materials, recesses and lines that get their lives from the human hand and its irregularity. Thus, Lee’s works tell of a world that, despite the attempt to press its components into norms, is always determined by unforeseen and uncontrollable factors and so only develops its true face. This face is definitely worth a closer look.
Biography
1984 | born in Seoul |
2009 | BA & MA sculpture, Kookmin University, South Korea |
2011 | 1st Prize, Hochschulpreis, Hochschule für Künste Bremen |
2014 | Grand Prix, Poster concept and inspiration, Pathfinder Award, South Korea |
2015 | DAAD Matching Fund Scholarship, Bremen Studies Fine Art at Hochschule für Künste Bremen |
2016 | Featured Works, Zucker Art Collection, Budapest Raum-Prize, Klasse Hörnschemeyer, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
2017 | Master Student of Prof. Hörnschemeyer, Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf Finishes studies with special mentions from the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf Nominated for the Bloom Award by Warsteiner |
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2020
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Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) |
2019
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Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (S) Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) |
2018
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Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G)
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2017 | Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) Enter Art Foundation, Berlin (G) Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (G) |
2016 | Hogan Lovells Preis, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Düsseldorf (G) Boui Boui Bilk, Düsseldorf (G) |
2015 | Alternative Space Noon, Suwon, South Korea (S) LOT-Lack of Transmission, Detroit und Toronto (G) |
2014 | Immigration Office, Bremen (S) Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst Bremen (G) Zeitraumexit, Mannheim (G) Galerie Flut, Bremen (G) |
2013 | Artdocks, Bremen (G) Hutchins Gallery, Brookville, New York (G) Städische Galerie, Bremen (G) OMS Art Gallery, New York (G) |
2011 | GaDeWe, Bremen (G) |
2009 | Artspace Hyun, Seoul (S) GongPyung Art Center, Seoul (G) Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul (G) |
2008 | Gallery Ho, Seoul (G) ASYAAF, Old Main Trainstation, Seoul (G) sfx sound art festival 2008 Seoul Radio, Seoul (G) Grau Gallery, Seoul (G) |
2007 | Alternative Space Miccle, Seoul (G) Gallery Young, Seoul (G) |