JeeYoung Lee South Korean, b. 1983
Whereas traditional photography submits extracts of reality to our eyes, South Korean multidisciplinary artist JeeYoung Lee offers excerpts from her heart, her memory, or her dreams...
Restrained by the inherent limits of the conventional photographic medium, she adds plastic creativity and theatrical performance to it, in order to blow life into her immense needs of expression, and interrogation.
For weeks, sometimes months, she creates the fabric of a universe born from her mind within the confines of her 3 x 6 m studio. She does so with infinite minutiae and extraordinary patience, in order to exclude any ulterior photographic alteration. Thus materialised, these worlds turn real and concretise : imagination reverts to the tangible and the photo imagery of such fiction testify as to their reality. In the midst of each of these sets stands the artist : those self-portraits however are never frontal, since it is never her visual aspect she shows, but rather her quest for an identity, her desires and her frame of mind. Her creations act as a catharsis which allows her to accept social repression and frustrations. The moment required to set the stage gives her time to meditate about the causes of her interior conflicts and hence exorcise them; once experienced, they in turn become portents of hope.
Recipient of multiple artistic awards including the Sovereign Art Prize (2012), JeeYoung Lee is one the most promising up-and-rising figureheads of the younger Korean artistic world. Following the huge success of her first solo show outside of Korea with OPIOM Gallery in 2014, her work was seen 500 000 times on Reddit in just 2 days and has been featured in the worldwide media from the USA to China (all international editions of the Huffington Post, NBC news, CNN international, France 3 National news, China Daily, etc.). While she has created installations in major institutions all around the world, from San Francisco to Australia via Spain and Singapore, her photographs can be found in international public such as the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts' as well as in private collections around the world.
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La Vie En Rose II, 2017
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Breeze, 2016
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Desire, 2016
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La Vie En Rose, 2016
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Meditation, 2016
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Loveseek, 2014
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The Moment, 2014
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Anxiety (diptych), 2013
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My Chemical Romance, 2013
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Nightscape, 2012
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This Is Not Enough, 2012
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Blackbirds, 2011
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Broken Heart, 2011
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Gamer, 2011
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Last Supper, 2011
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Monsoon Season, 2011
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Resurrection, 2011
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I'll Be Back, 2010
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Nightmare, 2010
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Panic Room, 2010
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Treasure Hunt, 2010
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Birthday, 2009
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Childhood, 2009
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Maiden Voyage, 2009
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Oversleeping, 2009
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Reaching For the Star, 2009
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Sweet Appetite, 2009
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Toxic Boy, 2009
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Flu, 2008
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Foodchain, 2008
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Neverending Race, 2008
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Raw, 2008
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The Little Match Girl, 2008
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The Best Cure, 2007
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Anxiety - Fullshot
Channel 3/3 October 23, 2020This video is part of a video hapening by JeeYoung Lee entitled 'Anxiety' and composed of three video channels to be broadcast simultaneously. Anxiety is...Read more -
Anxiety - Tracking
Channel 2/3 October 23, 2020This video is part of a video hapening by JeeYoung Lee entitled 'Anxiety' and composed of three video channels to be broadcast simultaneously. Anxiety is...Read more -
Anxiety - Close-up
Channel 1/3 October 23, 2020This video is part of a video hapening by JeeYoung Lee entitled 'Anxiety' and composed of three video channels to be broadcast simultaneously. Anxiety is...Read more -
Panic Room @Sao Paulo, Brazil
Behind the Scenes September 11, 2020Making of Panic Room for Devaneios exhibition in Farol Santander, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Exhibition curated by Facundo Guerra, produced by Arte3. Video Courtesy of Aya...Read more -
My Chemical Romance @Sao Paulo, Brazil
Behind the Scenes September 10, 2020Making of the recreation of My Chemical Romance in Farol Santander, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The exhibition was curated by Facundo Guerra and produced by Arte3...Read more -
Deinstallation
(My Chemical Romance) September 10, 2020 -
The Deconstruction of Desire
single channel video, color, sound, 00:10:05, 2016 February 21, 2019 -
JeeYoung Lee's Studio Visit
a[n]d July 6, 2015 -
Loveseek
K11 HK exhibition - Behind the Scenes November 30, 2014Making of and interview of Korean artist JeeYoung Lee during the set-up of her solo show at K11 Art Foundation (HK), Nov. 2014.Read more -
French National News
France 3 February 23, 2014
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JeeYoung Lee, Stage of Mind
Paris solo show - Extended September 8, 2020Le Grand Parquet, part of the Théâtre de la Villette in Paris, France, welcomes JeeYoung Lee for an outdoor exhibition featuring 12 of her photographs...Read more -
JeeYoung Lee, Devaneios
Sao Paulo solo show February 21, 2019Don't miss 'Devaneios' by JeeYoung Lee at Sao Paulo's landmark, Farol Santander. In addition to displaying exclusive photographs, the artist has reproduced for the first...Read more
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Stage of Mind
JeeYoung Lee 13 Sep 2020 - 31 Jul 2021 -
Devaneios
JeeYoung Lee 14 Feb - 15 Nov 2020For the first time in Brazil, JeeYoung Lee is invited by Arte3 to exhibit artworks from her Stage of Mind series in Sao Paulo's landmark: Farol Santander. Entitled 'Devaneios', the show displays exclusive photographs alongside 'larger than life' reproductions of two of her most important installations: Panic Room and My...Read more