Jin Han Lee

December 21, 2020

Jin Han Lee

BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1982, in Seoul, South Korea, Jin Han Lee graduated from Hongik University with a BFA in painting in 2006 and received her MFA from Goldsmiths, London in 2012.

As a Korean Artist and a researcher based in the UK, Lee developed a heightened understanding of language. In her works, she utilizes this awareness to her advantage, by exploring the permeability of language, in what’s lost in translation, and what’s untranslatable. These depictions of miscommunication are representations of her personal everyday experiences.

In order to communicate what is inexpressible with words, Lee resorts to the oil medium, that she transforms in an unorthodox manner; whether in its texture, movement, color or even scale to create unique fragmented spaces. Her artworks are multi-layered, containing a variety of meanings, stories, and references that will be interpreted by the viewer.

Currently, Lee resides and works in London where she is currently completing her Ph.D. in Fine Art (practice-led) at Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.

TIMELINE

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Missing You, Gallery EM- Seoul, South Korea
2017 Running To You, Sophie’s Tree- New York, USA
2015 Your Night My Day, Gallery EM- Seoul, South Korea
2012 I Eat Vomit, HADA Contemporary- London, UK
2012 Postmodernism of the Beholder-Landscape of the Concept, Alternative Space Loop- Seoul, South Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Young Dreams, Août Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Jeju Biennale 2020- Jeju, South Korea (forthcoming)
2019 04, PM/AM- London, UK
2019 Deptford X festival (curated section)– London, UK
2019 Kupala festival 2019: Lunar Edition, Phytology- London, UK
2019 Sharing Borders, The Slade Research Centre, UCL- London, UK
2018 Two Person Show (with Alec Kronacker), Compressor,-London, UK
2018 The Day in the Evening (with Phoebe Unwin and Tom Worsfold), Space K- Gwacheon, South Korea
2018 Colour and Emotion, UCLH- London, UK
2017 Art Basel Hong Kong (represented by Gallery EM, Seoul)– Hong Kong, China
2017 The Intercontinental, Roaming Room- London, UK
2016 Zona VIP (curated by David Armengol), Passatge Studio, Swab Art Fair- Barcelona, Spain
2015 Today’s Salon, Common Center- Seoul, South Korea
2015 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015, ICA- Nottingham & London, UK
2013 Tradition, Pump House Gallery- London, UK
2013 Two Persons Show (with Ji-Sun Lee), HADA Contemporary- London, UK
2012 Meta Empire, Daegu Exco- Daegu, South Korea
2012 Saatchi Gallery New Sensations 2012 (curated by Rebecca Wilson), B1 Space- London, UK

2011 2011 Joong-Ang Fine Art Prize Exhibition, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center- Seoul, South Korea
2011 Embracing the Void, Albemarle Gallery- London, UK
2011 I am Solitary, 10 Vyner street Gallery- London, South Korea
2010 Future Futures Future: Korean Contemporary Artists, Korean Cultural Centre- London, South Korea
2010 Guasch Coranty Painting Prize, Center of Art Tecla Sala- Barcelona, Spain
2010 Open Painting, Royal West England Academy- Bristol, UK
2009 Gathering Storms, Bayfield Hall-Norfolk, UK

AWARDS

2019 Artist in Residence, Elephant Lab Residency (in partnership with New Contemporaries)- London, UK
2016 Artist in Residence, Wimbledon College of Art- London, UK
2015 Artist in Residence, The Sarabande- Lee Alexander Mcqueen Foundation- London, UK
2015 Selected Artist, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015- London, UK
2015 The Jean Spencer and Malcolm Hughes Bursary, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL- London, UK
2015 The Postgraduate Research Student Fund, UCL- London, UK
2015 Seoul Museum of Art Emerging Artist Grant- Seoul, South Korea
2012 Finalist for Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4 New Sensations 2012- London, UK\
2012 Saatchi Gallery x Absolut Vodka Commission 2014- London, UK
2011 The Second Prize, 2011 Joong-Ang Fine Art Competition- Seoul, South Korea
2011 Finalist for Alternative Space LOOP Young Artist Open Submission- Seoul, South Korea
2011 Finalist, I am Solitary, Beers. Lambert Contemporary- London, UK
2010 Finalist for 2010 Guasch Coranty Painting Prize- Barcelona, Spain