LEELEENAM
Artist Introduction
Born in Damyang of Jeonnam province, Lee Lee Nam graduated from Chosun University in Korea with an undergraduate degree in sculpture and a doctorate degree in Fine Arts. He also completed a PhD program in Media Art at the Graduate School of Communication and Arts of Yonsei University. In his digital reinterpretation of classical masterpieces that reveal nature’s wonders and life’s aura, he attempts to breathe new meaning and vitality into each pixel of image. It also seeks to communicate with the public in a close manner with his stories in the works, and to communicate various messages such as life value and happiness. With more than eight hundred exhibitions, both solo and group in countries like Belgium, China, Qatar, New York, Singapore and Paris under his belt, Lee continues to expand his horizons globally. At the 2016 Busan Biennale, he was the first Korean artist to present a virtual reality artwork using Google’s Tilth Brush technology, and he was invited 2016 Venis Biennale exhibition 2018, Lee was put on exhibit at the Inter-Korean Summit folding screen and Gwangju Biennale opening ceremony of the Directing. And in the recently 2019 he had the exhibition in Tate Modern among others and his works are included in the collections of Incheon International Airport, National Library of Korea, United Nations headquarters in New York, and numerous prominent museums such as the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Suning Art Museum and the Zebrastraat Museum in Belgium.
The works of Lee Lee Nam is expanding by embracing a wide range of subject, including "Five-minute aesthetics" with the Lively Spirit, "Rise of the Roots" which explored the source of one's creation from its roots, and "The Breath of Life" that pursuit of the oriental spirit.
Educational Background
2017
Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Graduate School, Chosun University
2011
Completed Doctoral Program in Visual Arts, Graduate School of Communication, Yonsei University
Professional Experience
2022
Judge for the 2022 A.N.D. Award (Korea Digital Enterprise Association) “Digital Media & Service/Digital Advertising & Campaign“
2020
FGI Consultant for the Research on the Artworks systems in Architecture
2019
Media Art Director for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2019 FINA World Championships
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Stand at the center of existence beyond visible forms (Indang Museum of Daegu Health College, Daegu, Korea)
2023
Thinking landscape (UJONG Museum of Art, Boseong, Korea)
2022
The light that shines on each person (Gwangju media art platform(G.MAP), Gwangju, Korea)
Shine like stars forever and ever (gallery Now, Seoul, Korea)
2022
Hwaseong Odysseia(Hwaseong ICT life Cultrual Center, Hwaseong, Korea
2021
The Breath of Life (Savina museum,Seoul, Korea)
2020
He’s been here...Postmodern Aura In Lee Lee Nam (Metaphysical Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan)
2019
Lee Lee Nam, Encounter of Light (Seoul Botanic Park Magok Cultural Hall, Seoul, Korea)
2018
A Path to Peace (Mars Media art center, Moscow, Russia)
2016
UPDATE 6 (ZEBRASTRAAT Museum, Gent, Belgium)
The Lights Of Signal (White box museum, Beijing, china)
At the rising of the roots (Ando Fine Art Gallery, Bellin, Germany)
lee lee nam’s Good morning Digital(GEORGE TOWN FESTIVAL, Penang, Malaysi
2015
Good night Analog Good morning Digital (The Korea society gallery, New York, USA)
Kigali National Holiday Exhibition (Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Rwanda
2014
Reborn Light (Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2013
Good night Analog Good morning Digital (Kwai Fun Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, / Artmia Gallery, Beijing, China)
2012
Goodnight Analog Good morning Digital (Gwangju museum of art, Gwangju, Korea)
Korean Eye : energy and matter (Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA)
A Conversation between Monet and Sochi (Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Michigan, USA
2011
Les Peintures Vivantes (Artcenter Nabi, Seoul, Korea)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
change, convert(osanMuseum of Art,osan, Korea)
So Distant, So Near (Baur Fondation Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva, Swtizerland)
Kazakhstan Hanbok, Reborn as Art(Nazarbayev Center, Astana, Kazakhstan)
Language of the Universe: Numbers (Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
Decoding Korea(Grand Palais immeersif,Paris,France)
2023
Selected Group Exhibitions
Into the Light : Memory of the World (International Centre for Documentary Heritage(ICDH) under the auspices of UNESCO, Cheongju,Korea)
Fission: The New Wave of International Digital Art (Meixi Lake International Culture Art Centre, Changsha, China)
140 Years of UK-KOREA Relations London K-Tourism international road show(Outernet London)
Lee Lee Nam, Reborn Light, (Yeongam Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art, Yeongam, Korea
2022
Nam June Paik, LEE LEE NAM : IN PROGRESS (SHINSEGAEGALLERY, Daejeon, Korea)
2021
Bright New World : In Radiance and Splendor (Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea)
Beneath the Mountain, Along the Water (Jeonnam Museum of art, Gwanyang, Korea)
2020
ONE INSPIRATION –The Very First Ideas from Korean Tradition and Culture (The Royal Lazienki Museum, Poland)
2020 MUSEUM WEEK, Street Museum(Gwanghwamun, seoul, Korea)
UNESCO-KOREA Building Peace Together for 70Years (National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Seoul, Korea
2019
Film & Arts, ‘Rise of Roots’ (Starr cinema, Tate Modern Museum, London, UK)
2018
4.27 Inter-Korean Summit Exhibition ‘Peace a New Future’ (Panmunjeom-Joint Security Area, Paju, Korea)
Media Art Exhibition for NAM JUNE PAIK & LEENAM LEE (KAIST, Daejeon, Korea)
Survivances (Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France)
Mind Temple (MoCA shanghai, China)
Beyond the Horizon (Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017
Russia Cyberfest, Academy of Art and Design(Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
It’s a wonderful digital life! (EDF, Paris, France)
Moving KOREA (Korea Cultura Philippines, Philippines
2016
BILL VIOLA-LEE LEE NAM (Saint-Jacobaskerk, Gent, Belgium)
2015
Flowers to Forest (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA)
2014
START ART (Saatchi Gallery, London, UK)
2012
Henan(Zhengzhou, China)
2009
Tea Culture Invitation Exhibition (Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA)
2008
Korean Contemporary Art Show (Singapore Art Museum, Singapore)
2007
New Asian Waves (ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany) etc.
Major Collections
Thoma Art Foundation (USA). Zebrastraat Museum (Belgium), Asia Art Museum (USA), Sotheby's (Hong Kong), Yale University (USA), Harn Museum of Art (USA), Suning Art Museum (China), National Museum of Korea, National Library of Korea, Cheong Wa Dae (The Blue House), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Botanical Garden, Hanmi Photography Museum, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Busan Museum of Art, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, Jeollanamdo Provincial Museum of Art, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Art Museum, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (USA), Incheon International Airport, Uli Sigg Collection, LS Electric, Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, and many others