HyunJoung Lee
For me, creating art is like writing a poem. Each stroke and material choice carries a story. My work transforms paper into landscapes that exist between reality and imagination, evoking memories, emotions, and a sense of timelessness. I hope to invite viewers on an inner journey, where they can find their own meanings within the textures and spaces of my work.
- HyunJoung Lee
HyunJoung Lee (b. 1972, Seoul) is a South Korean artist based in Paris, widely recognized for her poetic fusion of Korean tradition and contemporary sensibility. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sejong University in Seoul (1994), she trained as a goldsmith in France, a formative experience that continues to inform her attention to material, tactility, and precision.
Lee’s practice is rooted in traditional Korean materials, particularly hand-crafted hanji (Korean paper), Chinese ink and pigments. Through a meditative and labor-intensive process, she dissolves, reshapes, and layers the paper into richly textured surfaces that verge on the sculptural. Her works evoke elemental landscapes - mountains, water, and paths - transforming paper into sites where material and image converge. Balancing restraint with lyricism, Lee’s compositions reflect on time, memory, and natural rhythms, articulating a quiet dialogue between tradition and renewal, and between Eastern and Western visual languages.
HyunJoung Lee has exhibited globally and her works have been showcased at major art fairs in Asia and Europe, including Tokyo Gendai (2025, 2023), Enter Art Fair (Copenhagen, 2025), Art SG (Singapore, 2024-2025), Art Paris (2025), Art on Paper Brussels (2024), Kiaf Seoul (2023), and Asia Now Paris (2022–2023), among others. Her practice has also been presented at respected platforms such as the Salon d’Automne (Paris), Beyond Borders Art Exhibition (Hong Kong), and the International Paper Art Biennale (Shanghai). Earlier in her career, she received the Taylor Prize at Art Capital (Grand Palais, Paris, 2017), affirming her recognition within the French and international art scenes. Her works are held in private and public collections, including Cernuschi Museum in Paris, FR.
HYUNJOUNG LEE (b. 1972, KR)
Lives and works in Paris, FR
EDUCATION
BFA in Fine Arts, Sejong University, Seoul, KR
AWARDS
2017 Taylor Prize for Capital Art at the Grand Palais, FR
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Asia Now Paris, Galerie Louis & Sack, Paris, FR
2024 “Ridge lines”, Galerie Sept, Brussels, BE
2023 “Correspondences” Galerie Louis & Sack, Paris, FR
2023 “Infinity Path”, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, KR
2023 “Silence”, The Columns Gallery, Singapore, SG
2020 Mairie de Saint-Mandé, FR
2019 Galerie d'art IDA Médicis, Paris, FR
2018 Galerie Plexus, Montreux, CH
2018 Galerie ArtsKoco, LX
2018 Galerie Entre Deux, Millau, FR
2018 Fondation Taylor, Paris 9eme, FR
2017 Galerie Montparnasse Ville de Paris, FR
2011 Gallery 89, Paris, FR
2007 Ricochet, K.C.P.F. Gallery, Seoul, KR
2004 Korean Craft Promotion Foundation Gallery, Seoul, KR
2000 Voyage de Tahiti, Maison de Tahiti, Paris, FF
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Taipei Dangdai, The Columns Gallery, Taipei, TW
2025 "Dual Horizons", Namuso Gallery, The Hague, NL
2025 Art Paris, Galerie Louis & Sack, Paris, FR
2025 Art on Paper Amsterdam, Namuso Gallery, NL
2024 ART SG, Singapore, The Columns Gallery, SG
2024 Art Capital, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, FR
2023 Tokyo Gendai, The Columns Gallery, Yokohama, JP
2023 Kiaf Seoul, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, KR
2022 - 2023 Asia Now, Galerie Louis & Sack, Paris, FR
2020 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
2019 Art Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
2019 Beyond Borders Art Exhibition, Hong Kong, HK
2019 Feast on Paper, International Paper Biennale, Shanghai, CN
2018 Art Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
2017 MAG Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montreux, CH
2015 Salon Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
2013 Reflet, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2010 Survival Kit Exposition, Gallery AG, Seoul, KR
2010 Art en Capital, Exposition, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
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Contemplation , 2024 -
Infinity Path, 2024
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Memory of the Wind, 2024
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Silence, 2024
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Silence, 2024
