Curatorial Statement

Lee Mijung

emjelee@gmail.com |  www.emjelee.com | @emjelee

Education

2023  M.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul   

2011  B.F.A., Department of Ceramics and Glass / Painting, Hongik university, Seoul   

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025  In the Name of Love, PS Under Layer, Seoul   

2022  SUITE, G Gallery, Seoul   
2020  SANDWICH TIMES, SONGEUN ArtCube, Seoul   

2018  The Gold Terrace, Art Delight, Seoul   
2017  IF THERE IS NO WIND, ROW, Artspace Hue, Paju   
2014  Pink Noise, Gallery Kunstdoc, Seoul   
2013  Consolation is SELF-service, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul 
2012  Red Complex, Gallery Art Sagan, Seoul   

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects

2026  Moment That Forms a Landscape, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul

         Objects in Time, Atelier Aki, Seoul,   

2024  Whispers of the Unsettling, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul,   

       Soft and Hard, Seojung Art, Seoul    

          FACES, CARIN Busan,   

          Keep Going, Space WillingNDealing, Seoul,    

2023  Décor·Décor: Living Room Arcade, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul   

         Seize the Moment, Noblesse Collection, Seoul   

          SUPER SUMMER, MOOSEY, Norwich, United Kingdom

          Stretching into a shape, New Spring Project, Seoul   

          The Four Cardinal Directions, MIUM project space, Seoul   

2022  Summer Love 2022, SONGEUN, Seoul   

          FIT, Jeju Arts Center, Jeju

          Explorations Beyond Boundaries, G Gallery, Seoul   

          Super-impose, Hoban Artrium Artsalon Gallery, Gwangmyeong 

2021  Sunset Valley Village, Art Sonje Center, Seoul 

         Snow, Voyage of eyes, Shinchon Arts Space, Seoul 

2020  FIT, Space Four One Three, Seoul   

         Alone-Together, Chun Tae-il Memorial, Seoul 

          Brave New Gaze: Sight, Gaze, and Start, Atelier Aki, Seoul   

          New Worker 1948-2020, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul   

2019  2019 PACK_adventure! Double cross, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul   

          PERFORM 2019: Linkin-out, ilminmuseum of art, Seoul 

          Arms Bend Out, Gallery Misulsegye, Seoul

2018  Aesop’s Humor, Art Museum VERSI, Yongin 

          Still there, Still here, Seoul Art Space Mullae, Seoul   

          Soshoroom: the storage-room, Soshoroom, Seoul

         mom mom mom, Instant roof, Seoul 

          IN_D_EX, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul   

2016  The Ladder of Artists and Designers, KT&G Sangsangmadang Chuncheon Art Center, Chuncheon

          Fattening Exhibition, Space 291, Seoul 

2015  The Hours, Art space Hue, Paju   

          Flat Repository, Takeout drawing, Seoul   

          Panjandrum, Girl, Ppodeudeuk, Instant roof, Seoul 

          A Loner’s Guide, Common Center, Seoul   

2014  Memories of Rental, Giwa house, Seoul 

          Sex + Guilty Pleasure, Amado Art Space, Seoul   

          FORWARD BEAUTY, Amway Museum, Seongnam 

2013  tomorrow 2013: Image installation, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul    

2012  Mr. Hongjecheon’s Field Report, Seoul Art Space HONGEUN, Seoul   

Curatorial Projects

2015  Baton-touch, Archive Bomm, Seoul    

          Goods 2015, Sejong Center, Seoul    

2014  Memories of Rental, Giwa house, Seoul    

Awards / Honors

2020  Creative Activity Support, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul

2019  SONGEUN ArtCube Exhibition Support, SONGEUN ArtCube, Seoul   

2018  Art Support Program, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul   

2012  Selected as 2013 OCI YOUNG CREATIVES, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul

Residency

2021  MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang   

2020  SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul   

2017  Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications

2018  The Gold Terrace, Seoul   

          mom mom mom, Seoul    

Collections

Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, OCI Museum of Art

Lee Sejun

isomael@naver.com | @leesejun

Education

2025  D.F.A. Painting, Hongik University, Seoul

2013  M.F.A. Painting, Hongik University, Seoul

2011  B.F.A. Painting, Hongik University, Seoul

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025  How to draw a universe, Post Edit Gallery, Jeonju

    Picturescape, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul 

2024  Paintings for the Possible Worlds, Pyeongtaek Northern Culture and Arts Center, Pyeongtaek

    Lobster Letters, Haeum, Goyang

2023  Space Arcade, Haeum, Goyang

    When You and I Finally Meet, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul

          Meta Fiction, Space Hwanggumhyang, Seoul

2020  A Day After of the End, so, one, Seoul

          Space Opera, KSD Gallery, Seoul

2019  Landscapes of Surfaces, Gallery Arioso, Ulsan

          World View, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul

2016  Submerged Land, Cake Gallery, Seoul

          Swamps and Forests, Yangju City Art Studio 777 Residency, Yangju

2015  What to burn, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul

2013  How to Contain the Infinite within the Finite, AG Gallery, Seoul

2012  Something happens now, KiMi Art, Seoul

Selected Duo Exhibitions

2026  Moment That Forms a Landscape, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026  Einstein on the Beach, Gallery Royoon, Seoul

          Seeds of Fire, Cian Museum of Art, Yeongcheon

2025  Symbiotic Planet, Geumcheon Art Factory, Seoul

          The Story of That Day, Art Museum VERSI, Yongin

2024  Connecting the dots, Goyang Aram Art Museum, Goyang

          Secret Records, Chamber, Seoul

2023  The 23rd SONGEUN Art Award Exhibition, SONGEUN, Seoul

          Zeus & Baksumudang, Geumho Alver, Seoul

2022  Until death do us part, Gallery CNK, Daegu

          Point of No Return, Gallery Shinhan, Seoul

2021  Intentional Coincidences, Zaha Museum, Seoul

          Victory over the sun, Oksang Factory, Seoul

2020  Here We Are, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu

          New Collections Exhibition Plus, Osan Museum of Art, Osan

Residency 

2026  Suwon Cultural Foundation Suwon Art Studio, Suwon

2025  Seoul Foundation for Arts Geumcheon Art Factory, Seoul

2022-24  Goyang Artist Residency Haeum, Goyang

2020  SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul

2019  Ulsan Bukgu Art Sogeumnaru Residency, Ulsan

2016  Beijing B-Space residency, Beijing, China

2013-16  Yangju City Art Studio 777 Residency, Yangju

Selected Awards / Honors

2025  Selected as New Hero, Public Art, Seoul

    Selected for Mimesis Artist Project, Mimesis Art Museum, Paju

2024  Selected for Best Project, Pyeongtaek Foundation for Arts, Pyeongtaek

    Selected as Kiaf Semi Finalist 10, Kiaf, Seoul

2023  Selected Artist for the 23rd SONGEUN Art Award, SONGEUN, Seoul

2019  Grand Prize Winner, KSD Gallery, Seoul

2014  Selected Artist for the 3rd Ghasong Art Award, Seoul

2013  Selected as 10 Monsters of the East, Art in Culture, Seoul

    Received Best Artist Award, New York Art Show, New York, USA

2012  Selected Artist for the 5th Young Artist Support Program, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

    Received Specialties Award, Seoul Digital University, Seoul

Publications

2025  After the World Ends, A Day in the Aftermath_Lee Sejun’s Artistic Monograph, Seoul

2017  Submerged Land: Lee Sejun, Seoul

Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Pyeongtaek Foundation for Arts, Osan Museum of Art, Yangju