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Lydia Lee- Contemporary Artist 

I am a abstract-expressionist. deeply into entropy algorithm of our space and movement , I create rhythm within a abundant of personal memory and experience formative by composition .   

I was born in Seoul in 1979. Having been raised by a grandmother who lived through the
Korean War and experiencing a transitional period of change, I began to pursue individual
expression.
Moreover, I was naturally lyrical and bold, and this became more evident as she observed
the vast natural structures and exotic cultures.

Because  mother, who is a conductor, learned about music together and came to view
the world from that perspective. I attended a drawing academy at an early age, and later
entered the path of abstract painting based on Renaissance-style orthodox perspective and
realism.
When I arrived at university, I began to use oil and  search for new musical rhythms by experimenting with Matisse's synthesis and post-impressionism light treatment methods in my paintings 

I'm deeply interested in the values of expressionism from a standpoint opposite to
reductionism. My paintings combine Post-Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism with
light and form.
‘I have been interested in the dynamic expression methods of classical music and baroque,
and recently I have been working on the predetermination or delimiting of a certain flow
based on one's own pure decision. When I hear music, certain scenes and stories come to
mind, and these are all human emotions that cannot be expressed in words. Sometimes sad,
happy, and painful emotions become the subject of painting. However, I am not interested in
arranging those emotions, I only want to show the combination and order of the form. When I
make such a complicated composition with colors, the colors start to move and start to get
on the rhythm. I follow those moments and continue composing as if I was creating a chord
using the most pleasing state possible.’

Education 

1999 - 2003

 Sung shin Women's University , BFA .Seoul

2005 - 2009

Sung shin Women's University, MFA .Seoul

Awards 

2022

Jackson's Painting Prize Abstract category Winner

2020

Malong Global Agency Excellence Prize winner

2020

CFA Artist of the Year Award grante Honorable Mention Award

Exhibitions 

Solo

2020

2018

'The future has not yet come' ' space 55 gallery.Seoul
 

The City ' Artie-vita gallery . Seoul

2016

Knife ' Kiss gallery . Seoul

2015

2012

The Element ' Lotte Hotel gallery . Seoul

Suspended Motion ' Imazoo gallery . Seoul

2007

Play For the Garden ' Korea Electric Power . Seoul

2003

Lee Hae Eun 1st solo exhibition . ARTINUS ,seoul

Group

2023

REVERIES ' Galleria Azur. Madrid, Spain

2020

"Color 2020", CICA museum , Korea

2016

Art Gemini Prize ' Asia house .London. England

2013

" The Paintings " . Grida gallery , Seoul

Art Fair

2019

'The Other Art Fair', Los Angeles, USA

Residency

2011

La Macina de San Cresci, Tuscany, Italy

Contact Me

821089863033

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