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My work begins with memories of landscapes that continuously pass by the car window.
Impressions of past experiences in nature have accumulated in my memory and, enriched by the emotions of the present, form new spaces. With the vitality and energy of nature – the source of all life and the medium of my existential perception – I try to shape inner spaces.
Vast landscapes touched by the sky – free of buildings or human traces –
they seem new and unfamiliar to me, prompting me to reflect on my own existence. When I look at this boundless nature, the stones and mounds of earth beneath my feet, a single unknown tree, or wild grass, I feel the life force hidden within them unfolding inside me.
With the discipline of a meditative practice, I place each dot in ink: they become trees, forests, fields, and mountains –
and thus become new, living beings. Through the added colors, these creatures reveal their “faces”:
The earthy plain, full of weeds and dead trees, bears an orange face.
Rocks among dense coniferous forests appear white and evoke the chill of winter.
Rain-soaked, sunlit meadows glow a vivid green.
These “faces of nature” blend with my own feelings to create new worlds – quiet resonances that continue to change inexorably, even now, in this very moment, as I quietly and calmly capture them in drawings.
🎨 Original title: Field (Batt, 밭)
- Date: 2016
- Format: painted on traditional Korean paper
- Size: 58 x 85 cm
- Genre: Watercolor (Korean ink) on paper (Hanji Sumuk chaesaek, 한지에 수묵 채색)
🎨 Original title: Field (Batt, 밭)
- Date: 2017
- Format: painted on traditional Korean paper
- Size: 58 x 86 cm
- Genre: Watercolor (Korean ink) on paper (Hanji Sumuk chaesaek, 한지에 수묵 채색)
🎨 Reprint at ARTLIA: Fields 2
🎨 Original title: Rice field (Non, 논)
- Date: 2017
- Format: painted on traditional Korean paper
- Size: 58 x 86 cm
- Genre: Watercolor (Korean ink) on paper (Hanji Sumuk chaesaek, 한지에 수묵 채색)
🎨 Reprint at ARTLIA: Rice Field
Career highlights of Han Jeong Lee
Education:
- 2009 Master’s degree in Landscape Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
- 2005 Bachelor’s degree in Korean Painting, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
Solo exhibitions (selected):
- 2020 “Silence,” Dorothy Salon, Seoul
“Contemplative Landscape,” Maru Art Center, Seoul - 2019 “Faces of the Landscape,” Gallery Daon, Seoul
- 2017 “Faces of the Landscape,” Anyang Art Center / E.Land Space, Seoul
“Scenery Begins,” Humax Village Art Room, Seongnam - 2016–2010: Other exhibitions in Seoul, Beijing, and Gwangmyeong
Group exhibitions (selected):
- 2020: Urban Break Art Asia (COEX), UpClose (M Contemporary), Hidden Artist at Asia Contemporary Art Show (Hongik Museum), Art Pandemic Project (Gana Atelier), and more
- 2019–2007: International exhibitions in Seoul, Suwon, LA (Korean Cultural Center), Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and other cities in Asia and the USA
Awards:
- 2018: Selected artist at the 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles
- 2017: Supported artist by E-Land Foundation and Anyang Cultural Foundation
- 2016: “The Shift” Artist at Gallery Parkyoung, 8th Huso Society Young Artist Award
- Other awards include the Gyeomjae Jin-Gyeong Art Festival and Danwon Art Festival
Collections (including):
- MMCA Art Bank (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea)
- Government Art Bank
- Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
- Osan City Art Museum
- E-Land Cultural Foundation
- Seoul Eastern District Court
- SKMS Research Institute
- Daon Gallery and private collectors worldwide
