Sooji Lee majored in Industrial Design (Spatial Design) at Hongik University and received her Master's degree in Information Design from the Dutch Design Academy Eindhoven. She has been working as an artist based in the Netherlands and Korea, blurring the boundaries between art and design, objects and flats. Since 2016, Lee has been exploring the personalization of form, building tools and obtaining flat results, and since returning to Korea in 2021, she has been focusing on researching tools that deviate from the flat and obtain sculptural results.
Recent solo exhibitions include Liminal Phase: Between Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 (OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, 2022) and Form forming, Formation (Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, 2023), and Lee has continued her work in various residencies, starting with the Jan van Eyck residency in 2019. In 2023, she will be a resident at the Nanji Art Studio, and in the Netherlands with an exhibition and publication project Goodbye to the art (Settle: Limestone books) supported by the Arts Council Korea.
Education
2016 M.A, Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011 B.A, Industrial Design, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Form forming, Formation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2022 Liminal Phase, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
2022 Art Teleported, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
2017 When Attitudes Become Typeface, 4bid Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Your platform, your park / Re-wild garden : Forest, Incheon art platform, Incheon, Korea
2021 Hamel Residency 2021, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, Korea
2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2020 The Best Dutch Book Designs 2019, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Open Craft, Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2019 Open Studios 2019, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
2018 The Way We Face Leather, Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2018 The Materialists Present Paper, Ventura Future, Milano, Italy
2018 The Materialists Present Paper, YKSI Expo, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2018 The Materialists Present Paper, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 The Anti Efficients, Veem, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2017 When Attitudes Become Typeface, Kazerne gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Publications
2019 In process of_making Bodoni Typeface, Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Academie
2019 Vicky, Karo, Sooji, Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Academie
Residencies
2023 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2022 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2021 Miro Art Platform, Gwangju, Korea
2019 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
Awards
2021 Honorable Mention, Cheongju International Craft Competition 2021, Cheongju, Korea
2021 Artists in the spotlight, 15th Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy
