Lee Dong Hyuk visits ruined religious sites, rendering formless beings and elusive sensations through painting. He contemplates the gap between beliefs imagined as steadfast and the collapsed spaces that remain in reality, tracing their intersection through the materiality of paint. Recently, he has become interested in translating into painting the excesses, omissions, and distortions that arise when texts conveying faith are translated.
Lee received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Painting from Hongik University. He has held solo exhibitions including Has an Ear (KICHE, 2024), A Nuance Remained on the Window (A-Lounge, 2022), Idling (Hakgojae Design | Project Space, 2020), When Silence Breaks a Rock (A-Lounge, 2020), and Dampened Light (Space 9, 2018). He has also participated in various group exhibitions such as Melancholia (Primary Practice, 2025), The Figurative Is Not the Exception but the Rule (HITE Collection, 2025), Dust in the Wind (IAH, 2024), NARRAT (The WilloW, 2023), BGA SHOWROOM (Background Artworks, 2023), and ICON (Hakgojae, 2021).
Education
2017 Completed M.F.A. in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, KR
2013 B.F.A. in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, KR
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Has an Ear, KICHE, Seoul, KR
2022 A Nuance Remained on the Window, A-Lounge, Seoul, KR
2020 Idling, Hakgojae Design | Project Space, Seoul, KR
2020 When Silence Breaks a Rock, A-Lounge, Seoul, KR
2018 Dampened Light, Space 9, Seoul, KR
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Opaque Echoes, This Weekend Room, Seoul, KR
2025 Melancholia, Primary Practice, Seoul, KR
2025 The Figurative Is Not the Exception but the Rule, HITE Collection, Seoul, KR
2024 Dust in the Wind, IAH, Seoul, KR
2023 NARRAT, The WilloW, Seoul, KR
2023 Another Materiality, Hongik University Museum, Seoul, KR
2023 Landscape and Depth, KICHE, Seoul, KR
2023 UNBOXING PROJECT 2: Portable Gallery, NewSpring Project, Seoul, KR
2023 Deep Layer, Artspace Howha, Seoul, KR
2023 Divine Weight, KUZO, Seoul, KR
2021 You Never Saw It, KICHE, Seoul, KR
2021 BGA SHOWROOM, Background Artworks, Seoul, KR
2021 ICON, Hakgojae, Seoul, KR
2021 The Step without Steps, drawingRoom, Seoul, KR
Residency
2026 Nanji Residency Seoul Museum of Art 20th, Seoul, KR
Awards & Grants
2020 Artist Grant, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, KR
2018 Emerging Artist Grant, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, KR
Collection
Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture, Incheon, KR
