Luna Jungeun Lee
Born 1985, Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION2009 – 2011 Master of Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
2005 – 2009 Bachelor of Fine Art, Kook Min University, Seoul
2007 – 2008 Bachelor of Contemporary Fine Art (Exchange Programme),Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
2001 – 2004 Sun Hwa Art School, Seoul
AWARDS
2014 Finalist, The Gilchrist-Fisher Award, London, UK
Judges: Stephen Chambers RA, Matthew Collings, Harry Cory-Wright, Elizabeth Magill
2013/2014 Shortlist, Signature Art Prize, London, UK
Judges: Adrian Lourie, Carol Robertson, Graham Crowley, Ryan Stanier, Terry Smith, Matthew Spencer
2012 Royal Academy Summer Show 2012, Royal Academy, London, UK
2012 Finalist & People's Choice Winner, Shape Open Art Prize, London, UK
Supported by English Art Council & HSBC Bank
2012 Shortlist, Gainborough Prize for Graduate Printmakers, Suffolk, UK
2011 Artspool Prize, Oxford, UK
2010 Finalist, The 3rd UK Korean Artists, Future's Future's Future, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
Judges: Patricia Bickers, James P. Graham, James Putnam
2009 Travel Grant Art Prize, Ilhyun Travel Grant, Korea
Selected & supported by Il Hyun museum
2008 A Winning Piece of Work, Seoul Metro Art Festival, Korea
2005 Kook Min Scholarship, Korea
EXHIBITIONS
2014
Post Digital, Guest Curator: Nimrod Vardi, The DegreeArt.com Gallery, London, UK
Museum Collection curated by ArtNaked, Library Members Club, London, UK
Gilchrist-Fisher Award Finalist Exhibition, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Signature Art Prize, Gala Event, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK
2013
Solo Exhibition, MINDSCAPE, Muse at 269 Gallery, London, UK
Hot-One-Hundred curated by Ismail Erbil & Partrick Michalopoulos, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
Two-Person Exhibition, Get Lucky Yourself, Wasps Studios, Glasgow, UK
Resident Artists Show, Muse at 269 Gallery, London, UK
2012
Winter Print Exhibition, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Chromatic, Kristin Hjellegjerde/ Arteco Gallery, London, UK
Doors Art Fair, Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul, Korea
AHAF Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, The Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Korea
Through Tomorrow's Eyes, 'Beep' Wales International Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
FT Annual Summer Show, The Florence Trust, London, UK
2012 RA Summer Show, Royal Academy, London, UK
2012 Print Odyssey, Stew Gallery, Norwich, UK
Place Not Found, Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London, UK
Shape Open Art Prize, Portobello Gallery, London, UK
Solo Exhibition, Transition Point, Heartbeat Gallery, The Orchard Centre, Sheffield, UK
Annual Winter Open Studios, The Florence Trust, London, UK
2011
The Banana Crisis, The Art Lounge, New Mills, Derbyshire, UK
Now Is My Winter, Griffin Rayne Gallery, London, UK
Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Clifford Chance LLP, London, UK
The Innovative Art Fair, World Heritage Site Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Bainbridge Print Show, Bainbridge Gallery, London, UK
Who Do You Think We Are?, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Emergent Art Show, 23 Vynerstreet Gallery, Vyner Street, London, UK
Artspool, 30B Henley Street, Oxford, UK
4th 4482-Rhizo-Sphere, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London, UK
2010
Future’s Future’s Future, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
Heterotopia Provocation, Stamford works, Dalston, London, UK
Artexparte, Berazategui, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
Hotel Room, EulJi building, Il Hyen Museum, Seoul, Korea
2008
This is Tomorrow, lobby, Kook-min College of Art, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition, No, Accident, Kook-Min Art gallery, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Metro Art Festival, Seoul metro art centre 1, Seoul, Korea
Travel Grant, Il-hyun museum, Gang won do, Korea
Alice in Wonderland, Junice gallery, Seoul, Korea
99 Tents & Dreams, Right & left Art space, Beijing, China
2007
Social life, Sheffield university Sports centre Viewing Gallery, Sheffield, UK
PUBLICATION & ACTIVITIES2013
Korean Artist Interview: Interpretation of Images Through "Mindscape", SumGyeoJin Gem, 2013 October 23
Featured Artwork: Black Mirror series, OneArt Platform for Contemporary Art, 2013 June 14
Artist Interview: Luna Jungeun Lee, written by Joon Sung Kim, PLANCCC, Korea, 2013 March 5
Featured Artwork: Transition Collective, Central Station Arts Social Network, Glasgow, 2013 January 7
2012
Introducing: Luna Jungeun Lee, written by Tatevik Sargsyan & Leuan Ward, VVV Arts 2012, Dec. 22
Artist Interview: Luna Jungeun Lee, written by Saihee Shon, British Council, Korea
London Korean Times: Royal Academy Summer Show 2012, May 31
Artist Talk, 'In-Beween', Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London
Artist Talk, 'Digital Revolution', Marlborough College, Wilts, UK
2011
Artist Talk, 'Postgraduate Printmaking in London 2011', Clifford Chance LLP, London
Macaca Mulatta, MFA Fine Art degree show, Goldsmiths College, Design and print by Ditto Press, London
G40 Print Portfolio, London Original Print Fair 2011, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Artist Talk, 'Future's Future's Future', Korean Cultural Centre, London
2008
Summer YESIA Teen_IWO, Group Manager, International work camp organization, Singburi, Thailand
2007
Turkey Art Workshop, Visiting Artist, Kaya village, Fethiye, Turkey
RESIDENCY
2014 Frans Masereel Centrum,Kasterlee, Belgium
2013 The Muse at 269 Gallery, Artists In Residence, London, UK
2012-2013 Many Studios, Graduate Residency Programme, Glasgow, UK
2011-2012 FT12, The Florence Trust, Artists in Residency, London, UK
2010 Artexperte 2010, Artists in Residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina
COLLECTIONS
UPP (University Partnership Programme), London
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
The Leslie Collection
Private Collections (London, Bath, Liverpool and Dublin)
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