FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJOONHYUNG LEE SOLO EXHIBITIONOUT OF FRAME
Venue:HRD Fine Art(494-1 Kamigoryo-tatemachi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto)

Date:

January 26 - February 24, 2024

Hours:

Thu: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Fri & Sat: 11:00am - 7:00pm

Closed:Sun-Wed (available for viewing by appointment)

Co-host: Space O'NewWall, Seoul*****
HRD Fine Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Korean artist Joonhyung Lee, fromJanuary 26 through February 24. Previously showcased at two group exhibitions at HRD, namely"Framework" in 2022 and "Interface" in 2023, this exhibition will be his first solo presentation in Japan.
Born in 1976 in Seoul, Lee graduated from Seoul University, before acquiring MFA at Central
Saint Martins in London and DFA at Seoul University.
Working primarily with painting, Lee has been extensively questioning human emotions
and its relations with facial expressions, as well as the roles and meanings we tend to see in visual
images of human bodies and faces. A seemingly humorous series of painting titled "Chapter 11," forexample, capturing agonizing faces of competitive divers plunging towards the water, contains deepdigging questions on humanity.
In 2015, Lee created a video work titled "Out of Frame." This work is a recording of his liferisking solo paddling voyage down the Han River in Seoul on a raft he made by using timbers fromdisassembled painting canvas stretchers. Through this experimental and performative work Lee
attempted to rattle the framework of "painting," reinvestigating the concept of painting and art
expression.
At the upcoming Kyoto exhibition, Lee presents his recent homonymous paintings based on
the video work "Out of Frame," depicting the splashes of water recorded as moving image using black
Chinese ink. With these works the artist revisits "painting," by way of video and performance
involving extreme physical acts, through which he tried to dismantle or dislocate "painting." Thus, theartworks presented here could be seen as a culmination of Joonhyung Lee's daring artistic adventures
navigating through the waves of the human world.

[ ARTWORKS ]Out of Frame
Chinese ink on linen 61x73cm 2023

Out of Frame
Chinese ink on linen 45x53cm 2023

[ ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY ]Joonhyung LEE1976

Born in Seoul

2002

BA in Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2006

MA in Fine Art, University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins, London

2016

DFA in Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

Lives and works in Seoul
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2002

There is no sun, Gallery La Mer, Seoul

2004

Dog Project, Enprini Avenue, Seoul

2009

Chapter 11, Corner Gallery, Seoul

2010

MADE IN HEAVEN, Space of Art, etc, Seoul

2011

Joon Hyung Lee Show, Woosuck Hall, Seoul National University, Seoul

2012

Joon Hyung Lee Show, Eugean Gallery, Seoul

2013

It is that, Space of Art etc, Seoul

2014

Brave New World, Void gallery, Seoul

2015

Out of Frame, Space O'NewWall, Seoul

2016

Out of Frame, space xx, Seoul2017

Out of Frame, Gallery 644, Seoul

2018

Brave New World, Art Delight, Seoul

2020

Brave New World, Art Delight, Seoul

2022

Brave New World, Selo Arts, Seoul

2023

Out of Frame, Painting Forum, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006

Still Dynamics, Jerwood Space, London
Quick and Dirty, Barge House, London

2008

In my shoes, Gallery Factory, Seoul
HyoHyoi no Hyoi, Consulate General of Republic of Korea, Osaka

2011

Color ball, powerless gallery, Seoul
face+face+face, Space of Art etc, SeoulFantasy, HanJeon Art Gallery, Seoul

2012

Two person’s show, Eugean Gallery, Seoul
Portrait, O-Jaemi Dong Gallery, Seoul

2013

35th JOONANG Fine Art Prize, Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul
The Public’s Extended, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul

2015

mindful mindless, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

2018

Art and Labor, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

2019

LIES, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

Phony Cat, Indie Art-Hall Gong, Seoul
4482, Selo Arts, Seoul
2020

Framework, HRD Fine Art, Kyoto

2021

Picnic, ArtB Project, Seoul
Educo+Ars, Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul
Framework, Selo Arts, Seoul

2023

Interface, HRD Fine Art, Kyoto
Symbiosis, Chollipo Arboretum Miller Garden Gallery, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
Interface, Corner Gallery, SeoulAwards
2010

International Snow Sculpting Competition Japan Cup in Nayoro (2nd Prize), Nayoro

2012

SeMA Selected Emerging Artist, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Artist Registry Program, SOMA Museum of Art Drawing Center, Seoul

2013

35th JoonAng Fine Art Prize, Seoul*****
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