Lee Jinju was born in South Korea in 1980. She graduated from the Department of Eastern Painting at Hongik University. The artist employs traditional Korean painting techniques. One of the key topics in her works is memory and trauma, which serve as a means of speaking about reality. She lives and works in Paju and Seoul.
solo exhibitions
2018
SYNAPSES EDWINS Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2017
Dialogical Self BAIKART Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
An Obscure Reply ARARIO Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2014
JINJU LEE DOOSAN Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Evanescing, In-evanescing Gallery Hyundai 16bungee, Seoul, South Korea
2010
A Way to Remember Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2008
Story of Silence Gallery JungMiSo, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Patternholic Gallery DOS, Seoul, South Korea
duo exhibitions:
2013
片鱗 Glimpse Li YiWen & Lee Jinju, Space CAN, Beijing, China
2012
Paths of Clues Lee Jeongbae & Lee Jinju, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
group exhibitions
2018
Contemplative Space Artist Note Whanki Museum, Seoul, South Korea
The Dictionary of Evil Gangwon International Biennale, South Korea
2017
Visualizing Today Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
A Research on Feminist Art Now Space One, Seoul, South Korea
Guho’s Room Museum of KOOHOUSE, Yangpyeong, South Korea
2016
The Evolution of Socialist Realism American University Museum, Washington, USA
Journey to a Fluid Island Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Club Monster Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
Falling in Love with Women’s Portraits Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2015
East Asia Feminism: Fantasia SEOULMuseum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Black Hole Sun Art Center WHITE BLOCK, Paju, South Korea
2014
SongEun ArtAward Exhibition SongEun Artcenter, South Korea
TOMORROW, DDP Design Museum, South Korea
2013
Permeated Perspective: Young Korean Painters DOOSAN Gallery New York, USA
Girl’s Generation Space Cottonseed, Singapore
Detail Gallery SiMon, Seoul, South Korea
Real Landscape, True Reflection OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2012
On Manner of Forming Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Soul of Seoul Gallery S.E, Bergen, Norway
2011
What I Saw Project Space SARUBIADABANG, Seoul, South Korea
Monologues Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
