1969 Born in Damyang, Jeonnam, Korea
1995 Graduated from Department of Art, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
2011 DFA courses, Graduate School of Communication & Arts of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2013 DFA courses, Graduate from College of Fine Arts, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
Lives and works in South Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 The light that shines on each person, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2021 The Breath of life, Savina museum, Seoul, Korea
2019 IntegratedSystemsEvents 2019, Amsterdam, Nederlanden
2018 ‘A Path to Peace’, Mars Media art center, Moscow, Russia
2016 ‘UPDATE6’, ZEBRASTRAAT, Gent, België
‘lee nam's goodmorning digital' jeorgetown festival, penang, Malaysia
‘The Signal of Light’, White box Art center, Beijing, China
‘At the rising of the roots’, Ando Fine Art Gallery, Bellin, Germany
Lee, Lee-Nam Selected Exhibition, Katara Art Center, Qatar
2015 ‘MINDO, VELAZQUEZ AND ANTS’, The Korea Society, New-York, USA
2014 Light, Gana Art Center, Seoul
Heritage, Legacy and Light, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Lee Lee Nam: Digitally Traditional, Korea Cultural Office, Sydney
Lee Lee Nam: New Media Art, Korean Cultural Center, Brussels
Light, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwaungju
Goodnight Analog, Goodmorning Digital, Soul Art Space, Busan
2013 Nature & Gogh, LEEAHN Gallery, Daegu
Invisible Light, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Michigan
Goodnight Analog, Goodmorning Digital Kwai Fun Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Goodnight Analog, Goodmorning Digital, Artmia Gallery, Beijing
2012 Goodnight Analog, Goodmorning Digital, Sangrok Exhibition Hall, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
Dillusion, Kwai Fun Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Leenam Lee Video Art, Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Michigan
2011 Les Peintures Vivantes, Art center Nabi, Seoul
Detroit Wayne State University, Michigan
Korean Culture Center, Sydney
Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
Dennos Art Museum, Michigan Collage, Michigan
G20 Summit in Seoul Special Exhibition, City Hall of Gwangju, Gwangju
2010 SUN Gallery, Seoul
Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju
Hongkong Art Center, Hong Kong
2009 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul/Busan
2008 Metaphhisical Art Gallery, Taipei
ParkRyuSook Gallery, Seoul
CAIS GALLERY, Hong Kong
2007 Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju
Lee Art Gallery, Daegu
2006 Gwangju Media Culture Center, Gwangju
2005 Hangaram Art Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Universe Society Being, Busan Museum of Art, Korea
2019 Go!Go! Into the Forest, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2018 inter-korean summit exhibition, Korea
Media Art Exhibition for NAM JUNE PAIK & LEENAM LEE, KAIST, Korea
2016 ‘BILL VIOLA, LEE LEE NAM’, Sint-Jacobaskerk, Gent, België
‘Gardens Of The World’, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
‘MOTHER-OF-PEARL LACQUERWARE FROM KOREA’, Korean Art Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A
2015 Personal Structures-Crossing Borders, The European Cultural Centre (the collateral event of 56th Venice Biennale), Venice
200 Years of the Namdo Art: The Birth and its Prospect, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan
110th Anniversary Exhibition of Korea University, , Korea University Museum, Seoul
Lotus Gallery, Gwangju
Gallery AG, Seoul
2014 Start Art, Saatchi Gallery, London
Simultaneous Echoes, Fortabat Art Collection, Buenos Aires
Pyeongchang House during Sochi Winter Olympics, Sochi
Geumgan Nature Art Biennale, Gongju
Neo-Sansu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
Lee Won-ll’s Creative Paradox, Kunst Doc, Seoul
2013 Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo, London
Neverland, the First Room, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan
Land of Happiness: Living Art Museum, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong
AMMA UMMA!, India International Centre, New Deli
Kobe Biennial, Kobe
Creative vision, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
Wind in Bamboo Forest, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju
UN-IOC Forum, New York
A Soldier's Tale: 60 Years of Memories, 130 Years of Friendship, Asia House, London
All About Korea, White Box, Munich
Korean Contemporary, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin
2012 Digital Furniture, Art center Nabi, Seoul
Moving korea, Korean Cultural Centre India, New Delhi
Walk the midfield, He Nan Sheng, Zheng zhou shi
Mudeung Tales, Today Art Museum, Beijing/ He Nan Art Museum, Zheng Zhou
ART FESTIVAL 798, Beijing
Today ART Museum, Beijing
London Olympic, Harrods Department Store, London
Artist of Gwangju ART Prize, Art Museum of Woo Jae Gil, Gwangju
Busan Biennale, Busan
Korea-China year of friendship 'ReBooting', YánHuáng Art Museum, Beijing
Beijing Art Fair 'Solid Illusion’, Beijing
SK center, Yeosu EXPO, Yeosu
Korean Eye: Energy and Matter, New York Design Center, New York / Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi
Nuclear Security Summit Seoul 2012, Media Center, COEX
Winter Olympics in Innsbruck ‘Dream, White Night’, Innsbruck
2011 Kobe Biennale, Kobe
Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu
Beijing Art Fair, Beijing
The Night of France and Korea, Paris
The Sixth Sense Massage, Art Center NABI, Seoul
Art Gwangju Special Exhibition, Kim Dae Jung Convention Center, Gwangju
Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition of Korea, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
IAAF World Championships Daegu Media Art Exhibition, City Hall of Daegu, Daegu
2010 G20 Seoul Summit, National Museum of Korea, Seoul
The 1st Nanjing Biennale, Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing
The 50th Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy
Incheon International Digital Art Festival, Tomorrow City, Incheon
Yellow Door, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
The Lamp of the East, InKo Centre, New Delhi
Art + Technology + Creation, Sangamdong DMC Media Art Exhibition, Seoul
Korea International Art Fair-Media Art Special Exhibition, COEX, Seoul
The 3rd Songzhung Culture and Art Festival, Korean Pavillion, Beijing
The 20th Korea and Russia relation opening media art, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow
2009 Invited Tea Culture Nations, Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut
The 3rd Moscow Biennale, Moscow
Asia art in London, Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London
Mind Topology, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition for Korea-Tunis 40th Chamber Anniversary,
Musee de la Ville de Tunis, Tunisia Embassy, Tunisia
Korean Eye: Moon Generation, Saatchi Gallery, London
Peace Dream Arts Festival, Centro de las artes de Sevilla, Sevilla
SUUM Art Project - Lost & Found, Rokeby Gallery, London
The 3rd Gwangju Biennale - The Clue, Gwangju Biennale Center, Gwangju
Yokohama Port 150 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Yokohama
Black and White: Natural Component, Koo New York Gallery, New York
Artists, What is Science for you, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon / KAIST, Daejeon
2008 Korean Contemporary Art Show, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
The 3rd Biennale Sevilla, Alhambra Palace, Granada
Meme Trackers, Songzhung Art Center, Beijing
Wonderland - Hiragisa and Lee Leenam, Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai
Treaures Within, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Funny Art Museum Imagination shop Ⅱ, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
Monologue, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
Welcome to Museum Land, Bukchon Art Museum, Seoul
2007 New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Another Masterpiece, New Acquisitions, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
Art and Science-Bigger and Smaller, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Shanghai eART Fastival, Shanghai
The 2nd Gwangju Biennale - L.I.G.H.T, Kim Dae Jung Convention Center, Gwangju
The Museum Blooms a flower, Gongju National Museum, Gongju
Smithsonian American Art Museum Open Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States of America,
Washington
Art & Play ‘Funsters’, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Translated Beauty - Reconstitution of Master piece, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2006 Seoul International Media Art Biennale - Dual Realities, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Awards
2018 Seoul Good Light Award
2017 The 3rdNanjingInternationalArtFestival
2010 The 22th Sun Gallery Art Award
2009 Young Artist of the Year from the Korean Artist's Day
2005 Grand Prize of Gwangju Shinsegae Art Competition
Young Artists of the Year Award
Artists of the Year Award
2002 The 8th Gwangju ART Prize
Ha Jungwoong Young Artist, Gwangju Museum of Art
Public Collections
Cheongwadae (Office of The President), Seoul
Yale University, Connecticut
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco
Embassy of Korea in America, Washington D.C.
Embassy of Germany in Korea, Seoul
Uly sigg Collection, Luzern
Sothby's, Hong Kong
Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul
Busan Museum of Art, Busan
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
Jeju Contemporary Art Museum, Jeju
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Gyeonggi-do Museum, Ansan
Uijae Art Museum, Gwangju
Jeonnam provincial Art Museum, Jeonnam
Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju
National Museum of Korea, Seoul
Art center NABI, Seoul
Seoul Administrative Court, Seoul
Australia Culture Promotion Center, Seoul
5.18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju
Gwangyang Culture and Arts Center, Jeonnam
Butterfly Museum, Hampyeong
Dinosaur Museum, Haenam
Samsung Electronics, Seoul
63Building, Seoul
Wolchul Mountain Sculpture Park, Youngam
Jeonnam Damyang Provincial College, Jeonnam
Korea National Open University, Gwangju
Yonsei University, Seoul
Chosun University, Gwangju
SK Headquarters, Seoul
Geumram Street, Gwangju
Bund18 Creative Center, Shanghai
Hana Bank Headquarters, Seoul
City hall of Gwangju, Gwangju
Gwangju MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), Gwangju
Gwangju KBS (Korea Broadcasting system), Gwangju
Ilsan MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation), Ilsan
Hungary Culture Promotion Center, Seoul
Samsung Human Resources Development Center, Youngin
Damyang County, Jeonnam
NAVER Co., Seoul
Gwangju KBC, Gwangju
Amorepacific Co., Korea
Aviva life insurance Co., Seoul
Hu Jintao first lady, China
Amorepacific Osulloc Teastone, Jeju
H.K Bank Sarasin, Hong Kong
Nam-gu Office, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju
Incheon International Airport, Incheon
United Nations Foundation, Washington D.C.