Suwon Lee (born 1977) is a Korean-Venezuelan artist based in Madrid, Spain.
Biography Suwon Lee was born in 1977 to Korean parents in Caracas, Venezuela. She migrated from Venezuela in 2016 and often uses space and belonging as a theme in her photographs. In 2008, she won a grant awarded by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFOs) in Miami, and later that year, she . In this same year, she was included in her first solo show at Periférico Caracas. In the Younger than Jesus Artist Directory (2009), a directory of emerging artists throughout the world, Suwon Lee was the only Venezuelan selected by an international jury to be in the book. In 2005, Suwon Lee and artist Luis Romero co-founded the alternative contemporary art space Oficina#1, located in Caracas. For her work with Oficnia#1, she was nominated and won the International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur award from the British Council of Venezuela in 2008. Oficina#1 closed in 2016.
Education Suwon Lee earned her BA in French studies at the American University of Paris in 2001. From 2001 to 2002, she studied photography at Speos Paris Photographic Institute. In 2006, she took the PHotoESPAÑA Masterclass with German photographer Axel Hütte. Alongside her Bachelor's Degree and Masterclass, she worked with Nelson Garrido in his photography workshop in Caracas, Venezuela.
Artworks Suwon Lee primarily works in photography focusing on landscapes and cityscapes. Her images attempt to show a relationship between physical body and the natural world by emphasizing space, time, and light. More recently, she has worked in nude self-portraits are to show herself as the foreigner and the multicultural identity that she has lived with, being born in Venezuela and coming from Korean parents.
Exhibitions Source: +Selected Solo ShowsTitleOrganizationLocationDateLandscapes & Self-Portraits. Female Voices of Latin America. Vortic.artOnline PlatformApril 4 - May 1, 2021Mukthi Room” Solo Projects curated by Jesús Fuenmayor.Pinta MiamiMiami, US2015HeimaEspacio Al BordeMaracaibo, Venezuela2013The benign indifferenceGalería Fernando PradillaMadrid, Spain2012Bling! Bling!Galpón 1Caracas, Venezuela2008
+Selected Group showsTitleOrganizationLocation DateFutures Photography 2021 PHotoESPAÑA Circulo de Bellas ArtesMadrid, Spain2021Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021: Intermingling Flux. Curated by Gerardo Mosquera Guangdong Museum of ArtGuangzhou, China 2021Encuentros en tiempo presenteCentro de Arte AlcobendasMadrid, Spain2020Portadores de sentido. Arte contemporáneo de la Colección Patricia Phelps de CisnerosMuseo Amparo Puebla, Mexico 2019Under Construction: Latin America Narratives in the CIFO CollectionCasa FugazCallao, Peru 2019Soul Mining: The influence of Asian culture and labor in Latin AmericaVincent Price Art MuseumLos Angeles, California, US2018Soul Mining: The influence of Asian culture and labor in Latin America Arizona State University Art MuseumTempe, Arizona, US 2017América Latina 1963-2013Fondation Cartier pour l’Art ContemporainParis, France20139ª Bienal do Mercosul: Weather Permitting. Curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do MercosulPorto Alegre, Brazil2013Voyage VoyageMaison de l’Amérique LatineParis, France2012Once TiposSala MendozaCaracas, Venezuela2011I Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ULA 2010Universidad de Los AndesMérida, Venezuela2010Shifting Constructs. CIFO Grants & Commissions ProgramCisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Miami, US2009XII Salón Jóvenes con FIACorp BancaCaracas, Venezuela2009Belong HereCentro Cultural de EspañaSantiago, Chile2008Reflect/RefractRich GalleryLondon, United Kingdom2008El Futuro es ahoraFototeca de Veracruz y CASA-OaxacaVeracruz, Mexico2007Café con Leche: Cultura, Migración, IdentidadMuseo de Bellas Artes de CaracasCaracas, Venezuela2006VII Salón CANTV Jóvenes con FIAAteneo de CaracasCaracas, Venezuela2004VI Salón Pirelli de Jóvenes ArtistasMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo de CaracasCaracas, Venezuela2003Contra>Sentido: Nueva Fotografía VenezolanaSala MendozaCaracas, Venezuela2003
Collections Her artwork is held in major metropolitan museums including MoMA New York, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, CIFO Miami, and Museu de Arte Brasileira da Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado.
Honors and awards Source:
2008 - Recipient of the International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur Award by the British Council. 2008 - Recipient of the Grants and Commissions Program awarded by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) in Miami. 2010 – Emerging Artist Award 2009 from the International Association of Art Critics, Venezuelan Chapter. 2011 – Young Artist Prize from the Venezuela Association of Fine Artists
References
External links Official website