Kyunglim LEE

ARTIST STATEMENT

Corrugated cardboard is an inevitable by-product of modern mass production

 and transportation systems. The cardboard, with winding symmetrical curves 

on its surface, stands for its necessary usage in today's commercial society 

as a reliable packaging medium. In my work, cardboard that has

 tacitly and murmurlessly finished its role as containers, protectors,

 and transporters of mass produced goods symbolizes a regeneration and a revival.

In fact, I feel fairly limited when it comes to using acrylic colors as a sole medium 

of expressing textures. Instead, I cut and form soft and attractive cardboard

 into small pieces and attach them together before adding the color and creating 

a sense of a sculpted paper form.    

In my work, a world of coexistence for tightly interrelated people and a gorgeous

 nature creates a harmonized "a cappella". In a world where individuals are destined

to fall into a state of lethargy under a suffocating social structure, 

I believe my work quietly reflects my wishes to create a lively world where people

 find their purpose and meaning from one another. 

BIO

Kyunglim Lee was born in Seoul in 1968.

She has a BFA in Oriental Painting from the College of Fine Arts of Seoul National University. Starting in 2004, She has had 38 solo exhibitions in Korea and New York.

Her work has been showcased in Seoul,Germany,Singapore,HongKong,Miami,Seattle and Houston.She has participated in numerous art fairs, such as the Affordable Art Fair,Houston Fine Art Fair and the Hong Kong Art fair. From 2015,Lee resides in New York,Queens where she works as a full-time artist.