b.1986, Seoul, South Korea
based in Berlin, Germany
Jeiryung Lee's artistic focus revolves around writing. Lee sees writing as an experience of liberation from personal or societal repression, particularly exploring the role and realm of writing in mental disorders. She handles language as both a physical material and a tool, breaking down and reassembling written words to articulate intersections and overlaps between her encounters and those of others. Lee combines text and objects across installations, sculptures, drawings, and other art forms, often narrating the psychological substance of intimate or collective recordings, memories, incidents, and problems.
Upcoming
2026 We Speak But They Refuse To Translate Us, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, DE
Exhibitions
2026
Half Smile (solo exhibition), POV, Berlin, DE
2025 10 ans de DOC, DOC!, Paris, FR
2025 Recently Seen and Admired, FWR Galerie, Berlin, DE
2025 Age of Contamination, ANNEX, Seoul, KR
2025 Shared Garden, curated by Collectif Nest at DOC!, Paris, FR
2024 Derivat 0,99, gr_und, Berlin, DE
2024 Spotlight on South Korea: a curated special exhibition, POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
2024 Science Fiction Is The Best Friction, B-LA-M: Berlin-Los Angeles-Mexico City art exchange, Rosalux, Berlin, DE
2024 48 Stunden Neukölln: Weltall Open Studio, Berlin, DE
2024 Fight or Flight, Adlerhalle (StadtWERKSTATT), Berlin, DE
2024 Thump, as a guest artist of the project ABC Stampa by Artists Books Cooperative, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, KR
2024 Subtextures, curated by Hanna Steinert and Park Chae Dalle, Zuostant, Berlin, DE
2023 Nobody Waited for Us: Boogie Woogie Museum, as a member of an artist collective WORD WORKS, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, KR
2022 Another Home, Gallery Doqument by Chapter 1, Seoul, KR
2022 My Sleep, as a member of an artist collective WORD WORKS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, KR
2019 Typography and Objects: Kaleidoscopes, polyhedrons, clocks, corners, sundries, and plants, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, KR
2019 Post Human: The 5th International Exhibition on New Media Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo, KR
2015 10 years of Millbank: Chelsea 10, Chelsea Triangle Space, London, UK
2013 Nature’s Tempo: Signs, Lines and Shapes, Korean Cultural Centre, New York, US
2012 Exposure, Ceres Gallery, New York, US
2012 Hollow (solo exhibition), One Hundred Days, Casa Zerilli-Marimo, New York, US
Performances
2026 The Way They Talk, Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Project Space Festival, Berlin, DE
2025 Wir Wussten Beide, FWR Galerie, Berlin, DE
2021 Lecture de Poésie, Lecture au 46, Online
2018 I Am a Daughter of Another Daughter..., Growth, Strasse 55, Berlin, DE
2018 Spacer Woman, Keller, Berlin, DE
Award & Grants
2018 EXIST-Gründerstipendium, BMWK, DE
2012 One Hundred Days Artist Award, Winner, Contaminate NY, New York, US
Publications & Writings
2025 ANNEX no 1. Age of Contamination, ANNEX, KR
2024 Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense (text contribution), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, KR
2023 Watch and Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses (text contribution), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, KR
2022 Another Home (introduction essay), Gallery Doqument by Chapter 1, KR
2022 Would be Okay, My Sleep, Korea Craft & Design Foundation, KR
2019 Split Signal, Typography and Objects, Korea Craft & Design Foundation, KR
Education
2013-14 Master of Arts, Royal College of Art, London, UK (withdrawn)
2009-12 Bachelor of Arts, Honours Degree, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK