(b.1986) Based in Berlin, Germany
Jeiryung Lee is a South Korean artist based in Berlin. Her practice centres on writing as a means of liberation from personal and societal repression. She explores writing as a survival instinct, treating language as both material and tool. Through deconstructing and reassembling text, she reveals intersections between her experiences and those of others. Her work spans installations, sculptures, paintings, and mixed media, often combining text with objects to narrate psychological and philosophical themes drawn from memories, recordings, and shared experiences.
Exhibitions
Upcoming
2025 Sculpting Sustain at Usine Té in Saint-Denis, Paris, FR
Currently Showing
17 July - 30 August
2025 Recently Seen and Admired, a group exhibition at FWR, Berlin, DE
Past
2025 Shared Garden, organised and curated by Collectif Nest at DOC!, Paris, FR
2024 Derivat 0,99, curated by Marina Stanimirovic and Moritz Maria Karl, 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, curated by Julie Legouez and Evelina Reiter, StadtWERKSTATT (Adlerhalle), Berlin, DE
2024 Thump, as a guest artist of the project ABC Stampa by Artists Books Cooperative, curated by DDBBMM, 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, Typojanchi: 6th International Typography Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, KR
2019 Post Human: The 5th International Exhibition on New Media Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo, KR
2018 Growth, Spoken Word and Performance, Strasse 55, Berlin, DE
2018 A Human Mass, Site-specific performance, Berlin, DE
2018 Spacer Woman, Group Performance, Keller, Berlin, DE
2015 10 years of Millbank: Chelsea 10, Chelsea Triangle Space, London, UK
2014 Work In Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 Nature’s Tempo: Signs, Lines and Shapes, Korean Cultural Centre, New York, US
2012 Exposure, Ceres Gallery, New York, US
2012 (Solo exhibition) Hollow, One Hundred Days, Casa Zerilli-Marimo, New York, US
2011 Modern Contour, Site-specific installation, London, UK
Award/Grants/Mentions
2018 EXIST-Gründerstipendium, BMWK, DE
2012 Sculpture Shock, Highly Commended Artist, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK
2012 One Hundred Days Artist Award, Winner, Contaminate NY, New York, US
Publications/Interviews
2025 ANNEX Magazine 01. Age of Contamination, Perspective section, published by ANNEX, KR
2024 Roundtable: Interaction, Voice, and Design Theory of Platform in Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, KR
2022 Another Home, introduction essay contribution to the exhibition catalogue, publication supported by Pureun Culture Foundation, KR
2022 Would be Okay, My Sleep at Seoul Cultural Station 284, published by Korea Craft & Design Foundation, KR
2020 I am Home, Post Human: New Media Art 2020, published by CICA Press, KR
2019 Split Signal, Typography and Objects, Typojanchi: 6th International Typography Biennale, published by Korea Craft & Design Foundation, KR
2019 Featured work of the exhibition Typography and Object in Seoul Cultural Station 284, Issue 247, published by CA Books, KR
2018 I am a daughter of another daughter who wished me to be a son, poem contribution in a zine, Growth, published by Strasse 55, DE
2013 Interview for the exhibition Nature’s Tempo in the Korean Cultural Centre New York, published by Gallery Korea, US
2012 Interview for the solo exhibition Hollow in Casa Zerilli-Marimò, published by Contaminate NYC, US
Workshops/Professional Experiences
2018-19 Art Workshop for refugee children, Pass the Crayon, Berlin, Germany
2018-19 Founder and director of creative studio TTT, Berlin, Germany
2015-17 Art Director of interactive design studio Artificial Rome, Berlin, Germany
2014 Art Workshop for youth, OMG Cameras Everywhere, The Brady Arts and Community Centre, London, UK
2014 Production Assistant of art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, London, UK
2012 Artist Assistant to film installation artist Robin Jenkins, London, UK
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