Jeewi Lee, born in South Korea, has lived and worked in Berlin since 2008. Lee studied Fine Arts and Art in Context at UDK Berlin and Hunter College in NYC. In her site-specific spatial installations, sculptures and picture series, she mainly deals with traces by thematizing the past, presence and absence. The trace bears witness to time and at the same time reflects its history
and its own production process. In her installations and paintings, the trace exists as a remnant of the past, a visual allegory for lived experience, place, and memory.

Jeewi Lee will explore the history of the diaspora – of migrants who leave their homeland in search of a new home and a better future, and the consequences of this decision. In particular, she wants to explore the history of Korean Americans by interviewing Koreans with a migration background in
the L.A. region and artistically engaging with the everyday objects they brought from their home country.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 | Palimpsest, Segmente des Wiederbeschreibens, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ, Berlin
2021 | junger westen – Solo Position, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2021 | Vor•wurf, Sexauer Galerie, Berlin
2020 | re-, Kunstverein in Hamburg

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 | Into the Woods, Kunsthaus Wien, Klima Biennale Wien
2023 | Indigo Waves and Other Stories, Gropius Bau, Berlin
2023 | So it appears, Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia
2021 | Scratching the Surface, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum der Gegenwart, Berlin

Selected Awards
2023 | Albers Foundation Residency, Bethany, Connecticut
2021 | Art Prize “junger westen,” Recklinghausen
2020 | Working Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2020 | Thread Residency, Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Sinthian, Senegal
2020 | Working Grant, CAA Berlin
2018 | Villa Romana, Florence