Suwon Lee

Suwon Lee
Born1977 (age 47–48)
Caracas, Venezuela
Known forVisual art
Websitesuwonlee.com

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.[1] In 2008, she won a grant awarded by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFOs) in Miami, and later that year, she .[2] In this same year, she was included in her first solo show at Periférico Caracas.[3] 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.[4] In 2005, Suwon Lee and artist Luis Romero co-founded the alternative contemporary art space Oficina#1, located in Caracas.[5][6] 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.[7] Oficina#1 closed in 2016.[8]

Education

Suwon Lee earned her BA in French studies at the American University of Paris in 2001.[2] 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.[9] Her images attempt to show a relationship between physical body and the natural world by emphasizing space, time, and light.[10] 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[11]

Selected Solo Shows
Title Organization Location Date
Landscapes & Self-Portraits. Female Voices of Latin America. Vortic.art Online Platform April 4 -

May 1, 2021

Mukthi Room” Solo Projects curated by Jesús Fuenmayor. Pinta Miami Miami, US 2015
Heima Espacio Al Borde Maracaibo, Venezuela 2013
The benign indifference Galería Fernando Pradilla Madrid, Spain 2012
Bling! Bling![12] Galpón 1 Caracas, Venezuela 2008

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Selected Group shows
Title Organization Location Date
Futures Photography 2021 PHotoESPAÑA Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Spain 2021
Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021: Intermingling Flux. Curated by Gerardo Mosquera Guangdong Museum of Art Guangzhou, China 2021
Encuentros en tiempo presente Centro de Arte Alcobendas Madrid, Spain 2020
Portadores de sentido. Arte contemporáneo de la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Museo Amparo Puebla, Mexico 2019
Under Construction: Latin America Narratives in the CIFO Collection Casa Fugaz Callao, Peru 2019
Soul Mining: The influence of Asian culture and labor in Latin America Vincent Price Art Museum Los Angeles, California, US 2018
Soul Mining: The influence of Asian culture and labor in Latin America Arizona State University Art Museum Tempe, Arizona, US 2017
América Latina 1963-2013 Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain Paris, France 2013
9ª Bienal do Mercosul: Weather Permitting. Curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul Porto Alegre, Brazil 2013
Voyage Voyage Maison de l’Amérique Latine Paris, France 2012
Once Tipos Sala Mendoza Caracas, Venezuela 2011
I Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ULA 2010 Universidad de Los Andes Mérida, Venezuela 2010
Shifting Constructs. CIFO Grants & Commissions Program Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Miami, US 2009
XII Salón Jóvenes con FIA Corp Banca Caracas, Venezuela 2009
Belong Here Centro Cultural de España Santiago, Chile 2008
Reflect/Refract Rich Gallery London, United Kingdom 2008
El Futuro es ahora Fototeca de Veracruz y CASA-Oaxaca Veracruz, Mexico 2007
Café con Leche: Cultura, Migración, Identidad Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela 2006
VII Salón CANTV Jóvenes con FIA Ateneo de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela 2004
VI Salón Pirelli de Jóvenes Artistas Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Caracas, Venezuela 2003
Contra>Sentido: Nueva Fotografía Venezolana Sala Mendoza Caracas, Venezuela 2003

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Collections

Her artwork is held in major metropolitan museums including MoMA New York,[14] Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros,[15] CIFO Miami,[16] and Museu de Arte Brasileira da Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado.[17]

Honors and awards[18]

  • 2011 – Young Artist Prize from the Venezuela Association of Fine Artists
  • 2010 – Emerging Artist Award 2009 from the International Association of Art Critics, Venezuelan Chapter.
  • 2008 - Recipient of the Grants and Commissions Program awarded by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation[19] (CIFO) in Miami.
  • 2008 - Recipient of the International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur Award by the British Council.

References

  1. ^ Arte, Carmen (April 4, 2021). "Suwon Lee: Landscapes & Self-Portraits". Vortic Art. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  2. ^ a b "Suwon Lee Biography – Suwon Lee on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ^ "Suwon Lee | Artist Profile with Bio". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  4. ^ Gioni, Massimiliano Gioni (2009). Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory. Phaidon. ISBN 978-0714849812.
  5. ^ "Artesur » Oficina #1". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Caracas". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. ^ "News – International Young Visual Entrepreneur Award Nominees Announced". Artforum. September 29, 2008. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  8. ^ Benedetti, Silvia (2020-01-28). "Sustaining Art in the Midst of Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  9. ^ "Landscape and Distance in the Art of Suwon Lee | Magazine | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. ^ "Joya: AiR / Suwon Lee / VEN". JOYA: AiR. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  11. ^ ArtFacts. "Suwon Lee | Artist". ArtFacts. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  12. ^ Benko, Susana. "Suwon Lee". ArtNexus Magazine. 77.
  13. ^ a b "Suwon Lee | Artist". suwonlee (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  14. ^ "Suwon Lee | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  15. ^ "Contemporary Art". Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  16. ^ "La Colección CIFO". CIFO. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  17. ^ "MAB FAAP". www.faap.br. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  18. ^ "Suwon Lee". Foto-Feminas. 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  19. ^ "Suwon Lee". Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation.