Biography

Lee Wan
B. 1979, Seoul

Lee Wan is known for his diverse body of work, spanning sculpture, installation, documentary film, and AI-infused media technology. He delves into the impacts of globalization, capitalism, politics, history, and culture on individual lives.

Notable accolades include winning the ‘1st Art Spectrum Artist Award’ by Leeum in 2014, and representing the Korean Pavilion at the ‘Venice Biennale’ in 2017. Lee Wan’s collaborative partners include MOYNAT and Hyundai Motor’s ZER01NE and Cradle. His artworks are part of esteemed collections in institutions like MMCA, SeMA, Leeum Samsung Museum of art, and LVMH foundation in Paris.

Presently, he explores humanism from a trans/post-humanism perspective, investigating how AI and technological advancements reshape human existence and relationships.

Critical Writings

Press & Articles

Artist CV

Education
2025~	Yonsei University Graduate School of Communication & Arts, D.F.A., Seoul
2024	Dongguk University, M.F.A. in Media Art, Seoul
2004	Dongguk University, B.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul
Award
2015	26th Kim se-choong young sculpture award, The Kim se-choong commemoration Foundation, Seoul
2014	The 1st art spectrum award, LEEUM Samsung museum of art, Seoul
2009	2009~2010 ARKO young art frontier artist, Arts council Korea, Korea
2005	Joong-Ang fine arts competition, Seoul arts center, Seoul
Collection
LVMH foundation, Paris
LEEUM Samsung museum of art, Seoul
Cheongju museum of art, Chungju
MMCA(National museum of modern and contemporary art), Gwacheon, Korea
SeMA(Seoul museum of art), Seoul
National science center, Gwacheon, Korea
Ssamzie Theme Park, Heyris, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2025	바람은 그대 쪽으로, 기형도 문학관, Gwangmyeong-si, Korea
2024	Random Access Memory, Chapter.3 ‘Record & Memory’, House of Woonkyung, Seoul, Korea
2023	Random Access Memory, Chapter.2 ‘Heir’, ACT Ground, Hwasung-si, Korea
2022	Random Access Memory, Chapter.1 Displacement 0(Zero), Plad, Gallerie X, Seoul
2019	Lee Wan solo exhibition-313 art project, Art Basel Hongkong, Hongkong
2018	Chicago EXPO solo exhibition and special event A billboard project, Chicago
2018	Counter Balance, Venice biennale Korean pavilion(Homecoming report exhibition, with Cody Choi), ARKO art center, Seoul
2017	Counter Balance, Venice biennale Korean pavilion, Venice, Italy
2016	A diligent attitude towards a meaningless thing, 313 art project, Seoul
2016	Discovery section, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2015	Silence in between, 313 art project, Seoul
2014	Made in, Doosan art center, New York
2014	Us and them, Project space SARUBIA, Seoul
2013	Oh, pure love, Daegu art museum, Daegu
2012	How to become us, AR festival, Paju
2011	How to become us, Art space Pool, Seoul
2010	Forlorn standard, Art space Hue, Seoul
2009	Life is widely spreading blood-red ripples, Total museum, Seoul
2008	A forbidden land, Miro space, Seoul
2005	Riding art, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul
Group Exhibition
2025	Shifting Terrains - Beyond Black and White (非非黑即白), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2025	The Third, The Third Gallery, Seoul
2025	Soul Spector, Lee Wan-Yoo Naul Duo Exhibition, The Square Nonhyun, Seoul
2025	We, Such Fragile Beings, PODO Museum, Jeju
2025	Hello, Family. 가족이 되다, Hello Museum, Seoul
2025	ART OnO 2025, Setec, Seoul
2024	미완의 어울림, Noksan industrial complex, Busan
2024	Incheon Art Show Biennale Special Exhibition’, Songdo Convensia, Incheon
2024	Super Collectors, Hyundai Art Stage, Hyundai Trade Center, Seoul
2024	Transistors, Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum, Tinan, Taiwan
2024	Every Island is a Mountain, Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Palazzo Malta, Venice
2023	The Irreplaceable Human, Louisiana Museum, Denmark
2023	On boarding, Sungkok art museum, Seoul
2022	Channel: Wave-particle duality, Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2022, Changwon, Korea
2022	Record city, Factory 2, Seoul
2021	Not easy, 313 art project, Seoul
2021	The Chronicle of lost time, SNU MoA, Seoul
2021	Time Walker the time travel corporation, MOCA Busan, Busan
2020	Camp 2020, Camp Long, Won ju, Korea
2020	Collection, Space CAN Old house, Seoul
2019	Contemparary Korean art, LEEUM Samsung museum of art, Seoul
2019	What is contemporary art, Daegu art factory, Daegu, Korea
2019	Sugar industry, Madou triennale, Madou, Taiwan
2018	About the things you can’t throw away, SNU MoA, Seoul
2018	Still alive, Cheongju museum of art, Cheongju, Korea
2018	The Dictionary of Evil, 1st Gangwon international biennale, Gangwon, Korea
2017	Continua sphères ENSEMBLE, Centquatre Paris, Paris
2017	Nomadic traveler, 5th cultural conversations: Korea-Indonesia, Edwin’s gallery, Jakarta
2017	Video portrait, Total museum, Seoul
2017	Lesson zero, MMCA, Gwacheon
2016	First sight in Jogja, Cemeti art house, Indonesia
2016	Nanjing art festival, Nanjing Baijia lake museum, Nanjing
2016	Questioning sustainability, SNU MoA, Seoul
2016	Art and the measure of liberty: The United Nations Turns 70, Baik Art, LA
2016	Art and the measure of liberty: The United Nations Turns 70, Permanent mission of the Republic of Korea to theUnited Nations, New York
2015	Jungle shoes report, Block haus, France
2015	Gwangju media art festival: The dialogur of light, BITGOEUL Citizen Cultural Center, Gwangju
2015	New conjunctions, Permanent mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, New York
2015	Sphères 8, Galleria continua les Moulins, France
2015	Accidental encounter, SeMA(Seoul museum of art), Seoul
2015	Useless, Useful, Osan museum of art, Osan
2015	SEMA Salon, SeMA(Seoul museum of art), Seoul
2014	Burning down the house, Gwangju biennale, Gwang ju, Korea
2014	Please respond artists, Space O’New wall, Seoul
2014	Super romantics, Daegu art factory, Daegu
2014	Prime and surplus, Common center, Seoul
2014	Lee Wan - Park Kiwon duet exhibition, 313 art project, Seoul
2014	Sphères 7, Galleria continua les Moulins, France
2014	Deliberate tension, Cumin art center, Chungju, Korea
2014	Art spectrum 2014, Leeum Samsung museum of art, Seoul
2014	New icon, Salihara gallery, Jakarta
2014	Boundaries and transcendence, Pohang museum of art, Pohang, Korea
2013	Twilight, Absolute space, Tainan, Taiwan
2013	Love impossible, SNU MoA, Seoul
2013	Art farm project, Jim Tompson art center, Bangkok, Thailand
2013	Turning the State upside-down, Arts council Korea, Insa art space, Seoul
2013	Tireless refrain, Nam June Paik art center, Yongin-si, Korea
2012	Play time, Seoul culture station 284, Seoul
2012	Taste of life, Sungkok art museum, Seoul
2012	Confession, Ilmin museum, Seoul
2012	The pulse, Doosan art center New York, New York
2012	Confession, Ilmin museum, Seoul
2012	The pulse, Doosan art center, Seoul
2011	Korea tomorrow, Seoul art center, Seoul
2010	Biennale+1, Gwangju biennale special exhibition, Gwangju, Korea
2010	Asian emerging artist, Kim Daejung conventiion center, Gwangju, Korea
2010	The last amusement park, GMoMA(Gyeonggi museum of modern art), Gyeonggi-do
2010	Moon rabbit plays in the children’s gallery, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2010	Mega stuff, Salonde H, Seoul
2010	Art & science, National science center, Gwacheon, Korea
2010	30th anniversary of the young Korean artists, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2009	Visible hands, Ilmin museum of art, Seoul
2009	Dissonant visions, SeMA, Seoul
2008	Art at home, wonderful life, Doosan art center, Seoul
2008	Dialog in between, SNU MoA, Seoul
2008	Young Korean artists 2008, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2007	London Okryukwan, Art house gallery, London
2006	Living Furniture, Busan biennale 2006, Busan
2005	Joong-Ang fine arts competition, Seoul arts center, Seoul
Residency
2019	Gallery PURPLE, Namyang-ju, South Korea
2018	Tsung-yeh arts and culture center Madou, Taiwan
2016	Cemeti art house, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2015	Asia culture center residency, Gwangju, South Korea
2014	Doosan art center residency, New York
2014	New zero art space, Yanggon, Myanmar
2014	Gum-chon art factory, Seoul
2013	Absolute space residency, Tainan
2013	Jim Tompson art center residency, Bangkok
2012	Space CAN residency, Seoul
2011	SOLOMON artist residency, Seoul
2010	Chang-dong studio, Seoul

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