Jin Han Lee
Jin Han Lee (b. 1982, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Seoul. Lee captures the sensory complexities and fleeting moments of quotidian existence by translating everyday details into layers of psychedelic colour and wild movement. The artist’s oil paintings exist in a space beyond language and instead evoke the sensory, drawing upon the juxtaposition between her South Korean heritage and experience of living in the UK. The works’ large scale and illusory nature bestow the viewer with a space for contemplation and introspection.
Lee holds a PhD in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, and a MFA from Goldsmiths College, and her work is in the collections of Hyundai Capital, Seoul and Sarabande Foundation, London. Recent solo exhibitions include: Hi, Bye, Space ISU, Seoul (2023), Martha’s Rumour, Nook Gallery, Seoul (2021), Secret, or, Rumour, Gongan Seoul, Seoul (2021) and Extended Realities, Beaconsfield, London (2021). Selected group exhibitions include: Alone Time, Union Pacific, London (2023), Magnetic Fields, BB&M, Seoul (2022) and Exhibition/Publication, Wess, Seoul (2020).
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Hot Day, 2024, oil and acrylic on canvas, 91 x 116.8 cm
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Full Moon and Two Feet, 2024, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm
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You and Me, 2024, oil on linen, 91 x 116.8 cm
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Our Time, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 150 cm
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Falling, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 150 cm
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Moonbow, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm
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Heatwave, 2023, oil and acrylic on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Blue Moon, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm
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You and Me, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Cherry Blossoms at Night, 2023, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm
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November Moon, 2022, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Tree Man (Purple Night), 2022, oil and acrylic on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm
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Tree Man (Yellow Moon), 2022, oil on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm
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Under the Blossom Tree, 2022, oil on linen, 152 x 173 cm
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Last Violinist, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 220 × 180 cm
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Sun at Night, 2021, oil on linen, 200 × 180 cm
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Untitled (Blue Violinist 3), 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 80x80 cm
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Electric Shock 2, 2021, oil on linen, 120 x 80 cm
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8, 2021, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm
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Under the Tree, 2017, oil on linen, 180 × 140 cm
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Two Moon and Two Feet, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 150 cm
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Keen Feet, 2024, oil on linen, 180 x 200 cm
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Coming to You, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 180 x 200 cm
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Setting Sun, 2023, oil on linen, 180 x 200 cm
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Untitled (Four Trees and a bunch of Flowers), 2023, oil on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm
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Early Snow, 2023, oil and acrylic on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Two Lovers Walking in the Spring, 2023, oil on linen, 220 x 160 cm
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Together Together, 2023, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm
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Walking in Thornbush and Flowers, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Where Sun Goes at Night, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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Meeting at Night, 2022, oil, acrylic, watercolour and spray paint on linen, 150 x 200 cm
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That Night, 2022, oil on linen, 173 x 152 cm
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Evening on the Seventh, 2022, oil on linen, 152 x 118 cm
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Webs and Thorns, 2021, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm
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Martha's Red Violin, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 160 x 220 cm
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Loosen Up, 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 91x91 cm
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Untitled (Three Red Octopuses), 2021, oil and oil stick on linen, 193 x 244 cm
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Nine Yellow Flowers, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 180 cm
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Into You, 2021, oil, oil stick and ink on linen, 220 x 160 cm
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Meet Me in Your Dreams (diptych), 2017, oil on linen, 200 × 260 cm