Minha LEE
Born in Seoul, lives in Incheon, Korea
Education
2013 D.F.A. in Inter Media Art, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
2010 M.F.A. in Inter Media Art, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
2007 M.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
2002 B.F.A. in Oriental Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2026 The Soft Bone, AUA SA・KURA Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2024 Inscribing [ ], Incheon Acedemy of Science & Arts, Incheon, Korea
2023 The lullaby of boming, Soorim Cube, Seoul, Korea
2023 The inside of life turned upside down, ArtPlug Yeonsu, Incheon, Korea
2021 Black Seed, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, Korea
2020 Cerise barrier, Caison24 Gallery Space &, Incheon, Korea
2019 The Reconstitution of the Birth Rite, Incheon Art Platform Warehouse Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2017 Anamnesis, Incheon Chinese History Museum Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2014 Anaphora, Guro Arts Valley Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 Palimpsest, Gallery HIRAWATA, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
2010 Sacrifice, Café & Gallery OMONMA Tent, Toride, Ibaraki, Japan
2007 The Metaphor of the Black Wing, Gallery TOPOHAUS, Seoul, Korea
Screening
2025 Practicing the Path Today, Hana Financial Group Data Center Media Art Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2024 Film Market at Art Gyeonggi Otaku Bazaar, Suwon, Korea
2019 Seoul International New Media Festival, Lotte Cinema Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
2019 Pan×Sori×Women: Creative Experiment Process and Sharing, Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul, Korea
2018 Fly In Fly Out_7 Yarns: A Weave of Corresponding Video and Film Expressions, Marrickville Garage, Sydney, Australia
Exhibition Curation
2025 Time Beneath the Husk, ArtPlug Yeonsu, Incheon, Korea
2017 The Wind of Chongqing stays in Incheon, Bupyeong Arts Center Gallery Kot-Nu-Ri, Incheon, Korea
2017 All Fix 1.5 room, Grant Recipient_Guro Cultural Foundation, Garibong Burjib, Seoul, Korea
2017 CELL_Low, High and Narrow Room, Grant Recipient_Guro Cultural Foundation, Gallery Guruji, Seoul, Korea
2016 Turn Over Your Life, Yeinryok SAMUSO, Grant Recipient_Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Kwangmyeong Culture Center, Korea
2011 Na-Na a ‘Snack Bar’ Hwa Hyun KIM+Minha LEE, Sempio Space in Icheon Factory, Sempio Foods Company, Gyeonggi, Korea
2008 My Cup Runneth Over, KiryuSaien14, Old Snack Bar NaNa, Gunma, Japan
Group Exhibition
2025 Build Your Incheon, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2025 Incheon Art Bank New Acquisitions Exhibition, Woori Museum of Art, Incheon, Korea
2024 Romantic Era, Convensia Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2022 PAGE ONE, Soorim Cube, Seoul, Korea
2021 Final Report Exhibition, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, Korea
2021 How The Sea Thinks, Space IMSI, Incheon, Korea
2021 Triple Point, Song-do the Zenith #128, Incheon, Korea
2021 Sensory Grammar, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, Korea
2021 Preview, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, Korea
2020 Collection of Recollection, Yotsuya Unconfirmed Studio, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Platform Artists, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2019 Soorim Art Awards, Soorim Cultural Foundation Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Neverthless, History Continues, Korean Cultural Center, Hong Kong, China
2018 Gropius House || Contemporary, Gropius House, Dessau, Germany
2018 Arthara Art Fair, Gallery palais de seoul, Chung-ju Cultural Hall, Korea
2018 SNU Villa D’art Festival, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2017 Two Passage, Incheon National University Art Space In, Incheon, Korea
2016 L’heure entre chien et loup, Gallery Guruji, Seoul, Korea
2016 Art DNA, Chinretsukan Gallery of the University Art Museum in Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2014 World Script Symposia, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 Kobe Biennale, Kobe, Japan
2012 Small is Big_Art Concentration, Chairs on the hill, Seoul, Korea
2012 Art Salad, masuii.R.D.R Gallery, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
2012 Juried Exhibition of Kawaguchi’s Budduing Artists, Kawaguchi City Gallery, Saitama, Japan
2011 Tateishi Festa, Tateishi Suwa Shrine, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Traditional and Contemporary, Chinretsukan Gallery of the University Art Museum in Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Resonating Vision, Ueno Station Gallery Break, Tokyo, Japan
2010 While on a Journey, Sky of Travel, Old Rissei Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan
2010 Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Japan
2010 Image in Dialog, KEPCO Plaza Gallery in Korea, Gallery MI in Korean Cultural Center of the Korean Embassy in Japan
2009 No Man’s Land, Embassy of France former building, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Art Salad, masuii.R.D.R Gallery, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
2009 KiryuSaien15, Aoki House, Gunma, Japan
2009 Kashiwa-no-ha Intersect, Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha, Chiba, Japan
2008 Conflict of Pure Hearts, WhaBong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Art Ring_Geidai Arts Summit, Students’ Union in Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2007 KiryuSaien13, Old Toyo Textile Manufacturing Factory, Gunma, Japan
2007 The New Form and Spirit 19th, Gallery Gaia, Seoul, Korea
2007 The Lady of Shalotte, Toride Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ibaraki, Japan
2006 The New Form and Spirit 18th, Gallery Gaia, Seoul, Korea
2005 Accessibility, Gallery Han, Seoul, Korea
2005 The New Form and Spirit 17th, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 The First Intensions, Lotte Gallery Anyang, Gyeonggi, Korea
2003 The Story of Korean Painting, Chuwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Mask, Jongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002 The Best Young Artist’s Exhibition, Insa Art Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2002 The New Form and Spirit 14th, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002 Autumn in Seoul, Gana Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2002 Bodies and Clothes, Contemporary Arts Exhibition Hall in Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Open Studio
2024 Yeonsu_Check-in, ArtPlug Yeonsu, Incheon, Korea
2019 Open Studio, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2018 Open Studio 14, MMCA Residency Goyang, Gyeonggi, Korea
2016 Open Studio, Kwon Jinkyu Atelier in Dongseon-dong, Seoul, Korea
2010 IVA Selection vol.3 Minha Lee, Ino Artists Village, Toride, Japan
2009 Open Studio, Ino Artists Village, Toride, Japan
2008 Open Studio, Ino Artists Village, Toride, Japan
2007 Grand Open, Ino Artists Village, Toride, Japan
Art Fair / Market
2025 Incheon Art Show, Convensia, Incheon, Korea
2022 Seoul Arts High School Online Art Fair, Korea
2018 Arthara Art Fair, Gallery palais de seoul, Chung-ju Cultural Hall, Korea
2017 Squat Seongsu, S-Factory, Seoul, Korea
2016 Ohbok Market, Itaewon Haebangchon SinHeung Market, Seoul, Korea
2016 Ohbok Market, Anyang Individual Home, Gyeonggi, Korea
Public Art Project
2016 Seoul is Museum_International Conference, Just One Place and Just One Work_Artist Presentation, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea Press Center, Seoul, Korea
2016 New Art Work in Hangdong Whistle Stop, Gurohangari, Guro Happy Edu District, Seoul, Korea
2016 Hamke Design_Community based Public Art Project, Wolgot Art Dock, SiHeung Gaetgol Eco Park, Gyeonggi, Korea
2015 Hangdong Whitls Stop, Director of Art Rail Construction Project, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2014 Rainbow Bridge_Public Art Project, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2010 Kamikatsu Earth Work, Site-Specific Art Project, Kashihara Sky Point, Tokushima, Japan
2009 Lighthouse Art Work, A Grand Exposition for Yokohama’s 150th Year, Kanagawa, Japan
2008 60+1 Eagle’s Wings, Director of the 60th Anniversary Project for Consecration, Setagaya Catholic Church, Tokyo, Japan
2008 A-team Performance, Artist-in-Residence Open to you!, Openspace Bae/Busan Biennale Opening Reception/Haeundae Beach 3 times, Korea
2007 A house of funny fellows gathered in the park, Meta Unit_M1 Project, Toride Art Project, Matsudo Central Park, Chiba, Japan
Artist in Residency
2024 Yeonsu_Check-in, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts & Culture, Incheon, Korea
2021 Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, Daejeon, Korea
2019 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon Foundation For Arts & Culture, Incheon, Korea
2018. 6~8 Bauhaus Residency, International residence exchange program of MMCA Residency Goyang, Dessau, Germany
2018 Goyang Residency, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi, Korea
2016 Kwon Jinkyu Atelier, National Trust Cultural Heritage Fund, Seoul, Korea
2007~2010 Ino Artists Village, Urban Renaissance Agency+Toride City+Tokyo University of the Arts, Ibaraki, Japan
Award
2019 First Prize, Soorim Art Awards, Soorim Cultural Foundation, Korea
2013 Honorable Mention, Shitsurai Art International Competition, Kobe Biennale, Kobe, Japan
Grant
2026 Grant for Exhibition, Nomura Foundation, Japan
2024 Grant for Yeonsu_Check-in, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2023 Grant for Soorim Art Award Winners’ Exhibition, Soorim Cultural Foundation, Korea
2023 Art & Technology Support Program, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2022-23 Incheon-Type Artist Support Program, Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2021 Art & Technology Support Program, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2021 Grant for Curatorial Exhibition, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2020 Grant for Solo Exhibition, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2019 Grant of Make-all, KISED, Daejeon, Korea
2018 Grant for International residence exchange program, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2017 Grant for Solo Exhibition, Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2017 Grant for Curatorial Exhibition, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2014 Grant for Solo Exhibition, Guro Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2010 Winner of Exhibition through a Competition, Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Japan
2009 Memento Vivere / Memento Phantasma, No Man’s Land, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Grant for Lighthouse Art Work, A Grand Exposition for Yokohama’s 150th Year, Kanagawa, Japan
2007 Grant for M1 Project, Toride Art Project, Ibaraki, Japan
Workshop
2024 Exhibition Program_Workshop, Incheon Acedemy of Science & Arts, Incheon, Korea
2023 Exhibition Program_Workshop, Soorim Cube, Seoul, Korea
2017 A deep memory, National Trust Cultural Heritage Fund, Kwon Jinkyu Atelier, Seoul, Korea
2017 Squat Workshop, Squat Seongsu, S-Factory, Seoul, Korea
2016 A deep memory, National Trust Cultural Heritage Fund, Kwon Jinkyu Atelier, Seoul, Korea
2016 Reform Workshop with Artists, Yeinryok SAMUSO, Kwangmyeong Culture Center, Gyeonggi, Korea
2015 A deep and infinite pastime, Art Business Collaboration, ICONIX co. Ltd, Gyeonggi, Korea
2015 Workshop for Yumchang Middle School, Gyeomjae Jeongseoun Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 Drawing our town with using toys, Toride Art Project, Yoshida Elementary School, Ibaraki, Japan
2008 The Four Gracious Plants, Toride Art Project, Togashira Middle School, Ibaraki, Japan
Press
2017. 4. 27 Exhibition Review_CELL_low, high and narrow room, Hyunji Shin_reporter, Newspost, Seoul, Korea
2017. 4. 11 Meet the past and now in Garibong with Arts, The Munhwa Ilbo/The Segye Times/The Herald Business, Seoul, Korea
2016. 10 Wolgot Art Dock in SiHeung City_Hamke Design, YoonJeong KOH_editor-in-chief, Gravity Effect Issue 2, p.48~51, Graphite on Pink, Seoul, Korea
2015. 12 A deep and infinite pastime_ICONIX co. Ltd, Annual Result Reports p.22~26, Korean Artist Welfare Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2013. 12 The art of the prayer using vinyl chloride boards, Kinya SUGANO_writer, PVC News No.87, Japan
2012. 2 HwaHyunKIM+Minha LEE Exhibition Review, HyunJeong PARK_art history, Art in Culture Magazine, Korea
2010. 10. 24 Small Prayer, Minoru HUKADA_editor-in-chief, The Chunichi Newspaper, Japan
2010. 9. 2 Art×Nature=Rich Creation, Ichijo OHARA_reporter, The Mainichi Newspaper Tokushima Branch, Japan
2009. 10. 26 Think of peace beyond race_KiryuSaien15 Review, The Jomo Shinbun, Gunma, Japan
2008. 3 Artist Forum, Art Price Vol.53, Seoul, Korea
2007. 4 The dream to horizontal reality and a vertical flight, JeongIm SEO_reporter, Public Art Magazine Vol.7, Seoul, Korea
Artist Talk
2026. 02. 14 Minha Lee with Kanai Tadashi, AUA SA・KURA Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2018. 10. 18 MMCA Residency Seminar 11. Minha Lee, Lounge DAL, MMCA Seoul, Korea
2018. 10. 6 Immersed Space, Kwon Jinkyu Atelier, Seoul, Korea
2018. 8. 30 A Concerete Box for Human Storage, Gropius House, Dessau, Germany
2010. 11. 14 IAV Selection vol.3 Minha LEE, Toride Art Project, Tappino, Ibaraki, Japan
Publication / Web Publication
2024 Jinsung Jeon, The Historical and the Aesthetic: A Cultural Historian’s Inquiry into Visual Art and Criticism, Seoul: Hyunamsa, Korea
2022 Curated by Moon Jinju, Mother to Be (web publication), Art Talk Curator Program, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Research Essay
2015 Trend Research of Cultural Artistic Education in Foreign Countries, p.285~346, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Seoul, Korea
Lecture
2025 Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, Incheon National University, Korea
2022~2025 Lecturer, School of Art & Design / Graduate School of Education, Korea University, Korea
2018~2019 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Sungshin Women’s University, Korea
2017~2022 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
2012~2014 Lecturer, College of Design and Art, Yeungnam University, Korea
2014 Special Lecture, College of Arts and Design, Daegu University, Korea
2013 Lecturer, School of Design & Sports, Namseoul University, Korea
Scholarship
2007~2013 Japanese Government Scholarship, MEXT, Japan
2002 Choi Wook Kyung Scholarship, Seoul National University, Korea
Collection
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation/Germany, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Museum Department of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Soorim Cultural Foundation, Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture, Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd, Artman Co., Ltd, Private Collections