Hye Won Lee is a Korean-born, Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist who works with painting to explore the felt experience of spiritual faith within the context of everyday life. Her work is aimed to encourage viewers to consider the idea that the sublime is not reserved, only to be experienced on rare occasions, but that it is hidden in every moment, available to all who may seek it.
Lee is inspired by landscape imagery which she takes from her own immediate surroundings, usually within her own neighbourhood. She reproduces this imagery onto canvas, mainly using mixed media techniques involving oil, acrylic and pencil. Lee takes a particular interest in visually emphasising the vast and mysterious qualities of the very ordinary, suburban scenes she chooses to depict.
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Education
2019 – 2022 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University, South Bank
2017 – 2018 Diploma of Visual Arts, TAFE Queensland, Brisbane
Exhibitions
2023, Forms of Perspective (Solo Exhibition), Project Gallery, QCA
2023, Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington
2022 Somatic Algorithms (Group Exhibition), POP Gallery, Fortitude Valley
2022 QCA Graduate Exhibition, QCA, South Bank
2018 TAFE Graduate Showcase, TAFE Queensland, South Bank Campus
2016 ArtWaves, Logan and Adjacent Areas Secondary Schools Art Exhibition, Logan Art Gallery,
Logan Central
2015 ArtWaves, Logan and Adjacent Areas Secondary Schools Art Exhibition, Logan Art Gallery,
Logan Central
Awards
2015 Certificate of Merit, Ilford School Photo & Digital Imaging Competition
2011 Certificate of Participation, QIEU Awards for Excellence in Art Design
2010 Certificate of Participation, QIEU Awards for Excellence in Art Design
2008 Highly Commended, LEQ National Lutheran Schools Week Student Art Award
Self Portrait (study)
Hye Won Lee, Self Portrait, 2022