Lee Bul

Biography

Born in 1964, Lee Bul grew up in Seoul and received a BFA in sculpture from Hongik University. Considered the leading Korean artist of her generation, she has achieved over the past two decades international renown for her formally inventive, intellectually provocative oeuvre. Demonstrating virtuosity across diverse media – from drawing and performance to sculpture, painting, installation, and video – her multifaceted production is representative of the most innovative aesthetic currents shaping contemporary art in the global sphere.

Lee Bul's work has been featured in solo presentations at museums throughout the world, including Domus Artium, Salamanca (2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2004); Japan Foundation, Tokyo (2003); The Power Plant, Toronto (2003); MAC, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille (2002); New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2002); Le Consortium, Dijon (2002); Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (2001); Kunsthalle Bern (1999); and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997). In November 2007, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, will mount a solo exhibition of her new work.

She has also participated in important group shows such as Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (2007); the inaugural Artes Mundi Prize exhibition, National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (2004); world rush_4 artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2003); The Uncanny, Vancouver Art Gallery (2002); 01.01.01: Art in Technological Times, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2001); and Let's Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2000). In 1998 Lee Bul was a finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize, Guggenheim Museum, New York. In 1999 she was awarded a prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for her contribution to both the Korean Pavilion and the international exhibition in the Arsenale curated by Harald Szeemann.
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Lee Bul - May 8 - June 14, 2008
• Art 39 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth F2 - June 4 - 8, 2008
• The Armory Show 2008 - March 27 - 30, 2008

Museum Exhibitions

• Lee Bul - May 8 - June 14, 2008
• Art 39 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth F2 - June 4 - 8, 2008
• The Armory Show 2008 - March 27 - 30, 2008

Selected Works

LEE BUL Untitled (After Bruno Taut series), 2008 crystal, glass and acrylic beads on stainless-steel armature, aluminum and copper mesh, PVC, steel and aluminum chains 108 x 116 x 84 inches 274.3 x 294.6 x 213.4 cm LM11363


LEE BUL Untitled , 2008 wood, mirror, LED, glass, polyurethane and acrylic paint 87 x 47.125 x 7.75 inches 221 x 119.7 x 19.7 cm LM11406


LEE BUL Sternbau No.8, 2008 crystal, glass and acrylic beads on nickel-chrome wire, stainless steel and aluminum armature 60 x 29 x 31 inches 152.4 x 73.7 x 78.7 cm LM11364


LEE BUL Bunker-M. Bakhtin , 2007 cast fiberglass on stainless steel frame, plywood, leather, electronics 118.11 x 157.48 x 110.24 inches 300 x 400 x 280 cm LM10911


LEE BUL Ein Hungerkünstler, 2004 hand-cut polyurethane panels on aluminum armature, acrylic paint, epoxy coating, crystal and glass beads on nickel-chrome and stainless steel wires 37.8 x 74.8 x 196.85 inches 96 x 190 x 500 cm LM10817


LEE BUL Vanish (Jade), 2001 cast silicone mixed with pigment 23.5 x 18 x 12 inches 59.7 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm


LEE BUL Mekamelencolia_0803, 2008 japanese lacquer and mother of pearl inlay on panel 47.24 x 31.5 x 3.94 inches 120 x 80 x 10 cm LM11245


LEE BUL Autopoiesis, 2007 crystal and glass beads on nickel-chrome and stainless steel wire approx. 55.12 x 49.21 x 49.21 inches 140 x 125 x 125 cm LM10908


LEE BUL Untitled, 2008 acrylic and urethane paint on urethane 35 x 49 x 35 inches 88.9 x 124.5 x 88.9 cm LM11360


LEE BUL Untitled, 2008 stainless steel, mirror, LED, glass, polyurethane and acrylic paint 8 x 39 x 39 inches 20.3 x 99.1 x 99.1 cm LM11408