Kwangho lee biography

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Kwangho Lee was born in 1981 and grew up in a small city next to Seoul, Korea.

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Kwangho Lee

Kwangho Lee lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, having received his bachelor of arts in 2007 from Hongik University, majoring in Metal Art and Design.

Making things by hand was a great joy of his as a child, reminding him of his grandfather, a farmer himself, who constantly made daily household goods from natural materials found nearby. Lee appreciated the way he looked at everyday objects and thus began to approach things in similar ways; to give new meaning and function to the most ordinary. Today, as Lee continuously presents new series of works, he develops his practice by discovering moments of materials joining another.

His most recent solo exhibition is Infinite Expansion at Salon 94 Design, New York (NY), and he was recently included in the group exhibitions Material, or, at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo (JP) in 2023; Summer Selects, at Salon 94 Design, New York (NY) and ANIMAL HOUSE, at Etage Projects, Copenhagen (DK) in 2022.

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Lee Kwang Ho

1999 M.F.A. in printmaking, Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School, Seoul National University, Korea

1994 B.F.A. in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea

Solo Exhibitions (SELECTED)

2023

Lee Kwang Ho: Blow-up, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2021

Lee Kwang Ho, gallery2 Joongsun Nongwon, Jeju Island, Korea

Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2020

Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2018

Lee Kwang Ho, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2014

Picturing Landscape, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012

Caress, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
2011

Touch, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010

Touch, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008

Lee Kwang-Ho, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
2006

Inter-View in Changdong, Changdong Art Studio, Seoul, Korea
2003

Paintings with Annotations, Hanjeon Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002

The Spy, Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea
2001

Lee Kwang-Ho, Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea
1996

Lee Kwang-Ho, Gallery Boda, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibition(SELECTED)

2024

Jeju Biennale The D

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Artist and Designer Kwangho Lee Presents New Work, Dismantled and Born Anew

Since graduating with a degree in metal art and design from Hongik University in 2007, the Seoul-based creative Kwangho Lee has forged an impressively varied repertoire of material-rich furnishings, lighting, decorative objects, installations, and interiors. He has built a career upon elegant and unexpected expressions of mediums that run the gamut from household items like PVC cables and expanded polystyrene to fine marbles and metals. This work has had an impact around the globe through collaborations with brands like Fendi and Hem, representation from illustrious galleries, and various international design and institutional exhibitions.

For his next exhibition, which opened March 7, 2024, at Seoul’s Leeahn Gallery, Lee will be debuting a new artistic approach: Rather than leaning into the material expression for which he is known, the multifaceted artist will rely upon the materials he has honed to dictate a fundamental expression of his own evolution. To uncover the motivation behind