Lee Hun-chung

Lee Hun Chung (이헌정) (born 1967 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean artist. He is famous for working with ceramics and concrete in a wide range from small objects to large installations. Lee creates modern day pieces using techniques and colors dating back to the Joseon Dynasty. Lee attended Hong-ik University in Seoul from 1986–1991 with a BFA in ceramic sculpture. He continued his education throughout San Francisco and Korea, and getting a PH.D in architecture from Kyung-Won University in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Work

SOLO EXHIBITION
2010 LeeHwaik gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 MSU Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, U.S.A
2009 On the Table, Daegu, Korea
2008 Seomi & tuus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, JeJu, Korea
2007 SP Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
2006 Kangha Museum, Yangpeong
2005 Wong Gallery, Seoul
2004 Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2003 Pack Hye Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002 U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
2001 Wong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001 U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
2000 The Korean Culture ＆ Art Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 Tokonoma Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
1998 Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea
1997 Tho-Dorang, Seoul, Korea
1996 Tho-Art Space, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2015 Korea now! Design, Craft, Fashion and Graphic Design in Korea exhibition, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
2015 Living In Art II, Connect, Seomi International, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 Living In Art, Seomi International, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2014 Korean Contemporary Design: EDWARD TYLER NAHEM FINE ART/ NEW YORK, NY, USA
2011 Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2010 Contemporary Korean Design Show, R20th Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2010 Pagus 21.5, Boutique Monaco Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 Design Miami Basel, Miami, U.S.A
2009 Sulwha cultural exhibition, Kring, Seoul, Korea
2009 Hongik art/design festival, Hongik Univ. Contemporary Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 Design High, Seomi & tuus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Design Miami Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Gyeonggi Annual Project Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2009 Insa Art Center CLIO 'Cosmetic Jam', Seoul, Korea
2009 Gallery Idm "The Party with Ceramic" Busan, Korea
2008 Daegu Textile Art Documenta, Daegu Arts & Culture Center, Daegu, Korea
2008 Yangpyeong Eco Art Festival_Yangpyeong Project
2008 The 2nd China Changchun International Sculpture
2007 Suwon Hwaseong Fortress Theatre Festival, Installation Art, Suwon
2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae New York S.O.F.A., Regiment Armory, New York
2005 From Korea Function &Object D'Art, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo,
World Trade Art Gallery, New York, Mille Plateaux, Paris
E-MOMM, E-Wha Womans University A-dong Museum, Seoul
The Beauty of Korean, Korean Embassy of Venezuela, Venezuela
2004 Looking at the Atelier, Insa art center, Seoul
Sinawi Exhibition, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2004 International Exchange Exhibition of The Korean Society of Basic Design & Art,
Kukmin Univ., Seoul
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
2003 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Park-Ryu_Sook Gallery, CA, U.S.A.
Park-Ryu_Sook Gallery the 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Seoul
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
Pusan International Art Fair, Bexco, Pusan
Korean Print Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Korean-Japan craft Exhibition, Sagan Gallery, Seoul
Artists at Art Fair, Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul
2001 Horizon of Crafts, Korean Craft Museum, Chongju
Archie Bray Foundation 50th Anniversary Clay odyssey Invitation Artist Show,
Archie Bray Center, Montana, U.S.A.
Ban-Ban, The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, U.S.A
The Ware for Gift, U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
Spring Ware, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Ceramic with Flower, Kumgang Art shop, Daecheon
The Ware for Spring, U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
2000 Morasai, Sagan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The 6th Seoul Print Art Fair, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Rice cake with Vessel, U-Ri-Gu-Rut RYU, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Living Design Fair, Coex, Seoul
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
Millennium Christmas Exhibition, the makers Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1999 Wares for The Traditional New Year, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Wares for The Spring, Galleria Department Store Oasis Hall, Seoul, Korea
Ban-Ban, The Korean Culture ＆ Art Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Korea and Japan Ceramic Exhibition, NHK Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Craft Festival-For Weeding, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Gift for Full Moon Day, U-Ri-Gu-Rut Ryu, Seoul, Korea
International Ceramic Expo. Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Bosigi Exhibition, U-Ri-Gu-Rut Ryu, Seoul, Korea
The Ware Around Us, Kais Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1998 The Exhibition by Hong-Ik ceramic artist Association,
The Korean Culture ＆ Art Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
The Warm ware around Us, Sinsegae Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
The Wild Flower around Us, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
The Letter, Gallery Mokumto, Seoul, Korea
Korean Ceramic Table-Ware for Dessert, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korean ware, Inter Continental Hotel Lobby, Seoul, Korea
1997 Spiritual of The Clay, Walkerhill Museum, Seoul, Korea
Archie Bray Foundation Invitation Artist Show, Archie Bray Center, Montana, U.S.A.
The Exhibition by Hong-Ik ceramic artist Association, Moonhwa Newspaper Museum, Seoul, Korea
Joyful Ceramic, Tho-Art Space, Seoul, Korea
The 4th Tho-Ceramic Contest, Hyundai Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996 Jinro International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
San Francisco Art Institute M.F.A. Graduate Show, Fort Mason Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A
1995 Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennale, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of art, Seoul, Korea
1994 San Francisco Art Institute M.F.A. Spring Show, Mabean Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A
Korean American Art Festival, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A
1992 25×25×25, Dangong Gallery, Choi Gallery, Karam Culture Center, Seoul. Daegu, Korea
1991 Oceah, sonamoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Young Artist of The 3rd Gallery, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990 Space Behind The Wall, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea
FAIRS
2015 Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland
2014 FOG, San Francisco, CA, USA
2014 Collective, New York City, NY, USA
2014 The Salon, New York City, NY, USA
2013 Design Miami/ Basel, Basel Design Days Dubai, Dubai
2012 Design Miami/, Miami, FL
2012 PAD, Pavilion of Art & Design, London
2012 Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Design Days Dubai, Dubai
2011 Design Miami/, Miami, FL
2011 Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Design Miami/Basel Miami, FL
2010 Design Miami/ Basel, Switzerland
2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2002 Busan International Art Fair, Bexco, Busan
2000 Seoul Living Design Fair, Coex, Seoul
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Archie Bray Foundation Center, Montana, USA
Boleslawiec Museum, Poland
Dae-yoo Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Haesley Nine Bridge Golf Club, Yeoju, Korea
Jinro Foundation of Culture, Seoul, Korea
Kyung Duk Jin University Museum, China
Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, Australia National Museum of Contemporary Art,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea

References

^[1] ^[2]

External links

Official Website

^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

^ Lee Hun Chung, The Journey: Latitude
^ Lee Hun Chung, The Journey: Longitude
^ "Hunchunglee". Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
^ "클레이파크 > 도서 > 이헌정, 여행 LEE Hun Chung, the Journey".
^ "Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, LLC - Lee Hun Chung - Artist Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
^ http://www.r-and-company.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=197
^ McKeough, Tim (30 July 2014). "Low Stools, High Art". The New York Times.
^ http://www.design.co.kr/section/news_detail.html?info_id=46057&category=000000060002

[1] Lee Hun Chung, The Journey: Latitude

[2] Lee Hun Chung, The Journey: Longitude

[3] "Hunchunglee". Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[4] "클레이파크 > 도서 > 이헌정, 여행 LEE Hun Chung, the Journey".

[5] "Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, LLC - Lee Hun Chung - Artist Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-08.

[6] ttp://www.r-and-company.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=197

[7] McKeough, Tim (30 July 2014). "Low Stools, High Art". The New York Times.

[8] ttp://www.design.co.kr/section/news_detail.html?info_id=46057&category=000000060002

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]