Dongchun LEE



Born:

Korea

Training / Education:

  • 1988-1992 Kookmin University / Seoul Korea
  • 1994-1998 Hochschule fr Gestaltung/ Fachhochschule Pforzheim / Germany

Work Experience:

  • 1999~ Lecturer Kookmin University

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2004 'draw', do art gallery/ Seoul Korea
  • 2000 Schmuckarbeiten, Jewelry Atelier feingehalt/ Stuttgart Germany
  • 2000 'when two invisible ends come together', Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea

Group Exhibition

  • 2004
  • plastic plastic plastic, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation/ Seoul Korea
  • New York Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • 56. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2004/ Mnchen Germany
  • Chicago Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • PalmBeachContemporary Florida, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2003
  • International Jewelry Exhibition(curated by Charon Kransen), Gallery Materia/ Arizona USA
  • Alchemists 2003, Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
  • Crafts, Craft House/ Seoul Korea
  • Chicago Art Fair SOFA, Charon Kransen Arts/ Chicago USA
  • SUGGESTION-8Artists, Insa Art Center/ Seoul, Gallery Pho/ Busan Korea
  • New York Art Fair SOFA, Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • New Acquisitions 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
  • ArtForm Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2002
  • 700 Rings, Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
  • Chicago Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ Chicago USA
  • At Beauty's Edge, Soul-Stirring Works(curated by Charon Kransen), Gallery Patina/New Mexico USA
  • Natur und Zeit, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau/ Hanau Germany
  • New York Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • Young Korean Artists Exhibition 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
  • 54. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2002/ Mnchen Germany
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2001
  • SUGGESTION-6Artists, Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea
  • Chicago Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ Chicago USA
  • New York Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • Schmuck 2001, Avantgarde im neuen Jahrtausend, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus/ Bremen Germany
  • 53. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2001/ Mnchen Germany
  • Jewelry in Imagination, Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea
  • 2000
  • Int. 20th Century Arts Fair New York, Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • Chicago Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ Chicago USA
  • New York Art Fair SOFA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts/ New York USA
  • Gallery Sagan OPENING SHOW/ Seoul Korea
  • 1999
  • Schmuck-Sebastian Hartkopf, Herman Hermsen, Dongchun Lee, Gallery CEBRA/ Dsseldorf Germany
  • '99 Int. Craft Exhibition -ITAMI-, The Museum of Arts Crafts ITAMI/ Itami Japan
  • Fr Dich Fr Mich/ Schwbisch Gmnd Germany
  • Art & Craft, SungGok Art Museum/ Seoul Korea
  • Schmuckklnge, Gallery CEBRA/ Dsseldorf Germany
  • Schmuck-Ute Eitzenhfer, Wilfrid Houba, Dongchun Lee, Jewelry Gallery Michle Zeller/ Bern Switzerland
  • 51. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck Åå98/ Mnchen Germany
  • Sieraden, de keuze van Arnhem Jewellery, the choice of Arnhem, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem/ Arnhem Netherlands
  • 1998
  • 'Antike Ringe-Neue Ringe' Eine Konfrontation, Gallery Katia Rid/ Mnchen Germany
  • Schmuck und Gert, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau/ Hanau, Idar-Oberstein Germany
  • Landesausstellung Kunsthandwerk Baden-Wrttemberg Åå98/ Laupheim Germany
  • Design 2000, International Jewellery London Åå98/ London England
  • MIDORA Design Award Åå98/ Leipzig, Bern Switzerland
  • Int. Sommerschmuckausstellung Mnnerschmuck, Jewelry Gallery Michle Zeller/Bern Switzerland
  • Der Kreislauf der Dinge/ Ziegelbrcke, Bern Switzerland
  • 12. Sibertriennle, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau / Hanau, Pforzheim, Budapest, Prague, Schoonhoven, Antwerp
  • Degree Show, Gallery Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
  • 50. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck Åå98/ Mnchen Germany
  • Alltagslust Kunsthandwerk/ Karlsruhe, Stuttgart(Åå97) Germany

Awards / Grants:

  • Collections (Private & Museum):
  • 2003 National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
  • 2004 The Alice and Louis Koch Collection/ Switzerland
  • Publications:
  • 1000 Rings/ Marthe Le Van/ Lark Books/ 2004
  • Design Sourcebook Jewellery/ David Watkins/ New Holland Publishers, Ltd./ 2000

Artist Statement:

(My works are the other part of myself that I had not been aware of or the part that I might have been, but wasn't able to perceive as myself.) They are also portray the image of feelings that I have to my surroundings and people. Therefore each works begins to have its own stories. I try to make all of my abstract feelings and emotions into perceivable entity though the jewelries, and eventually I aim to find my true identity