Hyunju Lee

Artist Statement

Hyunju Lee is a visual artist based in Los Angeles and Seoul, working with installation, drawing, and object-based work. Her practice explores the act of seeing and the unseen boundaries that shape perception. Drawing attention to what is fragile, overlooked, or difficult to articulate, Lee engages with memory, liminality, and subtle states that often escape visibility. Through her work, she reveals hidden layers within everyday structures and invites viewers to reconsider how they observe and experience their surroundings.


HYUNJU LEE
www.hyunjulee.com
Visual Artist

b. Seoul, Korea.
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California



EDUCATION

2023 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019 BA, Dankook University, Gyeonggi, Korea
2017-2018 Kent State University, Exchange Student in School of Theater, OH, USA

EXHIBITIONS

2025 Bendix Night, Open studios, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2024 Future Stars, Group Show, Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
2024 Cutting, Pasting and Flipping, Solo Show, CICA, Gimpo, Korea
2024 Infrastructures, Group Show, UTA Artist Space LA, CA, USA, Curated by Meghan Gordon
2023 Drawing Now 2023, Group Show, CICA, Gimpo, Korea
2023 Playground, Group Show, Praxis Space, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Curated by Hajnalka Somogyu
2023 495.084.03, Solo Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2023 Delay Relay, Solo Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2022 Mutual Gravity, Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2022 un~connect, Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
2022 CalArts Expo, Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA, Online
2019 The Corner Place, Group Show, Seo-jung Art center, Seoul, Korea


RESIDENCIES/AWARDS

2023 TropicalLab Residency, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2022 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art : Deep Ecology in the Cognitive Capitalocene, NYC, USA
2022 Dean's Reserve Funds, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, USA
2022 Interdisciplinary Grant, California Institute of the Arts, USA
2021 Lillian Disney Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, USA

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

2025 Monte Vista Projects, Conversations About Walls (Forthcoming)
2025 Bold Journey, https://boldjourney.com/meet-hyunju-lee/
2024 CICA Art Now 2024, CICA Press 2024, https://www.cicamuseum.com/cicapress/cica-art-now-2024
2024 CICA Museum, https://cicamuseum.com/lee-hyunju-solo-exhibition
2024 Canvas Rebel Magazine, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-hyunju-lee
2023 CICA Museum, Drawing Now 2023, https://cicamuseum.com/drawing-now-2023/
2023 Anthology for Unseen, Reef Residency, https://calarts.edu/news/anthology-unseen-book-launch-goes-ocean
2023 Tropical Lab 17, Playground, https://tropicallabretrospective.com/archive/exhibition
2023 Singapore Art & Gallery Guide, https://sagg.info/event/tropical-lab-17-playground
2022 Voyage LA, https://voyagela.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-hyunju-lee-of-santa-clarita

PERFORMANCE

2018 Little Women, Prop Master, E.Turner Stump Theater, Kent, OH, USA
2017 Intimate Apparel, Prop Master, Center for the Performing Arts, Kent, OH, USA
2016 The Cherry Orchard, Theater Youth, Prop Master, Gyeonggi, Korea
2015 I mean it, Theater Youth, Director, Scene Designer, Gyeonggi, Korea
2015 Sister Mokran, Theater Youth, Scene Designer, Gyeonggi, Korea