Kwangho Lee
b. 1981
Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1981; Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
I’ve been experimenting: firing at different temperatures...I’ve been able to get different colors, details, and textures from these trials. That’s why I named [my series] after a river — there are so many different colors both inside and outside, reflected from nature and the sky. — Kwangho Lee
Work
Exhibitions
Kwangho Lee
Miami Tableaux
Ghost Dog
MIDTOWN
Projects
Kwangho Lee
Biography
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.
Press
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Architectural Digest
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Sight Unseen
Surface Mag