Seonyoung LEE
b.Seoul, South Korea | Based in Chicago
EDUCATION
MDes Fashion, Body and Garment at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA, 2023
BFA industrial design at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2025 : “Imprints of Time” group exhibition by RAHH, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2025 : 26th International Open, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025 : Woven Emotions-show window display by Chicago Fine Art Salon, ArtCity, Chicago, IL
2024 : 13th Annual “ALL Women” 2024 Art Exhibition, Light Space&Tim Online Art Gallery
2024 : LOVE Themed group show, Chicago Fine Art Salon, West Town Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL
2024 : CSIxALMA 2024 Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibition, ALMA Art and Interiors, Chicago, IL
2024 : 2nd Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival in Arts, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024 : 9th Annual River North Fall Gallery Walk 2024, River North Ddesign District, Chicago, IL
2024 : Hiraeth: the Exhibition, Vulpes Bastille Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2023 : Graduate ExhibitionTWO, 33 gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023 : SAIC capsule window show, Sullivan Center 7F, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023 : SURROUNDING(Self): 3rd annual Paper + Fiber show, Gallery1202, Gilroy, CA
2023 : Best of the East Coast Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, 311gallery, Raleigh, NC
2023 : Elegant Threads: fiber art & mixed media group show, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL
2023 : Don’t “DRAG” Me Down: Today’s Battle For Liberation, Koehnline Museum of Art , Chicago, IL
2023 : ONCE: 2023 Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL
2023 : Elemental Impact: Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibition, Epiphany Center of the Arts, Chicago, IL
2022 : SAIC open studio night exhibition “23H”, Base Space, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2022 : SAIC open studio night exhibition “Ephemera”, 33 gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2022 : SAIC open studio night exhibition “humus”, McLean Critique Space, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2010 : Hongik University degree show “ROMANTICS”, HOMA-Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 : Student study show “Grin the Green”, HOMA-Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 : Student study group exhibition “PENTASTIC”, HOMA-Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
RESIDENCIES
2024 : Artist in Residency Program, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
AWARDS | COMPETITIONS
2024 : MetaU Art 2023 International Art Competition, 3rd place winner
2024 : Emerging Woman Artist Award 2023 Fall Edition, Special mentions for installation art
2024 : Boynes Artist Award, 10th Edition Finalist
2023 : Fashion Council Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PRESS | PUBLICATION
2024 : Avant-garde Art Projects 先锋艺术项目, Artist Interview
2024 : 99 Future Blue-Chip Artist, 2024 Edition, Selected artist
2024 : Chicago Asian Women Empowerment Series Magazine “Amplify” Volume. 02, Artist Interview