Bio
b. Korea, 1975
EDUCATION
2008
Ph. D. Dept. of Photography, Graduate School of Joong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2006
MFA Dept. of Photography, Graduate School of Joong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2003
BFA Dept. of Photography, College of Arts, Joong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
ACADEMIC POSTS
2011–present
Assistant Professor, Department of Photography/Film, Kyung-Il University, Gyeongsan, Korea
2008–09
Adjunct Professor, Korea University of Media Arts, Sejong, Korea
2006–10
Visiting Lecturer, Joong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Visiting Lecturer, Kyung-Il University, Gyeongsan, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Zaha Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Nothing But, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2017
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Tree…, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Memories of Work, Atelier of Memories, Daegu, Korea
2015
Trees, CONTACT Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Tree, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, Canada
2014
798 Photo Gallery, Beijing, China
Trees, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Jungmiso, Seoul, Korea
2010
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009
Tree, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea
2007
Alternative Art Space Factory, Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Unseen: 35 Years of Collecting Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2018
City Oases: Linz Gardens, Squares and Parks, Nordico Stadtmuseum, Linz, Austria
2017
Visions of Nature, Kunst Haus Wien, Wien, Germany
Triennial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2016
The Secret Garden, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
As the Moon Waxes and Wanes: MMCA 30 Years 1986-2016, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Korean Contemporary Art in Moscow, Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva, Moscow, Russia
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Being in Nature, Museum San, Wonju, Korea
2014
Busan Biennale, Inhabiting the World, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
AICA International Congress South Korea 2014, Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, Hwaseong Haenggung Palace, Suwon, Korea
Encuentros Abiertos - Festival of Light, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013
Constructed Visions: New Media from Korea, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Venice Biennale, The Encyclopedic Palace, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Spazio Lightbox, Venice, Italy
2012
Festival des Arts Visules de Vevey, France
2011
Photo Festival Seoul 2011, The Detour Of The Real, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
In Focus: The Tree, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Summer Staged, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Transphotographiques 2010, Transphotographiques, Lille, France
2009
FotoTriennale Denmark, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
The Tree, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Toreby Lolland, Denmark
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
2008
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan
Art Company, Inter-Alia, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul, Korea
2007
Gana Art Forum Space, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014
LIG Artist Residency Program in New York City
2013
Red Dot Award, Communications Design
2008
The National Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
2007
Culture & Arts Fund, The Arts Council Korea
2006
Photograph Critique Award, Committee of Photograph Critique Award
2005
Young Photographer Award, Photo Artist Society of Korea
COLLECTIONS
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi, Korea
Hermes Collection, Paris, France
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Salta, Argentina
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson, San Juan, Argentina
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
National Library of France, Paris, France
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gyeonggi, Korea
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Statoil Art Collection, Stavanger, Norway
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Woo-hyun, Shim. “Photography Theatrcialized.” The Korea Herald 9 December 2018
2017
Knoblauch, Loring. “Myoung Ho Lee, Tree… @Yossi Milo.” Collector Daily 7 August 2017
Hatfield, Zack. “Critcs’ Pick.” Artforum 28 July 2017
Desurmont, Sébastien. “OEuvres d’Arbres.” Geo July 2017
Kearney, Kathryn. “Exhibition Review: Myoung Ho Lee at Yossi Milo Gallery.” Musée 6 July 2017
Kleck, Pierre Berthelot. “Les arbres de Myoung Ho Lee.” Creators 10 January 2017
2016
Jinga Yang, Joanne. “Korea Week: Myoung Ho Lee.” Lenscratch 18 January 2016
Hurn, Alys. “Performance Art. The ethereal simplicity of the tree portraits created by South Korean artist Myoung Ho Lee belies the feats of engineering needed for their construction.” Gardens Illustrated 2016
2015
Spring, Jenny Moussa, ed. “Unexpected Art.” Chronicle Books: San Francisco, CA 2015 [book]
2013
Kim, Crystal. “Christie’s Latest Find.” Barron’s 20 September 2013
Heyman, Stephen. “Treescapes.” The New York Times Style Magazine 3 May 2013
“Photographs by Myoung Ho Lee.” Juxtapoz 24 April 2013
Dacheux, Stacy. “Photographs Of Trees In Front Of Canvas Backdrops Turn Nature Into Art.” Beautiful Decay 1 August 2013
2012
“Myoung Ho Lee, Interview.” Smith Journal September 2012
English, Alex. “Tree by Myoung Ho Lee.” Yen 17 July 2012
2010
Orion [Cover], March/April 2010.
2009
Kilston, Lyra. “Myoung Ho Lee at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.” Art on Paper September-October 2009.
Wolff, Rachel. “Turning Over a New Leaf” [cover]. ARTnews April 2009.
“Myoung Ho Lee” [review]. The New Yorker 13 April 2009.
Seymour, Corey. “An Avedon for Arborphiles.” GQ March 2009.
Myers, William. “Cartier-Bresson at His Best: A snapshot of that show and others around New York” [review]. The Wall Street Journal 28 March 2009.
Donoghue, Katy. “Myoung Ho Lee at Yossi Milo.” Whitewall Magazine 27 March 2009.
2008
Casper, Jim. “Myoung Ho Lee: Tree” [portfolio]. Foam Magazine #15 Summer 2008.