Jin Han Lee

Jin Han Lee (b. 1982, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Seoul. Lee captures the sensory complexities and fleeting moments of quotidian existence by translating everyday details into layers of psychedelic colour and wild movement. The artist’s oil paintings exist in a space beyond language and instead evoke the sensory, drawing upon the juxtaposition between her South Korean heritage and experience of living in the UK. The works’ large scale and illusory nature bestow the viewer with a space for contemplation and introspection. 

Lee holds a PhD in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, and a MFA from Goldsmiths College, and her work is in the collections of Hyundai Capital, Seoul and Sarabande Foundation, London. Recent solo exhibitions include: Lucid Dreams, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea (2024), Keen Feet, Union Pacific, London (2024), Hi, Bye, Space ISU, Seoul (2023), Martha’s Rumour, Nook Gallery, Seoul (2021), Secret, or, Rumour, Gongan Seoul, Seoul (2021) and Extended Realities, Beaconsfield, London (2021). Selected group exhibitions include: Drop Scene, Chapter NY, US (2024), I’m Not Afraid of Ghosts, Venice, Italy (2024), Vampire problem?, N/A, Seoul, South Korea (2024), Alone Time, Union Pacific, London (2023), Magnetic Fields, BB&M, Seoul (2022) and Exhibition/Publication, Wess, Seoul (2020).

Day and Night meet twice a day in the morning and, 2024, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Day and Night meet twice a day in the morning and, 2024, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Two Moon and Two Feet, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 150 cm

Keen Feet, 2024, oil on linen, 180 x 200 cm

Coming to You, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 180 x 200 cm

Setting Sun, 2023, oil on linen, 180 x 200 cm

Untitled (Four Trees and a bunch of Flowers), 2023, oil on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm

Early Snow, 2023, oil and acrylic on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Two Lovers Walking in the Spring, 2023, oil on linen, 220 x 160 cm

Together Together, 2023, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm

Walking in Thornbush and Flowers, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Where Sun Goes at Night, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Meeting at Night, 2022, oil, acrylic, watercolour and spray paint on linen, 150 x 200 cm

That Night, 2022, oil on linen, 173 x 152 cm

Evening on the Seventh, 2022, oil on linen, 152 x 118 cm

Webs and Thorns, 2021, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Martha's Red Violin, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 160 x 220 cm

Loosen Up, 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 91x91 cm

Untitled (Three Red Octopuses), 2021, oil and oil stick on linen, 193 x 244 cm

Nine Yellow Flowers, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Into You, 2021, oil, oil stick and ink on linen, 220 x 160 cm

Meet Me in Your Dreams (diptych), 2017, oil on linen, 200 × 260 cm

The Seventh Love Letter from Day to Night, 2024, oil on linen, 200 x 150 cm

Hot Day, 2024, oil and acrylic on canvas, 91 x 116.8 cm

Full Moon and Two Feet, 2024, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm

You and Me, 2024, oil on linen, 91 x 116.8 cm

Our Time, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen, 200 x 150 cm

Falling, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 150 cm

Moonbow, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Heatwave, 2023, oil and acrylic on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Blue Moon, 2023, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

You and Me, 2023, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Cherry Blossoms at Night, 2023, oil on linen, 160 x 220 cm

November Moon, 2022, oil on linen, 150 x 200 cm

Tree Man (Purple Night), 2022, oil and acrylic on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm

Tree Man (Yellow Moon), 2022, oil on linen, 116.8 x 91 cm

Under the Blossom Tree, 2022, oil on linen, 152 x 173 cm

Last Violinist, 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 220 × 180 cm

Sun at Night, 2021, oil on linen, 200 × 180 cm

Untitled (Blue Violinist 3), 2021, oil and acrylic on linen, 80x80 cm

Electric Shock 2, 2021, oil on linen, 120 x 80 cm

8, 2021, oil on linen, 200 x 180 cm

Under the Tree, 2017, oil on linen, 180 × 140 cm