Jin Han Lee was born in Seoul, Korea in 1982 and is currently living and working in London, UK. In 2006 she earned her B.F.A. in Painting at Hongik University in Seoul. In 2008, she earned an M.A. in Fine Art from Central Saint Martin’s in London. Jin Han is currently working towards her M.F.A. in Fine Art at Goldsmiths in London. Her works have been featured in exhibitions the world over, including:
| Solo Exhibition | ||
| 2009 | Beyond and Within | Gallery Muse at 269, London |
| Project | ||
| 2009 | Diaolgue Box: Beyond And Within | AirSpace Gallery, Stroke on Trent |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2010 | Future’s Future’s Future
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Korean Cultural Centre UK, London |
| Deptford X Special | The Core Gallery, London | |
| 2010 Guasch Coranty Painting Prize | Center of Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2010 Open Painting | Royal West England Academy, Bristol | |
| 4482: Korean Contemporary Artists in London | Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London | |
| Project Space: Print Now | London Art Fair, Design Centre, London; Bearspace, London | |
| 2009 | Raymond Gun: Platfrom | Degreeart.com Gallery, London |
| Gathering Storm | Bayfield Hall, Norfolk | |
She says,
An easy explanation of my current paintings is the awkward and strange relationship between layers created by using masking tape. I create edged patterns, gradation, and big brushstrokes. I want to disorientate the viewer through the various techniques employed in my paintings, the dynamic created through use of spontaneous and planned actions within each work reinforcing this state. Tension and spontaneity are repeated between images and layers. By using “masking,” I am producing something that is not a picture in a picture. My method is to paint over the masking tape then remove the tape so that the act of masking is an act of drawing. The act of painting is not simply just placing colour onto the canvas but also the removal of the masking tape which cuts through the colour.
Using masking tape allows me the chance to focus on each image, as to show the image, I have to block the image. There is a disjointed space within the image, between what is seen before and after the masking tape is removed, by cutting the tape I expose the core.
Unexpected tension and spontaneity is created by the ambiguity of the process and the accumulations of the layers of paint do not immediately reveal their chronological order. My paintings span the past to the present. This is not the past but ‘a’ past, ‘a’ past representing ‘the’ present. Although my private activities across the surface of the painting are open to public view through the traces of my process and activity, the audience is left unaware of what is the background and what is the image. This exposure of my intimate activities reinforces an intimacy; it is back to front, beyond to within. Here, I want the viewers to see notions, past and present, inside and outside, viewer and artist, and all these are disrupted repeatedly through layers. Within a single glance, the viewers can imagine the history and layers behind the surface and feel the artist’s movement of the brush strokes.
Please enjoy Jin Han Lee’s work images!
"A Subtle Relocation", acrylic and masking tape on canvas, 90 x 90 cm, 2009
"Untitled", acrylic, gouache and masking tape on paper, 35 x 35 cm, 2009
"Arranging Flowers", acrylic, gouache, ink, paper and masking tape on paper, 35 x 35 cm, 2010
"Golden Storm (Oh!)", acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2010
