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Exhibitions
《Invisible Space》, 2014.04.05 – 2014.04.26, Tokyo Gallery
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP announces《Invisible Space》, a solo exhibition by South Korean artist Kang Wook Lee opening Saturday 5 April. Born in 1976, Lee Kang Wook obtained his master’s degree in oil painting from Hongik University in 2003 and has gone on to exhibit actively both within South Korea and overseas.
2014.04.04
Exhibitions
《Abstract, Color, and Gesture》, 2017.10.24 – 2018.01.21, ARARIO GALLERY Cheonan
LEE Kangwook is well known for his abstract painting series, Invisible Space, in which the oppositional spatial concepts of the ‘microscopic’ and ‘macroscopic’ worlds collided together in coexistence.
2017.10.23
Exhibitions
《Shifting Colors》, 2022.03.17 – 2022.04.10, GANA Art Busan
GANA Art Busan will present Lee Kang Wook’s solo exhibition 《Shifting Colors》 from March 17 to April 10. This exhibition marks the artist’s first solo presentation in Busan and features approximately 40 works from the ‘The Gesture’ and ‘Invisible Space’ series.
2022.03.16
Exhibitions
《Invisible Space》, 2011.11.09 – 2011.11.25, Gallery Rho
In the 2000s, Lee Kang Wook—an artist who swept the top prizes of all major and prestigious open-call exhibitions held in Korea, earning the title of a “Grand Slam” winner of national competitions—will hold a solo exhibition at Noh Gallery from November 9 (Wed) to November 25 (Fri).
2011.11.08
Exhibitions
《Shifting Shapes and Shades》, 2021.08.26 – 2021.10.31, Mugaksa LOTUS Gallery
Beginning from the microscopic world of cells and extending toward the paradoxical concept of the macroscopic universe, the solo exhibition of Lee Kang-uk, professor at Hongik University, titled 《Shifting Shapes and Shades》, will be held at LOTUS Gallery, Mugaksa Temple, in Gwangju, from August 26 (Thu) to October 31 (Sun).
2021.08.25
Activities
Activities
World-Renowned Spanish Art Market “ARCOmadrid” Opens
A 30-minute drive from central Madrid brings visitors to IFEMA (Institución Ferial de Madrid), a vast, state-of-the-art exhibition complex whose cutting-edge architecture stands in stark contrast to the historic character of the Spanish capital. From the 15th, for five days, Halls 7 and 9 host “ARCOmadrid”, one of the world’s leading international contemporary art fairs.
2007.02.15
Activities
Artist Lee Kang Wook Named First Recipient of the ‘Samdoo Art Award’
The first recipient of the ‘Samdoo Art Award’, established by the Ulsan-based company Samdoo Engineering to support the development of local arts, has been selected as artist Lee Kang Wook, a native of Ulsan and professor in the Department of Painting at Hongik University. The prize includes an award of 20 million KRW and a solo exhibition to be held at Art Nasal in Seosaeng from January 27 to February 26 next year.
2022.12.01
Activities
“Fabriano” Art Collection with Artist Kangwook Lee
The collaboration artwork between the Fabriano team, known for participating in the art collections of renowned museums such as the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum with works by world-famous artists like Picasso and Monet, and a Korean artist Lee Kang Wook, has been released for the first time.
2020
Activities
DREAM EYE CENTER Produces Reusable Bags in Collaboration with Contemporary Artist Lee Kang Wook as Part of Its ESG Management
Gangnam-based DREAM EYE CENTER has produced a reusable bag in collaboration with contemporary artist Lee Kang Wook as part of its ESG management initiative. ESG management refers to environmentally friendly and sustainable business practices, encompassing Environment, Social, and Governance.
2024.05.07
Activities
[People, People] Grand Prize Winner of the 24th JoongAng Fine Arts Competition, Lee Kang Wook
Lee Kang Wook (26), who won the Grand Prize at the 24th JoongAng Art Competition, repeatedly emphasized the word “again,” saying that he would take this award as motivation to work even harder. With his bright expression and slender build giving him a boyish impression, he has nevertheless maintained a firm conviction about painting, stating clearly—despite his gentle appearance—that “painting is a personal story of the artist.”
2002.09.17
Writings
Criticisms
On Dreams and Rainbow
Ci Kim is an artist of dreams. His dreams are many and varied. This is because his dreams are not a singular goal to be achieved, but many things he encounters in his daily life that are renewed each and every moment. Therefore, in order for us to explain Ci Kim with the keyword ‘dream’, we need to reconstruct the meaning of the word closer to life and expand the scope of ‘dream.’
2023
Interview
Do you know ARARIO? “Art is Life, Life is Art”
Jeju City’s Tapdong district on Jeju Island is home to ARARIO MUSEUM. It is located approximately ten minutes by car from Jeju International Airport and twenty minutes on foot from the Jeju Port Passenger Terminal. Despite its favorable location, the area had once deteriorated to the point where urban hollowing-out had become a serious concern. Since ARARIO MUSEUM opened last year, however, visitors have begun returning. As if resuscitated by the museum’s arrival, the neighborhood has regained its vitality and rapidly emerged as a new cultural hotspot.
2015
Texts
Ci Kim "A Sad Tiger’s Self Navigation"
So many different kinds of artists have come and gone throughout the history of the world. Some have pursued art as an expression of their religion, for their noble patrons or even for their nation, while some have pursued art with the utopian belief that art could change the world, whereas others were like behaviorists who believed
2007
Criticisms
Contemporary Art Continues
As Marshall McLuhan once said, "Our times search for the problem with the various ways instead of the only way." Today’s artists work without being restricted to certain forms or mediums. This tendency can be called the phenomenon of post-genre or the extension of genre, which theorists call post-modernism. We can clearly see this tendency in the ways that contemporary art after 1970’s unfolds.
2003
Statements
Who Can Say What?
Having established himself as an entrepreneur, contemporary art collector and gallery owner for over 30 years as well as an artist for over 10 years, Ci Kim has a unique colorful career history. The various interactive relationships that are formed through the exchanges of social and cultural structures surrounding the artist and his personal pursuit for self-realization and understanding hybrid identities forms the essential basis for understanding Kim’s art.
2011