Koz Lee

Lee Koz (b.1997) explores the accumulation of memories through the unconscious and the act of recording them, delving into the imaginative narratives that emerge as personal records are transformed into images. Her J-D series began as a dream journal documenting recurring dreams, rooted in the dissonance she experiences when specific memories underlying a dream diverge from how scenes unfold within it. To make sense of this, Lee writes down her dreams and then incorporates fragments into her paintings, where memories, scenes, and records take shape on the canvas. Each element holds a unique position and emphasis, sometimes exaggerated, reduced, or altered. In this way, her canvases become spaces where dreams and memories overlap, giving rise to new narratives. Her Training Journal Drawing series, on the other hand, consists of drawings and paintings inspired by detailed training logs she kept—through writing and video—while participating on a recreational baseball team. For Lee, the act of recording serves as both a response to inner uncertainty and a driving force behind her creative work. Lee Koz earned a B.F.A. in Painting from Ewha Womans University, where she is currently pursuing her M.F.A. Her solo exhibitions include Apple or Bird , A-Lounge Contemporary, Seoul (2025); Repetitive Description of Techne , A.P.23, Seoul (2023); and In This Air-Raid Shelter , Space Poolmoojil, Seoul (2021). She has also shown work in group exhibitions such as Holding onto the Round Hollow , Gallery Ebb&Flow, Seoul (2023); Explode-Revive-Record , Annpaack, Seoul (2023); and How to Detect Ambiguous Signals , A.P.23, Seoul (2023).