Sojeong Lee

Lee Sojeong starts from describing emotions felt through autobiographical experiences and then delves into the emotions inherent in unconscious experiences, exploring their implications. Her works, which express emotions inherent in humans such as happiness, anxiety, loneliness, and alienation, begin with memories of dreams. She layers the emotions she experienced in dreams or memories onto the canvas, weaving a narrative structure as a form of record. The artist combines the character-centric narration and compositional arrangements of traditional painting. Particularly, her works often feature characters with large eyes and flushed cheeks, drawing inspiration from the techniques of cartoons she watched in her childhood. These visual elements express the emotions of the characters, allowing for both delicate expression and intuitive interaction. By bringing in the emotions inherent in humans, she maximizes emotional resonance and tension, confronting viewers with essential inner emotions. Having focused on character-centric compositions, the artist recently began incorporating everyday observed landscapes into her canvases, activating a narrative structure that explores the spaces between images. She examines the scenes where icons and landscapes articulate together through a storytelling approach. Through these processes, the artist transforms personally imagined images and emotions into everyday life, interacting with the multifaceted nature of emotions and enabling the articulation of universal stories. Lee Sojeong graduated with a Master's degree from the Düsseldorf Kunst Academy. She held a solo exhibition at Galerie Droste in Germany in 2024, and participated in numerous group exhibitions such as Bruch & Dallas in Cologne (2019), BBK Düsseldorf (2021), Museum Haus Opherdicke in Holzwickede (2022), Galerie Biesenbach in Cologne (2022), Obey Art Space in Berlin (2023), and KPM Berlin (2023)