Byungho Lee

ByungHo Lee is a sculptor who constantly questions classical concepts and modes of representation in sculpture, maintaining a contemporary sensibility while presenting experimental sculptural methodologies to achieve ‘sculptures with temporality that continuously change over time’ using the style of human body sculptures. His approach to presenting ‘temporality in sculpture’ and ‘sculptures in a continuously fluid and transforming state’ is embodied in three major series: the <Breathing Sculptures> series (2006~), which utilizes silicone and air compressors, the <Anthropometry> series that began in 2016, followed by the <Eccentric Abattis> series. In his recent solo exhibition «Indistinct Vision», ByungHo Lee showcased an attempt to expand his project developed for years, which stemmed from the concept of a 'living sculpture in time,' in a new direction. He presented the next stage of visual experience through painterly experiments on data-based digital sculptures. ByungHo Lee (b. 1976) received both his B.F.A and M.F.A in sculpture from Hongik University, Seoul. He has held solo exhibitions including Indistinct Vision (2025, SPACE SO, Seoul), PIECE (2023, Perigee Gallery, Seoul), Three Shades (2020, SPACE SO, Seoul) and Le Vide (2016, KICHE, Seoul). Lee participated in group exhibitions including ThinkSpace (2025, Wumin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea, Monumental (2023, Museumhead, Seoul, Korea, Repetition and Difference: About Time (Busan Museum of Art, Busan, 2019), Aging World- Will you still love me tomorrow? (Seoul Museum of Art, 2019), and Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2009). Lee has received awards such as ‘the 29th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize’(2007) and has participated in art residencies at Gyeonggi Creation Center (2013) and SeMA Nanji Residency (2011). His works are housed in collections of esteemed institutions including the Seoul Museum Art, Busan Museum of Art and Suwon Museum of Art.