Kang Seung Lee (Korean: 이강승; born 1978)[1] is a South Korean contemporary multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Education
He received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.[3]
Work
Lee's practice examines themes of identity, community, and collective memory, frequently addressing the legacy of transnational queer histories as they intersect with art history.[4][5][6][7][8]
Lee’s work has been included in a number of international exhibitions such as the 60th Venice Biennale (2024);[9][10][11] Made in LA at Hammer Museum[12] (2023); New Museum Triennial[13][14][15](2021); and 13th Gwangju Biennale (2021)[16]among others.
Collections
Lee's work is in the permanent collections of Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University;[1] Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; [17] Los Angeles County Museum of Art;[18] RISD Museum, Providence; [19] Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum;[20] São Paulo Museum of Art;[21] National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; Kadist Foundation; among others.[22][23]
References
- ^ a b "Kang Seung Lee". Cantor Collection at Stanford University. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ Almino, Elisa Wouk (2020-02-12). "Meet LA's Art Community: Kang Seung Lee Wants to "Imagine a Queer Future"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "CalArtians Selected for the Venice Biennale | CalArts". calarts.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ Yuna, Park (2020-05-22). "MMCA's new project breaks traditional concept of family dealing with queer community". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Wong, Harley (2021-10-27). "Intergenerational Care: Kang Seung Lee's Queer Archives". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "Exhibition becomes compact archive of intergenerational queer narratives". The Korea Times. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Dick, Leslie (2024-09-07). "Kang Seung Lee's Body Doubles". Frieze. No. Frieze Week Seoul 2024. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Liu, Caroline (2023-04-13). "Kang Seung Lee at the Vincent Price Art Museum". Carla. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Thomas, Chris Erik (2024-06-28). "Queer Artists Brought Pain, History, and Hope to the 60th Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ inframag (2024-06-27). "a chat with kang seung lee - infra". infra-magazine.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Adriano Pedrosa's Bold Provocations in "Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere"". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Durón, Maximilíano (2023-12-07). "The Best Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach, From Female-Gazed Men to Painstaking Assemblages". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (2021-11-04). "New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "Foundwork | Dialogues | Kang Seung Lee". foundwork.art. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Kirkman, Rebekah (2021-11-22). "Grace Under Pressure: The 2021 New Museum Triennial". BmoreArt. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Wong, Harley (2021-05-20). "16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States". Artsy. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "Kang Seung Lee". Hammer Museum Collections. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, San Francisco, California, 1979)". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Kang Seung Lee". RISD Museum. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Kang Seung Lee - Palais de Tokyo". palaisdetokyo.com. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "MASP". MASP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Kang Seung Lee". Alexander Gray Associates. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "Commonwealth and Council / Kang Seung Lee". Commonwealth and Council. Archived from the original on 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
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