Jieon Lee(1994), a curator, adeptly connects scientific images—both factual and fictional—with the emergence of new normality. Focused on various media and technologies utilising the “body”
as a medium, Lee explores the intersection of scientific representation and societal shifts. 



Selected Exhibitions

2024
— Curator, Stretching to the future, Industra Gallery (Brno, Czech)
— Co-curator, Gulp, Doosan Art Center (Seoul, South Korea)
— Curator, Hybrid Isolated Landscape, Malta Biennale 2024 Thematic Pavilion, National Museum of Archaeology (Valletta, Malta)
2023
— Curator, A Deliberate and Rapid Transplant, Seoul Art Space Mullae (Seoul, South Korea), 3rd Nov - 29th Nov 2023_Awarded on Unfold X Curator Camp
— Curator, a fist is a fist is a fist, Boan1924, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, 413Beta (Seoul, South Korea), 2nd Sep - 10th Dec 2023
— Project Manager, Natural Born Odds, Salihara Arts Center (Jakarta, Indonesia), 18th Nov - 26th Nov 2023
— Guest Curator, MAP (Month of Arts Practice); The Alternative Mobility, Heritage Space (Hanoi, Vietnam), 1st Oct to 14th Dec 2023 
2022
— Co-curator, Contrology, Hall1 (Seoul, South Korea), 12th Nov to 26th Nov 2022_Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
— Curator, Ecotone: Capacity for Escape, Post Territory Ujeongguk (Seoul, South Korea) 1st Oct to16th Oct 2022 _Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
— Curator, Fragile Zone, Future Society (Space of the Dazed Magazine) (Seoul, South Korea) 23rd Feb to 11th March 2022
2021
— Curator, Underwater Hibernation, PLACE MAK (Seoul, South Korea) 9th Dec to 29th Dec 2021 _ Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2019
— Co-curator, Emerging Landscape: A New Normality, Royal West of England Academy (Bristol, UK) 22nd May to 23rd Jun 2019_ Supported by the University of Bristol



Work (Institutional) History

2022-2023
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) - Seoul and Gwacheon, South Korea 
Curatorial Assistant

2020-2022
Busan Biennale Organizing Committee(BBOC) - Busan, South Korea 
Member of Exhibition Team 




Education

September 2018 - December 2019
University of Bristol Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Master of Arts in History of Art

March 2012 - February 2017
Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design (Architecture)




Awards

2023 Doosan Curator Workshop (Doosan Art Center Korea) 
https://www.doosanartcenter.com/en/program/curator-workshop
2023 Unfold X Curator Camp 2023 (Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture)
2023 Arko Art &Tech Track1 (Art Council of Korea)
2021 Seoul Artists’ Platform New&Young _ Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture 
2018 ‘Think Big Scholar’ of the University of Bristol



Lecture

2023 Lecture for MAP 2023 “COLLECTIVE TRAJECTORY, INVISIBLE CONNECTION, AND FROM THE WORLD BEYOND THE SCREEN TO REALITY”



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