1976
Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

EDUCATIONS

2003
M.F.A Dept. of Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2001
B.F.A Dept. of Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Love Me Sweet, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul samcheong, Korea Love Me Tender, DOOSAN gallery, New York, USA
2008
Cross Breeding, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
*Breeding Pond, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul samcheong, Korea
2004
Mouthbreeder, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
2003
Inbreeding, KEPCO Plaza, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Upsala Art Museum, Upsala, Sweden 38N Snow South: Korean Contemporary Art, Shalott Lund Galerie, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Artists with Arario, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul samcheong, Cheonan, Korea Made in Popland, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2009
Resonance Green Korea-Climate Change in the Bosom of Culture, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Korea & Fredericksberg Townhall , Copenhagen, Denmark *Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Conflicting Tales - Inaugural Exhibition of the Burger Collection, Zimmerstrasse, Berlin, Germany *Ultra Skin, Space C Coreana Art & Culture Complex, Seoul, Korea
*Korean Eye : Moon Generation, Standard Chartered First Bank, Seoul, Korea & Saatchi Gallery,
London, UK
2008
Daily Life in Korea; In Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Diplomatic Relationship Between Korea and
Thailand, The Queen’s Gallery, Tailand Hyunjhin Baik, Donghee Koo, Dongwook Lee Group Show, ARARIO GALLERY, Beijing, China
*Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
2007
Contemporary Korean Art: Wonderland, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Disturbed : New Art from Kroea, Peres Project, Berlin, Germany *Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
*Skin of/ in Contemporary Art, The Osaka Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2006
Give me Shelter, Union Galley, London, UK
Egomania, Civica Gallery, Modena, Italy
2005
*Beautiful Cynicism, ARARIO GALLERY, Beijing, China
2004
Alchemy of Daily Life, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
New Face 2004 : Art in Culture Emerging Artist Competition, Dukwon gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003
A Slice of Contemporary Art, LCM gallery, Ilsan, Korea
2002
Dream of Butterfly, Hongik University Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
* Catalogue Published

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2011
Jul 01 ~ Dec 31, DOOSAN Residency New York, USA

PUBLICATIONS

2006
“DONGWOOK LEE : Breeding Pond”, published by ARARIO, Korea / ISBN 89-92262-05-1 93620

COLLECTIONS

Burger Collection, Germany
Rubell Family Collection, USA
Lohengrin Enterprises, USA
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Today Art Museum, China
Arario Collection, Korea