Juna Lee
Born 1986, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul
Education
2028 Ph.D. candidate, Fine Arts, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul
2018 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York
2015 MFA Painting, Ewha Womans University, Seoul
2012 BFA Painting, Ewha Womans University, Seoul
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Volnost Exhibition Juna Lee, Volnost, Seoul
2024 Worship of the Mad Snake, The WilloW, Seoul
2023 I Am Walking In The Dark Woods But The Stars Do Not Shake, d/p, Seoul
2021 W/O, Hakgojae Art Center, Seoul
2018 Rubicon, [space-loan] Woosuk Gallery, Seoul National University, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 SYMBOLIC, Mimesis Art Museum, Paju
2025 Serpenti Infinito, BVLGARI, Futura Seoul, Seoul
2023 Now Wake Up Again, Kim Geun-tae Memorial Library, Seoul
2021 Doosan Art Lab Exhibition 2021, Doosan Gallery, Seoul
2019 AFTERLIFE, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2018–19 Letter from the East, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2018 Tactics, Works, Terms, Forms, Statements, 371 Broadway, New York
2018 Perceptual Coding, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
2018 Pop Up: On and Off the Wall Vol. 3, First Street Gallery, New York
2016 NordArt, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2016 Common Violence, Seoul Art and Healing Hub, Seoul (as Sisterhat)
2015 Alohomora, Aparecium! Miari the Texas, The Texas Project, Seoul (as Sisterhat)
2015 Gyeonggi Nomadic Art Festa: Silsin Project Nam.Yang.Gwang.Ha., Gyeonggi-do (as Sisterhat)
2015 COME UP Vol. 4, fnart SPACE, Seoul
2015 Mayfly II, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul (as Sisterhat)
2014 Crossing Borders, Gallery Gong, Seoul (hosted by Emergent Art Space)
Publications
2023 I Am Walking In The Dark Woods But The Stars Do Not Shake, d/p, Seoul
2022 W/O, Hakgojae Art Center, Seoul
2021 Doosan Art Lab Exhibition 2021, Doosan Gallery, Seoul
2019 AFTERLIFE, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2016 Common Violence, Seoul Art and Healing Hub, Seoul
Grants and Awards
2021 W/O, funded by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2020 Snapchat Project, funded by Arts Council Korea
2019 AFTERLIFE, funded by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2018 Nominated by Saatchi Art, Invest in Art: Artists in Rise
Bibliography
2026.08.20 Kyeonggi Ilbo (경기일보), “A White Sanctuary Flooded with Natural Light: Mimesis Art Museum, Paju” 「자연광이 쏟아지는 백색의 성전… 파주 '미메시스 아트 뮤지엄'」
2026 D-ART (디아트), “Mimesis Art Museum Presents Juna Lee, Jung Sujeong and Hong Sejin: Contemporary Art of Different Symbols” 「미메시스 아트 뮤지엄, 이준아·정수정·홍세진 작가, 각기 다른 상징의 현대 미술」
2026 K-ARTNOW, “SYMBOLIC on View Through November 1, 2026, at Mimesis Art Museum” 「SYMBOLIC 2026년 11월 1일까지 미메시스 아트 뮤지엄에서 개최」
2025.04.10 Marie Claire Korea (마리끌레르), “Artworks Made of Snakes: BVLGARI Serpenti Infinito Exhibition” 「뱀으로 만든 예술 작품, 불가리 '세르펜티 인피니토' 전시」
2025.04.07 Marie Claire Korea (마리끌레르), “Exhibition Pick: The Dreamlike Curves of the Snake, BVLGARI Serpenti Infinito” 「[전시 PICK] 몽환적인 뱀의 곡선, 불가리 세르펜티 인피니토」
2025.03.23 Harper's BAZAAR Korea (하퍼스 바자), “BVLGARI Serpenti Infinito, Touring the World, Lands in Seoul” 「전 세계 순회 중인 '불가리 세르펜티 인피니토' 전시 서울 상륙!」
2025.03.14 MHN (문화뉴스), “BVLGARI Holds Serpenti Infinito Exhibition for the Year of the Snake” 「불가리, 뱀의 해 맞아 '세르펜티 인피니토' 전시 개최」
2024.11.27 heyPOP (헤이팝), “The WilloW” 「더 윌로 (The WilloW)」
2024.10.24 The Hankyoreh (한겨레), “Where Writhing Snakes Meet the Cosmos and Mandalas” 「뱀이 꿈틀거리는 우주와 만다라를 만나다」
2024.10.21 Women's News (여성신문), “Juna Lee Solo Exhibition Worship of the Mad Snake” 「이준아 작가 개인전 '미친 뱀에게 경배를'」
2024 BE(ATTITUDE) Magazine (비애티튜드), “Don't Doubt Your Talent (Interview)” 「자기 재능을 의심하지 마세요」
2023.06.28 Media In News (미디어인뉴스), “Juna Lee, Daughter of Democracy Activist Lee Eul-ho, Opens Solo Exhibition I Am Walking In The Dark Woods But The Stars Do Not Shake” 「'민주열사' 이을호의 딸, 이준아 개인전 '나는 어두운 숲속을 걷고 있지만 별들은 흔들리지 않지'」
2021.09.23 News1 (뉴스1), “Are Genital-Shaped Cookies Illegal? Queer Festival Committee Protests Seoul City's Ruling” 「여성성기 모양 쿠키가 법위반?…서울시 지적에 퀴어축제조직위 반발」
2021.09.23 Money Today (머니투데이), “Seoul City Calls Genital-Shaped Cookie Sales Illegal, Draws Criticism” 「'성기모양 쿠키 판매 위법' 서울시에…'벌떡주도 금지시켜라' 비판」
2021.09.22 Kyunghyang Shinmun (경향신문), “Genital-Shaped Cookies an Obscene Object? Discriminatory Administration Nitpicking the Queer Culture Festival” 「'여성 성기 모양 쿠키'가 '음란한 물건'?…'퀴어문화축제 트집 잡는 차별적 행정'」
2021.01.12 News1 (뉴스1), “Five Emerging Artists, Five Colors: Meeting Their Diverse Work” 「'5인 5색' 신진 작가들의 다채로운 작업을 만나는 시간」
2021.01.11 Yonhap News (연합뉴스), “Diverse Perspectives of Five Emerging Artists: Doosan Art Lab Exhibition 2021” 「신진작가 5인의 다양한 시선…'두산아트랩 전시 2021'」
2021 Kim Juyeon (김주연), M.A. Thesis, “A Study on Women's Art Exhibitions in Korea since the 2000s: Focusing on Gender-Based Violence” 「2000년대 이후 한국의 여성미술 전시 연구: 젠더기반폭력을 중심으로」
2019.10.19 The Hankyoreh (한겨레), “Focusing on the Ordinariness of Sexual Violence Perpetrators Around Us, Not Strangers” 「낯선 괴한 아닌 우리곁의 성폭력 가해자 '평범성'에 주목」
2018.12.17 Saatchi Art Canvas, “4 Saatchi Art Artists to Know: Spotlight on Asia”
2018.12.07 Saatchi Art Canvas, “Style Your Walls with Bold & Eclectic”
2016.04.29 CNB Journal (문화경제 CNB저널), “Women Speak of Femininity through Sexual Violence, Brassieres and Rubber Gloves” 「성폭력-브래지어-고무장갑 통해 여자가 말하는 '여성성'」
2016.04.20 ILDA (일다), “Uncomfortable, But Must Be Confronted: Sisterhat's Exhibition Ordinary Violence” 「불편한, 그러나 마주해야만 하는: 언니모자의 〈평범한 폭력〉展」
2016 Women's News (여성신문), “The Ordinary Violence of Ordinary People” 「평범한 사람들의 평범한 폭력」
2015.10.23 Kyunghyang Shinmun (경향신문), “Memories and Traces of Miari Texas: Alohomora, Aparecium!” 「'미아리 텍사스촌'의 기억과 흔적들···'알로호모라, 아파레시움!'」
2015.10.21 News1 (뉴스1), “When a Contemporary Art Exhibition Opens in Miari's Red-Light District” 「미아리 집창촌에서 현대미술 전시회가 열리면」
2015.10.20 Kyunghyang Shinmun (경향신문), “Asking Our Society: Is Feminist Sex Work That Protects Sex Workers Impossible?” 「우리 사회에 묻는다, 성노동자 보호하는 '여성주의적 성매매'는 불가능하냐고」