Jeehee
Sculptural Painter
South Korea
since
2013
JEEHEE is a sculptural painter who lives and works in London. She earned her BFA in Oriental Painting from Hongik University in Seoul where she developed a unique perspective on harmonizing Eastern philosophies with contemporary art practices and recently completed her MFA in Fine Art with Distinction from Goldsmiths, University of London, demonstrating her strong theoretical research and polyphonic art practice. She was selected as an artist in residence at Turps Residency in London (2025), awarded Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Material and Research Award (2023/24) with a scholarship, and longlisted for CBP Contemporary British Painting Prize (2024). Her works have been shown internationally including exhibition at "Focus Art" at Saatchi Gallery, "Uncanny Playgrounds" at Hypha Studios, "In the Emancipation of Self" at D Contemporary in London and "Non-Reductive Territory of You and Me" at Gallery Meilan in Seoul. She focuses on understanding the world through the unique patterns and rhythms that emerge as the "I" encounters the multitude of "You"s. This exploration is rooted in the artistic inquiry into how different entities within Chaosmos form Rhythmic Landscapes(Paysages Mélodiques), acquire subjectivity amidst chaos, and continuously engage in acts of creation, revealing the fundamental strength of humanity. She reconstructs Rhythmic Landscapes as visual-auditory works based on the methodology of 'Sculptural Painting' that crosses the boundaries between the two and the three-dimensional, and the concept of 'Sonic Agency' that sound can act subjectively in social and cultural contexts. Through this, she ultimately aims to build "The Second Landscape" where the audience, the work, and the space resonate together.
Career
Education 2022–2024: MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK (Graduated with Distinction) 2013–2018: BFA Oriental Painting, Hongik University, South Korea Residencies 2025: Turps Residency, London, UK (Upcoming) Awards 2024: CBP Contemporary British Painting Prize (Longlisted) 2023: Chelsea Arts Club Trust Materials and Research Award with Scholarship Solo Exhibitions 2023: Non-Reductive Territory of You and Me, Meilan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Group Exhibitions 2025: - Daydream, Hamilton House, London, UK (Upcoming) - Charity Exhibition, Numero 51, Milan, Italy (Upcoming) - Exhibition at The Hari Hotel, London, UK (Upcoming) 2024: - Graduate Art Show 2024, Woolff Gallery, London, UK - Focus London, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK - Uncanny Playgrounds, Hypha Studios, London, UK - Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show, Ben Pimlott Building, London, UK - Cosmic Ecologies, Meta Morphika Studio, London, UK - In the Emancipation of Self, D Contemporary, London, UK - Read Sori, Space illi, Seoul, South Korea -Open Call, Gallery Lock In, Brighton, UK - Branches, Art Pavilion, London, UK - Drawing Streaming, Meilan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2023: - Lawless Imagination, Rupturexibit, London, UK - New Contemporaries, Dodomu Gallery, New York, USA - Spectral, Cookhouse Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK - Crawl Space, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK - 3F International Contemporary Art Fair, Porte De Versailles, Paris, France - CAAG's 1st Young Artist, CAAG Gallery, Seoul, South Korea - Interim Show, Goldsmiths MFA Studios, London, UK - COMMON / PLACE, Safe House Gallery, London, UK - Hold On, Goldsmiths MFA Seminar Space, London, UK - Taste the Difference, Hypha Studios, London, UK 2022: Living Sculpture, Deptford Town Hall, London, UK 2021: - Proverbs, Gyeomjae JeongSeon Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea - New Emerging Artists, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea 2020: Korea Young Artists, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea Memberships 2023–Present: Member of Chelsea Arts Club Trust (UK) 2022–Present: Member of Louis The Women (South Korea) Publications 2024: - The Second Landscape: How The Rhythm of Deterritorialization Connects to Arts, UK - Scoring: raBBit and then another RAbbit, South Korea
