HeeWon Lee is a South Korean artist born in Gyeonggi Province. In 2001, she moved to France to study Communication Art Visuel at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nancy and later completed the post-diplôme program at Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing. From 2010 to 2020, she lived and worked in Paris, and she is currently based in Seoul while continuing to work between South Korea and France.
Her major achievements include receiving the Grand Prize of the Air France Young Artist Award (Jeunes Talents) at the Grand Palais in Paris (2010), being invited as an artist to La Nuit Blanche in Paris, and participating in Le Fresnoy’s 15th and 20th anniversary exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo. Her work has also been shown at festivals and institutions such as 2062 at la Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), Trouble Makers at Festival Némo (Le 104, Paris), BIAN II at Cinémathèque Québécoise (Montreal), Mois Multi at Avatar (Quebec), and Digital Life at La Pelanda (Rome).
In addition to her independent practice, she has produced commissioned works for brands and institutions including Dom Pérignon, Schlumberger Primat-Distillerie des Ambres (France), Nuit Blanche Metz (France), d’strict (South Korea), and the Evergreen Foundation - LG Group (South Korea).
RESIDENCIES
2012 La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2011 - 2012 Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris, Paris, France
EDUCATION
2008 - 2010 Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France
2009 École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Nancy, DNSEP in Communication, France
2007 École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Nancy, DNAP in Communication, France
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Flower, 'Pinetree garden', 'Hwadam', Commissioned by Hwadamchae – LG Group - Evergreen Foundation, South Korea
Pinetree, K-POP Square, D’strict, Seoul, South Korea
Pour Ambre, Schlumberger Primat -Distillerie des Ambres, Calvados, France
The Snow, Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France
집화경, Home table deco fair with Dpaok, Seoul, South Korea
Dom pérignon P2, LVMH. Paris, France
Phone Tapping, Conseil Général de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Insomniac, Nuit blanche Metz, Metz, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Infinity II, Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Cahors, France, 2012
Enchanted Landscape Escape, Arc en Ciel, Liévin, France, 2011
Phone Tapping, Espace F, Quebec, Canada, 2010
Wonderlande, Khiasma, Les Lilas, France, 2010
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS (Selected)
2025
Hwadamsup, Hwadamchae, Gwangju-si, South Korea
Videoformes 2025, Maison de la Culture, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2024
Hwadamsup, Hwadamchae, Gwangju-si, South Korea
NTERFÉRENCE_S, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, France
2023
PUSH 2.0, Centre d’Arts Plastiques et Visuels de Lille, Lille, France
2022
The Sound and The Fury, Prectxe.com, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Pine tree, K-POP Square, Seoul, South Kores
Videoformes 2025, Salle Gilbert-Gaillard, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2019
Memory of Time, Les Champs Libres, Renne, France
'집화경’, Home Table Deco Fair, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2017
CynetArt, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
Le Rêve des Formes, 20ans du Fresnoy, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
2016
Peach Blossom: Hopeful Flowers of Utopia, Culture Station Seoul 284, South Korea
행복작당, 40th Anniversary Design House, 지우헌, Seoul, South Korea
Cycle Là où va le Cinéma, MK2 Beaubourg, Paris, France
Travelling, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
2015
Interstice, Église du Vieux Saint-Sauveur, Caen, France
Hors les murs – Infinity II, Art Up!, Grand Palais, Lille, France
2014
BIAN II, Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, Canada
Digital Life, La Pelanda, Rome, Italy
L’air du temps, Chapelle Saint Charles, Avignon, France
Dom Pérignon, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
YAP in Daegu, EXCO, Daegu, South Korea
Y es-tu ?, Yokohama Red Brick, Yokohama, Japan
2013
Trouble Makers, Némo Festival, Le Centquatre - 104, Paris, France
Chroniques des Mondes Possibles, Seconde Nature, Marseille, France
Mois Multi 14, Avatar, Quebec, Canada
Special Olympics World Winter Games, Nabi Center, PyeongChang, South Korea
H Box, Le Fresnoy & Hermès, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk, France
2012
2062, la Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
Festival Scopitone, Château des ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, France
The Spectrum of Contemporary Korean Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Images du Temps qui est le Nôtre, Le Forum, Blanc Mesnil, France
Update 4, iMAL, Brussels, Belgium
Rêvons la Ville, Musée de la Ville, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
100% à Montpellier, kawenga, Montpellier, France
Festival Les Bouillants, Vern-sur-Seiche, France
Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2011
Happy Window, Nabi Center, Seoul, South Korea
Un artiste, une oeuvre, Gallery Briobox, Paris, France
Biennale d’art Contemporain de Cahors, Cahors, France
Petits Formats, Gallery Briobox, Paris, France
Festival Seconde Nature, Le Fresnoy, Aix-en-Provence, France
Narrativité Singulière, Le Cube, Issy les Moulineaux, France
Videobrasil, The Southern Panoramas Competitive Exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Spectrum of Contemporary Korean Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2010
Jeunes Talents, Air France, Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales, Paris, France
Screening in Air France, All flights Internationals (August)
La Nuit Blanche, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris, Paris, France
L’invitation à L’Image, Gallery Briobox, Paris, France
Tout ce que J’ai Vu a Disparu, Beaux Arts de Lorient, Lorient, France
Sukyo 60, kt&g Sangsangmadang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hambourg, Germany
Vidéo Formes, Petit Vélo, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Festival Gamerz, Fondation Vasarely, Aix en Provence, France
Bibliotheque Jun, kt&g Sangsangmadang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
La Nuit Blanche, Metz, France
Court métrage short film corner - Le Fresnoy, Festival de Cannes, France
Panorama 12, Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
2009
City, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Chang Won, South Korea
La fête des lumières Lyon, Superflou, Gallery Roger Tator, Lyon, France
Panorama 11, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
2008
City Idea, Young Art International Festival, Museum of Art Hong Wan, Beijing, China
Off-7, Carreau Scène National, Forbach, France
Peace 12-13, International Art Expo for Commemorationg 70th Anniversary of Victims, Museum of Art Nanzing, China
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES (Selected)
One Campus, Kwangju University, Kwangju, South Korea, 2021–2022
Corps de Textes, Théâtre de Liège, Belgium, 2021
Image du rêve, École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Nancy, France, 2019
Le Fresnoy. Mémoire de l’imagination, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 2015
Rencontre au CCAM, Centre Culturel André Malraux, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, 2015
PRESS & MEDIA (Selected)
Artpress, “Chroniques des Imaginaires Numériques”, by Dominique Moulon, Nov. 2018
Beaux Arts Magazine, “Séoul, Mégalopole Hantée”, by Julie Ackermann, July 2017
Beaux Arts Magazine, by Thomas Jean, Dec. 2013
Libération, “Un ‘Wonderland’ peuplé de fantômes”, by Félix Gatier, Jan. 29, 2011
Télérama, “On a planché sur la Nuit Blanche”, by Frédérique Chapuis, Oct. 2, 2010
Air France Magazine, Aug. 2010
Soft Machine, France 3 TV, June 9, 2010
AWARDS
Grand Prize, Contemporary Art Biennale of Cahors, Diagonale des Arts, France, 2011
K3 Jury Prize, International Short Film Festival, Villach, Austria, 2011
Best Visual Interaction Award, MADATAC – Contemporary Audio-Visual & New Media Art Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2011
Grand Prize, Jeunes Talents Award, Air France, France, 2010
Grand Prize, Vidéographie(s) Festival, Liège, Belgium, 2010
Grand Prize, Vidéoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2009
Grand Prize, Busan International Video Festival, South Korea, 2009
Experimental Video Award, Aguilar de Campoo International Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain, 2009
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