Dong chun Lee

Dong chun Lee

Born in Korea

1998 Diplom, Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Pforzheim, Germany
1992 B.F.A., Kookmin University, Seoul Korea

present Professor, Dept. of Metalwork & Jewelry, College of Design, Kookmin University, Seoul Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2023  Sieraden, Galerie Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
2021  ‘Mind·Tears’, Gallery O/ Seoul Korea
2020  ‘flourish wither’ Brooches, Gallery Dam/ Seoul Korea
2015  Smycken, Gallery four/ Göteborg Sweden
2014  ‘flourish wither’, Galerie Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
2014  ‘peacock green & old rose’, Weltraum/ München Germany
2012  ‘the Sound of Breath’, KIMHYUNJOO gallery/ Seoul Korea
2010  Gallery Caroline van Hoek/ Brussels Begium
2009  Sieraden, Galerie Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
2008  ‘Breathe’, Gallery Dam/ Seoul Korea
2005  ‘Art Jewelry’, EBS Space/ Seoul Korea
2004  ‘draw’, do art gallery/ Seoul Korea
2000  ‘Schmuckarbeiten’, Jewelry Atelier feingehalt/ Stuttgart Germany
2000  ‘when two invisible ends come together’, Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024  Korea Now-New York Jewelry Week represented by Charon Kransen Arts, New York USA
2024  Beyond Adornmaent: A Korean-Austrian Contemp. Jewellery Showcase, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul Korea*
2024  Empathy with Sense, Gallery Insa Art, Seoul Korea*
2023  PAN Amsterdam representation by Gallery Marzee, Amsterdam Netherlands
2023  Decorative Digitalism,Temple Contemporary at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Phila. USA*
2023  Arrangement & Becoming, Gallery MARK, Seoul Korea*
2022  Generation & Relation-2 Person Show, Gallery Zeroroom152, Seoul Korea
2022  The Art of Living: Design, Gana Art Center, Seoul Korea*
2022  Craft, Moving Beyond Time and Boundaries, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul Korea*
2021  Artistry-RE-Imagined represented by Charon Kransen Arts, New York USA
2021  Cheongju Craft Biennale 2021-Tools for Conviviality, Cheongju Korea*
2021  Decorative Digitalism-Int. Contemp. Jewelry Exhbn./ Gallery Ahwon/ Seoul Korea*
2021  Blue•An Uncertain Spring-Int. Contemp. Jewelry Exhbn./ Gallery Baum, Art Space Camerata/ Paju Korea*
2020  100 BROOCHES: Korean Contemporary Jewelry Chronicle, Space of Art Sueño 339/ Seoul Korea*
2019  HAN made-Korean Comtemporary Jewelry, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h & Gallery O, Sofa Chicago/ USA
2019  PRESENT-40 Years of Galerie Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
2019  Sarangbang, Korean contemporary jewelry, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h/ Montréal Canada
2019  Diversity Galore. ATTA Gallery/ Bangkok Thailand
2019  Kinesis-Body and Ornament, Gallery Kong, Seoul Korea*
2018  TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery, HOW Art Museum-Design Center/ Hangzhou China*
2018  Midas’ Garden-Contemporary Gold jewelry Exhibition, Gallery Baum/ Paju Korea*
2017  Plastic Plastic Plastic-Recycle Plastic Jewelry, KIMHYUNJOO gallery/ Seoul Korea*
2017  one of us cannot be wrong, Babette Boucher, Eunmi Chun, Dongchun Lee, Atelier Sunkler/ München Germany
2017  KOREA: DESIGN+PLAKAT, The Design Museum, Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne/ München Germany
2016  Wood Extended Life-the international contemporary jewelry, Gallery VOGOZE, Seoul Korea*
2016  Korea Now in Munich, contemporary Korean Crafts & Design, Bavarian National Museum/ München Germany*
2015  Body Alchemy, Hangzhou Contemporary Int. Jewelry & Metal Arts Triennial/ Hangzhou China*
2015  KORU5 Int. Contemporary Jewellery, Imatra Art Museum; 2015.10 Vaasa Art Hall/ Imatra, Vaasa Finland*
2015  Invitation from Ilsang, Gallery Ilsang/ Seoul Korea
2015  Silence Please!, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h/ Montréal Canada
2015  Schmuck 1970–2015; the Bollmann collection, MAK(Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art)/ Vienna Austria*
2014  2009~Collect 2014 (Represented by Galerie Marzee)/ London UK
2014  66. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2014/ München Germany*
2015  Positionen des Gestaltens, Galerie Handwerk/ München Germany
2013  flower of desire-A New Generation of Art Jewelry, Gallery Artlink/ Seoul Korea*
2013  Ornament and Illusion, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
2013  Transformed-Opening Exhibition, Gallery VOGOZE/ Seoul Korea*
2013  UNEXPECTED PLEASURES, National Gallery of Victoria/ Melbourne(2012); The Design Museum/ London UK*
2012  Mythology of Material, Korea Craft & Design Foundation/ Seoul Korea*
2012  The Poetic Object, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
2012  PRIVATE COSMOS-Korea-Neterlands Art Jewelry Exhibition, Gallery Artlink/ Seoul Korea*
2012  In Between-Korean Contemporary Jewellery, The Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI/ Itami Japan*
2011  SIERAAD-Int. Jewellery Art Fair/ Amsterdam Netherlands
2011  Communication & Innovation, Modern Art Center of the China Millennium Monument/ Beijing China*
2011  Craft Dream 2011-Body and Ornament, The Chiwoo Craft Museum/ Seoul Korea*
2011  2000~New York; Chicago Art Fair SOFA (Represented by Charon Kransen Arts)/ New York; Chicago; Santa Fe USA
2010  Galerie Marzee-Sieraden komen tot leven, CODA Museum/ Apeldoorn Netherlands
2009  Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Pressing matter/ Cheongju Korea*
2009  Korean jeweler’s exhibition, Gallery C.A.J./ Kyoto Japan
2009  Int. Art Jewelry Exhibition-Crossing the Border, Gallery Artlink, Seoul/ Gallery Baum, Heyri Korea*
2008  60. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2008-*Herbert Hofmann Prize/ München Germany*
2008  JUST MUST, The Great Guild House, Estonian History Museum/ Tallinn Estonia*
2008  touching warms the art, Museum of Contemporary/ Oregon USA
2007  JewelryConception-6Artists, Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea*
2007  ITAMI Int. Craft Exhibition Jewellery, The Museum of Arts & Crafts/ Itami Japan*
2006  Jewelry for Men, Lock Museum/ Seoul Korea*
2006  100 Necklaces filled with dream, The Collection Seoul Auction Gangnam Branch/ Seoul Korea
2005  Ieum-20. Exhibition of Chohyung metalsmiths society/ Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
2005  Alchemists 2005-50 Boxes, 50 Surprises , Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea*
2005  ITAMI Int. Craft Exhibition Jewellery, The Museum of Arts & Crafts/ Itami Japan*
2005  Cheongju International Craft Biennale, The Adventure of Craft in 21stCentury/ Cheongju Korea*
2005  Beyond Artifice, The Chiwoo Craft Museum/ Seoul Korea*
2005  57. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2005/ München Germany*
2004  SUGGESTION-8Artists, Gana Art Space/ Seoul Korea*
2004  200 RINGS, Gallery Space/ San Francisco USA
2004  plastic plastic plastic, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation/ Seoul Korea*
2004  56. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2004/ München Germany*
2003  International Jewelry Exhibition,Gallery Materia/ Arizona USA
2003  Crafts, Craft House/ Seoul Korea
2003  SUGGESTION-8Artists, Insa Art Center/ Seoul, Gallery Pho/ Busan Korea
2003  New Acquisitions 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
2002  700 Rings, Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
2002  At Beauty’s Edge, Soul-Stirring Works,Gallery Patina/New Mexico USA
2002  Natur und Zeit, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau/ Hanau Germany
2002  Young Korean Artists Exhibition 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea
2002  54. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2002/ München Germany*
2001  SUGGESTION, Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea*
2001  Schmuck 2001, Avantgarde im neuen Jahrtausend, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus/ Bremen Germany
2001  53. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck 2001/ München Germany*
2001  Jewelry in Imagination, Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Korea
2000  Int. 20thCentury Arts Fair New York/ New York USA
2000  Gallery Sagan OPENING SHOW/ Seoul Korea*
1999  Schmuck-Sebastian Hartkopf, Herman Hermsen, Dongchun Lee, Gallery CEBRA/ Düsseldorf Germany
1999  Für Dich Für Mich/ Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany*
1999  Schmuckklänge, Gallery CEBRA/ Düsseldorf Germany
1999  Schmuck-Ute Eitzenhöfer, Wilfrid Houba, Dongchun Lee, Jewelry Gallery Michèle Zeller/ Bern Switzerland
1999  51. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck ’99/ München Germany*
1999  Sieraden, de keuze van Arnhem, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem/ Netherlands*
1998  ‘Antike Ringe-Neue Ringe’ Eine Konfrontation, Gallery Katia Rid/ München Germany
1998  Schmuck und Gerät, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau/ Hanau, Idar-Oberstein Germany*
1998  Landesausstellung Kunsthandwerk Baden-Württemberg ’98/ Laupheim Germany*
1998  Design 2000, International Jewellery London ¢98/ London England
1998  MIDORA Design Award ’98/ Leipzig, Bern Switzerland*
1998  Int. Sommerschmuckausstellung Männerschmuck, Jewelry Gallery Michèle Zeller/Bern Switzerland
1998  Der Kreislauf der Dinge/ Ziegelbrücke, Bern Switzerland*
1998  12. Sibertriennle,Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau/ Hanau*
1998  Degree Show, Gallery Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands*
1998  50. Int. Handwerksmesse Sonderschau Schmuck ’98/ München Germany*

*Catalog

Exhibitions Curated

2024  100 BROOCHES: A New Generation of Korean Contemporary Jewelry, Space of Art Sueño339/ Seoul Korea
2023  TRAVERSE: 19 Alumni of Kookmin University Seoul, Galerie Marzee/ Nijmegen Netherlands
2021  Alchemists-Life at Home/ KCDF Galley/ Seoul Korea
2021  Blue•An Uncertain Spring-Int. Cotemp. Jewelry Exhbn./ Gallery Baum, Art Space Camerata/ Paju Korea
2020
  100 BROOCHES: Korean Contemporary Jewelry Chronicle, Space of Art Sueño 339/ Seoul Korea
2017  Plastic Plastic Plastic-Recycle Plastic Jewelry, KIMHYUNJOO gallery/ Seoul Korea
2016  Wood Extended Life-the international contemporary jewelry, Gallery VOGOZE/ Seoul Korea
2013  flower of desire-A New Generation of Art Jewelry, Gallery Artlink/ Seoul Korea
2012  Alchemists-Mythology of Material/ KCDF Gallery/ Seoul Korea
2012  PRIVATE COSMOS-Korea-Neterlands Art Jewelry Exhibition, Gallery Artlink/ Seoul Korea
2012  In Between-Korean Contemporary Jewellery, The Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI/ Itami Japan
2009  Int. Art Jewelry Exhibition-Crossing the Border, Gallery Artlink, Seoul/ Gallery Baum, Heyri, Korea
2007  JewelryConception-6Artists, Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
2005  Ieum-20. Exhibition of Chohyung metalsmiths society/ Insa Art Center/ Seoul Korea
2004  SUGGESTION-8Artists, Gana Art Space/ Seoul Korea
2004  plastic plastic plastic, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation/ Seoul Korea
2003  SUGGESTION-8Artists, Insa Art Center/ Seoul, Gallery Pho/ Busan Korea
2001  SUGGESTION(co-curation), Craft Space MOKKUMTO/ Seoul Kore-

Collections

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Collection of Art and Design/ Melbourne Australia(2024)
National Museum of Contemporary Art/ Gwacheon Korea(2002/2012)
The Alice and Louis Koch Collection/ Basel Switzerland(2003)
The Chiwoo Craft Museum/ Seoul Korea(2004)
Buyeo National Museum/ Buyeo Korea(2006)
Museum of Contemporary/ Oregon USA(2008)
Die Danner Stiftung/ München Germany(2008)
Die Pinakothek der Moderne/ München Germany(2008/2011)
The Heidi and Karl Bollmann Collection/ Austria(2008)
Art Bank Korea/ National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon Korea(2009)
Marzee Collection/ Nijmegen Netherlands(2009)