YOORA LEE
b. 1990, South KoreaYoora Lee (b. 1990, South Korea) explores the subjects of our daily lives through a series of recreated images from television and the internet. Lee uses wavering horizontal brush strokes to mimic video tape distortions and glitches in subtle, pastel colour.
Exhibitions include Ian Davis and Yoora Lee, Nicodim, New York (2024); Shadow Etched in Stone, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024, solo); Lonely Crowd, Half Gallery, Los Angeles (2023, solo); Ripe, Harper’s, Los Angeles (2023); DISEMBODIED curated by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Nicodim, New York (2023); Finding my missing half, T293 gallery, Rome (2022, solo); _YOU ME ME YOU, _Nicodim, Los Angeles (2022); Anemone, Another Place, New York (2022, solo); Exodus, Gallery Ascend + K 11 Muse, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2022); Harmonious Arrangement, Half Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); Burn In, Jude Gallery Chicago, Chicago (2021, solo); and many others.
Text courtesy Nicodim Gallery
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