SOPHIE'S TREE

Jin Han Lee (이진한)

(b. 1982)

Lives and works in London.

Education

2014-       PhD Fine Art (practice-led) candidate, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

2012        MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, London

2006        BFA Painting, Hongik University, Seoul 

Solo Exhibitions

2017        RUNNING TO YOU, Sophie's Tree, New York (forthcoming)

2015        YOUR NIGHT MY DAY, Gallery Em, Seoul

2012        I EAT VOMIT, HADA Contemporary, London

                  POSTMODERNISM OF THE BEHOLDER-LANDSCAPE OF THE CONCEPT, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016         ZONA VIP (curated by David Armengol), Passatge Studio, Swab Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain

2015         TODAY'S SALON, Common Center, Seoul

                   BLOOMBERG NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2015, ICA, Nottingham and London            

2013          TRADITION, Pump House Gallery, London

                    TWO PERSONS SHOW (with Ji-Sun Lee), HADA Contemporary, London

2012          SAATCHI GALLERY NEW SENSATIONS 2012, B1 Space, London  

2011          THE 33RD JOONG-ANG FINE ART PRIZE SELECTED ARTIST'S SHOW, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

                    EMBRACING THE VOID, Albemarle Gallery, London

                     I AM SOLITARY, 10 Vyner Street Gallery, London

2010           FUTURE FUTURES FUTURE: KOREAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, Korean Cultural Centre, London

                     GUASCH CORANTY PAINTING PRIZE, Center of Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona

                     OPEN PAINTING, Royal West England Academy, Bristol

2009           GATHERING STORMS, Bayfield Hall, Norfolk

Awards and Residencies

2016           Artist in Residence, Wimbledon College of Art, London

2015           Artist in Residence, Sarabande - The Lee Alexander Mcqueen Foundation, London

                     Selected Artist, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015, London

                     The Jean Spencer and Malcolm Hughes Bursary, Slade Shool of Fine Art, UCL, London

                     Seoul Museum of Art Emerging Artist Grant, Seoul

2012           Finalist for Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4 New Sensations 2012, London

                     Saatchi Gallery X Absolut Vodka Commission 2014

2011            2nd Prize, 33rd Joong-Ang Fine Art Competition, Seoul

                      Finalist, I am Solitary, Beers, Lambert Contemporary, London

2010            Finalist for 2010 Guasch Coranty Painting Prize, Barcelona

Public Collections

Joongang Daily, Seoul

The Sarabande - Lee Alexander McQueen Foundation, London

Soho House Barcelona, Barcelona