Hyemin Lee
- Introduction of Artist
- Hyemin Lee is an artist who continuously reinterprets everyday materials, transforming them into sculptural language that explores human emotions and social experiences. Through her work, she offers audiences new visual experiences and emotional resonance. Her art goes beyond the materiality of objects, raising emotional and philosophical questions, making her a prominent artist in contemporary sculpture and installation art.
Her interest in art is deeply rooted in her childhood. Fragments of fabric carrying family traces, old pillows, and the memories embedded within them have become key themes in her creative process. She delicately reconstructs these remnants, transforming them into sculptural pieces infused with emotional significance rather than mere objects. This process serves as a form of personal healing while simultaneously fostering empathy and emotional connection with the audience.
A crucial element in her artistic world is “metamorphosis.” Her work embodies both wounds and recovery, evolving from simple objects into symbolic entities enriched with time and experience. The symbolic motif of the “tear-soaked pillow” captures the flow of emotions and materializes them into tangible forms. Her sculptures encapsulate deeply personal experiences, allowing them to resonate beyond their physical structures, evoking profound emotional responses.
Hyemin Lee primarily works with familiar, everyday materials such as fabric, pillows, cushions, and bandages. Through these soft materials, she seeks to express human emotions and inner states. Notably, her Pillow series, in which she creates pillows from old or discarded fabric scraps, offers a fresh perspective on ordinary things. Additionally, her White series, where she forms and hardens shapes using plaster bandages, has been acclaimed as a visualization of delicate inner worlds.
Her work delicately captures human emotions and internal experiences through the use of soft materials. She creates sculptures from everyday materials like fabric and bandages, embodying a coexistence of fragility and resilience, softness and solidity. Particularly, her bronze sculptures shaped like pillows exemplify this duality, leaving a profound impression on viewers.
Hyemin Lee has presented her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In her 2019 solo exhibition A Thousand Water Drops at Lee Eugean Gallery, she showcased an installation composed of dozens of connected small pillows, offering a fresh perspective on the overlooked details of daily life. In 2020, she held the Veils exhibition at U Art Space, displaying both painting and installation works, which received a highly positive response as a new artistic endeavor.
Through her art, Hyemin Lee seeks to express human emotions and inner worlds using everyday materials, ultimately delivering messages of healing and comfort. By combining soft materials with rigid structures, she encapsulates the complexity of human emotions—the coexistence of vulnerability and strength. Her work invites viewers to reflect on their own inner worlds and discover a renewed appreciation for the small details in daily life.
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