Lee Bul (b. 1964, Yeongju; lives and works in Seoul, South Korea) works across a diverse range of media—from drawing, sculpture, and painting to performance, installation, and video—to examine the intricacies of shared human consciousness and the myths and folklore that accompany history.

Lee Bul (Korean: 이불; 李昢; born 1964) is a South Korean artist who works in various mediums, including performance, sculpture, installation, architecture, and media art.

South Korean artist Lee Bul (born 1964, Yeongju, based in Seoul) has transformed the iconic niches of the Museum’s Fifth Avenue facade with four new works that challenge what sculptures can reveal about our times.

Mar 19, 2025 · About the Artist Lee Bul (b. 1964, Yeongju) lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Having graduated from Seoul’s Hongik University with a BFA in sculpture, she made early breakthroughs to create multi-faceted, provocative works that crossed genres and disciplines exploring themes of beauty, corruption and decay.

Lee Bul has referred to the “glass architecture” of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut’s utopian visions as an inspiration, but her take on glass architecture is not transparent but...

Jan 6, 2022 · Lee Bul is a South Korean contemporary sculpture and installation artist who appeared on the art scene in the late 1980s. Her work questions patriarchal authority and the marginalization of women by revealing ideologies that permeate our cultural and political spheres.

Lee Bul (이불) is one of the most prominent contemporary artists of her generation. Her multifaceted practice spans performance, sculpture, painting, installation, architecture, and video art. Lee's work interrogates themes of utopia, dystopia, technological transformation, and the fragility of human ambition.

Lee’s accomplishments as an emerging artist in the 1990s created a historical moment in Korean art. She found herself at the center of the international artworld, which no Korean artist had achieved before, and became a role model for future generations.

Jun 18, 2023 · Lee Bul is a contemporary sculpture and installation artist who was born in 1964 to dissident parents under the military dictatorship of Park Chung-Hee in South Korea. Her work investigates the ways that modern art, architecture and technology have shaped both our real and imagined worlds, and questions patriarchal authority and the ...

Mar 19, 2025 · Hauser & Wirth has announced its representation of South Korean artist Lee Bul. The gallery will co-represent the artist with her Seoul-based gallery BB&M. Lee was previously represented by Thaddaeus Ropac and Lehmann Maupin, which have both shown her since 2007.