Yona Lee

Yona Lee lives and works in Auckland and holds an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, 2010. In 2016, Lee undertook two residencies consecutively in Seoul at SeMA Nanji, supported by Asia New Zealand Foundation/Creative New Zealand Foundation, at Geumcheon Art Space.

Recent solo exhibitions include;

Perdendosi, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul (2018); 

Turn of Phrase, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland (2017); 

Monochrome on display, OCI Museum, Seoul (2017);

In Transit (Arrival), Te Tuhi, Auckland (2017)

In Transit, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, 2016;

Line on display, West Space, Melbourne, 2016;

Triptych, Rear Window, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, 2015;

Specific Objects, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, 2014;

Tangential Structures, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, 2013.

Recent group exhibitions include;

Spacemakers and roomshakers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2018)

Korea Tomorrow, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 2016;

We create things, things create us, Changwon Sculpture Biennnale, Changwon, 2016;

Meeting in two circles, SeMA Nanji Hall, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016.

Yona currently works as a Teaching Fellow at Elam School of Fine Arts and supports the Studio International, a network for second-language and international students studying at the art school. 

As part of the AAAH2018 Symposium @ Te Papa, Yona Lee was part of the New Topologies panel, in conversation with Simon Kaan and Jon He, facilitated by Kerry Ann Lee.

Read more about Yona's 2017 exhibition 'In Transit (Arrival)' at Te Tuhi here