Leehaiminsun
Born in Seoul, South Korea, 1977
Lives and works in Seoul, Paju
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Decoy, PERIGEE GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
2018 Outside, Gallery SoSo, Paju, Korea
2017 the mass, PLACEMAK, Seoul, Korea
2015 The weight of the Skin, Hapjungjigu, Seoul, Korea
2013 Water and steamed rice, Amado Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2011 The Half-dead Things_The Tracing Rope: Painting, Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyoung, Korea
2011 The Half-dead Things_Planta Erectus: Drawing, Nonbat Gallery, Heyri, Korea
2010 The half dead things_standing erect plant, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea and more
2009 The Half-dead Things_Machine: Drawing, Geumunwha Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 The Half-dead Things_Juice: Drawing,Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea
2006 Transitory Special Transformation: Drawing and Movie, Gallery King, Seoul, Korea
2005 Pink and Pig: Installation and Movie, Alternative Space HUE, Seoul, Korea
2004 A Solo Exhibition of an Artist Who Is Not Famous: Drawing and Movie, Gallery Chang, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibition
2025 Talking Heads, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Esiza, Osiza, Gangneung International Art Festival 2025, Gangneung, Korea
UNBOXING PROJECT: Message, König Telegraphenamt, Berlin, Germany
2024 Magnum Opus, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Time to Dance with Life and Art: 2024 Exhibition of All-Time Selected Artists of Chongkundang Yesuljisang, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
They, them and them, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul, Korea
My Sky Your Sky, Whistle, Seoul, Korea
Fire on the House, Esther Schipper, Seoul, Korea
Nostalgics on realities, Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul, Korea
Whose Forest, Whose World, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2023 The 10th Chongkundang Yesuljisang, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
The Images, HITE Collection, Seoul
2022 Walkie Talkie Shaking, Boan1942, Seoul
2021 Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale 2021, Yudal Elementary School, Mokpo, Korea
2020 Sincere scenery, with Eunkyung Choi, Kyobo Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Draw and Don’t Waste Time, Hapjungjigu, Seoul, Korea
So far, yet so near, ONSU GONG-GAN, Seoul, Korea
2019 Even small sounds are loud at night, SPACE SO, Seoul, Korea
come to think of it, it’s a good thing corpses smell, Art space Pool, Seoul, Korea
The Sea Will Not Sink, Ansan Arts Center, Art Space Pool, Ansan, Seoul
DMZ, Culture Station 284, Seoul, Korea
Photo_Initially, finally, SPACE SO, Seoul, Korea
Less is more, SODA Museum, Hwaseong, Korea
2018 2018 Nomadic Gyeonggi Art Festa_RingRing Belt, Donuimun Museum Village, Seoul, Korea
Of Nature, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
With meditation in Landscape, Museum SAN, Wonjoo, Korea
From the Face, Weekend, Seoul, Korea
Gangwon International Biennale 2018: The Dictionary of Evil, Gangneung Green City Experience Center, Gangneung, Korea
2017 B cut Drawing, Kumho museum, Seoul, Korea
25.7, Buk–Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 Seoul Babel, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Edge of Night, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Real DMZ project, Art Sonje Center/Dongsong, Seoul/Cherwon, Korea
2014 The Brain, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2012 Irregularity in Between, with Jungwook Yang, Project Space Sarubia Dabang, Seoul,Korea
2011 Life, no Peace, only Adventure, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Happy Window, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
No Excavation, Artspace Pool, Seoul, Korea
2010 First decade, SeMA Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Planet A-Emergence of Species, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 I Robot, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2008 Creation Anatomy, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Creative Mind, SAVINA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007 Art & Mathematics, SAVINA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006 Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2004 Gwangju Biennale: A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water, Gwangju Biennale Gallery 4, Gwangju
2003 Art Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea and more
Residency
2013 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2012 Asialink Art space, Sydney, Australia
2012 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, Korea
2009-2010 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art- Art Bank
Daegu Art Museum
Seoul Museum of Art
HANA Bank
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
PharmaResearch Co.,Ltd.
Ssamzie.
Awards
2021 Chongkundang Yesuljisang