Yein Lee

Installation view of ‘Yein Lee: Accomplice’, Cukrarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2026. Courtesy of Blaž Gutman/MGML.

Yein Lee, Blooming on cybernetic’s spines, 2021, Steel, plastic waste, PET sheer, fake flowers, epoxy putty, electrical wires, acrylic ink, 70 x 54 x 110 cm (27.6 x 21.3 x 43.3 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Yein Lee, Savior syndrome or Good girl complex, Starring perpetual past, 2022, Electrical wire, epoxy putty, steel, plaster of Paris, motorbike parts, acrylic paint, plastic waste,
150 x 66 x 182 cm (59.1 x 26 x 71.7 in). Courtesy of the artist.

Yein Lee, Arm sprouting branches, 2025, Polymer gypsum, steel plate, electrical cables, epoxy putty, fiber glass, treated dry branch, acrylic ink, 60 x 20 x 37 cm (23.6 x 7.8 x 14.6 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Yein Lee, Flap 1, 2025, Galvanised steel plate, acrylic ink, lacquer, 80 x 50 cm (31.5 x 19.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Installation view of ‘PANSORI, a Soundscape of the 21st Century’ at the 15th Gwangju Biennale, 07 September—01 December 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Gwangju Biennale.

Biography

Yein Lee. Courtesy of the artist.

The practice of Yein Lee (b. 1988 in Seoul, lives and works in Vienna) spans sculpture, installation, painting, and performance, depicting the body in fragmented forms and radical transitoriness. By repurposing industrial materials and interweaving elements of technology and physical organisms, her works investigate the social and ecological collapse, reverberating the voices of the otherness through the bodies in crisis.

Her solo and duo exhibitions include Cukrarna, Slovenia (2026); Bremond Capela, Paris (2025); Con Gallery, Tokyo (2024); school, Vienna (2023); Center of Contemporary Art, Trnava (2022); Loggia, Munich (2022); Final Hot Desert, Salt Lake City (2022); and Le Box, Toulouse (2021). She also participated in group exhibitions including Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (2026); Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, Finland (2026); PODIUM, Hong Kong (2025); the 15th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2024); CALM-La meute art center, Lausanne (2024); Château - Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Ville d’Aubenas, Aubenas (2024); Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen (2023); Kunstraum Schwaz, Schwaz (2023); Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare (2023); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2022); Scherben, Berlin (2022); Belvedere 21, Vienna (2022); UA26, Vienna (2021 & 2022); Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (2021); Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna (2020); Das Weisse Haus, Vienna (2020); Haus Wien, Vienna (2020); amongst others.

Lee’s works are in the permanent collection of Vienna City at Wien Museum MUSA, Austria; and the collection of City of Lahti at Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, Finland.

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Works

Yein Lee
Blooming on cybernetic’s spines
2021
Steel, plastic waste, PET sheer, fake flowers, epoxy putty, electrical wires, acrylic ink
70 x 54 x 110 cm | 27.6 x 21.3 x 43.3 in

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Yein Lee
unsettled
2022
Galvanised steel plate, acrylic ink, lacquer
76 x 50 cm | 29.9 x 19.7 in

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Yein Lee
Flap 1
2025
Galvanised steel plate, acrylic ink, lacquer
80 x 50 cm | 31.5 x 19.7 in

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Yein Lee
Arm sprouting branches
2025
Polymer gypsum, steel plate, electrical cables, epoxy putty, fiber glass, treated dry branch, acrylic ink
60 x 20 x 37 cm | 23.6 x 7.8 x 14.6 in

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Yein Lee
the meaning of speaking up
2023
Steel, plaster of Paris, wooden branches, repurposed broken printer, epoxy putty, electrical wires
25 x 25 x 145 cm | 9.8 x 9.8 x 57.1 in

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Yein Lee
Savior syndrome or Good girl complex, Starring perpetual past
2022
Electrical wire, epoxy putty, steel, plaster of Paris, motorbike parts, acrylic paint, plastic waste
150 x 66 x 182 cm | 59.1 x 26 x 71.7 in

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Exhibitions

Aftershock
Artists: Ivana Bašić, Ittah Yoda, Sihan Guo, Yein Lee, Diane Severin Nguyen
Hong Kong
22 March—24 May 2025

News

Frieze: Yein Lee’s Biomorphic Forms Seek Connection

24 June 2026

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Yein Lee is now participating the group exhibition ‘Anatomies of fragility – Body images in art and science’ at Frankfurter Kunstverein

27 November 2025

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Yein Lee featured is in the 304th issue of KUNSTFORUM International by Magdalena Kröner

19 July 2025

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Yein Lee is featured in ArtAsiaPacific Issue 143

09 May 2025

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Artist Yein Lee is now participating the group exhibition ‘PANSORI, a Soundscape of the 21st Century’ at the 15th Gwangju Biennale

07 September 2024

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