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= Suwon Lee =

Biography
Suwon Lee is a Korean, Venezuelan visual artist who works on array of photographic projects displaying her struggles and triumphs as woman but also as woman who grew up with two immigrant parents with vastly different ethnic backgrounds. Within her works she displays direct relations of her life experience, thus giving many viewers a place to relate but also a way to connect with others who have gone through similar experiences. Such work include, The Garden of my exile 2017, a series of when Lee fled with tens of thousands of others from the violence and dictatorship of Venezuela; as well as How to heal from your abortion where she gives woman a physical space in this installation piece as well as a platform to tell their stories, including her own.

Awards and Achievements
In 2011, she was awarded the Armando Reverón Award to the Young Artist of the year by the Venezuelan Association of Plastic Artists; in 2010 she was the winner of the Emerging Artist Award granted by the International Association of Art Critics, Venezuelan Chapter. In 2009, she was the winner of the CIFO Miami grant and was included in the “Younger than Jesus Artist Directory” compiled by the New Museum of New York and Phaidon Press. Suwon has has an extensive number of solo and group shows in Venezuela and overseas. In addition, Suwon has been invited to international Biennials such as, “9ª Bienal Internacional de Arte Bolivia SIART” (2016); “9ª Bienal do Mercosul: Si el tiempo lo permite”, Porto Alegre, Brasil (2013); “Biennial of the Americas: Draft Urbanism”, Denver, Colorado, USA; “I Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ULA 2010”, Mérida, Venezuela (2010); “Don’t Trust. Wight Biennial”, UCLA Arts Department, USA (2006). In 2013, she was artist-in-residence in Iceland at NES (Skagastrond) and Gullkistan (Laugarvatn). Between February and June 2017 she was artist-in-residency at Fundación Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) in São Paulo, Brazil. She studied under Axel Hütte in his masterclass in Photoespaña (2006) followed by photo-trips in Latin America and Europe. In addition, Suwon continued her studies with Nelson Garrido in his experimental photography workshop in Caracas, Venezuela (2007). Between 2006 and 2015 she was Co-founder and Co-Director of the contemporary art space Oficina #1 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Notable Work
Korean nightscapes 2019

No Birth, No Death 2017

The Book of Love

How to heal your abortion 2017

The garden of Exile 2017

Le Passé 2015

Mukthi room 2015

Caracas Crepuscular 2015 La casa de luz 2014

Cosmos 2013

The darkness of light 2013

1 ‘47” 2013

Moonset 2013

El Castillete 2012

El Bulevard de Sabana Grande 2011

Ciudad Fantasma 2011

Estudio de la luz: Catatumbo 2011

Pore Awe 2011

Paraiso artificial 2011

Crepuscular 2011

Overnight 2009

El muerto no tiene dolientes 2009

Oasis 2009

Rigor Mortis 2009

Home 2008

Hope/despair 2008

The Forrest 2008

Eolgul (Face) 2008

Exhibitions

Big Espacio Monitor 2015

Solo Projects Pinta Miami 2015

La casa de luz. Solo Show 2014

Grafica Mercantil, Espacio Mercantil

Draft Urbanism Biennial of the 2013

9a Bienal do Mercosul 2013

Heima. Al Borde. Solo show 2013

The darkness of light. Solo show 2013

America Latina1960-2013

XII Premio Mendoza. Sala Mendoza 2013

Pore Awe 2011

Paraiso Artificial. Solo Show 2011

Crepuscular. Solo Show 2011

Overnight. Solo Show 2009

Jovenes con FIA

Bing! Bing! . Solo Show 2008

Exhibitions
Big Espacio Monitor 2015

Solo Projects Pinta Miami 2015

La casa de luz. Solo Show 2014

Grafica Mercantil, Espacio Mercantil

Draft Urbanism Biennial of the 2013

9a Bienal do Mercosul 2013

Heima. Al Borde. Solo show 2013

The darkness of light. Solo show 2013

America Latina1960-2013

XII Premio Mendoza. Sala Mendoza 2013

Pore Awe 2011

Paraiso Artificial. Solo Show 2011

Crepuscular. Solo Show 2011

Overnight. Solo Show 2009

Jovenes con FIA

Bing! Bing! . Solo Show 2008

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
2020  . Joya artist residency. Almería, Spain.

2020  . PIC.A PHotoEspaña Master in Photography and artistic projects in Madrid, Spain.

-2021

2018  . Emily Mason Fellowship for artist residency at Vermont Studio Center, USA.

2017  . Residencia artística SOMA Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico.

. Residência Artística FAAP. São Paulo, Brazil.

2015  . Berlin Artweek fellowship recipient by the German Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

2013  . Artist residency at Nes/Gullkistan, Skagastrond/Laugarvatn, Iceland.

2011  . Young Artist Prize from the Venezuela Association of Fine Artists

2010  . Emerging Artist Award 2009 from the International Association of Art Critics, Venezuelan Chapter.

2009  . Included in the Artist Directory published by the New Museum and

Phaidon Younger than Jesus.

2008  . Recipient of the Grants and Commissions Program awarded by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)

in Miami.

2008  . Recipient of the International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur Award by the British Council.

2005  . Co-Founder and Co-director of the independent artist-run contemporary art space Oficina #1 in Caracas,

-2015  Venezuela.

2006  . Annual photo trips with German photographer Axel Hütte.

-2019

COLLECTIONS
. MoMA New York

. Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

. CIFO Miami

. Colección Banco Mercantil

. Museu de Arte Brasileira da Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado

. Private collections in Caracas, Bogota, USA, Spain, Germany, Costa Rica, Argentina and Puerto Rico.