Fi Jae Lee Makes History as First Korean Winner of Dorothea Tanning Award
- ArtMoments2024
- Mar 12
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 13
Korean visual artist Fi Jae Lee has become the first Korean recipient of the prestigious Dorothea Tanning Award, as announced by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Known for blending traditional Buddhist painting techniques with contemporary styles, Lee’s multidisciplinary work spans drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance. Her intricate shrines, crafted from materials like reinforced plastic and gold pigment, honor "parasitic bodies"—a concept encompassing extinct species, imagined beings, and sensory constructs. Lee's recent solo exhibition, Excavating Future Species at Artspace3 in Seoul, showcased her visionary approach, cementing her place as a groundbreaking force in contemporary art.
Exhibitions
 Celebrating 50 years of the Jakarta Biennale, featuring international visual arts, with an opening on October 1 - November 15, 2024, at Selasar Galeri Emiria Soenassa, Taman Ismail Marzuki, showcasing performances and music by various artists and communities, and free for the public. |  "PANORAMA: Radetyo Itok," a solo exhibition by Radetyo Itok, curated by Rizki A. Zaelani and officiated by Yudi Wanandi, explores imaginative expressions of daily life experiences through a series of artworks, running from October 2 to November 2, 2024, at Galeri ZEN1 in Jakarta. |  "THE QUEST," a solo exhibition by Samsul Arifin, showcases his journey through paintings and installations featuring fabric dolls and pencils, exploring the unpredictability of life and the importance of roots and spiritual guidance, from October 1 to October 31, 2024, at Nadi Gallery in Jakarta. |
