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Youngmin Lee
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Textile holds history and it has a power to initiates conversation about the culture, tradition, time, and memory. I appreciate the beauty that results from the long and slow process of hand stitching which is a meditative act for me. I constantly practice stitches on the surface of textile and think about women’s invisible labor in old days. I use a variety of materials to make my work, that embrace both modern aesthetics and traditional techniques. This represents my identity as the one living in two cultures.
Bojagi is my interpretation of my cultural heritage and tradition. I create my work that has spontaneous and improvisational process while I use various materials not only from new bolts of fabric but also reclaimed materials. My creating process is very organic. I initiate the process of putting small fragments together and bojagi and I grow together as I repeat many imperfect stitches with my wishes for happiness.
EDUCATION
1996
MFA, Fashion Design, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea
1991
BA, Clothing and Textile, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Fiber Arts X, Sebastopol, CA
Double Happiness with oQamoQa, Seoul, Korea
2020
De Young Open, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019
From Fabric to Paper, The consulate general of the Republic of Korea, San Francisco, CA
Transparency and Transition, The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
Our Bojagi with Claire Lilienthal school students, Oakland, CA
2018
East West Conversations in Fiber, Reno, Nevada
2017
Korean Voices in Cloth: Translating tradition into contemporary art, Sebastopol center for arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016
Suwon Hwaseong Fortress Project, Suwon, Korea
Beach Design Festival, Gangneung, Korea
Korea Bojagi Forum Exhibition-Suwon, South Korea
2015
Hands of Korea, Bucharest, Romania
Natural Dye Showcase-Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2014
Korea Bojagi Forum Exhibition-Jeju, South Korea
2012
Bojagi group exhibition-Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
1996
efad graduation exhibition-Seoul, South Korea
1992 efad exhibition- Seoul, South Korea SELECTED MEDIA
2013
DVD Bojagi, Wrapping Cloths-The Art of Korean Stitching SELECTED AWARD
2019
Alliance for California Traditional Arts- Apprenticeship program mentor artist
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Private Collections in the United States and Korea
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