Lee Doowon is a self-taught artist whose vibrant autobiographical paintings explore themes of nature, identity, and storytelling. Lee’s practice is intuitive and anchored in the personal; working by instinct without any preliminary sketches or underdrawings, he paints scenes from his daily life in Korea while incorporating folk motifs, found objects, and textiles encountered in his travels. Filling the canvas with curious creatures, polychromatic flora, and whimsical machinery, Lee reimagines a world in which nature and modernity coexist in playful harmony.

Lee DooWon (b. 1984, South Korea) lives and works in Yeoncheon, South Korea. Hailed as one of the brightest emerging talents from Korea, Lee has exhibited extensively in Korea and abroad and was also the first artist to have been selected for “Korean Eye: 2020”, a group exhibition presented in collaboration by the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg and Saatchi Art Gallery in London. His works can be found in public and private collections in Europe, Asia, and the United States.