Sanghyeok Lee recontextualizes the relationship between objects and space, drawing inspiration from various spatial encounters. Through his work, he strives to reveal the true nature of human behaviors simultaneously redefining their meaning and fostering awareness.
Berlin, Germany
leesanghyeok@me.com
2020 — 2021
University of the Arts Berlin (UdK)
2009
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
2007 — 2011
Design Academy Eindhoven
2021
Where the Light Touches, Gwangmyeong, South Korea
2016
Selected, Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
Winner, Time to Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
Selected, TALENTS, Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany
2012
Selected, MEMORABILIA, Design Liège, Belgium
2012
2nd Prize Winner, D3 Contest, Cologne, Germany
2013
Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019, 2022
Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, South Korea
2023
Lecture and workshop: Absurd Thinking at Seoul Tech Univ. Invited by Prof. Sang-Kyu Kim.
2023
Lecture and workshop: Absurd Thinking for private automobile institution, Autogramm in Seoul.
2023
UNIST Ulsan Design Seminar. Invited by Prof. Hwang Kim
2020
Lecture for Product Design Dept. at Hongik Univ. Invited by Jinhyun Jeon
2019
Artist Talk at MEWS, Seoul. Invited by Prof. Sang-Kyu Kim
2016
Lecture for Product Design Dept. at Hongik Univ. Invited by Prof. Yang Young Wan.
2016
Kookmin Univ. Invited by Prof. Yeondoo Jung.
2014
Artist talk in occasion with special exhibition “Useful Living” at Stockholm Furniture Fair.
2013
Artist talk during the residency at Statens Værksteder for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Sangmyeong Univ. Invited by Prof. Chulan Kwak
I work as a correspondent for various magazines in South Korea. As a journalist, I coordinate interviews and photographers, and conduct interviews across diverse fields.
2015 —
2024
Electronic Espresso 2024
Project led by Jaewoo Seo
Contributed interviewed text of Refuge Worldwide (Richard Akingbehin and George Patrick)
2023
LOOK Seoul by Ayame 2023
Published by kontakt, Tokyo, Japan
Editor Victor Leclercq
Coordinator and Translator Sanghyeok Lee
Photographer Taemin Ha
2023
WEIRDOS 2023
Published by TPZ, Seoul, Korea
Editor-in-chief Jaewoo Seo
PLATZ PLAYLIST by Karl Henkell
2017 —
2019
Craft + Design 36 “Bauhaus 100 Issue”
Editor-in-chief Eunyong Park
2016 — 2019
Monthly Berlin Report from October 2016 to March 2019.
2012 — 2013
Design Jungle Webzine from 2012 to 2013.
