Je Sung Lee / 이지성 / 李志性
norwegianwoods8325@gmail.com
Je Sung Lee is an artist and designer, who aims to deconstruct the socially designed paradoxes. By defining himself as an ‘inbetweener,’ he wants to be a Catalyst which initiates conversation beyond the social barrier. He joined MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice Group as a research assistant and has been engaged in several research projects in collaboration.
Je Sung Lee is an artist and designer, who aims to deconstruct the socially designed paradoxes. By defining himself as an ‘inbetweener,’ he wants to be a Catalyst which initiates conversation beyond the social barrier. He joined MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice Group as a research assistant and has been engaged in several research projects in collaboration.
Education / Honors
2019 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Master in Design Studies with distinction / Art, Design, and the Public Domain
'Missing Women Survived Men - Sex Selective Abortions 80-90s in Korea'
Thesis Advisor : Krzysztof Wodiczko, Malkit Shoshan
Thesis Advisor : Krzysztof Wodiczko, Malkit Shoshan
The Art, Design, and the Public Domain program cultivates dialogues on the contemporary issues of urban, historical, aesthetic, and technological culture, while developing a practice of creative and imaginative methodologies with an emphasis on social engagement.
– Courses included Interaction design, Game making, Digital media study, Landscape architecture, Video projection, Sound, Performance, Interdisciplinary art practices at Harvard GSD, MIT ACT, MIT Media Lab, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
2017 Fulbright Scholarship
Granted by Korean American Education Commission due to social engaging projects 'Glass to meet you,' 'Euljiroum,' “Zero Dot Zero”
2015 Kookmin University, Architecture and Design College, Seoul, Korea
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Advanced) / Interior Design / Student President
Vibrating between art and design, digital and analogue, and diverse contextual scales, KIND aims for realizing the innovative experience in space looking through social problems in multifaceted perspective.
Independent Projects
2019 Urban Wild / Fulbright Post Degree Project.
2015-17 Euljiroum / Granted by City of Seoul, Jung-Gu Dist Office, Seoul Youth Hub
“Euljiroum” is a local revitalizing project in an artist-in- residence program in Seoul. The program confronts slum problems in urban area Euljiro, Seoul.
2015-17 Glass to meet you / Granted by Korean SMBA
“Glass to meet you” is a project utilizes unrecyclable glass to benefit small-scale artist communities. He developed several educational toolkits and conducted workshops, sharing craft expertise with the public.
2014-17 Studio Zero dot zero / Granted by Korean Social entrepreneur incubation program
This is a Design Studio Founded by Je Sung Lee and Narrae Kang which aims for lowering the barriers of social classification with methodologies of design and craft.
Media / Talk
2019 Design Research Forum 'Bio-politics' / Harvard GSD
2019 Art, Design and the Public Domain Pro-Seminar (Guest Presenter) / Harvard GSD
2018 TODAM _ Wisdoms from the naiveté(Euljiro) / Cambridge
2018 Global Leadership Forum _ Presentations for Korean young kids / SISA-IN Magazine
2018 Euljiro, As a New Arts & Culture Ecosystem / From A (Seoul, Korea)
2017 Young Artists who were invited to the niche of an old city / Seoul National University News
2016 Notable Upcycling Company / Better Future (Daily Chosun)
2016 Euljiro Cultural Topographic map / Monthly Design (Web)
2016 Innovative Talk, Zero Waste / Cow & Dog (Social Venture Incubating Agency)
2015 Start Up! / Kookmin University Webzine
2015 Young Artist Interview / A route Art Magazine
Selected Workshops
2018 Moon shine Making workshop / Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
2017 E-commerce Workshop for 50-70/ Seun Arcade / City of Seoul
2017 Introduction of Start-Up / Kookmin University
2016 Mapping Workshop / Seongsan Elementary School
2015 Eulji Moonlight Tour / Eulji Art Space / Jung-gu Dist Office
2015 Annyeong Yuriya! / Gwanak Creative playground / Seoul art and culture foundation
Publications
2018 Platform 11 / Harvard Graduate School of Design
2016 Package Design Renovation for Craftsmen / Korea Crafts & Design Foundation
2015 Automotive Parametric Patterns for AB Segment Concept Car / KIA Motors
2014 Convergence / Kookmin University
Awards
2019 MDes Project Research & Development Award / Harvard GSD
2018 Finalist, Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition / Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
2018 3rd Prize, Tingling the Senses Hackathon / MIT Design Lab
2014 Best Researcher Prize / KIA Motors
2014 Grand Prize, Spot Design week / Kookmin University
2013 Sort 1. Scholarship for Distinguished Student due to the activity of student leader / Kookmin University
Artist Residencies
2018(Jul -Aug) Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI
2015-17 Euljiro Design & Art Project, Jung-gu Dist Office, Seoul
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Platform 11: Setting the Table / Druker Design Gallery/ Cambridge, MA
2018 SUGAR THIEF / 40 Kirkland Gallery / Cambridge, MA
2018 BREAH EXCHANGE / Tessellate Gallery / Pontiac, MI
2015 Seoul Design Week / DDP /Seoul
2014 CRAFT TREND FAIR / COEX / Seoul
2014 The Convergence / ARA art center / Seoul
Military Service
2012 Honorably discharged as Sergeant from the Army / Defense Security Command / Communication Security
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