Miseon Lee
Miseon Lee | |
|---|---|
이미선 | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | Chung-Ang University |
| Known for | Portraiture |
| Notable work | My Diary (series of self-portraits) |
| Children | 1 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이미선 |
| RR | I Miseon |
| MR | I Misŏn |
| IPA | [i mi.sʰʌ̹n] |
Miseon Lee (Korean: 이미선; born 1959) is an South Korean artist based in Ireland.[1] She is best known for portraits in oil.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Lee was born in South Korea in 1959.[4]
Career
[edit]Lee earned an MA in Fine Art in Chung-Ang University, Seoul, focusing on Western painting styles rather than East Asian (ink and paint on rice paper). She moved to Germany in 1991, and then back to Korea to teach for 15 years.
She moved to Ireland in 2005 and her career took off after some well-received portraits in 2008.[5] Lee's awards include:
- James Adam's Salesroom Award and The Keating/McLaughlin Award for Outstanding Artwork at the RHA in 2010 and 2012.
- shortlisted for the Davy Portrait Award in 2010.
- shortlisted for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2013
- shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2013 and 2016.
- shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize in 2015 at the National Gallery of Ireland
- shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize in 2018[6]
- Won the Fergus Ahern Award in 2021[7]
In 2022 she completed a portrait of former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Lee lives in Limerick. She has one son.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Portrait of an artist". Irish Independent. 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Portrait of former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness unveiled at National Gallery of Ireland | National Gallery of Ireland". www.nationalgallery.ie.
- ^ "Miseon Lee, Blues". Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts.
- ^ "Hibernation by Miseon Lee". Irish Independent. 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Irish Arts Review — Diary of a painter". www.irishartsreview.com.
- ^ "Miseon Lee | National Gallery of Ireland". www.nationalgallery.ie.
- ^ "Miseon's portrait a winner in Boyle". Irish Independent. 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Art in Focus: Me in the Mirror (2018) by Miseon Lee". The Irish Times.
- ^ Sheridan, Anne (2 October 2015). "Limerick artist selected among 12 for portrait award". www.limerickleader.ie.