Education
Master of Fine Arts
University of Pennsylvania
Weitzman School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Washington University in St. Louis
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Solo Exhibitions
Mess
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, 2022
Good Fight
Insa Art Plaza Gallery, Seoul, 2019
Oh, the things that I do out of spite
BINCAN gallery, Seoul, 2018
Group Exhibitions
P.S. 10th Annual Postcard Show
Nucleus Portland, Portland, 2025
Encapsulate
Paradigm gallery, Philadelphia, 2024
Steep, Alter, Ritual
Roski Graduate gallery, Los Angeles, 2024
Spring Break
Steve Turner gallery, Los Angeles, 2024
Killing me softly
Yiwei gallery, Los Angeles, 2024
A Comfortable Violence
Blahblah gallery, Philadelphia, 2023
Now and at the hour
HOT•BED, Philadelphia, 2021
Integral Influx
Rutgers University, Camden, 2021
Future Ecologies
Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, 2021
Summerhouse
HOT•BED, Philadelphia, 2021
Graphic content
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, 2021
Double Feature
icebox project space, Philadelphia, 2021
12x12x12+Nature
Geumgaang Nature Art Center, Gongju, 2019
Freak, Seoul
Frottage Gallery, Seoul, 2019
Selected Artists Exhibit
Insa Art Plaza Gallery, Seoul, 2019
SEEA 2018
Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, 2018
Dark Room
BINCAN gallery, Seoul, 2018
Youth #3
CICA Museum, Gimpo, 2018
Korean Contemporary Artists Exhibit
Chosunilbo Museum, Seoul, 2018
Art Works Holiday
Atelier Gustave, Paris, 2018
New Thinking, New Art
LeeSeoul Gallery, Seoul, 2018
Coda
Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2018
For Play
Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2017
Fairs
Intersect Aspen, Aspen
curated by Yiwei Gallery, 2025
High Desert Art Fair, Pioneertown
curated by Yiwei Gallery, 2025
Untitled Art Fair, Miami
curated by Yiwei Gallery, 2024
Future Fair, NYC
curated by Yiwei Gallery, 2024
San Francisco Art Fair, San francisco
curated by Yiwei Gallery, 2024
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, LA
independently curated by Andrew Gori and Ambre Kelly (SPRING/BREAK), 2024
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC
curated by Blahblah Gallery, 2023
LA Art Show, LA
curated by BIAA (Beloved In Art Association), 2020
Experience
Lecturer (2021 - )
University of Pennsylvania
- Drawing 1 - FNAR 123 201 (Spring 2021, SpRING 2023)
- Painting Practices - FNAR 231 401 (spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
Rutgers University, Camden
- Drawing 1 (Fall 2021)
PennPraxis Design Fellow
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021 | University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Assistant
Jul 2020 | University of Pennsylvania
Studio Assistant
for Andrea Hornick, Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
Teaching Assistant
University of Pennsylvania
- Figure Painting (Jotham Malavé Maldonado)
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
- Drawing I (Rod Jones)
Jan 2020 - May 2020
- Hand-Drawn Animation (Joshua Mosley)
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Freelance Graphic Designer
2015 - Present
Freelance Visual Artist
2014 - Present
Curatorial Experience
2019 Dark Room, Bincan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Collaboration
DKNY X Tennis Collection
with The Handsome Corp., 2022
Eine Hörbare Austelung Young Composer Series
with Emsemble Sonor XXI, Naru Culture & Arts Center, Seoul, 2019
Awards & Honors
Illuminate the arts grant, The City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), 2021
2021 AAPI Artist Grant, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, 2021
Christopher Leland Lyons Memorial Fund Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Faculty Discretionary Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
Eda. L and Clarence Cushing Prize, Washington University in St. Louis, 2018
Eda. L and Clarence Cushing Prize, Washington University in St. Louis, 2017
Work of Excellence (Two Dimensional Art), Naomi Winston Scholarship Competition, 2016
PRess
K-Art in Philadelphia: An interview with Kay Seohyung Lee, 2025
Why Collectors Are Flocking to Intersect Aspen Art and Design, 2025
Untitled Art Miami Beach and NADA Kick Off Miami Art Week in a Cautious Market That Rewards Ambition, 2024
The Korean Moment, 2024
Spring/Break LA 2024 Artist Spotlight: Kay Seohyung Lee, 2024
The Standout Booths at This Year’s Spring/Break Los Angeles, 2024
The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, “Hell Mural”, 2021
Harvard Urban Review, “SICK SPACE”, 2021
Weitzman News, “Making art in a Pandemic: Kay (Seohyung) Lee”, 2021
Penn Today, “Graduate student artists persevere during pandemic and find new inspiration”, 2021
Seoul Auction Blog, “공간에 대한 새로운 시선을 제시하는 작가, 이서형”, 2020
(An artist who presents a new perspective of space, Seohyung Lee)
XMag Issue III: Spring 2018, “Body; Broken Things”, 2018
Feminist Consciousness by Maisie Heine. 2018
XMag Issue II: Fall 2017, “Flesh Paintings”, 2017