Kwanho LEE
freelance
freelance
Kwanho was born in 1997 in Guangdong, China, and completed a master's degree (oil painting) at the Graduate School of Art, Kyoto University of the Arts, in 2025. Based in Kyoto.
Everyday objects found in public contexts — ready-mades — serve as material, their functions and symbolic meanings dismantled and reconfigured. The resulting installations present the absurdity that appears constantly in society yet goes unnoticed.
2025 MFA in Fine and Applied Arts Field, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto
2023 Research Student in Fine Art, Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design, Tokyo
2025 Dynamic Contemporary Artist [3D] Award, The 16th Dynamic Contemporary Artists Exhibition, TORAM
2025 Konosuke Kawakami Award, Yang02 Award, KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS DEGREE SHOW
2023 Takazawa Award, Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design Exhibition of Graduation Works
2025 Bonsai Ansichsein, Wu wei, Hidden Gallery Thupas, Foshan, China
2025 Beneath the Quiet, Gallery Metabo, Kyoto
2023 Living Composition, Gallery Punto, Tokyo
2025 The 16th Dynamic Contemporary Artists Exhibition, TORAM, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2025 This Is My Hometown, KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS DEGREE SHOW, Miraikan F101, Kyoto
2024 SPURT 2024, Galerie Aube, Kyoto
2023 Hop, Galerie Aube, Kyoto
2025 Gallery Metabo, Kyoto
2025 REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN, Osaka
