DonGi Lee - Artist Info

About DonGi Lee

Name variants

Lee Dongi
  • Biography

    Born in 1967 in South Korea, Lee Dongi obtained a BFA and an MFA in Painting at Hongik University in Seoul in 1990 and 1995. Lee, as the first generation of Pop artists in Korea, creates works characterized by flat planes of color and graphic images involving a character style, Atomouse, which has long been regarded as an icon of Korean pop art. Atomouse combines "Iron Arm Atom" from Japanese manga and "Mickey Mouse" from Walt Disney. The purpose of the work is to present the effects of emerging globalization and encourage the viewers to reflect on the chaotic modern world.

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