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- E-mail | heemangsa@gmail.com
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Biography
Working between Munich and Seoul, Minjae Lee explores the invisible layers of “anxiety,” expanding it beyond personal sensation toward a social dimension. Taking the German term “Angst”—an emotion that is difficult to define clearly in words—as a key motif, he traces its presence through the multiple languages of installation and performance.
In his work, the “room” is not a simple backdrop but a spatial device that structures bodily sensation and emotion. Bodies isolated in tight spaces, amplified breathing, and seemingly meaningless repetitive actions build up tension and discomfort for the audience, while the performer’s body becomes a medium that holds these feelings and brings them to the surface.
At the moment when perception expands and unfamiliar discomfort arises, the audience moves beyond being mere observers: they remain within a resonant space and confront their own anxieties. By composing situations where emotions are transmitted and shared through the relationship between body and space, Lee continues to investigate how an unseen anxiety can be transformed into a collective sense.
Working between Munich and Seoul, Minjae Lee explores the invisible layers of “anxiety,” expanding it beyond personal sensation toward a social dimension. Taking the German term “Angst”—an emotion that is difficult to define clearly in words—as a key motif, he traces its presence through the multiple languages of installation and performance.
In his work, the “room” is not a simple backdrop but a spatial device that structures bodily sensation and emotion. Bodies isolated in tight spaces, amplified breathing, and seemingly meaningless repetitive actions build up tension and discomfort for the audience, while the performer’s body becomes a medium that holds these feelings and brings them to the surface.
At the moment when perception expands and unfamiliar discomfort arises, the audience moves beyond being mere observers: they remain within a resonant space and confront their own anxieties. By composing situations where emotions are transmitted and shared through the relationship between body and space, Lee continues to investigate how an unseen anxiety can be transformed into a collective sense.
Doppelgänger in der Angsthalle, Video and spatial installation (Mirrored double door, lamps, curtains, carpets, single-channel video, 1' 21", loop), 2019/2025
Exhibition view of Doppel-Lumpen, (d/p, 2025)
unmöbliert, Performance and installation (Wood flooring, microphones, vibration speakers, live sound), 2024/2025
Nach der Angst ist vor der Angst #8, Performance and installation (Glass door, stainless steel mirror, microphones, vibration speakers, live sound), 2025
Lumpen-Probe, Performance and installation (LDPE plastic, piles of clothes, oxygen tank, microphones, piezoelectric elements, speakers, live sound), 2023/2025
Angst ohne Angst, Projection installation, 10 DIY beam projectors, 2019
Lampen-Fieber, performance and installation, (inyl curtain, curtain track, fog machine, microphone, speakers, live sound), 2023
Engster-Korridor, Performance and installation (26 cm-wide corrido, chalk) 2018–2021
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, ChuGye University for the Arts, Seoul, Korea
2021 Diploma in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany
2021 Meisterschüler with Prof. Florian Pumhösl
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Doppel-Lumpen, d/p, Seoul, Korea
2024 unmöbliert, Apartment of art, Munich, Germany
2023 Re:petition, Plast Space, Leipzig, Germany
2023 Lampen-Fieber, Heldenreizer Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2020 Leerraum, Pavillon im Marienhain, Demmin, Germany
2019 Einladung zur Angst, Galerie von Empfangshalle, Munich, Germany
2019 Angst ohne Angst, fructa Space, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2024 Rooms in room, EAREAR, Munich, Germany
2024 Förderpreise der Landeshauptstadt München 2024,
Rathausgalerie, Munich, Germany
2023 Die Ersten Jahre der Professionalität #42, Galerie der Künstler:Innen,
Munich, Germany
2022 TACKER 2022 / PRESELECTION, Galerie der Künstler:Innen, Munich, Germany
2022 PERSPEKTIVEN 2022, PLATFORM, Munich, Germany
2022 LIVE, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
2021 KATA KOMB, Debütant:Innen der AdBK München, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2021 Trauma - Der Körper vergisst nicht, DG Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
2021 Somewhere in Between?, Rathausgalerie Kunsthalle, Munich, Germany
2021 50 Jahre Max Ernst-Stipendium der Stadt Brühl,
Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany
2019 L’artiste devant sa toile, Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany
2019 #Exist, Halle6, Munich, Germany
2019 Some Stories, Galerie 21 - im Künstlerhaus Vorwerk Stift, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Schiffe setzen über, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
Other Projects
2024 Putisch, House of Communication, Munich, Germany
2021 Artist-project ZIMMER FREI_2021, Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany
2019 Szenografie als Sehnsuchtsort, Kooperationsprojekt International
Sommerakademie and Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
2025 Doppel-Lumpen, d/p, Seoul, Korea
2024 unmöbliert, Apartment of art, Munich, Germany
2023 Re:petition, Plast Space, Leipzig, Germany
2023 Lampen-Fieber, Heldenreizer Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2020 Leerraum, Pavillon im Marienhain, Demmin, Germany
2019 Einladung zur Angst, Galerie von Empfangshalle, Munich, Germany
2019 Angst ohne Angst, fructa Space, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2024 Rooms in room, EAREAR, Munich, Germany
2024 Förderpreise der Landeshauptstadt München 2024,
Rathausgalerie, Munich, Germany
2023 Die Ersten Jahre der Professionalität #42, Galerie der Künstler:Innen,
Munich, Germany
2022 TACKER 2022 / PRESELECTION, Galerie der Künstler:Innen, Munich, Germany
2022 PERSPEKTIVEN 2022, PLATFORM, Munich, Germany
2022 LIVE, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
2021 KATA KOMB, Debütant:Innen der AdBK München, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2021 Trauma - Der Körper vergisst nicht, DG Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
2021 Somewhere in Between?, Rathausgalerie Kunsthalle, Munich, Germany
2021 50 Jahre Max Ernst-Stipendium der Stadt Brühl,
Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany
2019 L’artiste devant sa toile, Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany
2019 #Exist, Halle6, Munich, Germany
2019 Some Stories, Galerie 21 - im Künstlerhaus Vorwerk Stift, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Schiffe setzen über, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
Other Projects
2024 Putisch, House of Communication, Munich, Germany
2021 Artist-project ZIMMER FREI_2021, Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany
2019 Szenografie als Sehnsuchtsort, Kooperationsprojekt International
Sommerakademie and Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
Residency
2026 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, SFAC, Seoul, Korea
2021 Künstlerhaus Edenkoben, Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Culture, Edenkoben, Germany
2020 KulturRING Demmin, T30 e.V., Demmin, Germany
Grants&Awards
2025 Project Grant, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2024 Prize for Fine Arts of the City of Munich, Germany
2023 Scholarship for Fine Arts of the City of Munich, Germany
2023 NEUSTARTplus-Scholarships, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2022 Jury award - PERSPECTIVES Young Art Award 2022, Kunstclub 13 Association, Munich, Germany
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR-Scholarships, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2021 Project Grant, Free State of Bavaria (“Young art and new paths”), Germany
2021 Prize of the Academy Association for the diploma, Germany
2020 Max Ernst-Scholarship, City of Brühl, Germany
Collections
City of Brühl – Sammlung Junge Kunst, Germany
