Bokeum Lee
@bokeum__lee
bokeum.lee@outlook.com
lievs in Germany, based in Dortmund and Seoul.
Bokeum Lee (*1996, Seoul, South Korea) is an artist living in Germany and studying for a Master's degree in Photography Studies and Practice at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. In her series 'Somewhere Knitted in Blue', she combines hand-knitted textiles with cyanotype to make memories not only visible but also tangible. The works oscillate between clarity and blurriness - like the memories themselves, which fade, change or have an intense after-effect. Childhood motifs, family photos and everyday scenes serve as emotional anchors, and the feel of the textiles evokes deep-rooted emotions. The series invites us to surrender to the fragility of memories and consciously experience their emotional resonance.
EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2025 – Internationale Photoszene Köln2025 – Süß? Sauer?, Galerie 52, Essen (Group exhibition & curation)
2025 – Stopover 2025, SANAA Building, Essen
2024 – Luminous Traces, City of Gold, Essen
2024 – Folkwang Finale, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2023 – Once in a Blue Moon, Galerie 52, Essen
2022-2023 – Photographic Project "ROTEM", funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW, South Korea
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2025 – German Photobook Award, Bronze (for the photobook ROTEM)2024 – Nomination, Documentary Photography Award, Museum Folkwang & Wüstenrot Foundation
2024 – Deutschlandstipendium
2024 – Photography Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
STUDIES
2023 – present – M.A. Photography Studies & Practice, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen2018 – 2023 – B.A. Photography, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2015 – 2016 – B.A. Photography Studies, Chung-Ang University, South Korea