Education
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
MFA, Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea
BFA, Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea
Art History minor, Ewha Womans University. Seoul, Korea
Awards & Honors
2025 Outstanding Community Project, Bates College, ME
2014 Percent for Art Competition Final selected,
Philadelphia International Airport Terminal D-E-F, Philadelphia, PA
2013 The 8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2009 The 15th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, Seoul City Museum, Korea
2008 The 14th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, Seoul City Museum, Korea
2007 The 5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2004 The 5th Shinsaimdang Art Festival, Gangneung, Korea
2004 Best Thesis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Solo / Selected / Noteworthy Exhibitions
2018 Percent for Art, Permanent Public Art, Philadelphia International Airport Terminal F, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Point by point, Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015 International Textiles Biennale, Shanghai, China
2015 FAF International, Seoul Art Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015 International Joomchi Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum, MA
2014 Won Kyoung Lee (Solo), InsaArtCenter, Seoul, Korea
2014 20th Thread and Needle, SungKok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2014 FiberNext, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2013 The 8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2013 19th Thread and Needle, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2012 Refuse/Re-seen, Juried, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA
2012 Meta-Fiber, Juried, Philadelphia City hall, Philadelphia, PA
2010 16th Thread and Needle, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2010 Survival toolkit, Gallery AG, Seoul, Korea
2010 Let There Be White, meltemBIREY Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Faculty Show, CNU Gallery, Cheongju, Korea
2009 Party with the Artists, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
2009 Zero Gravity, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
2009 The 15th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, Seoul City Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 Women's Wear/Women's Ware, Eastern Michigan University Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2009 Won Kyoung Lee (Solo), Suka Art Space, Busan, Korea
2009 Won Kyoung Lee & Matthew A. Price, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2008 The 14th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, Seoul City Museum, Seoul, Korea
2008 Gallery in the Garden, Eileen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Mychrophobialactic, Adaptation Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Eighth National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2008 LaGrange National XXV, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA
2008 Intertwine, Sam Quinn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Bambi Biennial, Bambi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Fiber Arts Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2007 The 5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2007 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Max M.Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI
2007 ArtworksII, The Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
2007 Hot House, Online Exhibition, Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, MI
2007 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 With What We Can Carry, Annex Art Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006 I + I + I = !, TOPOHAUS Art & Design Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 On Your Remark, Gallery 8542, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Obsession, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 Chair Spray, PF Gallery, Clawson, MI
2006 13th Thread and Needle, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2005 Self-Location, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2005 12th Thread and Needle, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
2005 The 5th Shinsaimdang Art Festival, Gangneung, Korea
2004 11th Thread and Needle, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
Collections
Independence Library, Philadelphia, PA
Suka Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
Marilyn Finkel & Associates, South Field, MI
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services, Loan Collection, Farmington Hills, MI 2008-2006
Publications (Books / Catalogs)
2013 The 8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, exhibition book, Cheongju, Korea
2013 19th Thread and Needle, exhibition catalog, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2010 16th Thread and Needle, exhibition catalog, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2010 Let There Be White, exhibition book, meltem BIREY Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Faculty Show, exhibition book, CNU Gallery, Cheongju, Korea
2009 Zero Gravity, exhibition catalog, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
2009 The 15th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, exhibition book, Seoul City Museum, Korea
2009 Won Kyoung Lee (Solo), catalog, essay by Sun Hak Kang, Suka Art Space, Busan,
Korea
2008 The 14th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, exhibition book, Seoul City Museum, Korea
2007 The 5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, exhibition book, Cheongju, Korea
2006 I + I + I = ! exhibition catalog, TOPOHAUS Art & Design Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 13th Thread and Needle, exhibition catalog, Gallery Ewha, Seoul, Korea
2005 12th Thread and Needle, exhibition catalog, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
2005 The 5th Shinsaimdang Art Festival, exhibition book, Gangneung, Korea
2004 11th Thread and Needle, exhibition catalog, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea