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        Graphic designer. Jaemin Lee graduated from Seoul National University and founded graphic design studio fnt in 2006. As an art director, he plays a key role in managing the visual aspects of many projects.
        He took part in several exhibitions such as Korea: Design + Poster (Munich, Germany), Typojanchi 2015: The 4th International Typography Biennale (Seoul, South Korea), Weltformat 15 (Luzern, Switzerland) and Korea Now! Craft, Design, Fashion and Graphic Design in Korea (Paris, France) and worked with clients like National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, National Theater of Korea and Seoul Record Fair Organizing Committee on many cultural events and concerts.
        He also teaches Visual Communication Design at University of Seoul. He is an AGI(Alliance Graphique Internationale) member since 2016 and a full-time dad of two beautiful cats.
Portrait drawing by Miju Lee


Education

  • BFA, visual communication design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2005

Exhibitions

  • Ink Village, Banananfish Gallery, Shanghai, China, 26 Nov. — 22 Dec. 2019
  • Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2019, Yeouido Hangang Park, Seoul, Korea, 30 Sep. —  5 Oct. 2019
  • Ink Village, My Monkey Gallery, Nancy, France, 5 Sep. — 18 Oct. 2019
  • Only Stickers, Your Mind, Seoul, Korea, 24 May —  9 Jun. 2019
  • Ink Village, Archive Bomm, Seoul, Korea, 25 Jan. —  24 Feb. 2019
  • Graphic Design Festival Scotland 2018 - International Poster Exhibition, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK, 19 Oct. — 25 Oct. 2018
  • Shanghai Visual Arts Design Exhibition 2017, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 3 Dec. — 13 Dec. 2017
  • Poster Polyglot, TTHQ, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1 Dec. 2017 — 13 Jan. 2018
  • KOREA: DESIGN + POSTER, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 4 Mar. — 18 Jun. 2017
  • Poster Issue 2016, 49-15, Wausan-ro 13-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea, 3 Nov. — 13 Nov. 2016
  • An Incomplete List - Beijing, Jingren's Paperlogue, Beijing, China, 29 Oct. — 29 Dec. 2016
  • Mobile Talk Exhibition: Hong Kong, Common Room & Co., Hong Kong, China, 9 Oct. — 26 Oct. 2016
  • I Love Seoul exhibition, an associated event of AGI OPEN SEOUL, Green Showroom, DDP(Dongdaemun Design Plaza), Seoul, Korea, 25 Sep. — 29 Sep. 2016
  • Seoul Smart Mobility International Conference/Exhibition 2016, Art Hall 1, DDP(Dongdaemun Design Plaza), Seoul, Korea, 22 Sep. — 2 Oct. 2016
  • Graphic Design, 2005—2015, Seoul, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 25 Mar. — 29 May. 2016
  • Made in Korea, BEXCO, Busan, Korea, 1 Apr. — 6 Apr. 2016
  • Made in Korea, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea, 18 Mar. — 23 Mar. 2016
  • Made in Korea, DDP(Dongdaemun Design Plaza), Seoul, Korea, 2 Mar. — 7 Mar. 2016
  • Typojanchi 2015: The 4th International Typography Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284 and other corresponding places, Seoul, Korea, 11 Nov. 2015 — 27 Dec. 2015
  • Weltformat 15 Plakatfestival Luzern: Kill the Fathers, Posters from South Korea, Zwischenzeitraum, Neustadtstrasse 6, Luzern, Switzerland, 26 Sep. 2015 — 4 Oct. 2015
  • Vienna Design Week: Es Bist Du, Festivalzentrale, Objekt 42, Vienna, Austria, 25 Sep. — 4.Oct. 2015
  • Flags of Peace, De Pier, Hague, Netherlands, 18 Sep. 2015 — 21 Sep. 2015
  • Korea Now! Craft, Design, Fashion and Graphic Design in Korea, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, France, 19 Sep. 2015 — 3 Jan. 2016
  • Graphic Symphonia, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 11 Aug. 2015 — 18 Oct. 2015
  • United Notions, Art space Taiga, St.Petersburg, Russia, 18 Sep. 2015 — 20 Sep. 2015
  • United Notions, Umspannwerk Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, 18 Jul. 2015 — 20 Jul. 2015
  • United Notions, The Gallery Nauka i Iskusstvo, Moscow, Russia, 27 May 2015 — 7 Jun. 2015
  • NakNak 2015, Stockholm Furniture Fair 2015, Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm, Sweden, 3 Feb. 2015 — 7 Feb. 2015
  • systems 14, Walter Knoll Beijing showroom, Beijing, China, 21 Nov. 2014 — 5 Dec. 2014
  • the 9th exhibition, Korean Society of Typography, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, 10 Jun. 2014 — 14 Jun. 2014
  • the 7th exhibition, Korean Society of Typography, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, 14 Dec. 2013 — 22 Dec. 2013
  • CREATIVE©ITIES, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 13 Dec. 2013 — 12 Jan. 2014
  • systems, Walter Knoll London showroom, London, UK, 25 Nov. 2013 — 31 Dec. 2013
  • FFFNT, Gallery Sagakhyung, Seoul, Korea, 28 Sep. 2013 — 7 Oct. 2013
  • the 6th exhibition, Korean Society of Typography, Gallery Sagakhyung, Seoul, Korea, 29 Jun. 2013 — 11 Jul. 2013
  • Independant Publishing, Here and Now, COEX, Seoul, Korea, 19 Jun. 2013 — 23 Jun. 2013
  • The 2nd ShangHai Biennale of Asia Graphic Design, Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China, 30 Apr. 2013 — 3 May. 2013
  • Typojanchi 2011: The 2nd International Typography Biennale, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea, 30 Aug. 2011 — 14. Sep. 2011
  • Design Korea 2010, COEX, Seoul, Korea, 7 Dec. 2010 — 12. Dec. 2010
  • Graphic Method, Miel Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 11 Nov. 2010 — 18. Nov. 2010
  • Weird book, the 2nd exhibition, Korean Society of Typography, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, Korea, 7 Sep. 2010 — 12 Sep. 2010
  • Graphic Design Festival Breda: Connected project, Breda, Netherlands, 8 May 2010 - 30 May 2010
  • Conjunction: Artist of Media Part 2, Gallery JungMiSo, Seoul, Korea, 9 Jun. 2009 — 9 Jul. 2009
  • Uncertainty Composition, Grau Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 19 Sep. 2007 — 25 Sep. 2007
  • Work in Progress, Gallery Achim, Seoul, Korea, 17 Jul. 2006 — 24 Jul. 2006 

Curatorial Projects


Jury


Prizes / Awards


Publications


Features (Book)


Features (Magazine)

Features (Web)


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Teaching

  • Graphic Design, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2013 —
  • Graphic Design Studio, Seoul National University, 2014, 2017
  • Editorial Design, Seoul National University, 2012 — 2013
  • Portfolio, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2012
  • Form Giving, SADI, Seoul, Korea, 2012 — 2013
  • Digital Drawing, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2011 — 2012
  • Typographic Communication, Kaywon University of Art & Design, Uiwang, Korea, 2008 — 2011

Lectures / Workshops / Talk

  • Talk, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2019
  • Talk, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, 2019
  • Talk, PARADISE ZIP, Seoul, 2019
  • Talk, HCI 2019 New Trends Seminar 2, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, 2019
  • Talk, Visang Education, Inc., Seoul, Korea, 2019
  • Talk, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2019
  • Talk Way of Seeing, CA Conference, Artists’ House, Seoul, 2019
  • Talk, a programme of the exhibition Spectres of the State Avant-garde, Arco Art Center, Seoul, 2019
  • Artist talk, a programme of the exhibition Ink Village, Corners, Seoul, 2019
  • Interrelation of Vinyls and Cats, Channel Yes podcast, Seoul, Korea, 2018
  • Talk, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 2018
  • Book talk Behind Story of the Cleaning, 1984 Store, Seoul, Korea, 2018
  • New Members Zapping, AGI OPEN Paris, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Paris, France, 2017
  • Workshop, Woowahan Brothers, Seoul, Korea, 17 Feb, 2017
  • Talk, 2nd Floor Seminar, NAVER Corporation, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 13 Jan, 2017
  • UE8 Review, a programme of the Unlimited Edition 8, Seoul, Korea, 27 Nov, 2016
  • Talk, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 25 Nov, 2016
  • Talk, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 15 Nov, 2016
  • Artist talk, a programme of the exhibition Poster Issue 2016, Seoul, Korea, 4 Nov. 2016
  • Mobile Talk: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 8 Oct. 2016
  • Artist talk An Incomplete List, a programme of the exhibition Graphic Design, 2005—2015, Seoul, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 27 Apr. 2016
  • Talk, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea, 19 Apr. 2016
  • Talk (   ) on the Walls, a programme of the exhibition Typojanchi 2015: The 4th International Typography Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea, 14 Nov. 2015
  • Design Symposium, a programme of the exhibition Graphic Symphonia, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 12 Aug. 2015
  • Talk, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2015
  • Talk, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2015
  • Talk, a programme of the book launch ceremony, GRAPHIC magazine #32, Seoul, Korea, 2015
  • Talk, Typography Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2014
  • Talk, SADI, Seoul, Korea, 2014
  • Talk, Korean Society of Typography, Seoul, Korea, 2014
  • Talk, Hangeul Typography School, Seoul, Korea, 2014
  • Talk, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, a programme of the 14th Chohyung Exhibition & Conference, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, a programme of the ECM Exhibition 2013, Seoul, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, 2013
  • Talk Music Graphics, a programme of the g:colon Book Seminar, Seoul, Korea, 2013
  • Talk, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea, 2012
  • Talk, Hankyong National University, Ansung, Korea, 2012
  • Talk, Forum & Forum, Artists’ House, Seoul, Korea, 2012
  • Talk, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2012
  • Talk, Seoul Womens University, Seoul, Korea, 2012
  • Talk, a programme of the exhibition Tokyo TDC Seoul 2011, Seoul, Korea, 2011
  • Talk, CA conference, Seoul, Korea, 2011
  • Talk, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2011
  • Talk, Seoul Womens University, Seoul, Korea, 2010
  • Talk, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 2010
  • Talk, Hansei University, Gunpo, Korea, 2010
  • Talk, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2010
  • Talk, Sangsangmadang Forum, Seoul, Korea, 2010

    and more

Work in Collections
 
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