Lee Bul (Korean: 이불; 李昢; born 1964) is a South Korean artist who works in various mediums, including performance, sculpture, installation, architecture, and media art.

Lee Bul (b. 1964, Yeongju; lives and works in Seoul, South Korea) works across a diverse range of media—from drawing, sculpture, and painting to performance, installation, and video—to examine the intricacies of shared human consciousness and the myths and folklore that accompany history.

South Korean artist Lee Bul (born 1964, Yeongju, based in Seoul) has transformed the iconic niches of the Museum’s Fifth Avenue facade with four new works that challenge what sculptures can reveal about our times.

Provocative and inventive, Lee Bul (이불) is one of the leading Korean artists of her generation. Working across performance, sculpture, painting, installation and video, she is most known for her monstrous sculptures, cyborgs, and utopian landscapes.

Lee Bul has referred to the “glass architecture” of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut’s utopian visions as an inspiration, but her take on glass architecture is not transparent but...

Explore the visionary world of contemporary Korean artist Lee Bul, whose works challenge the boundaries of art, architecture, and science.

1 day ago · Lee Bul will now be co-represented by Hauser & Wirth and her Seoul gallery, BB&M. Hauser & Wirth will mount a solo show for the artist in 2026.

Lee Bul (b. 1964, Yeongju) lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Having graduated from Seoul’s Hongik University with a BFA in sculpture, she made early breakthroughs to create multi-faceted, provocative works that crossed genres and disciplines exploring themes of beauty, corruption, and decay. Some of Lee’s now-iconic works from this ...

1 day ago · Hauser & Wirth has announced its representation of South Korean artist Lee Bul.The gallery will co-represent the artist with her Seoul-based gallery BB&M. Lee was previously represented by Thaddaeus Ropac and Lehmann Maupin, which have both shown her since 2007.. Two of Lee’s works will be featured in Hauser & Wirth’s booth at Art Basel Hong Kong …

Lee Bul (Korean: 이불; 李昢; born 1964) is a South Korean artist who works in various mediums, including performance, sculpture, installation, architecture, and media art.