Miju Lee is a South Korean artist based in Busan whose practice moves between painting and sculpture to create immersive fictional worlds inhabited by yetis, hybrid beings, and mythological presences. Blending dreams, mythology, and personal imagination, Lee constructs shifting landscapes where identities remain fluid and transformation is constant.
Through soft palettes, layered imagery, and atmospheric installations, her works blur the boundaries between the human, natural, and spiritual worlds. Suspended between tenderness and mystery, Lee’s universe invites viewers into spaces where fantasy becomes a way of understanding memory, emotion, and collective experience. @mijuleee
First image by Juan Borgognoni
Courtesy of the Artist and Marc Bibiloni Gallery
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In “Más allá de la montaña - 산을 넘은 자들 - Those Who Crossed the Mountain”, Miju Lee reimagines the figure of the Yeti not as a mythical creature to be discovered, but as an ancestral presence inhabiting a world of its own. Suspended between the human and the non-human, the familiar and the unknown, these beings exist in a state of continuous transformation. Porous, elusive, and deeply connected to nature, memory, and myth.
Through painting, sculpture, and installation, Lee constructs an immersive environment where viewers no longer observe from a distance, but enter a living territory shaped by dreamlike and spiritual dimensions. Here, the Yeti becomes a figure of transition: a reflection on identity, belonging, and the invisible forces that connect worlds.
Excerpt from the curatorial text by Victoria Rivers ( @vdevictoria_rivers )
On view until January 6th.
For inquiries: [email protected]
Miju Lee - Más Allá De La Montaña
En el ecosistema de la exposición Más Allá de la Montaña, los "Migoi" son mucho más que simples leyendas del Himalaya; son los anfitriones peludos de esta fiesta mística, que parecen salidos de un videojuego indie con crisis existencial. Miju Lee rescata la figura del yeti —ese "salvaje" que vive en el umbral de lo civilizado— y lo transforma en un ser de gres y resina que emana una vulnerabilidad casi cómica.
Estos personajes no buscan asustarte, sino invitarte a su micelio emocional. Con texturas orgánicas y una presencia física rotunda, los yetis de Lee funcionan como puentes entre lo humano y lo bestial. Técnicamente, la artista logra que la pesadez de la escultura se sienta ligera y porosa, como si estas criaturas acabaran de brotar de un hongo gigante.
Son guardianes de la "imaginación innecesaria": esos seres que no "sirven" para nada en un mundo productivo, pero que son vitales para recordarnos que, bajo nuestras capas de lógica, todos tenemos un pequeño yeti con ganas de perderse en el bosque.
Estos días se puede visitar la exposición en la galería Marc Bibiloni de Madrid.
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사과해요! 나한테!
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사과, MANZANA, 2026
Paint on FRP
100 x 90 x 100 cm
Part of my solo show <산을 넘은 자들: Más allá de la Montaña> at Marc Bibiloni Gallery, Madrid
📸 @juanborgognoni
Inquiry 👉🏻💌 @marcbibiloni
해를 거듭할 수록 더 어려워 지는 것 같습니다. 일도 어렵고, 관계도 어렵고, 과정도 어렵습니다. 조금 스스로 업그레이드 되었나 싶으면 더 큰 장애물이 나타나고, 사과로 태어나 키위가 되는 듯한 과정을 거쳐 더디지만 한걸음 또 내딛어 봅니다. 그래도 고마운 사람들이 훨씬 많습니다.
20장의 사진으론 다 담을 수 없을 만큼 하나의 전시를 하는데 많은 분들의 도움이 있었습니다.
부족한 저와 함께 해주셔서 고맙습니다.
Each year seems to bring new challenges. Work, relationships, and even my creative process—nothing gets easier. Just when I feel I’ve leveled up, an even bigger hurdle appears. It feels like the slow, grueling process of turning from an apple into a kiwi, but I keep taking one step forward.
Still, I am surrounded by so much gratitude. Twenty photos aren‘t enough to capture the help and the support I received from so many people to make this exhibition happen. Thank you for standing by me, even in my shortcomings.
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Under the grapevine, 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
117 x 91 cm
삶이 고되다 그럼에도 고귀하게 한 방울의 즙을 짜내본다
Heavy life, yet a noble drop distilled
Part of my solo show <산을 넘은 자들: Más allá de la Montaña> at Marc Bibiloni Gallery, Madrid
📸 @juanborgognoni
Inquiry 👉🏻💌 @marcbibiloni
“Like mycelium connecting beneath the ground before anything has a name, this exhibition unfolds as a living and shared territory, where the viewer’s experience is constructed through immersion.”
Excerpt from the curatorial text by Victoria Rivers
“Más allá de la montaña — 산을 넘은 자들”
By Miju Lee
On view until June 6
For inquiries:
[email protected]
겉과 속 Geot & Sok
Acrylic & Epoxi on metal sculpture 120x160x50cm /100x130x40cm 2023
이 작업은 책과 슬립케이스를 모티브로, 보여지고 싶은 ‘겉’과 그 안에 숨겨진 ‘속’이 서로 다른 형상으로 드러나는 순간을 다룬다.
오른쪽 얼굴의 손잡이를 잡아 끌어내면 겉과 닮아 있으면서도 어딘가 일그러진 형체가 모습을 드러낸다. 그 순간은 기대가 충족되기보다는, 살짝 무너지는 쪽에 가깝다. (물론 반대의 경우도 있지만) 그 미묘한 어긋남, 기대와 현실 사이에서 발생하는 아주 짧은 찰나의 감정, 이 작업은 그 순간을 시각적으로 붙잡으려는 시도다.
GEOT & SOK
Inspired by the relationship between a book and its slipcase, this work focuses on the moment when what is meant to be shown (Geot, the outer surface) and what lies inside (Sok) appear in different forms.
When the handle is pulled, a form emerges— similar to the exterior, yet subtly distorted.
Rather than fulfilling expectation, the reveal slightly unsettles it (though sometimes the opposite can happen).
I am interested in that brief sense of misalignment— the fleeting moment between anticipation and reality. This piece attempts to capture precisely that instant.
Currently on view in the group show ‘Visual Manifesto’ at Marc Bibiloni Gallery @marcbibiloni , together with works by many great artists.
We are delighted to announce that on April we will present:
산을 넘은 자들 / Those Who Crossed the Mountain / Más allá de la montaña
A solo exhibition by Miju Lee (South Korea, 1982)( @mijuleee )
An immersive installation that invites the viewer into an unfamiliar territory, where a silent yet vivid community unfolds beyond the mountain.
Stay tuned!
For preview inquiries:
[email protected]
