Sae Yong Lee is from Seoul, Korea, and moved to America in 2006. Lee describes his multicultural background and immigration experiences as essential to his development as an artist specializing in multimedia practices, including filmmaking, documentary, video, sound, and installation. Through these media, Lee explores personal and cultural narratives shaping the virtual, physical, and imaginary spaces, such as social media platform, shopping mall, and dreams. In his works, these spaces become portals—points of connection between worlds—from which emerge the minds engaging in reality. Within media arts practices that discuss the relationships between the physical and metaphysical, Lee seeks to forge metaphors that highlight congruences lying within artificial environments, the human mind, and digital technology.  

 

To view Lee's records of his Works and Awards, please check the Portfolio and CV in the menu above.