Mire Lee to unveil Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in October 2024
Mire Lee, a South Korean artist born in 1988, has been selected for the Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern, which will be her first UK project, running from 8 October 2024 to 16 March 2025. She splits her time between Seoul and Amsterdam, creating kinetic sculptures that blend organic and mechanical elements using industrial materials. Karin Hindsbo, the Director of Tate Modern, praised her as a leading contemporary artist. Recently, she held solo exhibitions like 'Black Sun' at the New Museum in 2023, 'Look, I’m a fountain of filth raving mad with love' at ZOLLAMTMMK in 2022, and 'Carriers' at Art Sonje Center in 2020. In 2021, she received a Special Prize at the Future Generation Art Prize.
Key facts
- Mire Lee will create the next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall
- The installation runs from 8 October 2024 to 16 March 2025
- Lee was born in South Korea in 1988 and works between Amsterdam and Seoul
- She uses industrial materials like steel, cement, oil, silicone, and clay in kinetic sculptures
- Karin Hindsbo, Director of Tate Modern, called Lee one of today's most intriguing contemporary artists
- Lee's recent solo exhibitions include 'Black Sun' at the New Museum, New York in 2023
- She participated in the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 and other group shows globally
- Lee received a Special Prize at the 2021 Future Generation Art Prize
Entities
Artists
- Mire Lee
- HR Giger
Institutions
- Tate Modern
- Hyundai Motor
- New Museum
- ZOLLAMTMMK
- MMK Frankfurt
- Schinkel Pavillon
- Art Sonje Center
- Venice Biennale
- Busan Biennale
- Kunstverein Freiburg
- Antenna Space
- Biennale de Lyon
- Sharjah Art Foundation
- Gwangju Biennale
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
- Seoul Museum of Art
- Future Generation Art Prize
Locations
- South Korea
- Amsterdam
- Seoul
- New York
- Frankfurt
- Berlin
- Venice
- Busan
- Freiburg
- Shanghai
- Lyon
- Sharjah
- Gwangju