Lee JiyenStain-Rainbow Forest 5

Exhibition

Domgasse 6

1010 Vienna

21 May – 23 Aug 2025

Lee Jiyen

Stain-Rainbow Forest 5, 2025

nano film, carbon rod, rubber ring, electric motor, nano pattern replication technology, 3D printing

dm 200 cm (79 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Light drawing #2, 2025

nano film, Maple wood box, clear PC plate, micro led

50 x 40 x 9 cm (19 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Light drawing #5, 2025

nano film, Maple wood box, clear PC plate, micro led

50 x 40 x 9 cm (19 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Light drawing #4, 2025

nano film, Maple wood box, clear PC plate, micro led

50 x 40 x 9 cm (19 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Light drawing #1, 2025

nano film, Maple wood box, clear PC plate, micro led

50 x 40 x 9 cm (19 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #4-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless balls

7 x 25 x 14 cm (2 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #3-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless balls

21 x 14,5 x 15,5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #11-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel (installation variable)

10 parts, approx. dm 5 cm (2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #5-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless steel ball

8 x 18 x 11 cm (3 1/8 x 7 x 4 3/8 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #6-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel (no specific direction, direction variable)

15 x 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6 x 6 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #8-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless stell balls (direction variable)

20 x 14 x 14 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #7-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless steel balls (direction variable)

14 x 13 x 13 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #12-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel (installation variable)

5 parts, each 3 x 4 x 3 cm (1 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #9-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless steel balls (direction variable)

12 x 7 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

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Lee Jiyen

Seed #10-1, 2025

3D printed stainless steel, stainless steel ball

2 parts, total 6 x 6 x 6 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

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Stain-Rainbow Forest 5

We are delighted to present Lee Jiyen's first solo exhibition at the gallery. Under the title Stain-Rainbow Forest 5, current sculptures and objects by the Korean artist will be on display.

“We may appear to shine alone, but our light exists only in the reflection of another”: Lee Jiyen uses this metaphorical expression to describe the essence of her series entitled Stain-Rainbow Forest. It is a notion that is as philosophical as it is poetic. Lee approaches this existential conception artistically through her installations, sculptures, and photo collages, which incorporate scientific and spiritual perspectives. In the exhibition, the artist reflects on how the accumulation of small fragments can reveal larger, universal narratives.

For her installation of spatial objects, Lee has utilized technologies such as nano-pattern replication, 3D printing, and algorithms to experiment with fluid and transformable forms in contrast to traditional sculpture, which emphasizes material weight and permanence. In this process, she has been collaborating with a physicist to learn nano-pattern replication technology, and she has adopted the method of manually transferring nano- structures imprinted on semiconductor wafers onto film as a form of artistic expression.

At the center of the presentation is a room-filling, yet ephemeral sculpture that is influenced by the environment in which it is installed as well as the light situation, with the concept of time serving as a crucial axis. Here, Lee Jiyen discovered a connection relating to her work between the observer effect in quantum mechanics and the principles of Buddhism. Just as the state of an object changes through the act of observation in quantum mechanics, the spectrum of light in the Stain-Rainbow Forest varies depending on the observer and the surrounding environment. Buddhism posits that all beings are interdependent, and they derive meaning only through their relationships – an idea that aligns with this work, as it is not a fixed entity, but rather an ever-changing existence intertwined with light, space, and human perception. The phenomenon of light is not an objective reality, but the truth of the moment revealed through interaction with the observer.

The sculptures from the Stain-Rainbow Forest series, which remains unfixed and continuously open to transformation, generate structures that evolve and expand via relationships. Through this exploration, Lee Jiyen seeks to reimagine sculpture not as a rigid, static material, but as an evolving entity that organically transforms in response to time and its environment.

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