Seo Hye Lee is a deaf South Korean artist based in London, UK. Drawing on her personal experience of hearing loss and of being a cochlear implant user, Seo Hye utilises a multidisciplinary approach to explore a world of sound and silence through the mediums of drawing, moving image, and multi-sensory installation.
Her recent film, [sound of subtitles], examines the language of subtitles through archival footage. In Many Shapes of Volume, a commission by Shape Arts for Tate Exchange, Seo Hye explores the tactile interaction between sound and sculpture. Her latest work, Many Shapes of Volumes, currently on display at Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto Canada, explores the haptic experience of soundscape using ceramics.
In each of her projects, Seo Hye aims to promote the use of accessibility and collaboration, frequently finding inspiration in the collective and individual experience of sound. Her research and work has received support from Vital Capacities Residency and Arts Council DYCP funding.
Exhibitions
Kingston University Degree Show June 2015 Embassy Tea Gallery London UK
Other March 2016 Darwin Building Royal College of Art UK
Day for Night April 2016 Hockney Gallery Royal College of Art UK
RE:ALL April 2016 Call & Response Gallery London UK
RCA Final Show June-July 2017 Royal College of Art UK
Descriptive Realities September 2017 John Lewis Birmingham UK
Transient Skin with Studio Heomugeoto January 2019 ZÖNOTÉKA Berlin Germany
Tate Exchange: Flux/US: Be Part of the Art with Shape Arts March 2019 London UK
A Place to Visit Jip + Olympia May 2020 NY USA
For Your Health and Pleasure Sound Commission July 2020 Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool UK
ASP Online Book Fair September 2020 London UK
Intertwined Vital Capacities July 2021 UK
Days of Wonder Feb 2022 Hove Museum & Art Gallery Brighton & Hove UK
Descriptive Realities June 2022 Divfuse Gallery London UK
Selected 12 UK Tour Sept-Nov 2022 CCA Glasgow, Fabrica Gallery, Royal College of Art, Nottingham Contemporary, G39, John Hansard Gallery UK
[sound of subtitles] March - May 2023 Chapter Art in the Bar Cardiff UK
How Loud Is Too Loud? in AI: Who’s Looking After Me? Jun 2023 - Jan 2024 Science Gallery London UK
Presents 2023 Online & In person screening in Canada and Germany
Object Sensations 2024 Tangled Art + Disability Feb - April 2024 Toronto Canada
Talks
Ambivalent Moves: Body-Centered Technologies and Their Artistic Articulations May 2019 Tanzhaus nrw Dusseldorf Germany
The Sphere of Sound Artist Talk Oct 2019 SAIC Chicago USA
PoL #50 Deaf Gain: exploring sound, technology and hearing diversity Nov 2019 LCC London UK
Mentorship in Master’s program MA SODA Solo/Dance/Authorship Oct 2020 - Mar 2021 Berlin Germany
Artist Talk Richmond University-The American University in London Jan 2021 & Feb 2022 London UK
Contribution to Learning Resources LUX Scotland ‘Making closed captions for new work’ Oct 2022
Artist Talk for NIAD April 2023
Artist Talk for ITP Class Sound Art : Listening with Johann Diedrick April 2023
Artist Talk Creativity is Mistakes Disability Arts Cymru July 2023
Rehearsing Accessible Futures Studio Hyte x Healing Justice London ICF London Oct 2023
Care in Disability Arts In Transit x The Care Lab March 2024
Workshops
One Minute Wonder Workshop with Annis Joslin Feb 2022 Hove Museum & Art Gallery Brighton & Hove UK
Sound Diary + Contact Mic Workshop March 2022 Wysing Arts Centre Cambridge UK
Sound Scavenger Hunting + Sound Zine making workshop Jun/July 2023 Wysing Arts Centre Cambridge UK
Interviews
Interview with Textur Mag July 2021 Berlin Germany
Interview with Lutte Collective July 2021 New York United States
Interview with Amanda Cachia for Object Sensations Feb 2024 Toronto Canada
Interview with Akimbo Feb 2024 Toronto Canada
Residencies
Westfjords Residency Feb 2018 Iceland
Vital Capacities Virtual Residency June 2021 UK