Born in 1982, Busan, South Korea.

Miju Lee is a South Korean artist who explores human emotion and memory through intimate, dreamlike painting. Her practice centers on visual storytelling that resembles an unintentional diary, capturing everyday scenes and objects with a quiet sense of observation. Through the sensitive juxtaposition of mundane and contradictory elements, her works invite viewers into poetic and open-ended narratives.

She has held solo exhibitions at Seojung Art (Seoul), Shinsegae Gallery (Busan), BACK_Y (Taipei), and APOproject (Seoul), and participated in institutional group exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon), The Hole (NYC) the Busan Museum of Art, and the Pohang Museum of Steel Art, among others.

Lee’s practice often reflects her experience of introspection, solitude, and emotional connection. Her recurring figure—the Yeti—functions as a muse, guardian, and self-portrait, symbolizing a fragile presence navigating between the visible and the invisible.