Lee JongSong is a contemporary Korean artist who draws from the millennia long history of clay wall painting in East Asia to create breathtakingly vibrant landscapes that capture the transcendent grandeur of nature. Lee’s art is distinguished in his sui generis modern reinterpretation of traditional wall paintings. Lee first constructs a “clay base” for his paintings by meticulously applying layers of clay plaster made from his own personal formula informed by two decades of research into ancient mural techniques; he then paints hauntingly evocative landscapes using natural mineral, earth, and organic pigments. This painstaking process lends to each work an organic texture and resonance that allows Lee to vividly render the true essence of a pristine terrain pulsating with life and movement.

Lee JongSong lives and works in Seoul. He received his BFA and MFA from Seoul National University. He has presented in forty solo exhibitions in Asia, Europe, and North America and has participated in hundreds of group exhibitions and art fairs throughout the world. His works are found in numerous public and private collections, including Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Museum of Korea, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Park Soo Keun Museum, and the Korean Embassy in Canada.