Lee Gap-Chul

Lee Gap-Chul was born in 1959 in Jinju, South Korea. He currently lives and works in Seoul, South Korea and has travelled to various corners of the country and photographed images that portray the joy and sorrow of his ancestors, their cheerful nature and persistent vitality. A graduate in Fine Art & Photography from the University of Shingu, he has participated in many solo and group exhibitions at prestigious venues in Korea such as the Gallery Lux in Seoul, the Kumho Museum of Art, The Museum of Photography, Seoul (2001), the GoEun Museum of Photography (2012) and the National Museum of modern and contemporary Art, Gwacheon (2008). He was invited to participate in international fairs and festivals such as FOTOFEST 2000 in Houston, U.S.A., the Photographie Contemporaine Coréenne in 2002, in Montpellier, France, Paris Photo in 2005, France, the Daegu Photo Biennale (2006, 2014), and Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2018 in Xiamen, China.