Seulgi Lee was born in Seoul and has lived in Paris for more than 30 years. She has consistently endeavoured to investigate – and build into a physical language – forms that recall something folkloric, while remaining utterly contemporary in appearance. Seulgi’s unique artistic practice is recognisable for its use of colour, gesture, simple, yet elegant forms and performance. In spite of its deference to bright, cheerful colour, Seulgi has described her sculptural practice as utilitarian, invariably related to the power, fragility and contingency of the body: her works are tools, to be available at-hand, used by those who are nearby.

For several years, she has worked in collaboration with artisans to explore the relationship between the practices of craftmanship and language systems, physically realised through her Nubi Korean quilt blanket project.