Lee ShinJa: Art Basel Paris 2025

On view will be a selection of works spanning more than five decades of Lee’s practice, from early experimentations through to her late-career works from the early 2000s. Together, the works highlight the artist’s mastery of material, form, and color, charting new directions for fiber art with each stage of her creative development.

Lee’s influence extends beyond her artistic practice; she has held both teaching and leadership roles at Duksung Women’s University, served on committees for annual exhibitions and biennials in Korea, and mentored younger artists through her own exhibition space, Gallery Wooduk. In 2023, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea held a retrospective titled Threadscapes. This year, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in California opened Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread—the artist’s first survey exhibition in a North American museum—on view through February 1, 2026.