About
Selected Highlights
Founder & Creative Director, Jaewook Lee Studio
Associate Professor of New Media Art, Northern Arizona University
Published in Leonardo (MIT Press)
Author of the forthcoming book manuscript The Future of Art Is Playable
Solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
Works in the collections of the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Jaewook Lee is a new media artist-scholar and the founder and creative director of Jaewook Lee Studio, an independent art-game studio developing and publishing experimental games, playable artworks, and immersive media. Working with game engines, artificial intelligence, environmental simulation, and interactive systems, Lee approaches play as a critical artistic method for examining ecological, cultural, and social questions. Current studio projects include GAME OVER: PLANET and GAME OVER: SPRING.
Lee’s solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei. His work has been presented at international exhibitions and festivals including CURRENTS Art + Technology Festival, the New Media Caucus Symposium Exhibition, the Royal College of Art’s Immersive Acts Symposium, and Duke University. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
His scholarly work includes publication in Leonardo, the MIT Press journal of art, science, and technology. He is currently developing The Future of Art Is Playable, a book manuscript examining video games and playable systems as emerging forms of contemporary art. He has organized international symposia and academic events in collaboration with the University of Chicago, the School of Visual Arts, and Art Sonje Center, and has contributed to the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) as both a peer reviewer and panel chair.
Lee received a BFA from Korea National University of Arts and MFAs from Carnegie Mellon University and the School of Visual Arts. He previously taught at the University of Chicago, the School of Visual Arts, and SUNY Old Westbury.
He is currently Associate Professor of New Media Art at Northern Arizona University, where he directs an Authorized Unreal Engine Academic Partner program and helped develop the B.S. in Immersive Media and Games. His teaching and research integrate media theory, experimental game design, immersive media, and real-time 3D technologies, encouraging students to use playable systems as platforms for artistic inquiry and critical experimentation.
Jaewook.lee@nau.edu_(+1) 212-498-9780