Kyounghee Noh, Eunkyung Lee and Jungwoo Lee
March 25 till April 24, 2026
Opening: Wednesday, March 25 from 18:00 till 22:00
C A S S T L is proud to announce ‘Universal Patterns’ a new group exhibition with works by Kyounghee Noh, Eunkyung Lee and Jungwoo Lee. Text by Seokmin Kim
Join us for the opening reception in company of the artists on Wednesday, March 25th from 18:00 to 22:00.
Universal Patterns delves into the interplay of visible and hidden dynamics that connect the cosmos, nature, and material worlds. By weaving together the works of Jungwoo Lee, Kyounghee Noh, and Eunkyung Lee, the exhibition invites audiences to consider the interwoven patterns that define both the vast and the intricate aspects of existence.
“When you enter a forest, what do you perceive first? Is it the light reflected on the leaves, or the light filtering through their gaps? Is it the sensation of soil crumbling under your feet? Or the invisible cosmic order that makes such experiences possible? Although a forest presents itself as a single scene, the layers that constitute it do not unfold all at once. Depending on which sense comes to the fore, the forest reveals a different face each time.”
- Seokmin Kim
About the artists
Kyounghee Noh is a painter whose contemplative landscapes explore the intersections of memory, nature, and the passage of time. Rooted in her direct encounters with the natural world, her practice investigates how fleeting experiences are internalized and gradually transformed through the persistent labor of painting. By translating her physical and psychological engagement with nature onto the canvas, Noh creates works that invite viewers to engage with the landscape beyond mere representation.
Selected solo exhibitions include A Walk Along the Forest Path (Gallery Doll, 2024), Seasons of the Forest (Gallery Meme, 2023), and Thick Forest (63 Skyart Gallery, 2014). Her work has been featured in notable group exhibitions such as Seeing Time (2019) at the Seoul National University Museum of Art (SNUMoA) and international presentations at Jerwood Space in London and Birmingham (2013).
Noh’s work is held in the collections of the MMCA Government Art Bank and the Seoul National University Museum of Art. She holds an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and a BFA from Seoul National University.
Eunkyung Lee explores the materiality and temporality of the painted surface through her sustained engagement with egg tempera. Attentive to how pigments accumulate, settle, and re-emerge, she approaches painting as a site where materials, tools, and time collaborate. By embracing the slowness and inefficiency inherent in egg tempera, her work resists the speed of contemporary visual culture and reflects on the geological temporality embedded in pigments, expanding painting toward a spatiotemporal dimension beyond human time.
She has held solo exhibitions including Low-Key (gallery2f, Seoul, 2025), Indexing Long Events (WWNN, Seoul, 2024), Placeholder (Placemak, Seoul, 2020), and Mysterious Continuum (ThisWeekendRoom, Seoul, 2017). She has also participated in and co-organized group exhibitions at institutions such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul), ARTSPACE Boan, ThisWeekendRoom, and the Seoul National University Museum of Art.
Lee received her BFA from Seoul National University and completed her MA at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. She recently finished the doctoral coursework in the College of Arts at Seoul National University.
Jungwoo Lee investigates the fundamental structures of perception through geometric abstraction. Drawing from the historical effort to visualize underlying order—from ancient patterns to contemporary systems—his practice explores the tension between stability and fluctuation. Through a meticulous process of stenciling, masking, and layering on retroreflective fabrics, Lee constructs "responsive fields" that recalibrate based on light and the viewer’s movement. By minimizing expressive gestures in favor of material density and optical shifts, his work transforms the canvas into an open-ended encounter where formal resolution remains fluid and continuous.
Selected solo exhibitions include Absolute Dimension (Arte K, Seoul, 2024), Micro to Cosmo (Humor Gamgot, Seoul, 2022), and Fold, Refract (Gallery Meme, Seoul, 2021). His work has been featured in notable group exhibitions at institutions and spaces including Print Art Research Centre (PARC, Seoul), ThisWeekendRoom (Seoul), and Shinhan Gallery (Seoul), as well as international venues such as 43 Inverness Gallery (London), APT Gallery (London), and The Bermondsey Project Space (London).
Lee holds an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and a BFA from Falmouth College of Art. He also completed a foundation program at Cambridge Arts and Sciences
Poster design by Hyung Cho