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NONSTANDARD is an international exhibition making studio. nonstandard was founded in 2015 by project director Dr. Catherine S. Lee who leads the studio providing a comprehensive museum exhibition services. We create immersive environments for diverse art institutions and regularly collaborate with creative specialists.

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Dr. CATHERINE SEYOUNG LEE
이세영_서울대학교 디자인학박사


is an exhibition maker and a post-doctoral researcher based in Seoul, Korea. She holds a BA(Bachelor of Architecture) from Hongik University, and a MIA(Master of Interior Architecture) from Rhode Island School of Design in US. After completing doctoral program in design at Seoul National University(Doctor of Design), she moved to New York and worked with Sarah Meister(Curator, Department of Photography) in MoMA(Museum of Modern Art in NY). She has come a long way since participating the 6th Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course along with Maria Lind, the artistic director of 11th Gwangju Biennale.  Lee was a curator at Daelim Museum and currently works with Seoul Museum of Art and Leeum, Samsumg Museum of Art as a director of nonstandard studio.




PROFESSIONAL CAREER / CLIENTS

Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris
MoMA Museum of Modern Art in NY
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
Daelim Museum
Seoul Museum of Art
Busan Museum of Art
Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Gyeonggi Children's Museum
Jeonnam Museum of Art
Korea Arts Creative Academy
Arko Art Museum, Art Council Korea
Korea Arts Management Services
Seoul Arts Center
KT&G Sang Sang Madang
meetingroom
Project Space Sarubia
The Cheong-ju Art Studio
COS Project Space
SPACE Magazine
Korea Land and Housing Corporation
Monthly Public Art Magazine
Haru.soon
Seoul Botanic Park




TEACHING CAREER
INHA University, Incheon
Seoul National Univeristy of Technology, Seoul
Chung-ang University, Seoul
Dongduk Women's University, Seoul
Mokwon University, Daegeon
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI




LICENSED CURATOR
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
LICENSED PHOTOGRAPHER
Human Resources Development Service of Korea
LICENSED COLORIST
Human Resources Development Service of Korea

Member of  International Council of Museums ICOM
Member of  Architectural Institute of Korea
Member of  Korean Society of Design Science
Member of  Institute of Interior Design
Member of  Korea Society of Basic Design & Art


Meekyoung Shin: Celestial Whisper
신미경 개인전: 투명하고 향기 나는 천사의 날개 빛깔처럼

EXD 2024/ 06-04


Client_Seoul Museum of Art
Venue_Children’s Gallery/ Seoul Museum of Art, Buk-Seoul/ 1238 Dongil-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul
Date_2024. 06. 04 - 2025. 05. 05
Curator_Suyeon DoA synesthetic exhibition experience created by fragrant angels
The children's exhibition held at the Buk Seoul Branch of the Seoul Museum of Art is a major exhibition that shows a higher level of perfection than other children's exhibitions in terms of planning and completion. It can be said that it is a plan aimed at a wide range of the public, including children and adults, in that it selects the most notable artists in the contemporary art world and densely shows new perspectives that have not been shown before. This exhibition, which will last for one year starting in the summer of 2024, is a place where artist Shin Mi-kyung, who has been working with soap as a material for sculptures, presents various new works with the theme of 'angels'.

Intense images created by large-scale graphics
In this exhibition, the artist actively attempted to lead the high open wall space up and down along the stairs leading to the entrance of the exhibition hall into the exhibition. At the same time, the large wall beyond the bridge floating in the air connecting Exhibition Room 1 and the Project Gallery, which can be seen as soon as you enter the museum lobby, was included as an extended space for the children's gallery exhibition located in the basement. As a result, visitors will encounter the wall throughout the museum space, allowing them to come into contact with the exhibition at any time. Visitors descend to the basement through the entrance stairs of the exhibition hall and meet angels climbing the stairs applied to the side wall. The exhibition hall, consisting of a heterogeneous space finished with red carpet and walls in a white lobby, is filled with small, relatively small soap sculptures in colors chosen by the artist.

Sustainable materials of the exhibition
The pedestals used in the exhibition were developed in a way that maximized the use of materials from previous exhibitions that artist Shin Mi-kyung had kept. The recent issues of ESG and the controversy over exhibition waste continue to be important issues throughout the process of creating an exhibition. Accordingly, discussions continued on how to refurbish and recycle existing pedestals and utilize the crate boxes that contained the works. Sometimes, I discuss the recycling of structures with exhibition construction companies that have large warehouses, and I thought that the artist actually storing and maintaining the pedestals and display elements that are most suitable for his or her work for future exhibitions was a very professional attitude that I could emulate.

Embodying the artist's concept and intention
Embodiment of the actual concept was the biggest task given to designers participating in this exhibition, and there is room for reflection on whether this was clearly shared and communicated. Large-scale planning exhibitions, curator-centered exhibitions, and artist-centered exhibitions often have significantly different processes and results. In particular, in solo exhibitions, it is very important at what point the exhibition design participates in the project. The work of concretely implementing the exhibition that the artist is drawing and the work of drawing the picture itself together clearly show different results. Although it was a relatively short period of time compared to other exhibitions, I tried to understand the overall picture of the exhibition by visiting the artist's studio and talking directly with the curator. Although I was not able to actively coordinate many parts, I would like to watch how the audience accepts the intense and interesting context over the next year or so.




향기나는 천사들이 만들어내는 공감각적 전시경험
서울시립미술관 북서울분관에서 개최되는 어린이전시는 기획과 완성도 측면에서 여타 다른 어린이 전시보다 높은 완성도를 보여주는 주요전시다. 동시대 미술계에서 가장 주목받는 작가들을 선정하여 기존에 보여주지 못한 새로운 시각의 작업을 밀도있게 보여준다는 점에서 사실 어린이는 물론, 성인까지 폭넓은 범위의 대중을 향한 기획이라고 할 수있다. 2024년 여름부터 1년간 지속될 이번 전시는 비누를 조각의 재료로 작업해 온 신미경 작가가 ‘천사'를 주제로 새롭게 작업한 다양한 작품들을 선보인 자리다. 

강렬한 초대형 그래픽
이번 전시에서 작가는 전시장 입구로 들어서는 계단을 따라 위아래로 높게 오픈된 벽면 공간을 적극적으로 전시로 이끌어 들이고자 하였다. 동시에 미술관 로비에 들어서자마자 보이는, 1 전시실과 프로젝트 갤러리를 연결하며 공중에 떠있는 브릿지 너머의 대형 벽면을 지하에 위치한 어린이 갤러리 전시의 확장된 공간으로 포함시키고자 하였다. 덕분에 관람객은 미술관 공간 전체에서 그 벽면을 마주하게 됨으로써 언제든지 전시에 맞닿게 된다. 관람객은 전시장 입구 계단을 통해 지하로 내려가면서 옆 벽면에 적용된 계단을 오르는 천사들과 만나게 된다. 백색 로비에서 붉은 카펫과 벽면으로 마감된 이질적인 공간으로 구성된 전시장은 작가가 선택한 색상으로, 비교적 크기가 크지 않은 소규모 비누 조각들과 함께 공간을 풍성하게 채운다. 

지속가능한 전시의 재료들 
전시에 사용된 좌대는 신미경 작가가 보관하고 있던 이전 전시들에서 쓰였던 것들을 최대한 활용하는 방향으로 전개되었다. 최근 이슈가 되고 있는 ESG와 전시폐기물에 대한 논란은 전시를 만드는 과정 곳곳에서 계속해서 중요한 문제로 대두된다. 이에 기존 좌대들을 새롭게 다듬어 재활용하고 작품이 담겨있던 크레이트 박스를 그대로 활용할 수 있는 방식에 대해 논의가 계속되었다. 가끔 대규모 창고를 가진 전시공사업체들과 구조물의 재활용에 대한 의견을 나누곤 하는데, 실제 작가가 본인의 작품에 가장 적합한 좌대나 디스플레이 요소들을 향후 전시를 위해 보관, 유지하고 있는 모습은 굉장히 본받을만한 프로페셔널 한 자세라고 생각했다. 


작가의 컨셉과 의도를 구체화 한다는 것 
실제 컨셉을 구체화하는 것이 본 전시에 참여하는 디자이너로서 주어진 가장 큰 과제였는데, 이를 명확하게 공유하고 커뮤니케이션 했는지에 대해서는 반성의 여지가 있다. 대규모 기획전이거나, 큐레이터가 중심의 전시와 작가가 중심이 되는 전시는 그 진행과 결과가 상당히 다른 방향으로 전개되는 경우가 많다. 특히 개인전 작업에서는 전시디자인이 어떤 지점에서 프로젝트에 참여하게 되는지가 매우 중요하다. 작가가 그리고 있는 전시를 구체적으로 구현해주는 작업과, 그 그림 자체를 함께 그려나가는 것은 분명히 다른 결과를 보여준다. 다른 전시에 비해 비교적 짧은 기간이지만 작가의 작업실을 방문하고, 큐레이터와 함께 직접 만나 이야기를 들어가며 전반적인 전시의 그림을 이해하려고 노력했다. 적극적으로 많은 부분을 조율하지 못했지만 앞으로 1년 여간 강렬하고 흥미로운 컨텍스트를 관람객들이 받아들이는 방식을 지켜보고 싶다. 

 




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