Lee Heejoh: Between Work and Days

9 Jul - 25 Jul 2026

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PBG presents Between Days of Work, a solo exhibition by Lee Heejoh. The exhibition stems from the rhythms and emotions of everyday life that the artist experienced during a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris earlier this year. Its title, Between Days of Work, plays on the dual meaning of the Korean word il, which signifies both “work” and “day,” reflecting the artist's life moving between labor and rest while resonating with the daily routines shared by contemporary society.

Inspired by Édouard Manet's iconic Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), the exhibition is divided into two interconnected spaces: one dedicated to work and the other to rest. The studio-like environment features colored-pencil and graphite sculptures alongside pedestals, embodying the repetitive cycles of labor and artistic creation. In contrast, a resting space composed of a grassy setting and still-life paintings evokes an intermission—a brief pause to catch one's breath amid the demands of everyday life.

Works such as Clock In(2026), Intermission(2026), and See You Tomorrow(2026) trace the rhythm of a single day: arriving at work, taking a moment of respite, and preparing to begin again tomorrow. Through these works, Lee Heejoh turns attention to the small yet deeply human moments that sustain us within the repetition of daily life. Moving beyond the personal experience of the artist, the exhibition offers a reflection on the universal rhythms that shape the lives of us all today.




Lee Heejoh transforms pieces of everyday life into flat forms and rearragnes them on canvas. Objects, places, one's belongings, relationships, memories and emotions are key factors of the artist's work. Particularly, she calls the pieces of life puzzles. She sees them in a holistic view: they are one signel form and structure, rather than individual elements to disect or analyze. What is important in puzzles is that the possibility of connection to another, which is also why she finds similarity with our lives


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Seoul,  Korea 

Email : pbg@printbakery.com
Tel : +82 1599 3403
Fax : +82 2 391 2017