Bio
LEE Kawon explores forms concealed within mystery through film and drawing. Moving between empty signs and images, he crosses the boundary between dream and reality, deconstructing and reconstructing both the identity he cannot escape and the forms that surround it.
His experimental animation 《PICNIC》 (2024) was selected for the International Competition at the 40th Hamburg International Short Film Festival. He has maintained an ongoing collaboration with the Los Angeles–based band The Blasting Company, producing animations and music videos for them. He has also presented the experimental films 《Today》 (2026) and 《Come On Down》 (2026), both based on the music of singer-songwriter Young_an; both works have screened at several international film festivals. In 2026, he presented his drawings in earnest for the first time through the solo exhibition 《There, Penitent Angels Hum, Awaiting the Hour of the Beheading》.
Education
Hongik University, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts in Film & Animation, 2021–2024
Kaywon University of Art and Design, South Korea
Associate of Arts in Moving Image Design, 2019–2021
Residency
Bundanon
Bundanon, Australia (2027)
Exhibitions
그곳에는 속죄하는 천사들이 참수의 시간을 기다리며 허밍을 하고 있다.
There, Penitent Angels Hum, Awaiting the Hour of the Beheading
(2026, Solo Exhibition)
Via Coffee Store, Jeonju, South Korea (Sep 18 – Sep 23)
Screenings
Today (2026, Visual Music, Director)
2026 MicroActs, Curiosity Cabinet, Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom
2026 Labocine, September 2026 Issue IMMORTALITY, Online
Come on Down (2026, Visual Music, Director)
2026 Altered Images Fest, London, United Kingdom
2026 Edmonton Underground Film Festival(EUFF03), Edmonton, Canada
2026 FOTOGENIA 8º, INTERNATIONAL CINEPOETRY AND DIVERGENT NARRATIVES FESTIVAL, Mexico City, Mexico
2026 LEIMAY Constellation Series: Pollen – Bloomdances, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2026 Labocine, Pick of the Day, Online
Gravity (2025, Short Animation, Director)
2025 The Blasting Company, Second Annual Over the Garden Wall Concert,
Lodge Room, Los Angeles, USA
Meditation (2024, Animation, Director)
2024 MELTING WALLS, Volume 2, MURMURCONTEMPORARY, Montreux, Switzerland
Little Nocturne (2024, Short Animation, Director)
2025 The Blasting Company, Second Annual Over the Garden Wall Concert,
Lodge Room, Los Angeles, USA
PICNIC (2024, Experimental Animation, Director)
2026 International Experimental Film Festival 2026, Athens, Greece
2026 Films of the Future, New York City Edition , New York City, USA
2026 Labocine, Pick of the Day, Online
2024 40th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, International Competition, Hamburg, Germany
2024 53rd Sehsüchte Film Festival, Best Animated Film Competition, Potsdam, Germany
2024 24th Jeonbuk Independent Film Festival, Official Selection,
National Competition, Jeonju, South Korea