Sam Lee is a Korean-Canadian photographer who primarily looks for pictures in places that are flooded at least knee deep in collective memory and nostalgia. Through this work, he attempts to draw attention to the thin veneer of surrealism that has been carefully applied over all surfaces of the familiar and everyday. Currently, he is based in Tio’Tia:Ke/Mooniyang/Montréal.
Preferring the traditional photographic processes, he makes optical c-type prints in his colour darkroom, primarily utilizing 4x5 large format and 6x7 medium format colour negative film. He has been developing his practice since 2022.
2028 - MFA (Photography) candidate, Concordia University, Montréal
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2025 - Ascent Gallery, Toronto (upcoming)
2025 - Beast Bornholm artist-in-residence duo exhibition, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2025 - To be announced, Seoul, South Korea (upcoming)
2025 - Memento Film Lab, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto (upcoming)
2025 - Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group, Concordia University, Montréal (upcoming)
2024 - for the love of the game, Céline Bureau, Espace Loulou, Montréal
2024 - artch 7e édition, Place Ville Marie, Montréal
2023 - Expo Gâteau - La crème de la crème, n'était-ce pas l'été, Montréal
Residencies
2025 - To be announced, Seoul, South Korea (upcoming)
2025 - Beast Bornholm, Østermarie, Denmark
Grants & Awards
2025 - Mildred Lande Scholar Photo award
2025 - MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) Alliance project grant
2024 - artch emerging artist grant
Press & Publications
2025 - Beast Bornholm artist talk
2024 - n10.as x artch interview, Montréal
2024 - The Pit periodical, issue 2, Montréal
2024 - Faire carrière: Catalogue artch 2024, Pièce jointe editions, Montréal
2024 - Spacetime Cartographer Zine, issue 001, Montréal