Leeje (b. 1979) focuses on urban life and the people around her, capturing scenes she encounters daily: city landscapes in the midst of development, self-portraits in desolate construction sites with her clothes pulled up to her shoulders, and streetlights brightening the way home from work. She also portrays people gathered around dinner tables, emphasizing moments that often go unnoticed. Through these works, Leeje highlights disappearing landscapes and overlooked individuals. Although sometimes categorized as a Post-Minjung artist, her approach does not focus on critique. Instead, she uses an affectionate gaze to explore her subjects, conveying memories, emotions, solidarity, and friendship through her art.

Her work has been featured in several solo exhibitions, including shows at A-Lounge Contemporary, Seoul (2023); Space Sansumunwha, Seoul (2021); Chosun Gallery, Seoul (2017, 2014); OCI Museum of Art, Seoul (2010); and Alternative Space Loop, Seoul (2006). Leeje is also an active participant in group exhibitions, with notable appearances in Walkie Talkie Shaking at Art Space Boan, Seoul (2022); With Nature: Still Life and Landscape at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (2020); The Funeral Growing Everyday at Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul (2019); Twin Peaks at HITE Collection, Seoul (2016); Sixth Sense at OCI Museum of Art, Seoul (2015); Spectators at Doosan Gallery, Seoul (2014); Do Window Vol. 4 at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul (2012); Painters at PKM Gallery, Seoul (2011); and Intuitionat Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul (2010).

Leeje received her BA and MA in Fine Art from Kookmin University and currently lives and works in Seoul. In 2019, she was one of three artists selected for the prestigious Chong Kun Dang Art Award, a program supporting creative artists.

Now (b.1979) paints what he sees, adopting urban life and the people around him as the subjects of his paintings. Among them, landscapes that are about to disappear or beings that are unnoticed but are living their own lives somewhere have been the main subjects of his paintings. For example, urban landscapes in the midst of redevelopment, self-portraits with tops lifted up to the shoulders in the middle of a desolate construction site, electricity poles lighting up the darkness on the way home from work, or crowds gathered around the dinner table. In this sense, he is now often categorized as a post-folk artist, but he has always been an artist who captures his subjects with an affectionate gaze instead of a critical gaze and seeks to explore the pictorial canon within aesthetic categories. Now, he experiments with the possibilities of painting to capture memories and emotions, solidarity and friendship, and attempts to form a relationship with the world as a painter.

He has had solo exhibitions at A Lounge, Seoul, Korea (2023); Sansu Culture, Seoul, Korea (2021); Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea (2017, 2014); OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2010); Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea (2006); "Walkie Talkie Shaking," Security Inn, Seoul, Korea (2022); "Nature: Landscape and Still Life", Museum of Northern Seoul, Seoul, Korea (2020); "A Funeral that Grows Day by Day", Tal Area Postal Service, Seoul, Korea (2019); "Twin Peaks", Hight Collection, Seoul, Korea (2016); "Sixth Sense", OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2015); "Spectators", Doosan Art Center, Seoul, Korea (2014); "Do Window Vol. 4", Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea (2012); "Painters", PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2011); and "Intuition", Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea (2010).

She received her BFA and MFA from Kookmin University and currently lives and works in Seoul. In 2019, she was selected as an artist for the Jonggeundang Art Prize, which selects three painting artists every year to support their creative activities.