Teyé Lee
Winner Challenge 2021
Teyé (Daegu, 1985) His given name is Taejay Lee, from South Korea. After a decade working as a
creative director in advertising agencies Teyé ventured to dedicate himself fully to chemical
photography and alternative processes after professional training at the Escola Grisart Internacional
de Fotografia Barcelona. Teyé mixes traditional Oriental and Occidental printing materials and
techniques to create photographic art that awakens emotions. He uses various types of natural dyes
and physical materials related to the narrative and theme that he incorporates in his final prints. Exhibition 2017, El Corte Inglés, El reflejo de la noche de San Juan, 2nd Prize, Group Exhibition, A Coruña.
2020, PHOTOESPAÑA, PHEdesdemibalcon, Concelllo da Coruña, Group Exhibition, Praza de Maria Pita
2020, Atelier de Fotografia, Solo Exhibition, Todo lo que cae tiene alas, A Coruña.
2020, InCadaques Photo Festival, Selected as Runners Up, Group Exhibition, Sala l’Amistat, Cadaques.
2020, 33rd Festival Les Instants Video, Selected Artist, Group Exhibit, Marseille Ecole Supérieure d’Art.
2020, Revela’T Contemporary Analog Photo Festival 2020, Collective Exhibition,
HUMANITY A PORTRAIT OF THE PRESENT, Vilassar de Dalt.
2020, LoosenArt, Post Industrialism International Collective Exhibition, Selected Artist,
January 2021 at Space – MILLEPIANI, Roma.
All That Fall Has Wings : Monte Alto Cyanotypes
A visual diary of living through a pandemic in Monte Alto from a Korean perspective.
The photographs were captured during the first phase of the confinement in Spain that began on
March 14, 2020, during the short outings with my pet. I made prints onto a traditional Chinese
calligraphy paper, using cyanotype and coloring it with natural dyes. Each copy weighs 30 gr. I
wanted to make them light and delicate as if images could fall, fly and travel into the uncertain and
unknown.
