World Masters
Creating One World through Arts & Culture
Asia
Lee Jung-sook
  • FieldArt Departments / Jasu (Traditional Korean Embroidery Art)
  • CountryKorea

 

An embroidery artist presenting the aesthetics and spirit of traditional Korean embroidery on the global stage

 

• Holder of National Embroidery Craftsman Certification No. 78 (Hand Embroidery)

• Studied under the late Master Kim Gye-soon, Embroidery Master of Incheon Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 13

• Grand Prize, Korea Craft Exhibition (2013)

• Master Artisan (Embroidery), André Malraux Cultural Association, France (2014)

• Invited Exhibition, World Cultural Heritage Traditional Crafts Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France (2014–2015)

• Invited Exhibition, Joan Miró Hall, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (2019)

• Invited Exhibition, ART CAPITAL, Paris, France (2022–2026)

• Invited Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Riyadh and Royal Traditional Arts Institute, Saudi Arabia (2026)

• Invited Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bulgaria and Burgas City (2026)

• Embroidered Bojagi (a traditional Korean wrapping cloth decorated with embroidered floral patterns) — Collection of the Vatican Museums, Rome