{"Id":8956,"Name":"Sookyi Lee","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESookyi Lee\u003C/strong\u003E is a contemporary realism artist born in Seoul, Korea. She earned a BFA from Hong-Ik University in Korea and her MFA from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She received many awards including \u003Cem\u003EFirst Place in Drawing\u003C/em\u003E awards at Portrait Society of America\u2019s 2017 and 2019 international competitions and \u003Cem\u003EHaynes Gallery Award\u003C/em\u003E at the Art Renewal Center\u2019s Salon International competition in 2019. Sookyi actively teaches in US and Singapore while working as a full-time artist. \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(53, 53, 53);\u0022\u003EOld masters and many contemporary artists have consistently influenced Sookyi\u0027s art. To her, a deep understanding of art is a lifelong mission, and painting is her way to appreciate life. Sookyi\u2019s paintings are not only the representations of the outside world, but also reflections of her inner self. By imagining stories about subjects and considering emotional reactions of viewers, Sookyi aims to go beyond the superficial representations and convey the characters of her subjects.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":null}