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Ahreum

Ahreum Lee

Ahreum Lee is a musician and interdisciplinary media artist originally from Seoul, South Korea, currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. She explores the sociopolitical issues embedded in everyday technologies such as Google Maps, predictive text algorithms, and AI-driven voice recognition assistants. Her practice spans a wide range of media, including video, audio, performance, 3D-printed sculpture, 3D rendering, online image databases, and digital art.

In 2019, she was a finalist for the Emerging Digital Artist Award, organized jointly by EQ Bank and Trinity Square Video (Toronto). She has exhibited and performed in Montréal at Fonderie Darling, Ada X, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen, and Arsenal Contemporary Art Montréal as part of BIAN 2021, as well as at the Third Shift Festival (Saint John) and Axis Lab (Chicago). She has also participated in residency programs including BAiR Emerging at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, démART-MTL at Eastern Bloc, and Empreintes at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.