Yoonmi Lee is an oil painter whose work bridges classical technique and contemporary identity. Working in the luminous tradition of Dutch still life painting, she explores themes of belonging, memory, and cultural duality as a Korean American woman. Her compositions—whether quiet still lifes or introspective self-portraits—reflect a deep engagement with questions of identity, displacement, and emotional inheritance.

Through her paintings, Lee examines the in-between spaces of selfhood: the tension of navigating multiple worlds, the subtle ache of disconnection, and the quiet resilience of seeking clarity within that ambiguity. Her recent self-portrait series turns inward, using paint as a form of inquiry rather than representation—an ongoing conversation about how identity feels rather than how it appears.

Lee’s practice is grounded in careful observation, meditative process, and an enduring fascination with how light reveals both the seen and unseen aspects of the self.