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EVENT24.06.2025 / 5.00pm7.00pm
FREE

Exhibition Launch

Seulgi Lee & Thread the Loom

Join us to celebrate the launch of Ikon’s new exhibitions:

Seulgi Lee

Ikon presents the first UK solo exhibition by artist Seulgi Lee. Born in Seoul and living in Paris since 1992, her artwork is shaped by the use of colour, gesture, simple yet elegant forms and performance. Intrigued by the relationships between language systems, form and function in traditional crafts, Lee has developed a unique sculptural vocabulary, in which she often combines conceptual approaches with artisanal methods.

This exhibition is supported by lead supporter Bagri Foundation, with further support from ai. gallery; Korea Artist Prize Promotion Fund, from SBS Foundation and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; and Trampoline, Association in support of the French art scene, Paris.

Thread the Loom

Ikon celebrates the medium of weaving by bringing an AVL Studio Dobby loom on-site to the gallery, in partnership with Birmingham City University (BCU), and activating it through a series of micro-residencies with West Midlands weavers and artists: Chantelle Folarin, Mahawa Keita, Clare Langford, Andrée Walker, Theo Wright.

This exhibition is supported by The Saintbury Trust.

Both exhibitions run 25 June – 7 September 2025.

FREE

Event Date

Tuesday 24 June 2025
5.00pm7.00pm

Event Details

Free entry, donations welcome

No need to book, just drop in

First and Second Floor Galleries, Ikon Gallery, Brindleyplace

Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here.

For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org

This event is being photographed. Please speak to the photographer if you prefer not to be included.

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Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS

Image Credits
1. New exhibitions graphic (2025). Image courtesy Ikon. 2. Seulgi Lee, SLOW WATER, exhibition view, Incheon Art Platform (2021). Image courtesy the artist and Incheon Art Platform. 3. AVL Studio Dobby loom, Birmingham City University (2024). Image courtesy Ikon. Photo by Tegen Kimbley.
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