Na young Lee is a London-based painter currently completing her MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London.

She has exhibited at Weatherby Private Bank and most recently participated in a group exhibition at 67 York Street Gallery. Her work has also been presented across Europe and in South Korea.

Her practice examines the relationship between the visible and the unseen, exploring how hidden structures, uncertainty, and perception shape the way reality is constructed. Working primarily in oil, she develops her paintings through layered processes in which forms emerge, recede, and reconfigure over time.

Na young Lee’s practice engages with the tension between what can be seen and what remains beyond perception. Her work considers how unseen conditions may influence decision-making, experience, and the formation of meaning.

This inquiry originates in a conflict between scientific rationality and the persistence of the unexplainable. While grounded in an analytical framework, she approaches phenomena that resist verification through painting as an ongoing investigation, using the medium as a way to hold unresolved questions rather than resolve them.

Her work reflects an interest in the limits of knowledge. For Lee, the unknown is not empty, but an active field where unseen forces continue to operate. In her paintings, attention shifts toward peripheral elements such as shadows, traces, and unstable structures, where visibility remains incomplete and continuously forming.

A recurring element is the presence of bright light, functioning both as a point of attraction aligned with desire and as a distraction that may obscure what is more essential.

Her process involves layering and partial removal, allowing earlier states to surface. Through this, painting becomes a space where meaning is gradually uncovered rather than imposed.