GASAG Art Prize 2026

Jeewi Lee (*1987 in Seoul, South Korea) is to receive the GASAG Art Prize 2026. 
For her serial paintings, sculptures, site-specific installations and interventions the artist draws on simple, seemingly worthless materials where traces of time and transience are inscribed as memories. These traces are the starting point for her artistic research, where materials analysis blends with aspects of Taoist philosophy and personal mythology to create a visual universe that is poetic and meditative. Under the title “Residual Memories” the recipient of the GASAG award makes use of sand, an apparently everyday material and yet one of global significance. Sand fuses minerals, rock, organic residues and, more recently, microplastics. It is found in concrete, glass, microchips and water filters and it forms the basis for our contemporary built environment, but its worldwide consumption as a resource has left it in increasingly short supply.

In its decision, the jury praised her scientifically precise yet poetically conceptual approach to her materials and themes, which she consistently expands and develops in her works. This award initiated by GASAG has been made since 2010 in partnership with the Berlinische Galerie. Every two years, the partners honour an outstanding artistic contribution at the interface between art, science and technology. The GASAG Art Prize includes a site-specific presentation at the Berlinische Galerie and a publication. The exhibition will take place as part of Berlin Art Week 2026.

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