Her practice centers on the “female alien” characters, a speculative figure used to navigate narratives of otherness and displacement. The “female aliens” appear in different forms—mythical creatures, non-human, and ghosts—navigating unfamiliar spaces. Rooted in feminist science fiction, theories of hauntology, her work approaches displacement not only as a socio-political condition but as an embodied sensory and psychological experience.
By merging moving image with physical materiality, Izzy creates immersive environments where psychological states are externalized as landscapes. She treats video as a spatial, sculptural element in dialogue with architecture and the body.
Izzy Lee studied VAV-Moving Image department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Her works have been presented at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and Punt WG (Amsterdam) in 2026, NeMAF (Seoul) and Li-ma present (in collaboration with CBK Zuidoost) (Amsterdam) and This Is Not a Church (supported by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture) in 2025
Filmography
Solastalgia (4min, 2022)
Imploding Sun (5min, 2023)
tidal being (6 min, 2023)
Go Tell It to the Mountain (8min, 2024)
No-da-ji Land (노다지 땅, 10min, 2025)
2024 BA. VAV- Moving image (Finearts and design), Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Erasmus program, Transmediale, Jakob Lena Knebl, University of Applied Art Vienna, AT
2018-2019 Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, KR
Solo Exhibition
2026.08 Drifting Among Revenants 유영하는 레버넌트, Post Territory Ujeongguk 탈영역우정국, Seoul, KR (upcoming)
2026 Voices Without Feet Travel Far, Punt WG, Amsterdam, NL
2025 the time as dusk settles 땅거미가 질 무렵, This Is Not a Church, Seoul, KR
Group Exhibition
2026 Limburg Biënnale, Odapark, Maastricht, NL (upcoming)
2025 A Voice Can Calm A Restless Heart, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL
2025 All Access Archive (AAA), de Bouwput, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Boundaries of Belonging(s), Kunstrai, Amsterdam, NL
2024 I don’t know your work, Neverneverland, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Parasitting, Neverneverland, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Oceanic Imageries, Uncut group performance, Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam, NL
Screening, Festival
2026 Short & Mid-length selection, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Rotterdam, NL
2025 New media selection, Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media arts Festival (NeMaf), Seoul, KR
2025 Vertical Video projection, Amare, Den Haag, NL
2025 Li-ma present, New Art on Screen, in collaboration with CBK ZUIDOOST, Bijlmerbios Amsterdam, NL
2024 Did you miss us?, De Uitkijk, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Eye on ResearchLab, Refuge-fleeing, flowing, leaking, Eye film museum, Amsterdam, NL
Grants
2026 Seoul Foundatioin for Arts and Culture (SFAC), Seoul, KR
2025 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), Amsterdam, NL
2025 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC), Seoul, KR
2024 Berlage fonds, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, NL
Residency
2026 air WG, Amsterdam, NL
Events/Talks
2026 Artist talk, Rietveld TV Date With the Future, Amsterdam, NL (upcoming)
2025 Artist talk, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, KR
2025 Artist talk GT, Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media arts Festival (NeMaf), Seoul, KR
Commission
2026 - Date With the Future, Rietveld TV 2025/2026, SALTO air, NL
2025 - Vertical Video, Amare, Den Haag, NL
Related Work Experience
2024- Videographer, Editor, Artist
2024-2025 Production intern, W 139, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Rietveld TV curatorial team 2023/2024 Amsterdam, NL