On March 1, London-based gallery Carlos/Ishikawa announced that it now represents artist Moka Lee (b. 1996).

Moka Lee’s work spans portraiture, still life, and landscapes, inspired by photos found on social media. Her paintings are filled with collisions of unstable emotions that, though widespread in society, remain unspoken. Resembling the surface of retro photographs, her paintings are composed of thin layers of oil paint, representing layers of emotions built up within the work.

Lee has been making a significant impact on the global art scene, having been named one of the most noteworthy emerging artists in “Artsy Vanguard 2025” last year and achieving a record auction result of 300 million KRW at Phillips Hong Kong.

In January, Lee held her first solo exhibition in the UK, 《Face ID》, at Carlos/Ishikawa, marking her entry into the London art scene. With this new partnership, anticipation is growing for the artist’s future endeavors in the UK.

References

• 카를로스/이시카와 (Carlos/Ishikawa) 

Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.