Lee Myung-ae

Lee Myung-ae (Korean: 이명애 is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator. Her best-known works include Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, Vacation, and Flower.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Myung-ae
BornSeoul, South Korea
Occupation
  • Illustrator
  • author
LanguageKorean
GenrePicture book
Website
instagram.com/myungaelee

Life

Lee Myung-ae was born in Seoul, South Korea, on October 5, 1976. She studied Korean painting at university. After graduation, she worked as a game character designer, and developed an interest in picture books while taking time off after giving birth. She embarked on a career as a picture book author soon afterwards. She made her debut with her original picture book, Plastic Island, in 2014. She pursues a creative style somewhere in between painting and picture book illustration, and relies on podcasts for inspiration.[1] Currently, she maintains a small studio in Seoul, and regularly holds classes for children. Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day took 5 years to create, and Lee says it is the book she is attached to most, since it served as a catalyst for her artistic growth. Since then, her style has changed significantly. Her best-known works include Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, Vacation, and Flower.

Career

Lee was selected as Illustrator of the Year in Bologna in 2015 for her first original picture book, Plastic Island, which also won the 2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award and the 2015 BIB Golden Plaque Award for its creative approach. Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, published in 2020, won the 2021 BIB Golden Apple Award.[2] The copyright for Plastic Island has been exported to Japan, Taiwan, France, China and Russia, broadening Lee’s readership abroad. She is an active member of the “Vacance Project,” in which well-known Korean picture book authors pursue independent publication of works that touch upon diverse topics and feature new expressive techniques under its aegis,[3] and which is galvanizing the culture of publishing in Korea. Lee Myung-ae has published works based on traditional fairy tales such as Dance and Flower as part of this project.[4]

Awards
  • 2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award for Plastic Island[5]
  • 2015 BIB Golden Plaque Award for Plastic Island[6]
  • 2017 Nami Concours Green Island Award for Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day[5]
  • 2020 Shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards 2020[7]
  • 2021 Won the BIB Golden Apple Award for Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day[8][9]

Works
  • 2021 Flower (Munhakdongne)ISBN 9788954684217
  • 2021 Vacation (Morae-al)ISBN 9791157854981
  • 2020 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing)ISBN 9788991126527
    • 2022 МУСОРный OCTPOB (Самокат, Russia)[10]ISBN 978-5-00167-397-2
    • 2019 塑料岛 (山东教育出版社 Shandong Education Publishing, China)ISBN 978-7532895670
    • 2019 Sur mon île (De La Martinière Jeunesse, France)[11]ISBN 9782732490564
    • 2018 塑膠島 (字畝文化, Taiwan)ISBN 9789869550864
    • 2017 いろのかけらのしま (Poplar Corporation, Japan)[12]ISBN 978-4-591-15618-6
  • 2020 Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day (Munhakdongne)ISBN 9788954660075
  • 2015 10 Seconds (Bandal)ISBN 9788956186641
  • 2014 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing)ISBN 9788991126428

Activities
  • 2022 Exhibition of original artwork at the Jeonju International Picture Book Fair[13]
  • 2021 Invited to the Asian Festival of Children's Content in Singapore[14]
  • 2020 Online exhibition, Picture Books as Everyday Art, at the Seoul Design Foundation[15]

References
  1. "K-Book Trends -". www.kbook-eng.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "kbbybooks". kbbybooks.org. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. "Vacances". sites.google.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "hmoka". hmoka-vacance.org. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "NAMI CONCOURS - 나미콩쿠르". namiconcours.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. "BIB Winners!". International Centre for the Picture Book in Society. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. "The AOI - Lee Myung ae". The AOI. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. "Korean picture books win international illustration awards". koreatimes. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. "Evaluations of the Jury of awarded illustrations on BIB 2021". bibiana.sk. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. "Мусорный остров". bibliogid.ru. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  11. "Sur mon île - Myung-Ae Lee". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  12. "いろのかけらのしま". ポプラ社. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  13. Communication, Orange. "전주다움". 전주다움 (in Korean). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  14. "[Singapore] Children's picture book writer Lee Myung-ae invited to Asian Festival of Children's Content(AFCC) : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". www.korea.net. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  15. "일상의 예술, 그림책 전". play-link.gitlab.io. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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