What will be shown at Lynn Hershman Leeson’s first solo exhibition in Asia?

The Seoul Museum of Art will present about 200 works covering painting, photography, sculpture and media installation. The exhibition also includes interactive media works and special screenings of Leeson’s feature films.

How did Lynn Hershman Leeson use technology in her artworks?

Leeson experimented with video, the internet, artificial intelligence and genetic engineering, turning emerging technologies into artistic forms. Her work Lorna made the audience part of the artwork by allowing viewers to choose the narrative with a remote control.

When and where can visitors see Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural in Seoul?

The exhibition begins Wednesday at the Seosomun branch of the Seoul Museum of Art and runs through Feb. 21. Film screenings will be presented in collaboration with Seoul Art Cinema during the exhibition period.

Seoul exhibition brings 6 decades of American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson

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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s works will be exhibited in Seoul beginning Wednesday. The Seoul Museum of Art’s first solo exhibition in Asia will present about 200 works spanning six decades, including painting, photography, sculpture and media installation. The exhibition explores identity, media networks and biological change, while selected interactive works will be shown in Korean for the first time. Special screenings of her feature films will also accompany the exhibition.

Key Facts

The exhibition, titled Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural, is divided into six sections focused on identity, social relationships, media and networks, and genetic engineering.
Leeson created the fictional alter ego Roberta Breitmore for a multiyear performance project in the 1970s.
Her interactive work Lorna, created in the 1980s, allows viewers to select the narrative using a remote control.
Lorna, Deep Contact and Agent Ruby will be presented in Korean for the first time.
The exhibition runs at the Seosomun branch of the Seoul Museum of Art through Feb. 21, with film screenings held in collaboration with Seoul Art Cinema.

By Yonhap

Published Oct 20, 2026 10:37 am KST

A poster for the upcoming exhibition 'Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural.' / Courtesy of Seoul Museum of Art — A poster for the upcoming exhibition "Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural." / Courtesy of Seoul Museum of Art

Works by American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, a pioneer of media art, will be shown in Seoul in her first solo exhibition in Asia, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) said Tuesday.

Titled "Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural," the exhibition, which begins Wednesday, will bring together some 200 pieces of her work spanning painting, photography, sculpture and media installation, according to SeMA.

Born in 1941, Leeson is known for experimenting with new technologies, such as video, the internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and genetic engineering, and transforming them into forms of art.

In the 1970s, she carried out a multi-year performance art project in which she lived as Roberta Breitmore, a fictional alter ego she created.

In the 1980s, she showcased the interactive work "Lorna," in which viewers can take part in an artwork by using a remote control to choose the narrative.

The upcoming SeMA exhibition comprises six sections, which allow visitors to explore how born identities are expanded through social relationships, connected through media and network and undergo biological changes through genetic engineering, the museum said.

For the exhibition in Korea, her interactive media artworks originally created in English, such as "Lorna," "Deep Contact" and "Agent Ruby," will be shown in Korean language for the first time.

In an effort to highlight her career not only as a media artist, but also as a filmmaker, special screenings of her feature films, will be held in collaboration with the Seoul Art Cinema.

The exhibition runs at the Seosomun branch of SeMA through Feb. 21.

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