[Sugita Crest Co., Ltd.] [Osaka] Exhibition of Popular Korean Painter Lee Soo Dong “Connecting to Connections”
Sugita Crest Co., Ltd. Press Release: September 10, 2025 [Osaka] Popular Korean artist Lee Soo Dong Exhibition “Connecting Connections” Event Period: Saturday, October 11, 2025 – Sunday, October 19, 2025 An exhibition of Lee Soo-Dong, a widely beloved painter whose works have been used in Korea for TV dramas, film posters, and corporate advertisements, including for the title lettering and illustrations of the hit Japanese dramas “Winter Sonata” and “Autumn in My Heart,” will be held at Gallery Sasaki Minami in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. This exhibition, his third in Japan, features works inspired by “dreams,” “poetry,” and “everyday life,” creating a serene, romantic world that gently touches the viewer’s heart. Each piece is imbued with Lee’s philosophy of “listening to the viewer’s stories through his paintings.”
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Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo-ku, Osaka City Phone number: 080-3410-0156 Sponsored by: SUGITA GROUP and Edam Cultural Arts Foundation Progress line: UTL ENTER LOGIS Co., Ltd./CHO’IS Co., Ltd.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/115887/28/115887-28-4c3174f0564c4a27b430038e385e1402-307×401.png □Artist Profile: Lee Soo-Dong ・ 1960 Born in Daegu, South Korea ・ Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Yeungnam University and completed a Master’s degree in Painting at the same university’s graduate school ・ Held 31 solo exhibitions and over 300 group exhibitions in South Korea ・Representative works include “In the Flower Field,” “Love Letter,” and “The Moon is Bright,” etc. ・ Responsible for title text and in-story illustrations for Korean KBS dramas such as “Autumn in My Heart” and “Winter Sonata” □Sponsor: SUGITA A Message from Kanichiro Suda, Representative Director, GROUP Co., Ltd. I am delighted that Lee Sudong’s Osaka exhibition will be held again this year. This year’s exhibition features a number of evocative works that resonate with the deepening of autumn. We hope that the warmth and serenity, creativity and peace of Lee Sudong’s works will inspire visitors to sense the possibilities of the future through his paintings. “Connections are something that need to be nurtured.” We hope that cultural exchange will continue to deepen together, and we will continue to do our best, however small our contributions may be, to achieve this. SUGITA GROUP strongly supports the hope that this exhibition will serve as a bridge connecting Japanese and Korean cultures and promote heart-to-heart exchange through art.
