Lee Ju-won is a Korean artist trained in Western Painting and Contemporary Art at Gunsan University. In the early 2000s, his repeated travels through bus terminals made him notice people sitting or begging on the floor. This view from a lower height sparked a lasting question in him — How does the world look from where they stand, or sit, or endure? That moment became the starting point of his artistic inquiry into those who feel lost within a rapidly changing society.

His work focuses on legs and feet — the simplest sign of movement, yet the clearest evidence of life’s repetition. Figures walk without expression, endlessly stepping through daily routine. Their mechanical rhythm reflects the way modern people move through life, sometimes without direction, sometimes without purpose. Through these scenes, Lee asks where we are going, what drives us to continue, and whether we truly know the path beneath our feet.

Rather than escaping into fantasy, he paints the present as it is — the weight of reality, the search for identity, and the quiet struggle to remain centered in a fast-moving world. His work 〈Walking〉 invites viewers to reflect on their own direction, routine, and the unnoticed patterns that shape everyday existence.