C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Name: Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja, PhD Profession: Artist, Designer, Journalist, Scholar E DUCATION 2003-2006: PhD, Dept. of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK 1998-2000: MA, Dept. of Visual Communication, University of Syracuse, Syracuse, USA 1975-1984: MA & BA, Depts. of Interior, Graphic Design, National College of Art & Design, Oslo, Norway 1968-1972: BA, Dept. of Mass Communication, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, South Korea A DDITIONAL E DUCATION Arabic Language & Culture (Kuwait); Colour History, Cambridge Summer University (UK); Computer Graphic, St. Martins Graduate School of Art (UK); Theology, University of Theology (Norway); Kent Art and Design Graduate School (UK); many other courses (Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, USA) S CHOLARSHIP , A RTIST IN R ESIDENCY , C ONFERENCE / PROCCEDINGS Scholarship - Goethe Institute (Germany), Turkish Government (Turkey), Norwegian Graphic Designer (Norway), The Best Student of Students of Ewha Woman’s University (S. Korea), Weimar (Germany) International Artist in Residence (Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Canada, Ireland) Conference/paper - International Interior Design 1976-8 (USA, Austria, Norway); International Colour Association 2003-5 (Thailand, Brazil, Spain); International Islamic Built-Environment 2004 (Malaysia); International Culture Studies 2005 (Austria); 2008- World Heritage (Portugal), Violence (Finland); 2009 - Ritual (Lithuania), Child Caring (Kuwait), Intangible Heritage (Portugal), Southeast Asian Civilization (Indonesia), Medieval (UK), Art and Society (Italy), Islamic art (Poland), Cultural Heritage (Germany), Iberian Studies (Germany): 2010 – Anthropology (Finland), Art (China), Word & Image (UK), Heritage (Portugal), Baroque (Swiss), Medieval (UK), Material culture (UK), Biblical studies (Estonia), Comparative literature (S. Korea), Southeast (Germany), Tourism (UK), 2011- Asian Study (India), Tourism, Text & Image (S. Korea), SSEASR (Bhutan), Dialogue (Poland), Medieval (Slovenia), Medieval (Leeds), Shaman Study (Poland), Religion (Vatican): 2012 – Goethe (S. Korea), Strzygowski (Poland), Creativity (Indonesia), Literature (UK), Culture (Lithuania), Medieval (UK), Goethe (Germany), Archaeology (Ireland), Korea (Poland): 2013 - Indonesia (USA), Heritage (UK), Ritual (Hungary), Goethe (S. Korea), Heritage (Taiwan), Medieval (UK), Ethno music (Swiss), Mediterranean (Swiss), Scandinavia (Germany), architecture (Spain); 2014- Religion (UK), Architecture (Spain), Medieval (UK), Art (Hungary), Art (Georgia), ICOMOS (Italy), 2015-Medieval (UK), Semiotics (Bulgaria), Shamanistic study (Greece), Heritage (Mexico); 2016- Medieval (Ireland), Mediterranean (S. Korea), Mediterranean (Italy), Semiotics (Poland), Art education (S. Korea); 2015-Medieval (UK), Semiotics (Bulgaria), Shamanistic study (Greece), Heritage (Mexico); 2016- Medieval (Ireland), Mediterranean (S. Korea), Mediterranean (Italy), Semiotics (Poland), Art education (S. Korea), etc. B OOK P UBLISHING & J OURNALS , ARTICLES (1) Islamic Calligraphy and Muslim Identity, (2) Continuity of pre-Islamic Motifs in Javanese Mosque Ornamentation, Indonesia, (3) Syncretic Islamic Ornament on Javanese Mosque Mihrabs, (4) Islamic Monument of Sendang Duwur (co-author), (5) Colour and Emotion, (6) Understanding Scandinavian Design, (7) My Scandinavia (Korean), (8) Golden Scandinavian Designers 37 (Korean), (9) Scandinavian Art (Korean), (10) Islamic Calligraphy (Korean), (11) Syncretic Javanese Mosque Ornamentation (Korean), (12) Islamic Architecture in the East & West (Korean), (13) The Birth of Viking Age & Its Achievement (Korean) Numerous articles on international journals, proceedings, book chapters Interviews, articles on newspapers, magazines, TVs in S. Korea as correspondent for Scandinavia Academic article reviews A WARD The Order of Civil Merit Medal from the President of S. Korea (Kim Dae Jung), Appreciations from Ministries/Organizations for lectures and humanitarian work (Al-Sabah Ruling Family in Kuwait, etc.) E XPERIENCE Guest Lecturer at universities/institutes (S. Korea, Norway, Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan, Indonesia); Correspondent for S. Korea in Scandinavia; Artist; Graphic designer at design studios/advertising companies E XHIBITION (H OMAGE TO G OETHE - T HE V ISION OF P ARADISE ) Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Lithuania, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Spain, Yugoslavia, and uncountable group exhibitions across the globe. Particularly, she was invited by the 2003 Doha Cultural Festival in Qatar and the 2009 Ephemeral Biennale in Granada, Spain, as a special guest artist. L ANGUAGE : Korean, English, Norwegian (Swedish, Danish), German, French, basic understanding of Arabic, Indonesian, Finnish, Chinese, Japanese S PECIALIZATION /INTEREST: Idea developing through creative but logical thinking, Colour and emotion, Comparative study of Hindu-Buddhist, Christian, Islamic architectural ornamentation, Texts and images in communication, Scandinavian design, Cultural heritage .