LIYA LEE Solo Exhibition ＂Moving Garden＂
Liya Lee 
May 10 - Jun 1, 2025
The river, the bloodstream of the earth, nurtures countless ecosystems and creates diverse and rich landscapes of life. The flow of the river weaves together traces of time, the poetry of nature, and the memories of people. Flowers, standing quietly on the earth, are vibrant embodiments of life, and their presence speaks to us strongly and gently.
Moving Garden is not just an exhibition of landscapes, but a journey that spans from the Keelung River in Taipei to the Shirakawa River in Kyoto. Liya Lee has woven together a story of ecosystems using flowers and plants collected along the riverbanks, and expanded them into a space that invites movement. Under the dual core concepts of ＂journey＂ and ＂garden,＂ it invites the viewer into a small yet rich world hidden within the river's ecosystem, offering an opportunity to reexamine the deeply intertwined relationship between nature and humanity.
Lee was deeply moved in childhood by the picture book The Secret Garden, and dreamed of one day creating a secret place by the river, a place filled with imagination where nature could heal the soul. In Moving Garden, in addition to the landscapes photographed in Kyoto, images of plants such as Clematis, which frequently appear in Emily Dickinson's poetry, are incorporated. By transferring these images onto stones collected from street corners in Taipei and Kyoto, a special time and space is created where fiction and reality merge, and nature and art intersect.
Flowers are a symbol of the river's life force. From the wildflowers along the Keelung River to the spring plants that color the riverbanks of Kyoto, each flower reflects the memory of the earth and water. Lee has crystallized these memories into ＂stones of flowers.＂ Through the timeless ＂stones of flowers,＂ she hopes to awaken a deep appreciation and empathy for nature, and wishes for the secret garden that resides in our hearts to continue growing and nurturing life without end.
Text｜Liya Lee
Translation｜gallery Unfold
