Hojin Lee, born and raised in South Korea, graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting (2000) and later from the New York University, with a Master of Arts Degree in Painting (2003). Finally, he was appointed to a professorship at the Department of Plastic Arts at the Catholic University. There, he exercised his function 10-year-long, training students about painting, object art, and drawing.