Welcome to Woori Woori Studio Notes
우리 우리
Welcome.
This is Woori Woori Studio Notes.
Woori (우리) means “us” in Korean. We’ve written it twice to reflect the two of us who founded this space — and also to leave room for others. Artists, collaborators, and friends whose work and presence will shape the studio over time.
Woori Woori Studio is a creative art studio and gallery in South Korea, and this publication is where we share notes from that space.
We are Soo Jae Lee and Jeffrey Castro, a husband-and-wife duo working collaboratively as multidisciplinary artists. Our shared practice moves between drawing, painting, found objects, and textiles, often blending playful visual language with themes of self-help spirituality, reflection, and simple joy. At its core, our work is about creating moments — small smiles that we hope can resonate far and wide.
Alongside our collaborative work, we each maintain individual practices. Soo Jae is a practicing Feng Shui Master consultant, and Jeffrey is an illustrator. These perspectives naturally inform how we think about space, energy, imagery, and storytelling — both within the studio and beyond it.
Before arriving here, we lived and worked in New York City and Portland. We currently reside in Cheongna, where Woori Woori Studio is taking shape as a physical place for making, gathering, and sharing creative work.
Notes here may include:
Reflections on creative process
Works in progress
Studio life and quiet observations
Exhibitions, workshops, and collaborations
Ideas we’re exploring before they become something else
Some entries will be brief. Others may unfold slowly. Not everything here needs to arrive fully formed (life is a work-in-progress).
This publication exists as a place to document, reflect, and invite — a bridge between the physical studio and a wider community. If you are reading this, you are already part of that conversation.
Thank you for being here.
We’re glad to share the process with you.
우리우리 스튜디오의 기록과 과정 노트입니다.
함께해 주셔서 감사합니다.
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Soo Jae & Jeffrey
Woori Woori Studio