“To me art is a meaningful spiritual journey, by pursuing my dramatic imagination, by reflecting aesthetics of emotions and by seeking what sets my soul on fire.” - Dr. Stierle-Lee.

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies, Major of Set Design and Technology.
Master of Arts Management, Major of Performing Arts Management.
Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction and Digital Culture.
A published author in international academic journals (South Korea, USA, the UK, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands, etc.) Honored with Excellent Paper Awards many times (from national and international academic conferences)
Best Paper Nominations two times in a row (in the USA in 2015 and 2016)
Awarded National Excellent Research Scholarship by Korea Government in 2013.
Awarded National Excellent Postgraduate Scholarship by Korea Government (2014-2016)
Granted the Award for Excellent Researcher by the Minister of Education and the Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 2016.
Top 5 Excellent Researcher, Won an Official Commendation by the Graduate School President of Konkuk University in 2016.
Academic Achievement Award, Won an Official Commendation by the Department of Digital Culture & Contents, Konkuk University in 2016.
Research fellowship, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany (2018-2019)

Artistic Statement
She is an abstract expressionist painter. She was born and raised in South Korea but now lives and works in Germany. She received a Bachelor's degree in Theater, a Masters in Arts Management and Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction and Digital Culture in South Korea. During and after her undergraduate studies, she worked for theaters and an opera house as a set designer. Especially, she was immersed herself in psychological and emotional factors in drama play. Thus, she managed to combine with emotional cues and psychological effect to set design. During the Ph.D. period, she focused on the psychosocial factors and therapeutic effects of human beings. Her research interests were encompassed and informed by theatre studies, literary and philosophical studies, psychotherapy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mental health, and so on. She was passionate about writing academic research papers and enjoyed it very much. She believed that she could fine some meaningful phenomena through her research which she could apply to her artworks. Based on her previous experiences, she now combines her ideas and concepts and expresses them through her paintings. Her artworks mainly include emotional expression inspired by her dedication to the spirit world and academic findings from her past research.