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Aimee Lee

Education

Columbia College, Chicago, IL: MFA, Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, 2006
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH: BA, Visual Arts, 1999

Selected Exhibitions

2009

Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany: Anonymous Drawings No. 10
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA: Show and Bestow
Lake George Arts Project Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY: Abundance is real (solo)
Roberts Street Social Centre/Anchor Archive Zine Library, Halifax, NS: Portable Library Project
Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL: Native Intelligence (solo)
Center for Book Arts, New York: There Goes My Hero
Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY: Abundance is real (solo)
Kilburn Art Space, Seoul, Korea: Textura: Contextual Art
lowercase gallery, Regional Assembly of Text, Vancouver, BC: Portable Library Project
Sono Factory, Seoul: The 1st Exchange Exhibition of Bookart
Public Library Anxel Casal, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: III Taller de Mail Art Roteiro
Seoul International Book Fair, Korea: Columbia College Chicago
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO: Boxy Books (catalog)
Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico: Your Documents Please (catalog)
Esteta Gallery & Matriz Printmaking Association of Porto, Portugal: 1st Edition of postal print
Creative Paper, Burnie, Tasmania: My Paper, My Land
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA: Pulp Function
Chicago Calligraphy Collective’s 23rd Annual Juried Show, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL: Treewhispers
GALÉRIA Z, Bratislava, Slovakia: Your Documents Please
Gâlerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany: Your Documents Please

2008

Orleans Street Art Gallery at Miami, FL: Bridge Art Fair
2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary: Your Documents Please (catalog)
National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires: The Last Book
Artistbookseoul at Frankfurt, Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair
identidades.04, Morelia, Mexico: Invasion de las hojas
Federico García Lorca Cultural Centre, Madrid, Spain: MUNDIBUJADO
ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan: Your Documents Please (catalog)
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO: Interweavings
Chicago International Calligraphy Conference 2008, Naperville, IL: Treewhispers
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY: Fun & Games (and such...)
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO: Intaglio Book Exhibition
Orleans Street Art Gallery, St. Charles, IL: 5 Years on the Run
Roteiro de Creacion Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: mail art project
Lux Arts Center, Lincoln, NE: All Synthetic or All Natural
International Fiber Collective, Syracuse, NY
Dept of Performing & Creative Arts, College of Staten Island/CUNY, NY: Island
The Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI, Japan: Your Documents Please (catalog)

2007

Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA: Fiber + Book
The Gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego, Brooklyn, NY: Forgive?
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA: Artists' Books 2007
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: Action/Interaction:Book/Art
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA: Pulp Function (catalog)
Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL: Me, Me, Me

2006

Bright Hill Center, NY: 5th North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition (catalog)
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR: The Art of the Card
MPAC Gallery, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL: Something to Do with Failure
San Diego Book Arts, La Jolla, CA: First National Juried Exhibition
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA: Artists' Books 2006
King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary: Fourth International Artists' Book Exhibition (catalog)
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: This is not a book (catalog)
Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Queen of Hearts

2005

Myopic Books, Chicago, IL: Art of the Book
Bay View Book Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Safe Harbor: Books in Boxes
Chicago, IL: Chicago Art Open
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN: Bookish
projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project
33 E Congress, Chicago, IL: Phone Stories

2004

Wicker Park, Chicago, IL: Renegade Craft Fair
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: 10th Anniversary Exhibition
C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL: We would often be sorry if our wishes came true

1999

Fisher Hall, Oberlin, OH: swallow

Selected Performances

2008

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME: Unclench

2007

Flea Theater, New York, NY: Tides for LAVA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT: Retire

2006

Art Harvest, Art Farm: She Inhabits It
Printers Row Book Fair, Chicago, IL: In and Out
Manifest 06, Chicago, IL: This is not bok choy
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: Hunk, & Dora

2005

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL: Footprint, rise
Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL: Human Exhibit
Art Walks Chicago, Chicago, IL: A Visual Hiccup for Nyok-Mei Wong
Manifest 05, Chicago, IL: Tracks
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Up and Down
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Tracks

2004

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL: Tracks on the surface of enough
The Other Dance Festival, Chicago, IL: How I Spent My Summer Vacation for Colleen Halloran
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL: solo intimate
Abbie Hoffman Festival, Strawdog Theater, Chicago, IL: The Beard for Citizen's Relief
The Side Studio, Chicago, IL: The Beard for Citizen's Relief
Manifest 04, Chicago, IL: Intimate 1 & 2
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL: Birds of Passage in the palace of the night heron

2003

Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL: Object Engine

Selected Collections

Artexte, projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project
Art Farm
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Asian Arts Center, Columbia College Chicago
Bibliograph, Montreal, Canada
blütenweiss archive (Berlin, Germany)
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Columbia College Chicago Library Archives
it's all for you
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
King St. Stephen Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art Library
Oberlin College Clarence Ward Art Library Special Collections
The Portable Library Project (Toronto, Canada)
University of Denver Penrose Library Special Collections
Virginia Commonwealth University Book Art Collection

Grants / Residencies

2009

Weir Farm Art Center Artist Residency
New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Korea Fulbright Foundation Scholarship

2008-2009

Fulbright Fellow, South Korea: Excavating Hanji's history, practice, and contemporary applications

2008

Critical Language Enhancement Award (Korean), U.S. Department of State
Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship

2007

Jentel Artist Residency Program
New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology
Ragdale Foundation
Puffin Foundation Ltd.
Vermont Studio Center

2006

Art Farm
Ox-Bow
Helen Fong Dare Scholarship
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship

2005

Caxton Club of Chicago Graduate Student Fellowship
Getz Graduate Award

2004

Getz Graduate Award
Oberlin College Alumni Graduate Award

Publications

2010

I am Korean American, Jan 18 (http://iamkoreanamerican.com/2010/01/18/aimee-lee/)

2009

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Applicant Blog, "Your Student Will Appear When You Are Ready: Finding My Paper Weaving Teacher in Seoul," Dec 21
Kami Newsletter #4, Asa Press (CP), “Searching for Yupmuljil in the Korean Countryside,” Nov 1

2008

Yellow Medicine Review, “Broken First Words Sestina,” Spring 2008

2007

fadetheory.com, “guest post: Different beads, same string,” July 10

2006

OKAYBOOK Project: 2006 OKAY-e-Book (Overseas Korean Artists’ Year eBook)

Bibliography

2010

Fulbright Korea Quarterly, Vol. 1, “Alumni Spotlight: Aimee Lee,” Vincent Flores, Winter 2010

2009

South Florida Times, “Gallery Adds Caribbean Twist to Art Basel,” Nicole White, Nov 11
The Post-Star, “The Fiber of Korea,” Doug Gruse, Nov 10
Diaspora Vibe Gallery blog, “DV Cultural Arts Incubator interviews artist Aimee Lee,” Nov 6
North Country Public Radio, “A glimpse into the creative process,” Todd Moe and Hilary Oak, Oct 16
Making Beautiful Book, Narae Kim, Bookpress
Rivertowns Enterprise, “Hastings grad’s Fulbright extends her paper trail,” Dina Sciortino, Feb 27

2008

Hand Papermaking, “Working the Mulberry,” Rory Golden, Winter 2008
DEMO Magazine, Volume 3, No. 3, “Portfolio,” Summer 2008
myartspace.com, “Art Space Talk: Aimee Lee,” Brian Sherwin, May 15 1,000 Artist Journal Pages, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Press
500 Handmade Books, Lark Books

2007

American Craft, “Pulp Function: The Constant Is Paper,” Christine Temin, Oct/Nov
Ampersand, “Exhibition Review: Fiber + Book,” Steven C. Daiber, Fall 2007
artscope magazine, “Pulp Function,” Sarah E. Fagan, July/Aug
The Providence Journal, “You’ll never look at paper the same way again,” Bill Van Siclen, June 28

2006

Grand Island Independent, “Exploration in Isolation,” Mike Bockoven, Oct 29

2005

DEMO Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, “Creativity Made Manifest,” Fall 2005

Arts Experience

2005

Paper Studio Coordinator, Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2004 - 2005

Artstour Program Consultant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Program Coordinator, Sherwood Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL

2004

Program Staff, Artists & Community Services, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL

2001 - 2003

Grants Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

1999 - 2000

Manager of Education & Outreach Services, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark, NJ

Teaching / Assistantships

2009

Paper felting instructor, Saint Lawrence County Arts Council, Potsdam, NY
Lecturer, Saint Lawrence County Arts Council, Potsdam, NY
Lecturer, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT
Fulbright Forum Lecturer, Korean American Educational Commission, Seoul, Korea, April

2008

Lecturer, Yonsei University Extension, Seoul, Korea
Lecturer, Korean Book Arts Association, Seoul, Korea

2007

Studio assistant, Dobbin Mill, Brooklyn, NY, 2007 - 2008
Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Lecturer, Jentel Presents, Sheridan, WY

2006

Papermaking Teaching assistant, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
Intern, Dobbin Mill, Brooklyn, NY

2005

Bookbinding Instructor, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, paper studio, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2004

Graduate Assistant, paper studio, Chicago, IL

2001

Private violin instructor, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 2001 - 2002
Faculty, Summer Music Festival at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY