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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
2012
Regenstein Center Joutras Gallery, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL: Treewhispers
R Space, Lisburn, Northern Ireland: Elementals
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI: Love Library
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Paper in Space
2011
BenCab Museum, Baguio, Philippines: Invitational Mini-Exhibition 2011: Kon'nyaku Art
Richard F. Brush Gallery, Canton, NY: Elementals
Art & Design Barcelona, Spain: DIN A3
Towson University Center for Arts Gallery, Towson, MD: The Asian Connection: Art in a Global Age
Chelsea Clearview Cinema, New York, NY: Korean American Film Festival New York
Fábrica de imágenes, Morelia, Mexico and Stavanger Culture House, Norway: eyeseverywhere
Morgan Conservatory: Pulp it up, Break it down; Artists get real
Art & Design Barcelona, Spain: Wallpaper (catalog)
New York Public Library, New York, NY: The Last Book
2010
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL: Let's Talk About Love Baby
Bright Hill Word and Image Gallery, Treadwell, NY: Book Arts Invitational Exhibit (catalog)
Salt Space, New York, NY: Paper and Pulp: Gathering a Community
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Cross-Cultural Visions (catalog)
Gallery Korea, New York, NY and KORUS House, Washington, D.C.: Cross-Cultural Visions (catalog)
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN: Prints: Now in 3D
Mixed Media, Hamilton, Canada: Portable Library Project
Mill Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary: Flying: International mail art
Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH: The Morgan Dialogues: Instructor's Exhibit
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH: Show and Bestow (catalog)
Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland: The Last Book
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: This is Abundance (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
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
Artists in Cellophane
Asian Arts Center, Columbia College Chicago
Barnard Zine Library
Bibliograph, Montreal, Canada
blütenweiss archive (Berlin, Germany)
Center for Book Arts (New York, NY)
Cleveland Institute of Art Gund Library
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
Let's talk about love baby
Michigan State University Special Collections
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Museum of Modern Art Library
Local Authority of Nyiracsad, Hungary
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
Yale University Library Special Collections
Grants / Residencies
2011
New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Oberlin College Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Morgan Conservatory Artist-in-Residence
2010
Saltonstall Arts Colony Residency
Morgan Conservatory Artist-in-Residence
New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Flaxarts Studios International Residency Programme
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
2012
1,000 Artists' Books: Exploring the Book as Art, Sandra Salamony, Quarry Books
2011
Book Arts arts du livre Canada, “Making History in Cleveland: Building the first Korean papermaking studio in North America,” Vol. 2 No. 1
2010
Hand Papermaking, “Generations of hanji: Korean papermaking from the field to YouTube,” Winter 2010, Vol. 25, No. 2
Bull & Branch, “Jiseung: One Journey in to the Korean Art of Weaving Paper,” Vol. 29, No. 3, Sept 2010
Infusion Magazine, “When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear,” No 3
Buddhism & Culture Magazine, “Buddhist Illumination of Korean Papermaking’s Past and Present,” No. 5 (April 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
2011
Design and Make Paper Jewellery, Sarah Kelly, A & C Black Publishers Ltd
2010
The Mid America Print Council Journal, "Printing Beyond the Plane: A Review of Prints: Now in 3D!", Kerry A. Morgan, Vol. 18, Nos. 3-4
Interweave Knits, "Artist Profile: Knitting the Unspoken," Sabrina Gschwandtner, Winter 2010
Fiberarts Magazine, “Craft Centers Expanding,” Nov/Dec 2010
all things paper (blog), Ann Martin, Oct 18 & 22
Handmade Books, Lark Studio Series
On The Issues Magazine, "The Poet's Eye," Spring 2010
Korean Quarterly, “Sustained: The Work of Aimee Lee,” Amber Dorko Stopper, Vol. 13, No. 3
HAND/EYE, “Fiddling with Paper: Aimee Lee’s Paper World,” Rebeca Schiller, April 22
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
Teaching
2012
Lecturer, The School at the International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Instructor, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2011
Visiting Artist, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Instructor, MassArt Continuing Education, Boston, MA
Instructor, Art New England, Bennington, VT
Instructor, Thousand Islands Arts Center, Clayton, NY
Instructor, Kirkland Studio Space, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
Instructor, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Presenter, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Lecturer, Shambhala Meditation Center Arts Council, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Seattle Center for Book Arts, Seattle, WA
Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, The Guild of Papermakers, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, Asian Art Association of Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Instructor, KOZO Art Materials, Denver, CO
Visiting Assistant Professor, Book Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2010
Lecturer, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Instructor, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Lecturer, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Lecturer, Flaxart Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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
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