CV

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

• American Stories: Artists’ Books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
• Plants and Places: Artwork from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Barns of Rose Hill Lower Gallery, Berryville, VA

2025

• 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, MI
• Fibers of Becoming: Contemporary Paper Art by Sarah Brayer, Aimee Lee, and Lin Yan, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
• Power of the Presses, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
• OAK SPRING: Seeding Artists, Turchin Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

2024

• BOOKSMART, Art on Paper, New York, NY
• The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI (catalog)
• Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Oak Spring: A Place to Grow, Oak Spring Garden Foundation Gallery, Upperville, VA

2023

• International Biennial PAPER FIBER ART 2023/24, National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Craft Design Hall, Taipei City, Taiwan. Traveled: National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou County, Taiwan (catalog)
• 2023 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (Prize: Juror’s Award)
• Back to Front: Artists’ Books by Women, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA (catalog)
• Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN. Traveled: San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
• Finding Identity: Heritage as Inspiration, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH

2022

• YOU ARE HERE, CAN Triennial, The Galleries at CSU, Cleveland, OH
• Adaptation: Artist’s Books and Prints for a Changing Environment, UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library, Berkeley, CA (catalog)
• Boundless, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA (catalog)
• LUNAR: A New Year, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

2021

• Finding Common Ground, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
• By Hand: Women & Books, RISD Fleet Library, Providence, RI
• Crossover: Trends in Paper, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
• Every Day & Special Days, Sherry Grover Gallery, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
• Rolodex. Craft a Conversation. AAPI directory, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
• Doong-ji: Natural Dye Online Exhibition, Baltimore Natural Dye Symposium

2020

• The Ardent Thread, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
• 15^th Anniversary Exhibition, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (online)

2019

• Extraordinary Skills, Cleveland Hopkins Airport Public Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• All Stitched Up, Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (catalog & award: Best Representation of Theme)
• Centripetal/Centrifugal: Asian American Art, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
• Hanji Translated, The Indo-Korean Cultural and Information Centre, Chennai, India (catalog)
• Paper-Centric, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
• Women’s Sphere (Is Wherever She Makes Good), Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT
• Thread Count: The Intersection of Mathematics and Fiber Arts, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH

2018

• paper on skin, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
• Narrative Threads, Art Gym Denver, CO
• Beyond the Seam, Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, Mandurah, W. Australia, Australia (catalog)
• On Paper Supreme, Tiantai Art Gallery, Qingdao & Jinan. Traveled: Erdos Cultural Ctr, Erdos; Zhuanzhuanhui Beijing Art Club, Beijing; Xinzao Modern Art Ctr, Guangzhou (catalog)
• Knowing Paper, Marion Art Gallery, SUNY Fredonia, NY

2017

• Integrated: Korean Clay and Paper Heritage, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C. (curator)
• Building Books, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
• (in)visible: book art and process, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2016

• Paper & Glass, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH
• Confluence: Twelve Collaborations, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH (catalog)
• Comic Art: Fantasy and Imagination, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY

2015

• Words | Matter, Arts on Elston, Chicago, IL
• Ten Artists, Ten Colors, NOWC Gallery, Poking, Philippines
• Caxton Club 120th Anniversary Exhibit, Chicago, IL

2014

• Cut, Formed, Folded, Pressed: Paper, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
• Global, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, N. Ireland
• Pressing & Pulling, c3:initiative, Portland, OR
• Revive & Renew, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH (catalog)
• Fiber in Flux, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
• The New Scroll, Hamilton St Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ & NJ Arts Guild, Rahway (catalog)

2013

• Book Art Biennial 2013, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
• Shifu Art, NOWC Gallery, Poking, Philippines (catalog)
• 5th International Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (catalog)
• POPIERUKAS 2013, Kaunas Photography Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania (catalog)
• Trans-Fiber & Paper, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH (catalog)

2012

• The Art of Handmade Paper, Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA (catalog)
• Paper in Space, University of Dallas Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX
• Rising & Falling, Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI
• Asian Artists Exhibition, Cleveland Asian Festival, Cleveland, OH

2011

• Art in a Global Age, Towson University, Towson, MD
• Kon’nyaku Art, BenCab Museum, Baguio, Philippines
• Elementals, Richard F. Brush Gallery, Canton, NY. Traveled: R Space, Lisburn, N. Ireland
• eyeseverywhere, Fábrica de imágenes, Morelia, Mexico. Traveled: Stavanger Culture House, Norway, Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China (catalog)
• Korean American Film Festival New York, Chelsea Clearview Cinema, New York, NY
• Wallpaper, Art & Design Barcelona, Spain (catalog)

2010

• Let’s Talk About Love Baby, SAIC, Chicago, IL. Traveled: MOCAD, Detroit, MI; Printed Matter, NYC; iMOCA, Indianapolis, IN; CCAD, Columbus, OH
• Gathering a Community: Paper and Pulp, Salt Space, New York, NY
• Cross-Cultural Visions, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea. Traveled: Gallery Korea, New York, NY; KORUS House, Washington, D.C.
• 2010 Book Arts Invitational, Bright Hill Gallery, Treadwell, NY (catalog)

2009

• There Goes My Hero, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
• Textura: Contextual Art, Kilburn Art Space, Seoul, Korea
• Show and Bestow, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA. Traveled: Oberlin College, OH (catalog)
• Portable Library Project, lowercase gallery, Regional Assembly of Text, Vancouver, BC. Traveled: Anchor Archive Zine Library, Halifax, NS; Mixed Media, Hamilton, Canada
• The 1st Exchange Exhibition of Bookart, Sono Factory, Seoul

2008

• The Last Book, National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Traveled: Zentralbibliothek, Zürich, Switzerland; New York Public Library, New York, NY
• Artistbookseoul, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (catalog)
• Your Documents Please, The Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI, Japan. Traveled: ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan; Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan; 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary; Galerie Kurt im Hirsh, Berlin, Germany; GALÉRIA Z, Bratislava, Slovakia; Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico; Alma in Manhattan, NYC (catalog)
• Interweavings, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
• Fun & Games (and such…), Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
• All Synthetic or All Natural, Lux Arts Center, Lincoln, NE

2007

• Fiber + Book, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
• Pulp Function, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Traveled: Arts United, Fall River, MA; Worcester Ctr for Craft, MA; Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; James Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA (catalog)
• Artists’ Books 2007, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
• Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2006

• 5th North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, NY (catalog)
• 4th Intl Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (catalog)
• This is not a book, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL (catalog)

2005

• Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
• Bookish, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Awards, Grants, Residencies

• Visiting Collective Residency/Hanji Summit, Penland School of Craft, 2026
• Cleveland Arts Prize, Mid-Career Artist (Design), 2026
• Springtide Press Residency, 2026
• Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment Grant, 2025
• Individual Excellence Award (Craft), Ohio Arts Council, 2025
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation Perennial Residency, 2025
• Culture Bearers Award, Arts Midwest, 2024
• Creative Impact Fund grant, Assembly for the Arts, 2024
• Rapid Action Grant, Assembly for the Arts, 2024
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation Perennial Residency, 2024
• CERF+ Get Ready Grant, 2023
• Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective Member Project Grant, 2023
• North American Hand Papermakers Hall of Papermaking Champions designee, 2022
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation Alumni Residency, 2022
• SPACES Satellite Fund Grant (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts), 2021
• Fulbright Senior Research Scholar (South Korea), 2021
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation Artist in Residence, 2020
• SPACES Emergency Relief Grant (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts regrant), 2020
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation COVID-19 Artist Response Program, 2020
• Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellowship, 2019
• Allen Memorial Art Museum Artist-in-Residence, Oberlin College, 2019
• Philip C. Curtis Artist-in-Residence, Albion College, 2017
• Craft Research Fund Project Grant, The Center for Craft, 2016
• Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Open Studio Residency, 2015
• American Folklore Society Professional Development Program, 2014
• John Anson Kittredge Fund Artist Grant, 2014
• Morgan Conservatory Artist-in-Residence (funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture), 2014
• c3:initiative artist-in-residence, 2013
• Friends of Dard Hunter Scholarship, 2012
• Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, 2012
• New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007
• Oberlin College Outstanding Young Alumni Award, 2011
• Saltonstall Arts Colony Residency, 2010
• Flaxart International Residency, 2010
• Weir Farm Trust Art Center Residency, 2009
• Korea Fulbright Foundation Scholarship, 2009
• Fulbright Fellowship, Design (South Korea), 2008–2009
• Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship, 2008
• Jentel Artist Residency, 2007
• Ragdale Residency, 2007
• Vermont Studio Center Residency, 2007
• Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology, Michoacán, Mexico, 2007
• Puffin Foundation Grant, 2007
• Art Farm Residency, 2006
• Helen Fong Dare Scholarship, 2006
• Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, 2006
• Getz Graduate Award, 2006
• Caxton Club Graduate Student Fellowship, 2005
• Oberlin College Alumni Graduate Award, 2003

Selected Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection
• Barnard Zine Library
• Baylor University Crouch Fine Arts Library
• Baylor University Arts & Special Collections Research Center
• Brown University John Hay Library
• Berger-Cloonan Decorated Papers Collection, Texas A&M University Library
• Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Special Collections
• Brown University Library
• Carleton College Gould Library Special Collections
• Cleveland Institute of Art Gund Library
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Dartmouth College, Baker Berry Library, Special Collections
• Dartmouth College Sherman Art Library Special Collections
• Duke University Library, Sallie Bingham Center
• Emory University Robert W. Woodruff Library
• Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
• Johns Hopkins University Library Special Collections
• Florida State University Strozier Library Special Collections
• Furman University James B. Duke Library Special Collections
• Georgetown University Library
• Harvard University Fine Arts Library
• Idaho State University Oboler Library Special Collections
• Indiana University Bloomington, Wells Library Artist Book Collection
• Indiana University Herron Art Library Artist Book Collection
• Iowa State University Parks Library Special Collections
• Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
• Kent State University Museum
• Kenyon College Greenslade Special Collections
• King St. Stephen Museum (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)
• Los Angeles Public Library, Special Collections
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library
• Michigan State University Special Collections
• Minnesota Center for Book Arts
• Multnomah County Library
• Museum of Modern Art Library
• Newberry Library Special Collections
• New York University
• Oak Spring Garden Foundation Library
• Oberlin College Clarence Ward Art Library Special Collections
• Ohio University Library
• Oxford University Bodleian Libraries
• Pennsylvania State University Eberly Family Special Collections Library
• Princeton University Library
• Rijksmuseum Cuypers Library
• RISD Hay Library Special Collections
• SCAD Atlanta Special Collections
• Scripps College Denison Library Special Collections
• Simmons University
• Swarthmore College Library
• Smith College Young Library Special Collections
• Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Artists’ Books Collection
• Stanford University Green Library, Literature Special Collections
• Swarthmore College
• Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Special Collections
• Tufts University SMFA Library Special Collections
• Tulane University Howard Tilton Library Special Collections
• UC Berkeley Bancroft Library
• UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library Special Collections
• UC Riverside Rivera Library Special Collections
• UCLA Biomedical Library
• UCLA Young Library Special Collections
• UC Santa Barbara
• UNC Greensboro University Libraries Special Collections
• University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center Special Collections
• University of Denver Penrose Library Special Collections
• University of Iowa Main Library Special Collections
• University of Miami Richter Library Special Collections
• University of Michigan Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library Special Collections
• University of Missouri-Columbia Library Special Collections
• University of Oregon Knight Library Special Collections
• University of Texas-San Antonio Library Special Collections
• University of Victoria McPherson Library
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Kohler Art Library
• Virginia Commonwealth University Book Art Collection
• Wellesley College Library
• Wesleyan University Olin Library Special Collections
• Western Michigan University Library Special Collections
• Yale University Haas Library Special Collections

Bibliography

2026

• Kelly Larson, “See Aimee Lee’s Korean-Paper Art at the Kent State University Museum,” Ohio Magazine, Sep/Oct 2026
• Choi Won-jeong and Ban Mi-young, “미국에서 활동하는 한지 예술가, 에이미 리,” KBS World Radio (Global Korea), 9/17/26
• “Fascinating Ohio,” All Sides with Amy Juravich, WOSU Public Media, 9/17/26
• Kim Mok-yeon, “Korean American Artist Keeps Hanji Tradition Alive in U.S.,” Within the Frame, Arirang TV, 9/3/26
• Ava Drozd, “Kent State museum opens new exhibit honoring Cleveland artist,” The Kent Stater, 8/29/26
• Ethan Lachinski, “Aimee Lee’s ‘Every Last Scrap’ Draws 300+ Attendees to Kent State University Museum,” Kent State Today, 8/28/26
• Corey O’Leary, “In ‘Every Last Scrap’ artist reflects on fashion, tradition with ‘hanji’ gowns,” Spectrum News, 8/28/26
• New Day Cleveland, “New KSU Exhibit,” 8/26/26
• McKinnon de Kuyper, Alex Carp, Anna Venarchik, Elie Levine and Sasha Arutyunova, “Artist Preserves Ancient Korean Papermaking Techniques in Ohio,” The New York Times, 8/18/26 (reel on TikTok)
• Elie Levine, “Ancient Korean Papermaking Finds a Home in Ohio,” New York Times, 8/17/26 [print version 8/25/26]
• Peter Chakerian, “Cleveland Arts Prize announces 2026 honorees for arts and culture awards,” The Plain Dealer, 8/16/26
• Timothy Barrett, [review of the book As Good as Our Tools], Hand Papermaking 41, no. 1
• Annie Nickoloff, “In the Fold,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, 6/24/26
• Don Gregory, “Interview with Artist Aimee Lee,” 6/5/26
• Claire Cuccio, “Working with paper connects artist Aimee Lee to nature and her Korean heritage,” International Examiner, 4/3
• Bess Lovejoy, “The Paper at the End of the World,” The Stranger, 3/12
• Carolyn Bick, “Hanji artist Aimee Lee reclaims Korean heritage one sheet at a time,” Northwest Asian Weekly, 3/12
• Yuka Petz, “Woven and Interconnected Narratives,” Artists’ Books Unshelved, 3/7/26

2025

• Helen Hiebert, Weaving with Paper, Storey Publishing
• “Papermaker Aimee Lee Shares the Secrets of Her Tools…,” coolcleveland.com
• Katie Ott, “The Art of Craft,” MIX Magazine 79, 6/18
• Jennifer Vosters, “Meet Aimee Lee, an Artist-Educator Expanding the Legacy of Korean Papermaking,” Arts Midwest, 4/14
• “Ohio Artists Approved for Individual Excellence Awards,” Ohio Arts Council, 1/29

2024

• Julie Auzillon, Le tour du monde du papier (Pyramyd éditions, 2024)
• John Skrtic, “Skrtic’s Pics: Neil Zurcher, Mark Jaworski, Gunselman’s Tavern and More,” Cleveland Magazine, 10/30
• Karin Connelly Rice, “Assembly for the Arts Awards $170,000 to 17 Artists through the 2024 Creative Impact Fund,” FreshWater, 10/23
• Chloe Ko, “Paper-Making Art Therapy Heals Trauma, Brings Communities Together,” The Oberlin Review, 10/4
• Kabir Bhatia, “Dance, film and music: 17 Cuyahoga County artists awarded $10,000,” Ideastream Public Media, 9/17
• Michael Fallon, “New & Noteworthy: Finds,” American Craft, vol. 84, no. 3 (Fall 2024)
• Keren Alfred, [review of the books Papermaker’s Tears v 1&2], Hand Papermaking 39, no. 1
• “blikvangers,” Textiel Plus 268
• Luha Lee, “Aimee Lee: Pioneering Hanji in America,” SayArt, Feb 5

2023

• Juleana Enright, “Revitalizing Cultures Through Paper Arts,” Hand Papermaking 38, no. 2 (Winter 2023)
• Shaymaa Roshdi, “معرض مواسم صانعة الورق من عشب الصقلاب إلى شجر الفرصاد وحوار مع الفنانة إيمي لي,” Korea.net, 12/27
• Evangeline Elsa, “2000-year-old Hanji paper art revival by Korean-American artist, in UAE,” Gulf News, 12/15
• Hwisang Cho, [review of the book Hanji Unfurled], The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 3, vol 117 (Sep 2023)
• Abby Aresty, DIY Oberlin, interview & studio visit radio show for WOBC 91.5 (8/15, 8/22)
• Correy Baldwin, The UPPERCASE Encyclopedia of Inspiration: Rag & Pulp (vol R)
• Jenna Ross, “What is paper? With ‘Paper Is People,’ Minnesota Center for Book Arts rethinks the white sheet,” Star Tribune, 6/19

2022

• Janet Mendelsohn, “Aimee Lee: Keeping an Endangered Craft Alive,” Basketry+ 86 (Fa/Wi 2022)
• Victoria Birth, “Reflections, a Series of Interviews,” Guild of Bookworkers Journal 51
• Fotini Chatzoudi, “Korean American Pioneer of Hanji discussses her craft,” Korea.net, 9/7
• Anastasia Pantsios, “CAN Triennial Showcases Cleveland Visual Artists at 16 Venues,” CoolCleveland
• Linda Ligon, “Aimee Lee Makes Hanji,” Spin Off 46, no. 2 (Summer 2022)
• Live radio interview, Pulse 95, Sharjah, UAE, 3/17
• “Aimee Lee: ‘Wrapped in Hanji’ reflects Korean traditions at SHD,” Sharjah 24, 3/14

2021

• Mike Choi, “Special Report: 태평양을 건너간 천년 한지, 에이미 리,” Hanji Culture and Industry Center (Seoul), KCDF, 12/12
• Nancy Gilson, “Inventive works of art the focus of ‘Crossover: Trends in Paper’ exhibit” Columbus Dispatch, 9/12
• Catherine Alice Michaelis, “Every Day & Special Days,” Artist’s Books Unshelved
• Rachel Hopkin, Covid Conversations: Life in a Time of Corona podcast, episode 10
• Caitlin Etherton, “Seven ‘Rules’ for Artmaking from Resident Aimee Lee,” Oak Spring Garden Foundation blog, 5/28
• Jennifer Marer, “How to Support Asian American Visual Artists in Cleveland,” ideastream, 5/26

2020

• Cut the Craft podcast interview, 11/3
• “A Rhododendron a Day,” Oak Spring Garden Foundation Q&A, 6/23
• Ligon, Linda, ed. “Aimee Lee Makes Hanji,” The Long Thread, Long Thread Media

2019

• The Sound of Ideas, ideastream 90.3 WCPN, 12/11 and 12/23
• Zachary Srnis, “Artist receives state award,” The Morning Journal, 11/1
• Peter Bower, [review of the book Papermaker’s Tears], The Quarterly, No. 112 (Oct 2019)
• Hima Vijay, “It’s not just paper,” Deccan Herald, 2/24
• Helen Hiebert, Paper Talk podcast interview, 1/25

2018

• Alicia Bailey, “Aimee Lee—Peculiar & Commonplace,” abecedariangallery.com
• 홍다은, “시카고서 한지의 ‘멋’ 소개,” The Korea Times, 10/29
• Amalia Donastorg, “Orange Art Center Presents eegut juhgut,” CAN Journal, Fall 2018
• Lachlan Bennett, “Artist Aimee Lee teaches Korean papermaking,” The Advocate, 6/18
• “Fredonia art exhibition highlights paper as an artistic medium,” The Observer Today, 2/27

2017

• Beau Brockett, “Like her Hanji, Artist Aimee Lee is Resilient, Versatile,” The Albion Pleiad, 10/30
• The Interview, Morning Wave Busan, 9/22
• “One Artist’s Audacious Pursuit of Traditional Korean Hanji,” Great Big Story, 8/2
• June Soh, “Artist Carries on the Ancient Tradition of Handmade Korean Paper,” VOA, 5/17

2016

• Elizabeth Ross (editor), eyeseverywhere | ojosportodoslados : 10 años | 10 years
• “Book Arts: Imaginative Interpretations,” UPPERCASE magazine, Issue 29 (April 2016)
• Live interview, KBS World Radio, 3/16
• Martha Schwendener, “Highlights From Asia Week,” The New York Times, 3/10
• Deborah Blakeley, “Aimee Lee, Paper Artist – Cleveland, USA,” Zoneone Arts, 1/17
• “Papermaker Aimee Lee,” Applause, ideastream WVIZ/PBS, 1/14

2015

• Gus Chan, “Ancient art is a study in patience, perfection,” The Plain Dealer, 8/9
• May Babcock, “Woven Paper! Meet Aimee Lee, Handmade Paper Artist & Author,” Paperslurry
• April Vollmer, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, Watson-Guptill
• “See breathtaking works of ancient paper,” Oberlin News Tribune, 1/26
• Chung Ah-young, “Korean-American dedicated to papermaking tradition,” The Korea Times, 1/8
• Hanji: Dreaming of a New Millennium, documentary aired on MBC Prime (Korea), 1/1

2014

• Ralph Bellantoni, “Bound Brook gallery showcases artistic rebirth of scrolls in new exhibit,” MyCentralJersey, 3/6
• Kathy M. Skerritt, “Deep-Diving the Morgan,” CAN Journal, Spring 2014

2013

• Minah Song, [review of the book Hanji Unfurled], Hand Papermaking 28, no. 2
• Susan Byrd, A Song of Praise for Shifu, The Legacy Press
• Barbara Shapiro, “Book Reviews: Hanji Unfurled,” Textile Society of America Newsletter 25, no. 3
• Elizabeth Trapp, “Sheafs-d’oeuvre: Works of paper defy expectations of supposedly fragile material,” The Columbus Dispatch, 9/8
• Audrey Mast, “Paper Pusher,” DEMO Magazine, Issue 19 (fall/winter 2013)
• Janet De Boer, “Wandering into Jiseung: Aimee Lee,” Textile Fibre Forum Magazine, Iss. 113
• 500 Paper Objects: New Directions in Paper Art, Lark Books
• Judy Dominic, “Aimee Lee and the Art of Hanji,” Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot 44, no. 2, Iss. 174
• Molly Elkind, “Hanji Unfurled Book Review,” Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot 44, no. 2, Iss. 174
• Libby Pomroy, “Old Art Learned the Old Way,” Korean Quarterly 16, no. 2
• Shin Young-ju, “Artist Aimee Lee Lecture at CKS,” The Korea Times San Francisco, 3/7
• Bookbinding Now podcast interview, 1/16

2012

• Jackie Lupo, “Papermaker broaches art and ancient craft,” The Rivertowns Enterprise, 11/30
• Dina Sciortino, “Artist Pens First English Written Book on Hanji,” Rivertowns Patch, 11/12
• Pat Waring, “Show to highlight many personalities of handmade paper,” Martha’s Vineyard Times, 9/12
• Michael H. Hodges, “Expect the unexpected at Butter Projects,” The Detroit News, 6/14
• Sandra Salamony and Peter & Donna Thomas, 1,000 Artists’ Books, Quarry Books

2011

• Sarah Kelly, Design and Make Paper Jewellery, A & C Black Publishers Ltd

2010

• Sabrina Gschwandtner, “Knitting the Unspoken,” Interweave Knits (Winter 2010)
• Amber Dorko Stopper, “Sustained: The Work of Aimee Lee,” Korean Quarterly 13, no. 3
• Rebeca Schiller, “Fiddling with Paper: Aimee Lee’s Paper World,” HAND/EYE, 4/22

2009

• Nicole White, “Gallery Adds Caribbean Twist to Art Basel,” South Florida Times, 11/11
• Doug Gruse, “The Fiber of Korea: ‘Abundance’ explores hanji,” The Post-Star, 11/10
• Narae Kim, Making Beautiful Book, Bookpress
• Dina Sciortino, “Hastings grad’s Fulbright extends her paper trail,” Rivertowns Enterprise, 2/27

2008

• Rory Golden, “Working the Mulberry: Kozo Paper in Book Art,” Hand Papermaking 23, no. 2
• 1,000 Artist Journal Pages, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Press
• 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books

2007

• Christine Temin, “Pulp Function: The Constant Is Paper,” American Craft (Oct/Nov 2007)
• Steven C. Daiber, “Exhibition Review: Fiber + Book,” Ampersand (Fall 2007)
• Bill Van Siclen, “You’ll never look at paper the same way again,” The Providence Journal, 6/28

2006

• Mike Bockoven, “Exploration in Isolation,” Grand Island Independent, 10/29

 

Selected Publications

• As Good as Our Tools: Equipment and Tool Makers for Hand Papermaking, The Legacy Press (2025)
• “Full of Themselves: My Artists’ Books,” Caxtonian, Vol. 32, No. 3 (May/June 2024)
• “Asao Shimura,” North American Hand Papermakers Hall of Champions (2024)
• “The Tool Makers: Part Two,” Papermaker’s Tears Vol. 2, The Legacy Press (2023)
• “Over-the-Shoulder Papermaking Apron,” Hand Papermaking 37, no. 2 (Winter 2022)
• The Jeong Portfolio (Deluxe edition), Korean American Artist Collective (2021)
• “A Papermaker & Toolmaker in Argentina: Alejandro Geiler,” Hand Papermaking 34, no. 2 (Winter 2019)
• Welcome to Jiseung, Bionic Hearing Press (2020)
• “The Tool Makers: Part One,” Papermaker’s Tears Vol. 1, The Legacy Press (2019)
• Making Milkweed Paper, Bionic Hearing Press (2018)
• “My Hands Are Listening,” Hand Papermaking 32, no. 1 (Summer 2017)
• “Hanji in the hands,” Guild of Book Workers Journal, 2012 (2016)
• “Young Papermakers Today: Three Profiles,” Hand Papermaking 31, No. 1 (Summer 2016)
• “Hanji Takes Center Stage,” IAPMA Bulletin 54 (2015)
• “Becoming a Papermaker: Best Practices from Japan to the U.S.,” American Folklore Society (2015)
• “Cultivating Hanji in America,” Surface Design Journal 34, no. 4 (Summer 2014)
• “Korean Papermaking: Paper, Place and People,” Another Escape 3 (2014)
• “Jiseung: A Journey into the Korean Art of Weaving Paper,” Kyoto Journal 77 (2013)
• “From Sheet to Thread to Page: Knitted Paper Books,” Central Booking 4, Issue 4 (2013)
• Hanji Unfurled: One Journey into Korean Papermaking, The Legacy Press (2012): Eric Hoffer Award First Horizon Award Finalist, Reference Category Honorable Mention
• “Korean Papermaking Goes West,” Hand Papermaking 27, no. 1 (Summer 2012)
• “Making History in Cleveland,” Book Arts arts du livre Canada 2, no. 1 (2011)
• “Generations of Hanji,” Hand Papermaking 25, no. 2 (Winter 2010)
• “Jiseung: One Journey in to the Korean Art of Weaving Paper,” Bull & Branch 29, no. 3 (2010)
• “Buddhist Illumination of Korean Papermaking’s Past and Present,” Buddhism & Culture 5 (2010)
• “Searching for Yupmuljil in the Korean Countryside,” Kami Newsletter 4, Asa Press (CP) (2009)
• “Broken First Words Sestina,” Yellow Medicine Review (Spring 2008)

Education

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