CV
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Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
This bast is a lattice a matrix a dialect, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2023
From milkweed and mulberry, one papermaker’s seasons, Korean Cultural Center Abu Dhabi, UAE
2022
Wrapped in Hanji, Sharjah Institute for Heritage, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (catalog)
2020
A consolation of things, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH [2-person]
2019
Sustained, Kendal Gallery, Oberlin, OH
2018
eegut juhgut : this and that—Paper Artwork by Aimee Lee, Orange Art Center, Orange, OH
Ducks to Dresses: Paper Possibilities, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017
Ducks & Dresses: Hanji Artwork by Aimee Lee, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Frugal and Generous: Hanji Artwork by Aimee Lee, Elsie Munro Gallery, Albion College, MI
Hanbok’s Gifts, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
Hanji Pilgrimage from Korea to Ohio: Dard Hunter to Aimee Lee, 1933-2014, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA (curator)
Clothed, Still Point Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2016
Hanji Artwork by Aimee Lee, Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
2016
Re:visioning HANJI, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY [2-person]
Home and Abroad: Paper Work by Aimee Lee, Howson Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015
Buoyancy: Aimee Lee & Kristen Martincic, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH [2-person]
2015
Korean paper takes shape: Hanji art by Aimee Lee, Kendal Gallery, Oberlin, OH
2014
Alchemy : seed : silk : stem : leaf, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Cleveland, OH
2013
A sheet, a gathering: Paper Work by Aimee Lee, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
On Foot: the itinerant work of Aimee Lee, c3:initiative, Portland, OR
2012
Aimee Lee—Works of Paper, Drezner Gallery, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT
2009
Abundance is real, Lake George Arts Project Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
Sanarás mañana, gallerY, Syracuse, NY
Native Intelligence, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
This is Abundance, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
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
15th 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Missouri-Columbia Library Special Collections
- University of Oregon Knight Library Special Collections
- University of Texas-San Antonio Library Special Collections
- 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
2025
- 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
- “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
Representation
Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers