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Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2026

2025

2024

2022

  • Wrapped in Hanji, Sharjah Institute for Heritage, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (catalog)

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

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

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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

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

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2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

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

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

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

Education

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

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