Exhibits & Collections
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
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
2018 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
2017 Frugal and Generous: Hanji Artwork by Aimee Lee, Elsie Munro Gallery, Albion College, MI
2017 Hanbok’s Gifts, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
2017 Hanji Pilgrimage from Korea to Ohio: Dard Hunter to Aimee Lee, 1933-2014, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA (curator)
2017 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]
2016 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
2013 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
2009 Sanarás mañana, gallerY, Syracuse, NY
2009 Native Intelligence, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 This is Abundance, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY
Group Exhibitions
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
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
Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Barnard Zine Library
Baylor University Crouch Fine Arts Library
Berger-Cloonan Decorated Papers Collection, Texas A&M University Library
Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Special Collections
Carleton College Gould Library Special Collections
Cleveland Institute of Art Gund Library
Dartmouth College Sherman Art Library Special Collections
Duke University Library, Sallie Bingham Center
Emory University Robert W. Woodruff Library
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
Florida State University Strozier Library Special Collections
Furman University James B. Duke Library Special Collections
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
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
Oberlin College Clarence Ward Art Library Special Collections
RISD Hay Library Special Collections
SCAD Atlanta Special Collections
Scripps College Denison Library Special Collections
Smith College Young Library Special Collections
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Artists’ Books Collection
Stanford University Green Library, Literature Special Collections
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Special Collections
Tufts University SMFA Library Special Collections
UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library Special Collections
UC Riverside Rivera Library Special Collections
UCLA Biomedical Library
UCLA Young Library Special Collections
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
Wesleyan University Olin Library Special Collections
Yale University Haas Library Special Collections
