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Recent Press

Annie Nickoloff, “In the Fold,” 6/24/26

Claire Cuccio, “Working with paper connects artist Aimee Lee to nature and her Korean heritage,” 4/3/26

Arts Midwest, Hanji with Aimee Lee

Bess Lovejoy, “The Paper at the End of the World,” The Stranger, 3/12/26

Carolyn Bick, “Hanji artist Aimee Lee reclaims Korean heritage one sheet at a time,” Northwest Asian Weekly, 3/12/26

Yuka Petz, “Woven and Interconnected Narratives,” Artists’ Books Unshelved, 3/7/26

 

Recording of “Hidden Labor in the Art and Craft of Papermaking”
Dieu Donné webinar, June 12, 2024

Current & Upcoming Exhibits

Every Last Scrap
August 14, 2026–May 24, 2027
Reception: Thu, Aug 27 @ 5pm
Kent State University Museum
Kent, OH

Teaching & Public Programs

Artist Talk: Tethered
Mar 14, 2026
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA

Interview with artist Aimee Lee
Dec 2025 & Jan 2026
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

“Hanji Comes Home”
Nov 6, 2025 artist talk
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

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)

Press

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Newspapers

  • International Examiner—Claire Cuccio, “Working with paper connects artist Aimee Lee to nature and her Korean heritage,” Apr 3, 2026
  • The Stranger—Bess Lovejoy, “The Paper at the End of the World,” Mar 12, 2026
  • Gulf News—Evangeline Elsa, “2000-year-old Hanji paper art revival by Korean-American artist, in UAE,” Dec 15, 2023
  • Star Tribune—Jenna Ross, “What is paper? With ‘Paper Is People,’ Minnesota Center for Book Arts rethinks the white sheet,” Jun 19, 2023
  • The Advocate—Lachlan Bennett, “Artist Aimee Lee teaches Korean papermaking as part of paper on skin,” Jun 18, 2018
  • The Albion Pleiad—Beau Brockett Jr., “Like Her Hanji, Artist Aimee Lee Is Resilient, Versatile,” Oct 30, 2017
  • JoongAng Ilbo—Hwang Joo-young, “2세 예술가 에이미 이씨, “한지로 정체성을 찾았다”,” Mar 11, 2016
  • The New York Times—Martha Schwendener, “Highlights From Asia Week,” Mar 10, 2016
  • Yonhap News, “뉴욕서 ‘한지 우수성‘ 세미나…”NASA첩보위성에 한지 사용” Oct 9, 2015
  • The Plain Dealer—Gus Chan, “Ancient art is a study in patience, perfection,” Aug 9, 2015
  • Oberlin News Tribune—”See breathtaking works of ancient paper,” Jan 26, 2015 (print only)
  • The Korea Times—Chung Ah-young, “Korean-American dedicated to papermaking tradition,” Jan 8, 2015
  • The Korea Times San Francisco—Shin Young-ju, “”CKS, 한지예술가에이미리씨강연,” Mar 7, 2013
  • The Columbus Dispatch—Elizabeth Trapp, “Sheafs-d’oeuvre: Works of paper defy expectations of supposedly fragile material,” Sept 8, 2013
  • The Rivertowns Enterprise—Jackie Lupo, “Papermaker broaches art and ancient craft,” Nov 30, 2012 (print only)
  • The Martha’s Vineyard Times—Pat Waring, “Show to highlight many personalities of handmade paper,” Sept 12, 2012
  • The Detroit News—Michael H. Hodges, “Expect the unexpected at Butter Projects in Royal Oak,” Jun 14, 2012 (print only)
  • South Florida Times—Nicole White, “Gallery Adds Caribbean Twist to Art Basel,” Nov 11, 2009 (print only)
  • The Post-Star—Doug Gruse, “The Fiber of Korea: ‘Abundance’ explores hanji paper making,” Nov 10, 2009
  • The Rivertowns Enterprise—Dina Sciortino, “Hastings grad’s Fulbright extends her paper trail,” Feb 27, 2009 (print only)
  • The Providence Journal—Bill Van Siclen, “You’ll never look at paper the same way again,” Jun 28, 2007 (print only)
  • The Grand Island Independent—Mike Bockoven, “Exploration in Isolation: Artists find inspiration down on the Art Farm,” Oct 29, 2006 (print only)

Film / TV / Radio / Podcasts

Magazines

  • Oberlin Alumni Magazine—Annie Nickoloff, “In the Fold,” Spring 2026
  • Hand Papermaking—Juleana Enright, “Revitalizing Cultures Through Paper Arts,” Vol 38, no. 2 (Winter 2023)
  • Basketry+—Janet Mendelsohn, “Aimee Lee: Keeping an Endangered Craft Alive,” Issue 86 (Fall/Winter 2022)
  • The Long Thread—Linda Ligon, “Aimee Lee Makes Hanji,” Long Thread Media, 2020
  • DEMO Magazine—Audrey Mast, “Paper Pusher,” issue 19 (fall/winter 2013)
  • Korean Quarterly—Libby Pomroy, “Can you believe this is paper?” vol. 16, no. 4 (2013, print only)
  • Textile Fibre Forum Magazine—Janet De Boer, “Wandering into Jiseung: Aimee Lee” Issue 113 (print only), May 2013
  • Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot—Judy Dominic, “Aimee Lee and the Art of Hanji,” vol. 44, no. 2, Issue 174, Spring 2013 (print only)
  • Interweave Knits—Sabrina Gschwandtner, “Artist Spotlight: Knitting the unspoken,” Winter 2010
  • Fiberarts Magazine—“Craft Centers Expanding,” Nov/Dec 2010 (out of print)
  • Korean Quarterly—Amber Dorko Stopper, “Sustained: The Work of Aimee Lee,” vol. 13, No. 3 (Spring 2010)
  • HAND/EYE—Rebeca Schiller, “Fiddling with Paper: Aimee Lee’s Paper World,” Apr 22, 2010
  • Diaweb—María de Jesús Cordero, “The Restless Landscapes of Aimee Lee’s Hanji Paper Art,” 2009
  • Hand Papermaking—Rory Golden, “Working the Mulberry: Kozo Paper in Book Art,” vol. 23, no. 2 (Winter 2008)
  • DEMO Magazine—”Portfolio,” vol. 7 (Summer 2008)
  • American Craft—Christine Temin, “Pulp Function: The Constant Is Paper,” Oct/Nov 2007 (print only)
  • Ampersand: The Quarterly Journal of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts—Steven C. Daiber, “Exhibition Review: Fiber + Book,” vol. 25 no. 1 (Fall 2007)

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