News

Recent Press

Elie Levine, “Ancient Korean Papermaking Finds a Home in Ohio,” The New York Times

Ava Drozd, “Kent State museum opens new exhibit honoring Cleveland artist,” The Kent Stater

Ethan Lachinski, “Aimee Lee’s ‘Every Last Scrap’ Draws 300+ Attendees to Kent State University Museum,” Kent State Today

Corey O’Leary, “In ‘Every Last Scrap’ artist reflects on fashion, tradition with ‘hanji’ gowns,” Spectrum News

Peter Chakerian, “Cleveland Arts Prize announces 2026 honorees for arts and culture awards,” The Plain Dealer

Annie Nickoloff, “In the Fold,” Oberlin Alumni Magazine

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

Bess Lovejoy, “The Paper at the End of the World,” The Stranger

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

Current & Upcoming Exhibits

Every Last Scrap
Thru May 24, 2027
Kent State University Museum

American Stories: Artists’ Books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Oct 8, 2026–early 2028
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
First floor, west wing

Recordings

Korean American Artist Keeps Hanji Tradition Alive in U.S.
Within the Frame, Arirang TV
Sep 3, 2026 broadcast

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

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

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

Teaching & Public Programs

Artist Talk
Kent State University Museum
Oct 22 at 5pm

Cleveland Arts Prize
66th Annual Awards Event
Oct 29 at 7:30pm

Caxton Club lecture
Nov 19

Book talk/signing
Artists Book House
Nov 20

Oberlin Winter Term
Jan 2027 (OC students only)

Feb 26–27
Student Papermaking Workshop
Papermaking Studio, School of Art
Open to Kent State students in the College of the Arts and College of Architecture

Mar 5–6
Faculty & Staff Papermaking Workshop
Papermaking Studio, School of Art
Open to Kent State faculty and staff in the College of the Arts and College of Architecture

Publications

As Good as Our Tools: Equipment and Tool Makers for Hand Papermaking, The Legacy Press (2025)

Review for As Good as Our Tools by Tim Barrett

“Full of Themselves: My Artists’ Books,” Caxtonian, Vol. 32, No. 3 (May/June 2024)

Press

Interviews

Books

Newspapers

  • The New York Times—Elie Levine, “Ancient Korean Papermaking Finds a Home in Ohio,” Aug 17, 2026
  • 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

  • Hand Papermaking—Timothy Barrett, [review of the book As Good as Our Tools], vol 41, no. 1
  • 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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