About

Recipient of ArtPoip Street Gallery 2023

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"Life is like a quilt, so does my art."

Lee is a Charlotte local artist. With a long journey of her passion for metal over 20 years, she is now exploring various mediums in her pieces.
She recently is showing great interest in upcycling/recycling materials working with clay.  Her works include small pieces gathering concludes a whole unit on the wall or as sculptures, like a quilt. She is one of 20 artists of the ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2023. You can spot her work on digital /non-digital signs or billboards along with her peers’ pieces around the city in 2023  in Charlotte, NC.

Experience

ArtPop Street Gallery City Program  Class of 2023  (Charlotte, NC) 2023

ArtFields Collective Competition Artist (Lake City, SC)  2022

Bench Jeweler @ Richard & West (Rochester, NY) 2004-2005

Artist Assistant @ Leonard Urso Studio ( Rochester, NY) 2003-2004

Teaching Assistant @ Rochester Institute of Technology 2003

Member Artist @ Gallery ARTINUS (Seoul, Korea) 2000-2002

Member Artist @Gallery Jong-No (Seoul, Korea) 1999-2000

Teaching Assistant @ Konkuk University (Seoul, Korea)  1999-2001

Sample Designer @ Jewelry NEED (Seoul, Korea) 1999-2002

 

Education

Gemological Institute of America with G.D  — 2010

Gemological Institute of America with A.J.P — 2009

Gemological Institute of America with G.P — 2008

Master of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology.

                  : School of American Craft (Rochester, NY, U.S.A)— 2005

Master of Fine Arts,  KonKuk University : Metal Craft & Jewelry (Seoul, Korea)  — 2001

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Konkuk University: Metal Craft (Seoul, Korea)  — 1999

Exhibitions

Charlotte International Art Festival: The Journey -Art Exhibit @ Founders Hall (Charlotte, NC) — 2023

ArtPop Street Gallery: 2023 ARTISTS Exhibit @ The Fanjoy Labrenz Studio  (Hickory, NC) — 2023

“FREE for ALL -Fall” @ Hart Witzen Gallery  (Charlotte, NC) — 2023

ArtPop Street Gallery: 10th Anniversary Exhibition @ Cain Center for the Arts  (Cornelius, NC) — 2023

Keeping Charlotte Beautiful  @ Charlotte Art  League  (Charlotte, NC) — 2023

45th Annual  SpringFest  @ Mooresville Arts Gallery (Mooresville, NC) — 2023

“FREE for ALL -Spring” @ Hart Witzen Gallery  (Charlotte, NC) — 2023

“The Welcome Table” @ The Gallery at Morning Star  (Matthews, NC) — 2023

ArtFields 2022  @ Trax Visual Art Center (Lake City, SC) — 2022

South End Arts “UNLEARNING” Art Exhibit @Studio229 (Charlotte, NC) — 2021

INTERSECTION Art Exhibit “METAMORPHOSE” @ Gallery C3 ALCHEMY (Charlotte, NC) — 2021

INTERSECTION Art Exhibit “ @ Gallery C3 ALCHEMY (Charlotte, NC) — 2020

INTERSECTION Art Exhibit @ Gallery ALCHEMY (Charlotte, NC) — 2019

Green Earth @ Gallery Bing (Seoul, Korea) — 2011

The 3rd Group of Metalsmith @ multiple locations (Seoul, Korea) — 1999-2011

Dance+Metal-Artists’ Tool Story @ Gallery I (Seoul, Korea) — 2006

The Korean Metalsmith @ Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan) — 2005

Cheongju International Craft Biennale : Adventure of Craft in the 21th Century

    (Cheongju, Korea) — 2005

Inspired by Light @ Gallery r (Rochester, NY) — 2004

“Coexisting” Lee’s Metal Art @ Bevier Gallery (Rochester, NY) — 2004

Emerging Artists @ Society for Contemporary Craft (Pittsburgh, PA) — 2004

Lee’s 1st Solo Show – “People” @ Gana Art Space (Seoul, Korea) — 2001

A Wishing Gift Show @ KOEX (Seoul, Korea) — 2000

Thanks+Giving Show @ INSA Art Center (Seoul, Korea) — 2000

Korea Contemporary Jewelry Show @ Gana Art Space & ILMIN Museum

(Seoul, Korea) — 1999~ 2001

Korea Modern Art Show @ KIDP (Seoul, Korea) — 1998-1999

31+1, Lover’s Gift Show @ Gallery Fine (Seoul, Korea) — 1999

Thesis

Coexisting, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) — 2005

Study of Metal Expression: “People”,  Konkuk University (Seoul, Korea) — 2001

Articles

ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2023, Candace Mattingly, The Mill Magazine #14 — 2023

The Art of Craft, Richard Huntington, Buffalo News Oct 15, 2005

Western New York Collection, Cindy Sherman, Buffalo State College News — 2004