"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.
ExperienceArtPop 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
EducationGemological 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
ExhibitionsCharlotte 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
ThesisCoexisting, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) — 2005
Study of Metal Expression: “People”, Konkuk University (Seoul, Korea) — 2001
ArticlesArtPop 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
