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KE-SOOK LEE

EDUCATION
1988-90  Kansas City Art Institute, Adjunct Instructor, Mixed Media Drawing
1982  Kansas City Art Institute, second BFA in Painting
1966-67  University of Missouri, Post Graduate Study in Drawing
1963  Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, BFA in Applied Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2009  “Thread Whisper,” Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Window,” George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2008  “Ke-Sook Lee: Threads of Memory / An Installation,” Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, PA, in conjunction with Philadelphia International Fiber Symposium
2007  “One Hundred Faceless Women,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005  “Seed Pods,” George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2005  “Collective Stitching,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004  “Stitches from her Garden,” Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004  “Notes from the garden,” Writers Place, Midwest Center for the Literary Arts, Kansas City, MO
2003  “Sowing Seeds,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2001  “Stories from the Garden,” Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2000  “She waits in her garden,” Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, PA
2000  “From the Garden,” Celsius Smith Gallery, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007  Crecloo Art Gallery, “Black n White,” Angiola Churchill, Ke-Sook Lee and Katrin Grotepass,
          New York, NY
2002  Galerie Lefor Openo, “Ke-Sook Lee: mixed media work”, (with Agnes Bailon),
          Paris, France
2000  The Works Gallery, “Ke-Sook Lee: Works on paper,” (with Byung Joo Shu)
          Philadelphia, PA
1998  Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, “Juror’s Choice: Ke-Sook Lee and Jane
          Voorhees,” Kansas City, MO

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009   “Haunting Memories,” Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY, in
           conjunction with Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York, NY, Curated by Eu Jin Whang
2008   “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, site specific
            installation, chief curator David Revere McFadden
2008   “Threading trends Berlin,” Alter Post, Berlin, Germany, curated by Nancy Salome and
           Denise Sheila Puri
2007  “Material Girls,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA, curated by Andi Campognone
2006  “Threading Trends,” Galeria Galau, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY, curated by Nancy Salome
2005  “Fiber: A New World View,” National Craft Gallery of Ireland, Kilkenny, Irish Republic
2005  “Threads of Memory,” Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Project, NY, curated by Margaret
           Mathews-Berenson
2003  4th Florence Biennale International Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy, Committee member
          includes, Dore Ashton, Barbara Rose, David Rubin, John Spike, Jerry Cullum

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011  We project Installation, Rocket Grant, funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation, Charlotte
          Street Foundation and Spencer Museum
2010  “Blossoms in the Sky,” Red Dot Miami, Site specific installations, represented by George
           Billis Gallery, NY
2010  “In the Moment,” Carter Art Center, Metropolitan Community College, Celebration of
           Kansas City Art
2010  Institute’s 125th Anniversary, Kansas City, MO, curated by Heather Lusterfeldt
2010  “2010 Flatfile,” H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
2010  Installations” North Wall, curated by Chereky & Heinrich Toh; “Salon Wall Installations”
          West Wall, curated by Maria Buszek
2010  “Place,” Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS, curated by Ben Ahlvers
2009  “Haunting Memories,” Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY, in
          conjunction with Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York, NY
2009  “Happy Tree Friends (Part II),” Paragraph Gallery, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street
          Foundation,Kansas City, MO, curated by Kate Hackman
2009  “Beyond Bounds GLOW,” Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
2008  “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery,” Museum of Arts and Design, Site specific installation,
          chief curator David Revere McFadden, New York, NY
2008  “Threading trends Berlin,” Alter Post, curated by Nancy Salome and Denise Sheila Puri, Berlin, Germany
2008  “LADYLIKE,” Koscielak Gallery, curated by Joanne Hinkel, Chicago, IL
2008  “One Hundred Faceless Women,” Red Dot London, site specific Installation,
           London, England
2008  “Women in Art: Seventy Works from the Permanent Collection.”The Ashby-Hodge Gallery
          of American Art, Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
2008  “On Liberty,” Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008  “Apron 9 & Faceless Women,” Red Dot Miami, site specific installation, represented by
          George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2007  “Material Girls,” Riverside Art Museum, curated by Andi Campognone, Riverside, CA
2007  “A Selection of Asian Contemporary,” Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
2007  “Faceless Women,” Affordable Art Fair New York, site specific Installation, Represented by
          George Billis Gallery, NY
2007  Barker Hangar “Seed Pods & Apron,” Installation, Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica,
          CA, Represented by George Billis Gallery New York, NY
2007  “Flying Apron,” Art Now Miami, site specific Installation, Miami, FL
2006  “5th International Fiber Biennial,” Synderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by
          Bruce Hoffman
2006  “Threading Trends,” Galeria Galau, curated by Nancy Salome, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2006  “Seed Pods,” Installation, Metropolitan Pavilion, Affordable Art Fair New York, New York,
          NY, represented by George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2006  “It’s All Your Fault,” Paragraph Gallery, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street Foundation,
           Kansas City,MO, curated by James Brinsfield
2006  Barker Hangar “Seed Pods and Garden Flowers,” Art Fair International, Site specific
          Installations, Santa Monica, CA, represented by George Billis Gallery, NY
2005  “Fiber: A New World View,” National Craft Gallery of Ireland, Kilkenny, Irish Republic
          Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Project “Threads of Memory,” curated by Margaret Mathews-
          Berenson, Long Island City, NY
2005  “Apron,” installation, Affordable Art Fair New York, represented by George Billis
          Gallery, NY
2005  “2005 Flatfile,” H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2005  “Surface Design,” Dolphin Gallery, in conjunction with Surface Design Conference,
           Kansas City, MO
2004  “Inaugural Exhibition,” George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2004  “Works on Paper & Works of paper,” Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004  SOFA New York, represented by Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003  4th Florence Biennale International Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy, committee
          member includes, Dore Ashton, Barbara Rose, David Rubin, John Spike, Jerry Cullum
2003  “Round,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2003  SOFA Chicago, represented by Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 “Surface Design,” Dolphin Gallery, in conjunction with Surface Design Conference
          Kansas City, MO
2002 “Filtered,” Shaw Hofstra Architects & Design, curated by James Brinsfield, Kansas City, MO
2001 “Kansas City Flatfiles / Pierogi Flatfiles,” H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute,
          Kansas City, MO
2000 “Charlotte Street Fund 1999,” H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
          City, MO; Nate Fors, Ke-Sook Lee, Wilber Niewald, Michael Reece, Michael Sinclair,
          Bridget Stewart
1999 “Karma,” Joseph Nease Gallery, curated by James Brinsfield & Robin Trafton,
          Kansas City, MO

REVIEW ESSAY
2010  Kansas City Star,” ‘In the Moment’ hampered by poor gallery space,” by Alice Thorson,
          November 24, 2010.
2010  “In the Moment,” catalog essay by Heather Lusterfeldt for the exhibition a the Cater Art
          Center, Metropolitan Community College, celebration of Kansas City Art Institute’s 125th
          Anniversary.
2009  Korean Cultural Service New York, “Gallery Korea 2009” catalog essay by Yu Jin Whang
          for the exhibition at the Gallery Korea.
2009  Kansas City Star, “Ke-Sook Lee’s Thread Whisper_ Following Narrative Thread,” by
          Elisabeth Kirsch, June 28, F4.
2009  Review, “Eastern Influences Good Vibrations,” by Blair Schulman, June 26.
2009  Art Examiner “Fiber Artist Exhibit at Dolphin,” by Nicholas Malewski, Kansas City, June 12.
2009  Ke-Sook Lee “ Video _Gallery Talk,” Paragraph Gallery, Charlotte Street Foundation,
          lunched in June.
2009  Korea Daily Los Angeles, “Women’s issue through thread and mulberry paper,” by Yena
          Yu, February 6.
2008  Suburban & Wayne Times, PA, “Turing embroidery into art at Rosemont College,” by
          Marie Fowler, March
2008  The Inquirer, PA “Rosemont College_Ke-Sook Lee” by Victoria Donohoe, March 16.
2008  The Korean Quarterly, Summer P. 42 “Some things, as a woman, are hard to talk about,”
          by Amber Doroko
2008  Stopper, for solo exhibition at the Lawrence Gallery, Rosemeont College, PA.
2007  Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Gaye Elder, “Pricked:Extreme Embroidery,” Winter.
2007  New York Times, “Needling More Than the Feminist Consciousness,” by Karen
          Rosenbourg, December 28
2007  Design Arts Daily, CA, “Not Your Grandma’s Embroidery,” by Peggy Roalf, November 13.
2007  Village Voice, New York, NY, “Let’s Get Stitched,” by Leslie Camhi, November 20th.
2007  Kansas City Star, “Out-of-town drawing power,” by Alice Thorson, February 4, 2007,p. G5
2007  Redland Daily Facts, CA. “Yellow brick muse leads to Riverside,” by Penny E. Schwartz,
          February 6.
2007  Kansas City Star, “Ke-Sook Lee part of New York fabric,” Alice Thorson, January 6.
2006  Kansas City Star, “Artist stitches her way to NY art fair,” by Alice Thorson, Sunday, June.
2006  Kansas City Star, “War: Whose fault? Coaltion artists makes collective Statement about
          War,” by Elisabeth Kirsch, December 21.
2005  “Threads of Memory,” catalog essay by Margaret Mathews- Berenson for the exhibition at
          the Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Program, Long Island City, NY, February 5–April 17.
2005  Los Angeles Joongang Daily, “Art in Bloom with ‘Korean Woman’s Daily Life,” by Yoohoi
          Ahn, November 5, 2005, A-31.
2005  New York Jungang Daily, “Korean Women in New York Art World, Hekyung Kim, Ke-Sook
          Lee and Hyo Jung Nam... Identity issues,” by Sook Hee Park, April 22, 2005, A-11.
2005  Fite’s Flog- Aesthetics Los Angeles, CA, “ke-Sook Lee: She the Seed Pods, Joh H. Greer
          & Niizeki Hiromi: Botan @ George Billis Gallery, October, 22.
2005  Review, “Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis,” by Hallie Smith, April / May, 2005, p.46.
2004  Arts & Antique, “Impressive showing,” by Tara N. Wilfong, March, 2004, p.39
2004  Kansas City Star, “Of Stitching and Stories,” by Robin Trafton, May 14, 2004, p.19.
2004  FIBERATRS, “Best in Show,” News and Notes, Summer, 2004, p.10.
2004  Kansas City Star, ”KC artist wins top honor at International Biennial,” by Alice Thorson,
          January 11, 2004, p. 3.
2004  Tokyo Note, “Shock, Horror, and Mundane- The work and words of Ke-Sook Lee,” by Brent
          Hallard, June, 2004, Link: Project 13.
2003  Tokyo Note, “Florence Biennale,” by Brent Hallard, February, Link: Brent Hallard, January 2004  Project 131.
2003  “Biennale Internazional Del’Arte Contemporanea, Quartra, Edizione,” catalog essay by
          John T. Spike for the exhibition Florence Biennale, Italy.
2002  Firenze LA NAZIONE, “Pioggio di riconoscimenti per artisti di tutto ill mondfo,” by
          Luca Cecconi, December, 2003 14, p.15.
2001  Kansas City Star, “The Artist in Bloom,” by Kate Hackman, September 14, 2001, p.22
2001  Pitch, “Refuge: Ke-Sook Lee’s Garden offers a moment of silence, by Debra De Blasi,
          September, 20-26, 2001, p.29.
2000  “She waits in her garden,” catalog essay by Robin Rice, for solo exhibition at the
           Rosemeont College, PA
2000  Cromwell-Lacy, Sherry, “More than Flowers Bloom in a Garden of Toil,” Review, March,
          p.24.
2000  Victoria Donohoe, “Ke-Sook Lee’s new work in Rosemont College,” Philadelphia Inquirer,
          October 22.
1999  “Charlotte Street Fund 1999,” catalog essay by Raechell Smith for exhibition at the H& R
          Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute.
1999  Kansas City Star, “Charlotte Street Fund winners gets funds, encouragement,” by Alice
          Thorson, May 2
1999  Kansas City Star, “Everything’s up to date-in the abstract,” by Elisabeth Kirsch, July 30.
1999  Review, ”Pennsylvania College Shows the Homelike Art of Ke-Sook Lee,” by Hallie Smith,
          November.
1998  Kansas City Star, Artist Profile “hanging on to the ground,” by Alice Thorson, November 7.

AWARDS
2010  Rocket Grant, funded by Andy Warhol Foundation, Charlotte Street Foundation and
          Spencer Museum of Art, KS
2004  Fellowship, Kansas Artists Commission Individual Artist Grant, KS
2003  First Place in New Media and Installations, 4th Biennale International Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
1999  Charlotte Street Fund recipient, anonymous grant to individual artist. Kansas City, MO
1990  One Person Show Award, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Dallas, TX
1981  Purchase Award, Mid Four, Nelson Artkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH
Dewey Ballantine LLP, Los Angels, CA
Hallmark Art Collection, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO
Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter & Tanner, Philadelphia, PA
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
American Century, Kansas City, MO
Sprint, World Head Quarters, Overland Park, KS
Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital, Overland Park, KS
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Sprint, World Head Quarters, Overland Park, KS
Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital, Overland Park, KS
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Kansas City, MO
H&R Block, Kansas City, MO
Japanese Consulate General, Kansas City, MO
CBIZ Corporation, Johnson County, KS
Bliss Associates Inc., Kansas City, MO
Hendrick Medical Center, Chillicothe, MO
Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P, Overland Park, KS
Hyatt Regency halls Plaza, Kansas City, MO
XTime, Inc. San Mateo, CA
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
2010  Carter Art Center, Metropolitan Community College, “Artist Talk Performance,” November.
Spencer Museum of Arts, University of Kansas, Youth Class Workshop “Spirit of The Ink,“ June.
2009  Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, “Third Thursday- Visiting Artist’s Presentation,” Ke-Sook Lee, Michael Wickerson, March.
2009  Kansas City Art Institute, “Current Perspectives” Lecture Series, Epperson Auditorium, MO, March.
2009  Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting Artist Critique, Painting Department, March 4.
2008  Rosemont College, PA. Residency: Lecture, Workshop & Critique, Painting Department, March.
2006  Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO. Artist Panel, April.
2005  Kemper Museum Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO. Visiting Artist Presentation, September.
2001  Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO. Visiting Artist Presentation, November.
2000  Rosemont College, PA. Visiting Artist Talk, October.

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