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.
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.
