EDUCATION
1997
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1994
BFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Miki Lee New Paintings, The Common Well, Garden City, ID.
2009
Miki Lee, Davidson galleries, Seattle, WA
2008
Miki Lee, LyonsWier/Ortt gallery, New York, NY
2006
Miki Lee, LyonsWier/Ortt gallery, New York, NY
2005
Miki Lee, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2004
Miki Lee, Davidson galleries, Seattle, WA
Miki Lee, LyonsWier Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Miki Lee, LyonsWier Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Miki Lee, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1998
Miki Lee, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
The DRAW Project, Galerija Umjetnina & Multimedia Cultural Center, Split, Croatia
2020
Out of the Storm (https://outofthestormart.weebly.com/contact.html)
2020
The 38th Korea Galleries Art Fair 2019, Gallery Mark, Seoul, Korea
2019
Not Same Less Different, Art Space Nanum, Icheon, Korea (exhibition catalog)
The 37th Korea Galleries Art Fair 2019, Gallery Mark, Seoul, Korea
2018
The 17th Korea International Art Fair 2018, Gallery Mark, Seoul, Korea (exhibition catalog)
2015
Three Rooms, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2015
Ruth: Selections from The Horwich Collection, Russel Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL.
2014
Love is in the Air, Mayson Gallery, New York, NY.
2013
There’s Nothing Like Painting, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2012
Modern Love, Mayson Gallery, New York, NY.
2011
Obsessive Reductive, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA.
To be continued, The Hogar collection, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (exhibition catalog)
2008
Obsessive Reductive, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY (exhibition catalog)
2007
New York Contemporary artists, Hangaram Museum/Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
(exhibition catalog)
ABSTRACT, Eleanor Cayre, Long Branch, NJ.
Farewell 511, Lyonswier/Ortt gallery, NY
2005
NY METRO, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2004
Abstraction Pure & Impure, Fine Arts Center Galleries University of Rhode Island, Kingston,RI
Miki Lee & Andrei Petrov (two person show), Joy Kant Fine Art, Newton, MA
2003
Strata, Davidson galleries, Seattle, WA
100 Years 100 Dreams, Space World – The Segye Times, New York, NY
2002
Chicago International Art Exposition, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Retro, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Gallery in Chicago, Chicago, IL (exhibition
catalog)
2000
Chicago International Art Exposition, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Line, Markham-Murray Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
Women of Colors, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1998
3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL (exhibition
catalog)
Cross Currents: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Glasgow School of Art,
Scotland Exchange Exhibition, I Space Gallery, Chicago, IL; Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow,
Scotland (exhibition catalog)
Elegant Variations, College of DuPage, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, Glen
Ellyn, IL (exhibition catalog)
Common Ground, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Untitled Group Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
1997
Fresh (2 person), Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Abstract Confluence, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1996
Abstract: Chicago, 1996, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Painterly Abstraction, Traveling Exhibition: Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL;
Indiana University, Gary, IN
12th Annual JONES INVITATIONAL, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1993
1st Annual Undergraduate Painting Competition, University of Illinois
1992
22nd Campus Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, University of Illinois
Two-Person Exhibition, Coalition Gallery, University of Illinois
HONORS AND AWARDS
2000
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant, New York
1999
The MacDowell Colony Fellowship
The Millay Colony Fellowship
1997
Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Presidential Award, Chicago, IL
1996-7
SAIC Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996
Annual JONES INVITATIONAL Award
1995
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Presidential Award, Chicago, IL
1994
Outstanding Painting Award, University of Illinois
1993
Tuition Waiver Talent-based Competition Award, University of Illinois
Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1992
Tuition Waiver Talent-based Competition Award, University of Illinois
Member, Golden Key Honor Society
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014
Amiezimmer, “Love is in the air at Mayson Gallery,” Insights, Feb 21.
2013
Russinof, Anne. “Four painters at 490 Atlantic,” Gallery travels seen around the town [blog].
Nov. 11.
2006
Nichols, Mathew Guy. “Miki Lee,” Art in America, Dec.
Rywalt, Chris. NYC Art, May 1.
2004
Norris, Doug. “Viewing art in the abstract,” South County INDEPENDENT, Online, Thurs.
Nov. 11.
2003
Kangus, Matthew. “Young stars and abstract stripes captives in new group shows,” The
Seattle Times, Dec. 12.
“Strata,” Seattle Weekly, Dec. 17-23.
Wallach, Amei. “Driven to Abstraction,” Art News, Nov.
Kuntz, Melissa. “Miki Lee,” Art in America, Jan.
2002
Johnson, Ken. “Miki Lee,” The New York Times, Sep. 27.
Naves, Mario “Good Vibes,” The New York Observer, Sep. 23.
Art review, The New Yorker, Sep 16, 2002
Shortlist, The New Yorker, Sep 30,2002
Art review, New York, Sep 16, 2002
Art Net, Weekend Update (by Water Robinson), Sep. 9, 2002
Finch, Leah. “Retro,” New Art Examiner, July.
Artner, Alan G. “’Retro’ show has its virtues,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 15.
Smallwood, Janna. “’Retro’ in fine art form,” The Northern Star, Feb. 14.
2000-1
Schwabsky, Barry. “Miki Lee,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan.
1999
Postiglione, Corey. “Elegant Variations,” Dialogue, Columbus, OH, Jan./Feb.
1998
Brunetti, John. “Miki Lee,” New Art Examiner, Dec.
Stein, Lisa. “Miki Lee,” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 15.
Abstracts and Brief Chronicles: The Works of Michael Hopkins, Miki Lee and Beth Reisman.
Exhibition Catalog. Chicago: Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, 1998. Interview by
David W. McCracken.
New American Paintings, Book XVII, Vol. 3, No. 5. The Open Studios Press. Wellesley, MA.
July-Aug., pp. 62, 63 and 121.
Common Ground, Korean Central Daily, Los Angeles, May 20.
1997
Ferrara, Annette, “Miki Lee, Sam Nichols,” New Art Examiner, Nov.
Buchholz, Barbara B. “Soft Geometry, Rubber Structures,” Chicago Tribune, Aug. 29.
Camper, Fred. “Natural Power,” Chicago READER, Aug. 22.
Stein, Lisa. “Miki Lee, Sam Nichols: Fresh,” New City, Chicago, Aug. 14.
1996
Buchholz, Barbara B. “Sense of Reality,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 20.
Cavallero, Janet. “Painterly Abstraction,” New Art Examiner, Oct.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Unison Capital, Seoul, Korea
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA
Otherwise Art Collection, Chicago, IL.
Heller Financial, Chicago, IL
Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC
University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, IL
Sprint/Nextel
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Unison Capital, Seoul, Korea
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA
Otherwise Art Collection, Chicago, IL.
Heller Financial, Chicago, IL
Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC
University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, IL
Sprint/Nextel