EDUCATION

1995 – 97 MFA (Printmaking), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
1992 – 93 Research Student (Printmaking), Post Experience Program, Tokyo National University of Fine Art
and Music, Japan
1990 – 92 MFA (Printmaking), College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1986 – 90 BFA (Painting), College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

SELECTED  ONE  PERSON  EXHIBITIONS

2011 Scheduled a solo show at Alain Piroir Gallery in Montreal, Canada (November ~ December)
2010 In The Mirror, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Ballad of the Mundane, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Seconding The Motion, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007 The Invisible Body, Megalo Gallery, Canberra, Australia;
AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Extra/Ordinary, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Personal Values, do ART Gallery, Seoul, Korea;
Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2003 Transcendant Ordinaire, The Art and Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, MO;
2002 Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
1999 Undercurrent and Object, QCC Art Gallery; The City University of New York, NY;
Arts Club of Washington, Washington; DC Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1991 Deep-First, Gain Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

SELECTED  TWO, THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007 Endomesticity, The Abercrombie Gallery, Mcneese State University, LA
2006-07 Flight Out Of Time, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2004 Faculty Work, Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Transcendent Intersections, MPC Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College, CA
2001 Two Printmakers, Pratt at Munsun Williams Proctor Arts Institute, NY
Crossing Boundaries, Gallery # 299, Portland State University, OR
1999 Non-linear Fantasies, Matrix Arts, Sacramento, CA
1998 Belongings, Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

 

SELECTED  GROUP  EXHIBITIONS

2010 Printmaking and Photography, ArtSpace, Richmond, VA
5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro 2010, The Printmaking Museum of Douro, Portugal
Convergence-Korean Prints Now, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston; Texas Tech Landmark Arts,
Texas Tech University; The Rubin Center for Visual Arts, University of Texas-El Paso, TX
2009 Graphica Creative 2009, Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
7th British International Mini Print Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Center; Gracefield Arts Center;
London Print Studio; Melton Art Gallery; The Ropewalk, UK
Old Traditions in New Clothes, the IMPACT International Print Exhibition,
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2008 Six Ply: Printmakers in Residence of 07, Megalo Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Recent Acquisitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Through the Lens, The Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville; The Ortho Biotech, Bridgewater, NJ
Une Histoire Gravée, Le Musée D’Art Contemporain Des Laurentides, Saint- Jerome, Quebec, Canada
Monotype Marathon 08, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2007 Fuse/ Fureu, Zokei Gallery and University Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo;
Gallery AUBE, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
6th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 Prints 06, The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Coast to Coast, Anton Gallery, Monterey, CA
2005 Thirty Something, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Seoul Prints, Topo Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 Printmakers of The Golden Gate, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Sensory Experience, Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico, Gallup, NM
2003 Crosscurrents: 8 American Contemporary Printmakers, Il  Quadrato di Omega, Rome, Italy
Transitions: Contemporary Prints Now, International Gallery of Contemporary Arts, Anchorage, AK
Grabados sin Fronteras: Prints without Borders, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA;
Estamperi’a Quito, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Prints U. S. A. 2003, Springfield Art Museum, MO
Hybrid, The Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA
A Selection of Contemporary American Prints, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, CA
The Permanent Collections from The Janet Turner Print Museum, Shasta College Art Gallery, CA
2002 Sensory Experience, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Tradition & Innovation II: Korean Contemporary Art, Museum Zallerein Halle 6, Essen, Germany;
U.N. Office, Geneva, Switzerland
Bay Area Printmakers, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Artist Gallery, CA
Kala in Belarus, The National Museum of Art of Belarus, Belarus
Kala in Uzbekistan, The Center of  Modern Art, Uzbekistan
2001 Let's See it Again & Again, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN
California Printmakers, The Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2000 Radical Printmaking, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA
Contemporary Asian American Art, Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, CA
1999 Faultlines and Watermarks, Der Zaaijer, Amsterdam; Raadhuis te Heemstede, Heemstede, Netherlands;
Atrium, San Francisco, CA
The 9th Annual Print Fair, The Armory Show, New York, NY
The 17th Annual Fine Print Fair, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1998 Contemporary Printmaking'98, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Priva B. Gross International, Works On/Of Paper, QCC Art Gallery, CUNY, NY
Tradition and Transition in 90s, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
International Print Triennial in Kanagawa'98, Yokohama, Kanagawa-Ken, Japan
1997 Recent Acquisitions, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of Legion of Honor, CA
Printwork'97, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
National Invitational Exhibition, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
1996 Prints 1996, Oceanside Museum of Art, Vista, CA
Residuals, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Concerning the Figure, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

SELECTED ARTICLES/ REVIEWS/ TV

2010 Chung, Sook-Hee, "In the Mirror," Jimin Lee Solo Exhibition, The Korea Times Los Angeles, November 8
"In the Mirror,"Visual Art Source@ Art Scene, November Announcement
2009 Bohm, Jarkko, "Seconding The Motion at Graphica Creativa '09," Taide & Design , Summer
2008 World wide web review of solo show at the Shirota Gallery at http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/speakman_shoten
2007 "Flight Out Of Time at Kala Gallery," Hokubei mainichi, February 13
"San Francisco artists’ exhibit offers extraordinary look at the ordinary," American Express, October 19
Grishin, Sasha, “Hidden meanings lie behind surface impressions,” The Canberra Times, November 14
2006 "Interview with Jimin Lee at AndrewShire Gallery," KBS LA ch. 44, May 25
Ha, Christine, "The Invisible Body," The Korea Times Los Angeles, June 3
2005 "Jimin Lee solo exhibition," The Kyodo Kumiai Tsushin, No. 15407, December 8
2004 Solovy, Jon, "Print exhibit provide a different angle," Art & Entertainment, April 10
Aiello Lauren, "Exhibits prints transcend ordinary," The Standard, October 15
2002 Bing, Alison, "Bay Area Printmakers," Making quite an Impression, SF Chronicle, March 29
2000 Decker, Edith, "Simplicity of Design, Complicity of Idea," The Daily Courier, January 13
 Cohen, Elaine, "Radical Printmaking," The California Printmaker, December News Brief
1999 "Winner of International Competition Displays Work at QCC Gallery," Queens Chronicle, February 18
"Undercurrents and Objects," Queens Tribune, February 4-10
Lee, Hana, "Jimin Lee Solo Exhibition/ QCC Art Gallery," The Segye Times, February 3
Brenneman, Christine, "Jimin Lee at Don Soker Gallery," San Francisco Metropolitan, September 13
Rodriguez, Juan, "Jimin Lee at Don Soker Gallery," Artweek, November, Vol. 30, Issue 11
Choi, Kwang Min, "Jimin Lee Solo Show at Don Soker," The Korea Central Daily SF, September 9
Han, B. Jong, "Jimin Lee Solo Show Through September 25," The Korea Times, September 9
Shaffer, Gary, "Veil, Mark, Mirror," Journal of the Print World, Vol. 22 No. 4 Fall
1998 "Amherst Exhibits Showcase National, International Talent," Springfield Sunday Republic, March 14
1997 Gregg, Margot, "Turner National Print Competition a first class show," Enterprise-Record, September 27

 

 SELECTED  PUBLICATIONS/ CATALOGUES

2010 "5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro 2010," The Printmaking Museum of Douro, Portugal
"Convergence-Korean Prints Now," Texas Tech University, TX
"In The Mirror," Solo Show Catalog, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Critical essay by John Souza
2009 "Ballad of the Mundane," Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Critical essay by Rebecca Diederichs
"Graphica Creative 2009," Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
"7th British International Mini Print Exhibition," Printmakers Council, UK
2008 "Recent Acquisitions," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
"Seconding The Motion," Solo Show Brochure, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo. Critical essay by Peter Frank
2007 "Flight Out Of Time," The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. Critical essay by Louise Siddons
"6th Lessadra World Art Print Annual 2007," Lessadra Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 "The Invisible Body," Solo Show Catalogue, AndrewShire Gallery.
 Introduction essay by Mark Van Proyen and Tadayoshi Nakabayashi
2005 "Seoul Prints 2005," Seoul Prints Exhibition Catalogue
"Shirota Gallery Print Exhibition," Hanga Geijutsu, No.130, Winter, 2005
2004 "Personal Values," Solo Show Catalogue, Do Art Gallery, Seoul
 Introduction essay by Robert Flynn Johnson and Hee-Young Kim
2003 "Grabados sin Fronteras: Prints without Borders," Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Ecuador
2002 "Kala in Belarus," The National Museum of Art of Belarus
1999 "Undercurrents and Objects," Solo Show Catalogue, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York
 Introduction essay by Robert Flynn Johnson
1998 "International Print Triennial In Kanagawa'98," Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Japan
The California Printmaker, Issue No.1, May
"National Contemporary Print Exhibition 1998" University of Massachusetts
California Society of Printmakers 85th Anniversary Catalogue
1997 ZYZZYVA vol., No.3, Winter, San Francisco, CA
"Printmaker's Renaissance Exhibition III," Rolling Stone Press
1996 "8th Biennial Pacific Prints 1996," Pacific Art League of Palo Alto

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Anchor Graphics at Colombia University, Chicago
Analogue Press, Los Angeles, CA
Amore Pacific Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Atelier de l'Île, Quebec, Canada
Center for Fine Print Research Institute, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Ediciones Benveniste, Madrid, Spain
Ediciones De Arte Archeles, Spain
International Prints Museum, Machida, Japan
Japanese Consulate, Seoul, Korea
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, CA
Megalo, Canberra, Australia
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Tokushima, Japan
The Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
The Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
The Royal Museum of Fine Art in Antwerp, Belgium
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, NJ
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Printmaking Museum of Douro, Portugal
Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
 Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Special Collections at McHenry Library, University of California Santa Cruz
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, NY

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