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Born in Seoul, Korea, based in New York
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Studio Diploma '99
California State University Long Beach, LA, MFA in Ceramics, 2019
AWARDS
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship - 2017
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient 2016-2017
Artadia New York Award Recipient, 2015
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Strawberry Nose, Cooper Cole, Toronto, CA
2022
Marie, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Sowing as the World Ends, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2020
Jennie Jieun Lee, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019
Sizzling Gouba and Long Beach, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Hope Gangloff and Jennie Jieun Lee-Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
2017
Seizure Crevasse - The Pit, Glendale, CA.
Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2016
Graham Collins and Jennie Jieun Lee, Marlborough Chelsea- Viewing Room, New York, NY.
Jennie Jieun Lee & Mariah Robertson, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY.
Immigrant's Ear, Levy Delval, Brussels, Belgium.
2015
Mrs. Thompson’s Mirror, Martos Gallery, New York, NY.
Am I Ugly, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada.
Jennie Jieun Lee & Patrick Brennan, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
2014
Smile Purgatory, Galerie Lefebvre et Fils, Paris, France.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Halfway to Sanity: Inaugural Group Exhibition- The Pit
Aesthetics of Everyday Objects: The Cup at ATLA, Los Angeles
2023
I Spy- Jennie Jieun Lee, Carrie Moyer, and Betty Parsons- Alexander Gray Associates
15 years of ACP, Moran Moran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT; GROUP EXHIBITION- Harpers
2022
2021
Francesca DiMattio, Sam Falls, Jennie Jieun Lee, Dan McCarthy, Sally Saul- Airfield Gallery
Ten Years- Halsey McKay Gallery
100 Sculptures- Anonymous Gallery
2020
In the Weeds, Curated by Georgia McGovern- Olympia
You Look Like a World, Curated by Hilary Schaffner- Able Baker Contemporary
The Rock on Montrose- site specific ceramics on public rock installation in Brooklyn, NY
2019
2018
NOMAD: Anna Sew Hoy, Amy Yao & Jennie Jieun Lee - Artist Curated Projects. Los Angeles, CA.
Clay Today -The Hole, New York, NY.
Language- Art for Leonard Peltier- LAWS, Los Angeles, CA.
2017
From Punk to Funk; Left Coast Ceramics -Curated by Peter Held at Iverson Museum in Syracuse, NY
Geranium-Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
How Deep is Your Love - Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
ON POWER & PEACE - Situations, New York, NY
2016
Re-Planetizer curated by The Pit at Regina Rex, New York, NY
Life Eraser, Curated by Domenico de Chirico- Brand New Gallery Milan, Italy
Summer Show - C. Grimaldis Gallery- Baltimore, Maryland
2015
When the Sun Hits, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Object Painting - Painting Object, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
Jezebel Spirit, Evening Hours, NY, NY
La Musee Imaginaire, Lefebvre et Fils, Paris, France
The Negative Hand, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
What is Wrong With We, Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
White Columns Benefit Exhibition + Auction, New York, NY
Media, Curated by Jens Peter Brask, Jacob Bjorn Gallery, Arhus, Denmark
Now Eat Your Head, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Bad Fog curated by Eddie Martinez, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Paradise Sauna, TSA LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sha Boogie Bop, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
Sight Unseen/I’m Revolting Ceramics, New York, NY
Steve Keister, Jennie Jieun Lee, Elizabeth Levine, Ille Arts, East Hampton, NY
2013
Jennie Jieun Lee & David Bratton, Clayspace 1205 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
I Want To Believe Something Extraordinary Can Happen, Bowman Bloom Gallery, NYC
1998
Jennie Jieun Lee & Lila Lee, Siberia Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Jennie Jieun Lee, CT King, Corrine Rhodes, ABC NO RIO, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
Schwendener, Martha, What to see in Art Galleries Right Now, New York Times, October 13, 2022
Process: Alexander McQueen fashion and the art it Inspired in Pictures, The Guardian, June 9, 2022
What to see in NYC Galleries Right Now- NYT, December 23, 2021
New American Paintings,Pacific Issue #145- Juried by Chistine Y. Kim, January 2020
Deep Color Podcast, Jennie Jieun Lee- Episode 58, October 28, 2019
Taft, Catherine, "Review for Seizure Crevasse at The Pit" Artforum Summer 2017 Issue
Krimko, Stuart, "Jennie Jieun Lee at The Pit", CARLA, July 27, 2017
Campbell, Andy, “Critics Pick”, artforum.com, March 31, 2017
“Interview with Jennie Jieun Lee”, Crushfanzine.com, February 14, 2017
Sutton, Benjamin, “Ceramics Stage a Coup at NADA Miami Beach 2016”, Hyperallergic, December 1, 2016
Connelee, Morgan, “At Present with Jennie Jieun Lee”, TheVernacular.com, October 2016
Wong, Karen, "Bond Street: 3 Favorite Business", BondStreet.com, Summer 2016
Steadman, Ryan, “8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World by June 25”, Observer, June 20, 2016
Feher, Adam, "6 Can't-Miss Art Shows Of The Week Of June 20, 2016", Forbes,com
Figueroa, M. “5 Women NYC Artists”, Vamp Magazine - Issue 4, October 2015
Gladstone, Sebastian, "Jennie Jieun Lee", Foundations Issue 3, The Genre Issue, Fall/Winter 2015
Steadman, Ryan. “A New Way to Be an Artist”, Observer.com, August 7, 2015
Artsy Editorial. “30 Emerging Artists to Watch This Summer”, Artsy, July 14, 2015
Editors of Artnews. “Artadia Awards Grants To All 10 New York Finalists”, ARTNEWS, June 27, 2015
Biggs, Caroline. “Artists in Residence”, Domino Magazine, Summer 2015
Indrisek, Scott. “Art Lovers: Romantic Teamwork in Bushwick’s Swingers WKND”, Blouinartinfo.com, June 4, 2015
Segal, Mark. “The Art Scene 6.11.15”, The East Hampton Star, June 11, 2015
Wagley, Catherine. “5 Art Shows You Should See This Week”, LA Weekly, May 27, 2015
Singer, Maya. “Rachel Comey Pre-Fall 2015 Review”, Style.com, December 9, 2015
Shapiro, Debra. "Studio Visit- Jennie Jieun Lee Ceramicist", Sight Unseen, September 24, 2014
Whitford, Emma. "Everything Guide to Urban Claymaking", New York Magazine, June 16, 2014
"Behind the Mask, Artist Jennie Jieun Lee", Seen Heard Known, June 2014
Mangle, Tony. “Get Your Clay On, Ceramics are Hot!”, ShrimppeelsandHair.com, May 2, 2014
Pentelow, Susie. “Jennie Jieun Lee”, Traction Magazine, April 30, 2014
Rakowski, Kelly. “Jennie Jieun Lee Ceramicist”, Sight Unseen, September 9, 2013
Residencies
2024
2016-2017
Center for Contemporary Ceramics-California State University Long Beach