Deanna Lee
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Solo Exhibitions
2011
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
2005
After (lightbox), site-specific installation, hallway project at PS122 Gallery, New York
2003
Borrowed Views (The Wave Hill Paintings), Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2001
10,000 Offerings, Linda Kramer Award exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1997
Points of Interest, Edward Williams College, Hackensack, NJ
Two-person Exhibitions
2011
Deanna Lee and Diane Banks, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
Group Exhibitions
2011
Year One, Fowler Arts Gallery, Brooklyn
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Transient Landscape, galleryELL, Governors Island, New York
Wanderlust, Yes Gallery, Brooklyn
The Emerging Landscape, Society Contemporary Art, New York
Expand and Conflate, General Electric corporate headquarters, Fairfield, CT
Brooklyn Takes on Alton! The Bartlett Gallery, Alton, Ontario, Canada
2010
Day Job, The Drawing Center, New York
galleryELL at The Loading Dock, Brooklyn
In Plain Site, ArtBridge, public art along 23rd Street between 9th and 10th Aves., New York
NURTUREart benefit (curated by Dan Cameron, Ceci Moss, Jane Panetta, and Krista
Saunders), ZieherSmith Gallery, New York
Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship exhibition, The National Academy, New York
North Brooklyn, The Renaissance Center of North Brooklyn
Idle Time/Busy Mind, NURTUREart, Brooklyn
I Heart Art, Work Gallery, benefit for The Wassaic Project, Brooklyn
2009
NURTUREart benefit (curated by Yaelle Amir, Patrick Amsellem, David Humphrey, and
Joelle Jensen), Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
2008
The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery, New York, and Gallery Ho, Seoul, Korea
Lower East Side Printshop benefit, New York
2007
Asian American Arts Alliance gala benefit, New York
2006
Trees of Knowing, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York
2004
Art at Steepletop, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Matzo Files viewing program, Artists Alliance, Inc., New York
2003
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Galerie Lelong, New York
Recession 2003, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
2002
Asian Contemporary Art Week open studios, Brooklyn
2001
I Wish I Thought of That: Performance Art History Repeats Itself, spareroom, Chicago
2000
Photographic Imagination, Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH
ARTwork II, Art Institute of Chicago
2000–07
Artomat / Artists in Cellophane art vending machines (www.artomat.org)
1999
Altered Objects, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Accumulations, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Pattern Obsession, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago
ARTwork, Art Institute of Chicago
1998–99
U-Turn on-line exhibition, Issue #2 (www.uturn.org)
1998
Contemporary Abstraction Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Link: 22 Painters, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
Open Walls, Premier Exhibition, Pi Gallery, Chicago
Eclectic Visions: Working Artists Working, Gruen Galleries, Chicago
1997
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
1996
Young Americans of Asian Ancestry, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
FLAT, North and California, Chicago
Paintbrush Ball, Marwen Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Artist-Teacher Exhibition, Marwen Gallery, Chicago
1995
New Talent II, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1994
Investigations into the Physical and Metaphorical Hole, Gallery 2, Chicago
1993
Winter Show, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Awards
2010
Alternate Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
The Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship, The National Academy
2008
Catwalk Artist Residency, Catskill, NY
2005
Asia Society travel grant to Vietnam and Cambodia
2004
Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship, New York
Millay Colony for the Arts Residency, Austerlitz, NY
BRIC Media Fellowship, Brooklyn
2001
Linda Kramer Fellowship Exhibition Award, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1996, 1998
CAAP Grants, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Bibliography
“Expand and Conflate,” curatorial statement, GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, Picture That (http://www.picturethat.com/gegallery/asia/read-more.html).
“Deanna Lee’s Paintings,” Design for Mankind blog, July 26, 2010 (http://www.designformankind.com/
2010/07/deanna-lees-paintings/).
Landi, Ann. “Where the Art Happens.” ARTNews. (June 2010): 76–83.
Versal magazine, vol. 8, May 2010.
The Circular Exhibition 2008, exhibition catalogue. New York: Hun Gallery, 2008.
“Art lovers find an open house.” Register Star . (August 2, 2004): A1-9.
“Landscape paintings in Wave Hill gallery.” Riverdale Review. (May 29, 2003): 17.
“Wave Hill wonder.” The Riverdale Press. (May 29, 2003).
Bulka, Michael. “Five shows to see now.” Newcity. (February 8, 2001): 31.
Brewer, Elea. “Awards.” Today’s Chicago Woman. (March 2001): 13.
Green, Frank. “From Here Here to Eternity.” Northern Ohio Live. (May 2000): 41–43.
The Plain Dealer. (June 24, 2000): Entertainment section (image).
Green, Frank. “Wretched Excess.” Cleveland Free Times. (November 24–30, 1999): 82.
Projector, Chicago. Issue 10 (June 1999): 6 (image).
Klein Art Works. Contemporary Abstraction Chicago (exhibition catalog). Chicago: Klein Art Works, 1998.
Echoes-Sentinel (Green Brook Edition). (August 27, 1997) (image).
Glatt, Cara. “Local exhibit shows Asian influence.” Hyde Park Herald. (October 16, 1996): 8.
Ink, art and literary supplement of F newsmagazine. (April 1995) (image).
Professional Development
Publicly Creative workshop, CEC ArtsLink, New York, NY, May 2011.
Internet for Artists workshop, Creative Capital, New York, NY, February 2011.
Abbey Mural Workshop, The National Academy, New York, NY, July 2010.
Education
1995
M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1992
B.A. Studio Art and Art History, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Rome, Italy