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Aimee Lee

Education

Columbia College, Chicago, IL: MFA, Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, 2006
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH: BA, Visual Arts, 1999

Selected Exhibitions

2008

The Museum of the National Library of Spain, Madrid: The Last Book (upcoming)
identidades.04, Mexico
ZAIM, Yokohama: Your Documents Please (catalog)
Chicago International Calligraphy Conference 2008, Naperville, IL: Treewhispers
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY: Fun & Games (and such...)
Orleans Street Art Gallery, St. Charles, IL: 5 Years on the Run
Roteiro de Creacion Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: mail art project
Lux Arts Center, Lincoln, NE: All Synthetic or All Natural
International Fiber Collective, Syracuse, NY
Dept of Performing & Creative Arts, College of Staten Island/CUNY, NY: Island
The Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI, Japan: Your Documents Please (catalog)
Pulp Function (traveling exhibit, locations across the US)

2007

Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA: Fiber + Book
The Gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego, Brooklyn, NY: Forgive?
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA: Artists' Books 2007
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: Action/Interaction:Book/Art
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA: Pulp Function (catalog)
Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL: Me, Me, Me

2006

Bright Hill Center, NY: 5th North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition (catalog)
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR: The Art of the Card
MPAC Gallery, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL: Something to Do with Failure
San Diego Book Arts, La Jolla, CA: First National Juried Exhibition
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA: Artists' Books 2006
King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary: Fourth International Artists' Book Exhibition (catalog)
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: This is not a book (catalog)
Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Queen of Hearts

2005

Myopic Books, Chicago, IL: Art of the Book
Bay View Book Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Safe Harbor: Books in Boxes
Chicago, IL: Chicago Art Open
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN: Bookish
projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project (various destinations in Canada amp; USA)
33 E Congress, Chicago, IL: Phone Stories

2004

Wicker Park, Chicago, IL: Renegade Craft Fair
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: 10th Anniversary Exhibition
C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL: We would often be sorry if our wishes came true

2003

Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin, OH: Artists' Books by Oberlin College Students 2000
LOT 61, New York, NY: Artistically Fashionable

1999

Fisher Hall, Oberlin, OH: swallow

Selected Performances

2008

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME: Unclench

2007

Flea Theater, New York, NY: Tides for LAVA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT: Retire

2006

Art Harvest, Art Farm: She Inhabits It
The Fairgrounds: a benefit for the Spareroom, Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL: In and Out
Printers Row Book Fair, Chicago, IL: Tracks
Manifest 06, Chicago, IL: This is not bok choy
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL: Hunk, & Dora

2005

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL: Footprint, rise
Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL: Human Exhibit
Art Walks Chicago, Chicago, IL: A Visual Hiccup for Nyok-Mei Wong
Manifest 05, Chicago, IL: Tracks
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Up and Down
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Tracks

2004

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL: Tracks on the surface of enough
The Other Dance Festival, Chicago, IL: How I Spent My Summer Vacation for Colleen Halloran
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL: solo intimate
Abbie Hoffman Festival, Strawdog Theater, Chicago, IL: The Beard for Citizen's Relief
The Side Studio, Chicago, IL: The Beard for Citizen's Relief
Manifest 04, Chicago, IL: Intimate 1 & 2
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL: Birds of Passage in the palace of the night heron
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Sustained for Julie Laffin
PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, IL: Lotto Love, Inc. for Cameron Ayres

2003

Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL: Object Engine

Selected Collections

Artexte, projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project
Art Farm
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Asian Arts Center, Columbia College Chicago
Bibliograph, Montreal, Canada
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Columbia College Chicago Library Archives
it's all for you
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
King St. Stephen Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art Library
Oberlin College Clarence Ward Art Library Special Collections
Virginia Commonwealth University Book Art Collection

Grants / Residencies

2009

Weir Farm Art Center Artist Residency

2008-2009

Fulbright Grant, South Korea: Excavating Hanji's history, practice, and contemporary applications

2008

Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Manhattan Graphics Center Scholarship

2007

Jentel Artist Residency Program
New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend
Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology
Ragdale Foundation
Puffin Foundation Ltd.
Vermont Studio Center

2006

Art Farm
Ox-Bow
Helen Fong Dare Scholarship
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship

2005

Caxton Club of Chicago Graduate Student Fellowship
USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship
Getz Graduate Award

2004

Getz Graduate Award
Oberlin College Alumni Graduate Awards: Aelioian Fellowship, Adelia A.F. Johnston Fellowship

Bibliography

2008

myartspace.com, "Art Space Talk: Aimee Lee," Brian Sherwin (May 15, 2008)
1,000 Artist Journal Pages, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Press (upcoming)
500 Handmade Books, Lark Books (upcoming)

2007

American Craft, "Pulp Function: The Constant Is Paper," Christine Temin (Oct/Nov)
Ampersand: The Quarterly Journal of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts, "Exhibition Review: Fiber + Book," Steven C. Daiber (Fall 2007)
artscope magazine, "Pulp Function,"��� Sarah E. Fagan (July/Aug)
The Providence Journal, "You'll never look at paper the same way again," Bill Van Siclen (June 28)

2006

OKAYBOOK Project: 2006 OKAY-e-Book (Overseas Korean Artists' Year eBook)
Grand Island Independent, "Exploration in Isolation: Artists find inspiration down on the Art Farm," Mike Bockoven (Oct 29)

Arts Experience

Paper Studio Coordinator, Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Summer 2005
Artstour Program Consultant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL, 2004 - 2005
Program Coordinator, Sherwood Conservatory of Music, Chicago, IL, 2004 - 2005
Program Staff, Artists & Community Services, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL, Summer 2004
Grants Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, 2001 - 2003
Manager of Education & Outreach Services, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark, NJ, 1999 - 2000

Teaching / Assistantships

Studio assistant, Dobbin Mill, Brooklyn, NY, Nov 2007 - May 2008
Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, Nov 2007
Bookbinding Intern, Paper Dragon Books, New York, NY, Dec 2006
Teaching assistant, papermaking, Andrea Peterson at Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI, July 2006
Intern, Robbin Ami Silverberg at Dobbin Mill, Brooklyn, NY, Jan 2006
Bookbinding Instructor (photo classes), Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Fall 2005
Teaching Assistant, paper studio, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Spring 2005
Graduate Assistant, paper studio, Chicago, IL, Spring 2004
Private violin instructor, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 2001 - 2002
Faculty, Summer Music Festival at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, Summer 2001
Education Intern, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Jan 1999
Intern, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Jan 1996

Membership / Panels / Committees

Honorary Artist Member, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2007-2008
Concordia Career Advancement Award Panel, 2003
Community Assets Booster Grant Panel, 2002
NYFA New York Arts Recovery Fund Panel, 2002
NJSO Community Chorus conductor search committee, 2002
NYFA Personnel Advisory Committee, 2001 - 2003
NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship Reviews, 2001 - 2003

Conferences

Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2008 Alliance of State Arts Organizations Annual Conference, New York, NY, 2002
Alliance of State Arts Organizations Annual Conference, Binghamton, NY, 2001
American Symphony Orchestra League Education and Community Relations Administrators Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (Nov 2000) and Houston, TX (Feb 2000)