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Lee Lee - Inle Lake, Burma
Weave - 2007

Lee Lee - Varanasi, India
The Making of Dust - 2006


Leap - 2006


Brand - 2005


Chinatown Eggcase - 2004


Salla Dancer - 2003

Weep - 2003


Queen Jayarajadevi - 2000


Femme d'Afrique Ouest - 1999

Highlights

Upcoming

6.08: The Cradle Project - Albuquerque, NM

6-7.08: Self Defined - Art of the Self Portrait - Flash Gallery, Belmar CO

8.08: The Human Condition - C Emerson Fine Art, St Petersburg, FL

12.08: Sacred - Solo exhibit at the DAC, 1301 Glenarm, Denver.

10.09: Impact: Humans and the Environment - Solo exhibit at C Emerson Fine Art, St Petersburg, FL

 

Media

4.8.08: Eight artists offer 'React,' an eclectic show at C. Emerson Fine Arts, by Lennie Bennett, St Petersberg Times
11.07: Art Questions if Spirit Matters - Susan King, St Petersburg Times
05.04.07: Sudan's faces of suffering, by Erika Gonzalez - The Rocky Mountain News
04.07: On the Subject of Genocide, by Bonnie Ganglehoff - SouthwestArt Magazine
04.07: Reflections of Reality, by Julie Dugdale - 5280 Magazine
2.07: The Human Element - An Interview with Lee Lee, by Ian MacKenzie of Brave New Traveler
28.01.07: Art exhibit a testament to triumphs of survivors, by Cindy Rodriguez - The Denver Post
10.01.07: Eyewitness Reports: The message is in the medium at the Mizel Museum's new show, by Susan Froyd - Westword

04.05.06: Poetry and art speak to each other, by Kyle MacMillan - The Denver Post
1.06: Ta Prohm, CALYX - Journal of Art & Literature by Women.
12.05: 5280 magazine - drawings featured as part of Laurel Quint's interior design.
4.05: Flights of Fancy included in the Off Limits section of Westword.
10.10.04: Garden Fete sends summer on its way, by Suzanne Brown - The Denver Post.
1.04: Painting chosen for the National Breast Cancer Coalition's raising funds and awareness for their grassroots advocacy. Live studio interviews on ABC and CBS newscasts.
11.03: Showcase: American ingenuity ties pieces of history, by Betsy Lehndorff, Rocky Mountain News
11.02: From Denver to Africa and Back...A Plea for Understanding, by Patterson Benero, In the Black Magazine.
09-10.01: FiberArts The Magazine of Textiles - Interpretations of a War-Torn Country, by Jennie Shortridge.
12.99: Viet Nam News The National English Daily - American Artist Lee Lee celebrates Viet Nam's circle of life, VNS.
Fall.99: Colorado Home & Lifestyles Magazine - Kitchen Duty by David Wallace.
07.95: Providence Journal Bulletin - Making the Art of the Real by Gina Macris.
06-08.90: Saigon, a Guidebook - contributed to the first publication of the guide, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

 

Solo

6.07: Weave, Weilworks, 3611 Chestnut Place, Denver
8.06: Flow, Kitchens'Ink, 757 Santa Fe, Denver CO.
6.06: Ritual based on winter travels through India, Myanmar & Vietnam. HMK Designs, Denver
9.05: Ta Prohm, 2 person show at Weilworks, 3611 Chestnut Place, Denver CO
8.05: Brand, to support the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Dos Chappell Bath House, Denver
8.05: Red, Kitchens'Ink, 757 Santa Fe, Denver CO.
7-8.05: Bas Bleu, 401 Pine St, Fort Collins CO.
1-2.03: Hawai'i, oils at St Marks, Denver CO
1-2.02: Umbered, in support of the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Denver CO
7-8.01: Pieta, Angels with fire from Havana's graveyard. St Mark's, Denver CO
6.00: A Humanitarian Journey, in support of PeaceTrees Vietnam. Installation to raise awareness of landmines & UXO, Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle.
Also shown 9.00 at a benefit concert with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Bainbridge Island, WA
1-2.00: Lazy Shamrock Ranch, supporting the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Denver CO
12.99: 9, Site specific installation at the Metropolitan Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
7.98: Women of Ancient Greece, Elizabeth Schlosser Fine Art, Denver CO

 

Group


4.08: React - C Emerson Fine Art, St Petersburg, FL - ritual - confined shrine - torched angels
11.07: Spirituality & Materialism - C. Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL
7.07: Cultivating Compassion - Site specific installation at the Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, themed Responding to Genocide Before It's Too Late: Genocide Studies and Prevention
1-4.07: 10 "Glocal" Artists Interpret Genocide & The Dead Weight of Complacency Mizel Museum
1-2.07: Colleagues Weilworks, 3811 Chestnut Pl, Denver
8.06-1.07: Best of Colorado Artists, Denver International Airport.
10.06: Arts at Altitude - Kitchens’Ink, 757 Santa Fe
6.06: CAP at the Denver Center for Performing Arts
4.06: The Making of Dust invitational at Weilworks, Denver, CO
5.06: dog Saks Galleries, Cherry Creek - Denver, CO
3.06: Western art at the Grand National Rodeo, San Francisco, CA
8-10.05: "strange", "confrontational", "offensive"...Found Objects Colorado, 1401 Wewatta St, Denver
4-5.05: Art from Detritus Synagogue for the Arts, 49 white St, New York NY.
2.05: HeartArt, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CO
12.04: Support for UNICEF ground work in Rwanda, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, CO
11.04: Denver and Africa Working Against AIDS, Museum of Natural History, Denver CO
2.03: Spark Selects invitational at Spark Gallery, Denver CO
1-3.02: Corporate Collections 2002, Republic Plaza, Denver CO
6-8.00 & 01: Nautilus Presents, Crescent Pond Gallery, Block Island, RI
4.98: Women in the Visual Arts, international exhibition at the Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
4.98: Works on Paper '98, San Jacinto College South, Houston TX
3.98: The Faces of Woman, National exhibition sponsored by the Las Vegas Arts Council, NM
2.98: National exhibition at St John's University, Jamaica NY
10.97: Exhibited and received merit award at the Hoyt National Art Show, PA
9.97: 32nd Annual Open Exhibition at the San Bernandino County Museum, CA
3.96: Group show at the Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
2.95: Painterly Prints of Mexico - Group show at the Instituto Allende, Guanajuato Mexico.

 

 

Education

08.93 - 05.96: Awarded a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
1995-2005: Study of printmaking at the Art Students League of Denver, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, & the Instituto Allende, Mexico.

 

Education Given:

7.07: International Conference of Genocide Scholars: Genocide & Visual Representation
2.06-5.07: Rocky Mountain Survivors Center - encouraging expression by survivors of torture and war trauma.
4.06 & 6.07: University of Colorado lectures regarding how my work addresses racial issues & multiculturalism.
9.05-present: Joined the board of Working With Artists, photography school in Denver
2001-2003: Visiting Artist at La Academia, an alternative high school in Denver; the Spot, an organization to keep kids off the streets in Denver; and in the IB program at George Washington High School in Denver.

 

Visits

Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad, US, Vietnam, Virgin Isands, West Indies, Zambia, Zimbabwe...

 


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