
Vrnda: Mother of a Combat Medic in Iraq
- 2008

Weave - 2007

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
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Highlights
Upcoming
April 10 - May 23, 2010 - Texas National
2010 - Invited by Judy Pfaff
The Cole Art Center 329 East Main Street,
Nacogdoches, TX - Bleed
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April 29th, 5:30-8pm: Inspired Art - Denver
artists create one of a kind pieces inspired by Denver Public
School students - Benefitting think
360 Arts
Space
Gallery - 765 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
March 10-27, 2010: Security
- An exhibition of artwork that investigates issues of safety
& community well-being. Vrnda:
mother of a combat medic stationed in Iraq
Curated by Stephanie Ellis & Serena Wellen
Opening Reception:Saturday, March 13, 7 to 10 pm
Exhibition: March 10 - March 27
ROOT DIVISION
3175 17th Street - San Francisco, CA 94110
February 20-March 31: Miniature Show at the
Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos NM - Flow
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March: Anything Goes with the Womens
Caucus for Art at the Bemis Library - 6014
S. Datura, Littleton CO
The Sketchbook Project - Art House
traveling Library
February 19-21, 2010: 303Grand,
Brooklyn NY
April 8-11, 2010: Art & Shelter Gallery, Los Angeles
CA
April 16-18, 2010: Soulard Art Market, Saint Louis
MO
May 7-9, 2010: Home Gallery, Chicago, IL
February-May 2010: Ghat
- Installation of paintings from India at the Taos
Town Hall
Spring 2010: Publication in Art Alive:
A Fresh Approach to the Basics - Based on the teachings
of Sally Bartalot
Bitter
but beautiful Harvest - Lee Lee's stark style captures anger
and elegance among environmental degradation.
by Lennie Bennett, St Petersburg Times
Media
10.09: St.
Petersburg exhibition of Lee Lee paintings highlights degradation
of environment By Lennie Bennett, St Petersburg Times
Fall 2009: Publication of Preservatives in Tampa
Review 37
1.09: CALYX, A Journal of Art & Litterature
by Women - Collapsed Home in Vares, Bosnia - Confined
Shrine, Myanmar - Angkor
Shrine, Cambodia
6.08: 'Cradle' Hopes to Nurture Africa - Albuquerque
Journal
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: CALYX, A Journal of Art & Litterature
by Women - Ta Prohm
12.05: 5280 magazine - drawings featured
as part of Laurel Quint's interior design.
4.05: The Art of Recycled Trash: Appealing pieces with
a political point by Tequila Minsky. Downtown
Express, New York
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
10.09: Reap:
The Environmental Unsustainability of the American Food Machine
- C
Emerson Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL
12.08: Sacred - DAC, 1301 Glenarm,
Denver
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
- supporting the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Denver CO
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 - St Marks, Denver CO
1-2.02: Umbered - supporting 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 - supporting 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
6-7.09: Extinction - Denver
Botanic Gardens
10.08: Environmental
Horror - at Nova 535, St. Petersburg, FL
9.08: The
Human Condition - C Emerson Fine
Arts, St Petersburg FL
Portraits of Vrnda, mother
of a Combat Medic stationed in Iraq and Nga,
from Vietnam.
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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