Sungmi Lee (b. 1977)
Born in Seoul, Korea
Education
2005 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Baltimore, MD
2003 Post Baccalaureate Program Certificate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A.-Studio, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Gana Art Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Evanescence, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006 The Space Between, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 2012+, THE DROP Urban Arts Infill, NYC
Luck of The Draw, Rush Arts Gallery, NYC
Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Platform Space, NYC
Small is the New Big, SCOPE International Art Fair, NYC
LATITUDE, Curated by Nico Wheadon, Rush Arts Gallery, NYC
2008 Color/No Color, Asian Contemporary Group Show, Onishi Gallery, NYC
The Seven Deadly Sins, Maryland Art Place Annual Benefit Exhibition, Auction and Gala, Baltimore, MD
South Asian Women's Creative Collective 2008 Art Auction Benefit, Tamarind Art Gallery, NYC
The ART In Embassies Program, Curated by Virginia Shore, Seoul, Korea,
WYSIWYG, Curated by Chris Lew from P.S. 1/MOMA, Jenny Jaskey/ Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Aljira's Emerge 9, Curated by Chris Lew from P.S. 1/MOMA, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Palm beach 3/ Contemporary Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FL
2007 Summer Show, Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Marquee Ball Annual Art Auction (Invitational), Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Silent Auction (Invitational) for Twentieth Anniversary Masked Ball, Curated by Franklin Sirmans,
The Menil Collection , Houston, TX
Agents of Change: Women, Art, and Intellect, The nation-wide Feminist Art Project,
Curated by Leslie King Hammond and installed by Lowery Sims, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Maryland Art Place's 25th Anniversary, Baltimore, MD
Bringing up, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY
Summer Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Bearable Lightness… Likeness, Curated by Franklin Sirmans,
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center/ MOMA, Long Island City, NY
Gallery 10 Sculpture Invitational, Gallery 10 LTD, Washington, DC
2005 Washington Square Sculpture Invitational, Washington Square, Washington, DC
Gallery Korea Exhibition, Gallery Korea, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
Visions, Dreams and other Inventions, Guest Juror Archie Veale,
Catonsville Gallery, Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD
24th Annual Montpelier Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Commencement 2005 Graduate Exhibition, Guest Juror- Marianne Boesky,
Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea, NY, Fox Four Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Insitiute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Strange Love, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Insitute of College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 (In)visable Silence, Guest Juror- Sanford Biggers, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Collaboration or Dire, Fox 3 Gallery Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Surplus: Construction, Area405 Gallery, Artscape '04 Festival for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Our Perfect World, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2003 10, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Commencement show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
23 Point of Perspective, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Awards and Residencies
2010 Swing Space / LMCC, New York, New York
2009 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
2008 S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award, National Academy Museum, NY, NY
2007 Aljira Emerge 9 Fellowship, Aljira A Center For Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2006 The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Visual Art Fellowship/ Studio Residency, Johnson, VT
Amalie Rothchild Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Walters Traveling Fellowship Award-Honorable Mention, Guest Juror-Wise Chauluka,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2003 Rinehart Merit scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 Post baccalaureate Merit scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Cum laude, and Distinction in the field, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Collections
Ambassador Kathleen Stephens' residence (US Ambassador in Seoul, S. Korea)
RCHN Community Health Foundation, Inc. New York, NY