Education:
2006 MFA, University of Washington, Seattle WA
1995 MA, Science Education, Columbia University, New York, NY
1994 BS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 Solo Exhibition, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA (upcoming)
2011 Routine Departures, Theatre Off Jackson, Seattle WA
2010 Vive Ancora, Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Salerno ITALY
Still Lives, Washington Care Center, Seattle WA
2009 For These Unclosings, New City Theater and Theatre Off Jackson, Seattle WA
ShadowPlaying, The Art Gym, Portland OR
2008 Indeterminancy, or the Observer’s Paradox, Rendezvous Theater, Seattle WA
Bodies of Water, Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Salerno, ITALY
2007 Refrain, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
2006 fermata…, University of WA, Seattle WA
2003 Bound, Ceramics and Metals Gallery, Seattle WA
Frost, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle WA
2002 Showers, Bemis Building, Seattle WA
Pending, Secluded Alley Works, Seattle WA
Wait, Bemis Building, Seattle WA
2000 Animus, Northwest Asian American Theatre, Seattle WA
Select Group Exhibitions:
2012 Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2011 SJ Lee and Erik Sanner, Culver City, CA
Contemporary NW Arts Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
Blink: Sound, Light, and Moving Image, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO
Artefiera Bologna, Bologna Italy
2010 Desire, Blanton Museum, Austin TX
Arcade Celebration, The Art Stable, Seattle WA
Intellectual Property, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle WA
2009 Out of Bounds: Collection of Driek & Michael Zirinsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham
I am/ I am not Woman, ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle
Ghost Light, Moore Theatre, Seattle WA
2008 Contested Ground, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane WA
The Terrible Twos: Lawrimore Project Biennial, Seattle WA
2007 Channel One: Single Channel Video Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul KOREA
Aqua Art Miami, Miami FL
MasterMinds, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
How the Soy Sauce was Bottled, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle WA
2006 Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami FL
Introducing Susie Lee, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
Wired Forest, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
2006 MFA Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Juried Digital Video /Time Based Works, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
NCECA 2006 Exhibition, Portland OR
2005 Touching Art, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
Coupling III, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
2004 Xchange, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
Works in Progress, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
2003 The Last Judgment, Bumbershoot, Seattle WA
Klay: Juried Show, Ceramics | Metals Gallery, Seattle WA
2002 Preface, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
From the Ground Up, Duvall WA
Inchoate, Prudential Center, Seattle WA
2001 I Scream, You Scream, Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury CT
Pigs on Parade: Pike Place Market Public Art, Seattle WA
National Juried Cup Show, Gallery 138, Kent OH,
2000 Good n’ Guilty: Juried Show, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
Awards:
2011
Individual Artist Project Award, 4Culture, King County
2010
Contemporary NW Arts Award Recipient
The Stranger Genius Visual Art Award
CityArtist Award
SEED Arts and 4Culture Site Specific Grant
Jack Straw Scholarship and Residency
4Culture Individual Projects Award
Theatre Off Jackson Artistic Residency
2009
Public Art Commission: Finn Hill JHS Permanent Installation (installation 2011)
4Culture Individual Projects Award
Centrum Arts Residence
Public Arts Project: Seattle Parks and Recreation Curatorial Award
2008
4Culture Individual Projects grant
Mayor’s Office CityArtist Project award, Seattle Arts Commission
Selected for Streetcar Public Art Project, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
Shortlist for Stranger Genius Award in Visual Art
WA State Arts Commission Public Artist Roster
2007
Artist Trust GAP grant
4Culture Special Projects grant
Permanent commission: Grand Staircase Installation, Wing Luke Asian Museum
2006
Best Emerging Artist, Seattle Weekly
Nordstrom Recognition Award, University of Washington
Juror’s Award: Digital Video / Time Based Works
2005
Kottler / Noritake Scholarship
Jury Award: Touching Art
2004 University of Washington Recruitment Scholarship
2003 Juror’s Award, Klay, University of Washington
1995 Carnegie Mellon Fellowship
Collections:
Works in private /permanent collections in New York, Denver, London, Austin, Atlanta, New Jersey, Seattle, Rome, Seoul, Boise Art
Museum, Washington State Services for the Blind, Colby College Museum of Art, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Washington Care
Center, Denver Art Museum
Professional Experience:
2011
Guest Lecturer, Reed College (upcoming)
Guest Lecturer, Lewis and Clark College (upcoming)
Jack Straw New Media Gallery Juror
Lecturer, Cornish School for the Arts
4Culture Public Arts Advisory Committee
New Media Guest Lecturer Cornish School for the Arts
2010
4Culture Public Arts Advisory Committee
Cornish School for the Arts Guest Lecturer
King County 4Culture Public Arts Advisory Committee
Evergreen State University Guest Lecturer
Graduate student thesis committee, University of WA 3D4M
Curator, Wet and Leatherhard: At the Edge of Ceramics, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
Juror, 4Culture Gallery
2009
Guest Lecturer, Issues and Influences, University of WA, Seattle WA
Juror, Steambot Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
Moderator and Panelist, Art Leadership Lab Creative Conversations, Seattle WA
Centrum Artist Resident, Port Townsend, WA
Guest Writer, “The Art of Discovery, Journal of Science Communication, Naples Italy
Guest speaker, Frayed Wire, Seattle WA
Curator of Seattle Parks / 4Culture project: Murakami in the Park
Visiting Instructor, University of Washington
2008
Teaching Artist, Frye Art Museum
Juror, Annual student competition, Landscape Architecture, UW
2007
Teaching Artist, Frye Art Museum
Visiting guest artist, Landscape Architecture, UW
Panelist for How the Soy Sauce was Bottled
Teaching Artist, Centrum Arts Center
Juror for Union Street Electric Gallery
2006
Visiting guest artist, Introduction to New Media, University of WA
Curator: Coupling IV: Secret Handshake, CoCA, as co-director of StrangeCo.
Curator: Marking Territories, Portland Art Center
2005
Teaching Assistant, 3-Dimensional Design, University of WA
Curator: Illuminaughty, Center on Contemporary Arts, as co-director of StrangeCo.
2003
Curator: Germinate, Bemis Building, Seattle WA, juried by Doug Jeck
2000-01
Resident artist, Kirkland Arts Center
Bibliography:
John Motley, "The Limits of Regionalism", The Oregonian, June 15, 2011
Bill Lasarow, "S.J. Lee and Erik Sanner", Art Scene, June 2011
Jen Graves, "2010 Stranger Visual Art Genius Susie Lee,"The Stranger, Sept 14 2010
Jen Graves, Brainy, Sexy,” The Stranger, Feb 2, 2010
Regina Hackett, “DJ Loves You. No, really,” Another Bouncing Ball, Jan 19, 2010
Jeremy Barker, "Susie J Lee's For These Unclosings Returns for One Night Only," Sunbreak September 14, 2009
Regina Hackett, "Susie J Lee's Video Dance" Another Bouncing Ball, Sept 13 2009
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Jen Graves, "Draw the Difference between Yesterday and Today," Stranger SLOG, Feb 3, 2009
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"Korean American Artist named Artist to Watch," ChosunIlbo, Jan 20, 2009
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Sheila Farr, "A Museum's Metamorphosis," The Seattle Times, May 25, 2008
Regina Hackett, "Wing Luke Asian Museum's new building is a great leap forward," The Seattle PI, May 28 2008
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