| b. 1970, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Beijing, China |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2006 |
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Eric Jiaju Lee: Beijing to Brooklyn, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ |
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| 2004 |
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inscapes, domogallery,
Summit, NJ |
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| 2002 |
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Suchness,
Gallery 456, New York, NY (English and Chinese version available) |
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Eric Jiaju Lee, SHMLRC
Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph,
NJ |
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| Group Exhibitions |
| 2010 |
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Seeing Red, Crossing Art, New York City |
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Emerging Patterns, 14 Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ (Curated by Midori Yoshimoto, Ph.D.) |
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| 2009 |
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Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York City (Curated by Eun Young Choi) |
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HOW CHINESE, Gallery 456, New York City (Curated by Aileen June Wang and Eric Jiaju Lee) |
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| 2008 |
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Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win, Curated by Eric C. Shiner, Deutsche Bank Wall Street Gallery, New York, NY |
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Painting: Process, Curated by Jacqueline Bekiaris and Maria Silvestri, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ |
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| 2007 |
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DOMO Artists, DOMO Gallery, Summit, NJ |
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| 2006 |
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U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada |
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| 2005 |
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Selected Artists, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada |
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For Art's Sake, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ |
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From Chinatown With Love, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY |
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| 2004 |
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First Look , New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ |
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Cell: A Mobile Exhibition , RIDER Project, Brooklyn to New York, NY |
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By the Skin of Our Teeth , MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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| 2003 |
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Autumn Exhibition,
The Old Fire Station, Chelmsford, UK |
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Perdurabo Artists,
Russell Sheridan Gallery, London, UK |
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Peace Works, The Times
Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY |
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Art Happens, The Times
Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY |
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Nurturing the New,
NURTUREart Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2002 |
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From Chinatown With Love,
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY |
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Now and Next, Gallery
8, New York, NY |
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Raw Desire, Coralee
Lynn Rose Studio, New York, NY |
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| 2001 |
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Indivisible, SHMLRC
Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph,
NJ |
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| 1999 |
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MFA Thesis Exhibition,
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY |
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| Art Fairs |
| 2008 |
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Art Asia Art Fair, Miami, FL [Gallery 456] |
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Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York City [Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning] |
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| 2003 |
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Affordable Art Fair, London, UK [Perdurabo Art] |
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Affordable Art Fair, New York City [Perdurabo Art] |
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| Bibliography |
| 2010 |
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Meng Feng, "Nine Artists Come Together for the Exhibition Seeing Red," World Journal, February 12, 2010, C5. |
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Feng Qing Yun, "NIne Artists from Different Countries Come Together for the Show Seeing Red," Sing Tao Daily, Feb 12, 2010, B6. |
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Zhou Bing, "Queens Crossing Art Invites You to the Show Seeing Red," The China Press
Februaury 12, 2010, C3. |
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Segment for Seeing Red, Sinovision (TV), New York, aired February 12, 2010. |
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| 2009 |
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Steve Friess, "Fan Fare." 944 Magazine, September, 2009, 86. |
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Tony Yu Nung Peng, "Brooklyn-based Artist Eric Jiaju Lee Awarded Prestigious Commission by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group," Sing Tao Daily, August 31, 2009, B2. |
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Jian Yifu, "Six Artists Take a Fresh Look and Expand on What Is Chinese Art," World Journal, May 2, 2009, C2. |
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Zhou Jinran, "Artists Explore the Meaning of Chinese Heritage in Group Exhibition, HOW CHINESE," Sing Tao Daily, April 28, 2009, B2. |
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Segment for HOW CHINESE, Sinovision (TV), New York, aired April 27, 2009. |
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| 2008 |
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Achim Drucks,"Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win: Young Chinese Art at the 60 Wall Street Gallery," db artmag-all the news on Deutsche Bank Art, issue 46, 2008. |
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Cover artwork for music album Jade Tongue by Jen Shyu, Chiuyen Music (ASCAP). |
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| 2006 |
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Dan Bischoff, "Making it Big," The Star Ledger, September 29, 2006, section 4 page 1. |
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Jared Rehberg, "Triple Threat: Artist Eric Jiaju Lee," iaLink, No. 2.9, September, 2006. |
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Interview, SINO-Television, New York,in rotation summer 2006. |
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| 2005 |
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Interview, ImaginAsian Radio, KSQQ 96.1 FM, San Francisco, aired May 1, 2005 |
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Cover artwork for music album Baby Winter by Barney McAll & Genji Siraisi, Kufala Recordings. |
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| 2004 |
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Dan Bischoff, "Emerging Artists and Temporary Gallery Space Get First Look," The Star Ledger, September 19, 2004, section four page 3. |
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Stephanie Alberico, "Rider Project 2004 presents ‘CELL', A Mobile Exhibition," New York Cool.com, October, 2004, Arts section. |
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| 2004 |
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Xiaoqing Rong, "Poetry, Painting, Music: Eric Jiaju Lee's Search for the Essential,"
Sing Tao Daily, April 5, 2004, B2. |
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Mary Lin Liu, "Epiphanies of the Inner Landscape," World Journal, March 11, 2004, B2. |
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| 2003 |
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The Affordable Art Fair Autumn
Collection Catalogue, cover, London, UK. |
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Television Interview, Asian
America, WNYE-TV (PBS), aired June 15, 2003. |
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| 2002 |
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Audrey Mo, "Our Men in
New York," GQ (Taiwan), No. 72, September,
2002, 212. |
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Jack Wang, "Eric Jiaju
Lee Merges Chinese and Western Art in Suchness," World Journal, July 12, 2002, C7. |
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Xiaoqing Rong, "Eric
Jiaju Lee's Suchness:
Synthesizing the Culture and Philosophy of East and West," Sing Tao Daily, July 12, 2002, B4. |
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Tien Yi Shu, "Eric Jiaju
Lee's Solo Exhibition Merges East and West," Ming Pao Daily News, July 12, 2002, A8. |
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| 2001 |
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Atomicpetals (online journal of art and poetry), Winter 2001. |
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Always Bright II: Paintings By Chinese American Artists, Homa & Sekey Books,
Dumont, NJ. |
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| Lectures and Artist Talks |
| 2010 |
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Moderator for Panel, Museum of Chinese in America, NYC |
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| 2007 |
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Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ |
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| 2004 |
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The Hun School, Princeton,
NJ |
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| 2003 |
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Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ |
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Asian American Arts Centre, NY |
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| Awards, Grants, Residencies |
| 2006 |
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Red Gate Residency Program, Beijing, China |
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MTA Arts for Transit finalist for New York City J, Z line station commission |
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| 2004 - 2006 |
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Newark Museum Artist In Residence |
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| 2002 |
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AT&T and Chinese
American Arts Council Art Achievement
Award |
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| 1996 |
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James R. Steers
Prize in Art, City College of New York |
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College Art Association
Protégé Travel Grant |
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| 1995 |
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Therese Ralston
McCabe Connor Award, City College of New York |
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Fitzgerald Bynoe
Scholarship, City College of New York |
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Dean's Prize
in Art, City College of New York |
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| Collections |
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Las Vegas (commission) |
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China Springboard, Inc. Beijing, China (commission) |
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Private collections (list upon request) |
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| Collaborations |
| 2006 |
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Collaboration in visuals with Thinsezisee'm Dance/Theater for “American Pop” Premiered June 2, 2006, Assembly Dance Theater, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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| 2005 |
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Collaboration in costume design and music with RedDive for "Peripheral City: City of Refuge" Premiered May 15, 2005, Lower Manhattan, NY. |
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| 2003 - 2007 |
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Collaboration in conceptual development, videography, and original music with RIFF Theater Company for “Lee/gendary”, showcase performances and 1st Annual Asian American Theater Festival June 2007, New York, NY. |
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| 1999 |
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Collaboration in visuals and live painting with The Foundry for "Park"
Premiered July 20, 1999, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. |
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| Education |
| 1999 |
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M.F.A. |
Painting |
Hunter College |
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| 1996 |
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B.A. |
Studio Art |
City College of New York (summa
cum laude) |
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| Professional Experience |
| 2006 - Present |
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY. |
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| 2004 - Present |
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Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts and Art History, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ. |
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| 2002 - 2003 |
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Artistic Director, Monolid magazine, New York, NY. |
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| 2001 - 2006 |
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Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ. |
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| 2000 |
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Art Teacher, Grade 6-8, New York City Board of Education, I.S. 187, New York, NY. |
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