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EDUCATION
1999   M.F.A. Painting Hunter College  
1996   B.A. Studio Art City College of New York (summa cum laude) ^Back to the top
 
AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2006   Red Gate Residency Program, Beijing, China  
    MTA Arts for Transit finalist for New York City J, Z line station commission  
2004 - 2006   Newark Museum Artist In Residence  
2002   AT&T and Chinese American Arts Council Art Achievement Award  
1996   James R. Steers Prize in Art, City College of New York  
    College Art Association Protégé Travel Grant  
1995   Therese Ralston McCabe Connor Award, City College of New York  
    Fitzgerald Bynoe Scholarship, City College of New York  
    Dean's Prize in Art, City College of New York ^Back to the top
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006   Eric Jiaju Lee: Beijing to Brooklyn, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ  
2004   inscapes, domogallery, Summit, NJ  
2002   Suchness, Gallery 456, New York, NY (English and Chinese version available)  
    Eric Jiaju Lee, SHMLRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ ^Back to the top
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007   DOMO Artists, DOMO Gallery, Summit, NJ  
2006   U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada  
2005   Selected Artists, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada  
    For Art's Sake, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ  
    From Chinatown With Love, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY  
2004   First Look , New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ  
    Cell: A Mobile Exhibition , RIDER Project, Brooklyn to New York, NY  
    By the Skin of Our Teeth , MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, NY  
2003   Autumn Exhibition, The Old Fire Station, Chelmsford, UK  
    Perdurabo Artists, Russell Sheridan Gallery, London, UK  
    Peace Works, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY  
    Art Happens, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY  
    Nurturing the New, NURTUREart Gallery, New York, NY  
2002   From Chinatown With Love, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY  
    Now and Next, Gallery 8, New York, NY  
    Raw Desire, Coralee Lynn Rose Studio, New York, NY  
2001   Indivisible, SHMLRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ  
1999   MFA Thesis Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY ^Back to the top
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006   Dan Bischoff, "Making it Big," The Star Ledger, September 29, 2006, section 4 page 1.  
    Jared Rehberg, "Triple Threat: Artist Eric Jiaju Lee," iaLink, No. 2.9, September, 2006.  
    Interview, SINO-Television, New York,in rotation summer 2006.  
2005   Cover artwork for music album Baby Winter by Barney McAll & Genji Siraisi, Kufala Recordings.  
    Interview, ImaginAsian Radio, KSQQ 96.1 FM, San Francisco, aired May 1, 2005  
2004   Dan Bischoff, "Emerging Artists and Temporary Gallery Space Get First Look," The Star Ledger, September 19, 2004, section four page 3.  
    Stephanie Alberico, "Rider Project 2004 presents ‘CELL', A Mobile Exhibition," New York Cool.com, October, 2004, Arts section.  
2004   Xiaoqing Rong, "Poetry, Painting, Music: Eric Jiaju Lee's Search for the Essential,"
Sing Tao Daily, April 5, 2004, B2.
 
    Mary Lin Liu, "Epiphanies of the Inner Landscape," World Journal, March 11, 2004, B2.  
2003   The Affordable Art Fair Autumn Collection Catalogue, cover, London, UK.  
    Television Interview, Asian America, WNYE-TV (PBS), aired June 15, 2003.  
2002   Audrey Mo, "Our Men in New York," GQ (Taiwan), No. 72, September, 2002, 212.  
    Jack Wang, "Eric Jiaju Lee Merges Chinese and Western Art in Suchness," World Journal, July 12, 2002, C7.  
    Xiaoqing Rong, "Eric Jiaju Lee's Suchness: Synthesizing the Culture and Philosophy of East and West," Sing Tao Daily, July 12, 2002, B4.  
    Tien Yi Shu, "Eric Jiaju Lee's Solo Exhibition Merges East and West," Ming Pao Daily News, July 12, 2002, A8.  
2001   Atomicpetals (online journal of art and poetry), Winter 2001.  
    Always Bright II: Paintings By Chinese American Artists, Homa & Sekey Books, Dumont, NJ. ^Back to the top
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 - Present   Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY.  
2006 - Present   Instructor/Facilitator, Lecturer, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ.  
2004 - Present   Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts and Art History, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ.  
2002 - 2003   Artistic Director, Monolid magazine, New York, NY.  
2001 - 2006   Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.  
2000   Art Teacher, Grade 6-8, New York City Board of Education, I.S. 187, New York, NY.  
1997 - Present   Manager, City Climbers Club, New York, NY. ^Back to the top
 
LECTURES
2007   Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ  
2004   The Hun School, Princeton, NJ  
2003   Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ  
    Asian American Arts Centre, NY  
 
COLLABORATIONS, OTHER
2005 - 2006   Collaboration in visuals with Thinsezisee'm Dance/Theater for “American Pop” Premiered June 2, 2006, Assembly Dance Theater, Taipei, Taiwan; upcoming China Tour.  
2005   Collaboration in costume design and music with RedDive for "Peripheral City: City of Refuge" Premiered May 15, 2005, Lower Manhattan, NY.  
2003 - 2007   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.  
1999   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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