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IL LEE Born 1952 in Seoul, Korea, Where He Attended University Before Moving to New York in 1977

IL LEE Born 1952 in Seoul, Korea, Where He Attended University Before Moving to New York in 1977

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IL LEE Born 1952 in , Korea, where he attended university before moving to in 1977. Lives and works in New York.

EDUCATION 1982 M.F.A. in Painting, Pratt Institute, New York 1977-78 Pratt Graphics Center in Printmaking, New York 1976 B.F.A. in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Il Lee: Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2019 Il Lee: Small Drawings and Prints, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2018 Il Lee: The 90s, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2017 Suddenly a Knife: New Paintings by Il Lee, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2016 Greenpoint: New Prints by Il Lee, Art Projects International, New York, NY Il Lee: New Paintings / 40 Years in New York, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2015 Il Lee: New Prints, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2014 Il Lee: New Ballpoint Works, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2013 Il Lee: New Work, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2012 Il Lee and The Line of Duration, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea 2011 Il Lee: Monoprints, Editions and Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2010 Special Installation in Representation/Abstraction in Korean Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Il Lee: New Work, Art Projects International, New York, NY New Vision: Ballpoint Drawings by Il Lee, Crow Collection of Asian Art, , TX Il Lee: Small Drawings 2001–2010, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2009 Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Il Lee, The Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY 2007 Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY Il Lee: Ballpoint Abstraction, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA IL Lee: Ballpoint Works 1980-2006, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2006 Il Lee: New Work, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2005 /New York: Il Lee, Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris, 2004 Il Lee: New Drawings and Paintings, Art Projects International, New York, NY 1997 Il Lee - Line and Form: Drawings 1984-1996, Art Projects International, New York, NY 1996 Il Lee: Recent Paintings, Gallery Woong, Seoul, Korea 1993 Recent Paintings of Il Lee, Gallery Han Kook, Seoul, Korea 1992 Recent Paintings, Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York, NY 1987 Works on Paper by Il Lee, Gallery TE, , 1984 Il Lee, Space-311 Gallery, , CA 1982 Works on Paper by Il Lee, Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 New Works, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2018 La Collection Bic, curated by Hervé Mikaeloff and Ingrid Pux, Centquatre-Paris, Paris, France Marin Collects, College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA Blurred Horizons: Contemporary Landscapes, Real and Imagined, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2016 First Hand: Architects, Artists, and Designers from the L. J. Cella Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, CA Marking 2: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from , Art Projects International, New York, NY

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2015 Deceptively Simple, Art Projects International, New York, NY MMCA Collection Highlights: Untitled, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea 2014 Momentum: An Experiment in the Unexpected, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA 2013 Extreme Drawing – Ballpoint Pen Drawing Since 1950, curated by Richard Klein, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT The Moment for Ink, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 Intersecting Lines, Art Projects International, New York, NY 44th Collector’s Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Pratt Alumni Painters, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY 11th National Drawing Invitational: New York, Singular Drawings, Arkansas Arts Center, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Little Rock, AR 2011 Abstract It!, National Museum of Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea 2010 INK, Inc. Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX and Abstraction, curated by Alexander Glauber, Gensler, New York, NY 2009 Faces & Facts, Korean Culture Service NY, New York, NY Paper and Process 2, Art Projects International, New York, NY Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA On, Of or About: 50 paper works, State University, San Marcos, TX Unknown Territory, Art Projects International, New York, NY 2008 Infinite Line, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2007 Black, White & Red All Over, Michele Mosko , Denver, CO 2006 The Mountain, Art Projects International, New York, NY Close to Home, curated by Elisabeth Akkerman, Block Party, Brooklyn, NY Above & Beneath, curated by Cynthia Thompson, Memphis College of Art, TN Two Person Show, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA 2005 FALLAYAVADA: Bahc Yiso Project and Tribute, University of California, Irvine, CA 2004 Paper and Process, Art Projects International, New York, NY NextNext Art, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of , Brooklyn, NY Open House, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Size Does Matter, Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2003 Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea, curated by Jung Lee Sanders, The Korea Society, New York, NY Ten Years 1993-2003: Art Projects International, Art Projects International, New York, NY Linear Investigations, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York, NY 2002 Routes of Influence, Art Projects International, New York, NY New Acquisitions 2001, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwachon, Korea Reaction, Exit Art, New York, NY 2001 Odyssey-2001, Korean Embassy Cultural Service, Washington, DC 1999 Confluence of Cultures, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1997 Footsteps since 1997, Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1995 New Vision, Brooklyn Union Gas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1993 40 years of Korean Contemporary Printmaking, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwachon, Korea 1991 Contemporary Art of Korea, Museum of Modern Art, City, Mexico and Kum Ho Museum, Seoul, Korea 1988 Commemorative Exhibition of the 25th Seoul Olympic Games, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwachon, Korea 1986 The 6th International Triennial, New , India Korea-New York ‘86, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY

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1985 Korean Contemporary Prints Now-Then, Ho-Am Museum, Seoul, Korea 1984 Seoul International Drawing Biennale 84, The Art Center, Seoul, Korea 1982 Contemporary Korean Painting, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 7th British International Print Biennale, Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford, UK 1981 Korean Drawing Now, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY and Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC 24th Chautauqua National Show of American Art, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY 1980 Vermillion 80 National Print and Drawing Competition, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bakke, Erik. IL LEE: The 90s. Exhibition brochure, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2018. Galitz, Kathryn Calley. Blurred Horizons: Contemporary Landscapes, Real and Imagined. Exhibition brochure, reproduction. New York: Art Projects International, 2018. The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art. Reproduction. Foreword by Thomas P. Campbell. Introduction by Christopher Noey. Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. London: Phaidon Press, 2017. Brody, David. Suddenly a Knife: New Paintings by Il Lee. Exhibition brochure, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2017. IL LEE: New Paintings / 40 Years in New York. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. Foreword by Jung Lee Sanders. Interview with the artist by Jane DeBevoise. Essay by Raphael Rubinstein. New York: Art Projects International, 2016. Morse, Trent. Ballpoint Art. Reproductions. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2016. Klein, Richard. Ballpoint Pen Drawing Since 1950. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. Ridgefield, CT: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 2013. Rubinstein, Raphael. IL LEE: New Work. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2013. Bliss, Sharon E. The Moment for Ink. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. San Francisco: San Francisco State University, 2013. Rubinstein, Raphael. IL LEE and The Line of Duration. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. Seoul: Gallery Hyundai, 2012. IL LEE: Monoprints & Editions. Exhibition brochure, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2011. Leffingwell, Edward. IL LEE: New Vision – Ballpoint Drawings. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2010. Farver, Jane, Yu Jin Hwang, and Judy Kim. Faces & Facts: Contemporary Korean Art in New York. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Korean Culture Service NY, 2009. Armstrong, Charles K. et al. The Korean Wave, As Viewed Through the Pages of “The New York Times” 2007. Reproduction. New York: Korean Cultural Service NY, 2008. Sale, Teel, and Claudia Betti. Drawing: A Contemporary Approach, 6th edition. Reproduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2008. (also 5th edition, 2004) Kleinberg, Joanna. IL LEE: Ballpoint Drawings. Exhibition brochure, reproduction. New York: Queens Museum of Art, 2007. Northrup, JoAnne, and Edward Leffingwell. IL LEE: Ballpoint Abstractions. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. Foreword by Susan Landauer. San Jose: San Jose Museum of Art, 2007. Bakke, Erik. IL LEE: New Work. Exhibition brochure, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2006. Thompson, Cynthia. Above & Beneath. Exhibition brochure, reproductions. Memphis, TN: Memphis College of Art, 2006. Wei, Lilly. Paris–New York: IL LEE. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Korean Cultural Service NY, 2005. Gould, Philip. Il Lee: New Drawings and Paintings. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2004.

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Kotik, Charlotta, and Tumelo Mosaka. Open House: Working in Brooklyn. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 2004. Sanders, Jung Lee, ed. Art Projects International: Ten Years. Reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 2003. Kim, Bok Young. The 1st Seoul International Drawing Biennale ’84. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. Seoul: Seoul International Fine Art Center, 1984. Gould, Philip. Contemporary Korean Painting. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. Bronxville, NY: Sarah Lawrence College, 1982. Work on Paper by Lee, Il. Exhibition catalogue, reproductions. Seoul: Space Art Gallery, 1982. Baro, Gene. Korean Drawing Now. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1981. Hoffman, Nancy. The 24th Chautauqua National Show of American Art. Foreword by Millie Giles. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction on cover. Chautauqua, NY: Chautauqua Art Association, 1981.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Kwon, Mee-yoo. “Il Lee’s artworks acquired by Minneapolis Institute of Art.” The Korea Times (Seoul), February 12, 2019. Reproduction. “Minneapolis Institute of Art Acquires Two Major Works by Il Lee.” Blouin Artinfo, February 5, 2019. De Buchet, Valery. “La Collection Bic au Centquatre: ‘C’est un bonne chose de défendre l’écriture’” Madam Figaro, April 8, 2018. Reproduction. Grant, Sally. “ART REVIEW: Emotive Landscape Helps Gallery Celebrate 25 Years.” Hamptons Art Hub (Sag Harbor, NY), February 6, 2018. Review, reproduction. Kim, Jin Hyae. “Blurred Horizons: Contemporary Landscapes, Real and Imagined” The Korea Times (New York), January 10, 2018. Reproduction. Bergman, Jeff. “Il Lee.” Atlas (New York), October 21, 2016. Review, reproductions. “Pablo Bicasso? The Global Masters of Ballpoint Art – in Pictures.” The Guardian (New York), August 18, 2016. Reproduction. MacAdam, Barbara A. “Putting Pen to Paper: Tackling the History of ‘Ballpoint Art’.” Art News (New York), August 4, 2016. Reproduction. Insight, Palm Springs Art Museum, vol. 9, no. 3, June-September, 2016. Reproduction. CKR Newsletter, The Center for Korean Research, Columbia University (New York), 2015-2016. Reproductions, cover image. Waldek, Stefanie. “20 Artists Pick Their Favorite Artworks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Architectural Digest (New York), Daily AD, June 23, 2015. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Interview with Il Lee. “Il Lee on Rembrandt van Rijn’s Portraits.” The Artist Project, Season 2, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015. “News of the Print World: Selected New Editions/Exhibitions of Note.” Art in Print (Chicago), vol. 5, no. 1, May-June 2015. Reproduction. Lee, Grace. “Secrets of the Super Stylish.” InStyle (New York), October 2014. Reproduction. Noh, Ryo. “Il Lee.” Home Living and Style (published by Design House, Seoul), August 2014. Reproductions. Morse, Trent. “Making Cutting-Edge Art with Ballpoint Pens.” Art News (New York), cover article, January 2014. Reproductions. Schwendener, Martha. “Drawing Evolves, Testing Its Boundaries.” The New York Times, April 7, 2013. Review, reproduction. Bergman, Jeff. “Ballpoint @ The Aldrich.” Atlas (New York), March 29, 2013. Review, reproduction. Kim, Kyung Gap. “Il Lee Solo Exhibition.” Hankyung (Seoul), June 26, 2012. Reproduction. Lee, Young Ran. “Il Lee’s Ballpoint Paintings.” The Korea Herald (Seoul), June 26, 2012. Reproductions. Jung, Hyung Mo. “My Own Universe Drawn in Ballpoint Pen.” JoongAng Sunday (Seoul), June 24, 2012. Reproductions.

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Kwon, Keun Young. “Il Lee Exhibition at Gallery Hyundai.” JoongAng Ilbo (Seoul), June 21, 2012. Reproduction. Moon, So-young. “Solos Showcase .” Korea JoongAng Daily (Seoul), June 21, 2012. Reproduction. Kwon, Mee-yoo. “Only Ballpoint Pen to Draw Lee’s World.” The Korea Times (Seoul), June 19, 2012. Review, reproductions. Blom, Katelijne. Glamcult (Amsterdam, ), April 2012. Reproductions. Cho, Sang-In. “Il Lee’s Works Enter the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection.” The Seoul Economic Daily (Seoul), March 16, 2012. Kim, Myoung-Soo. “Met’s Selection… New York Artist Il Lee.” Maeil Business Newspaper (Seoul), March 14, 2012. Buckle, Carrie. “A Perfect Match.” Harper’s Bazaar Interiors, October 2011. Reproductions. Lee, Il. “Conversation with Il Lee.” Interview by Jane DeBevoise with Jung Lee Sanders and Ali Van. Asia Art Archive in America (New York), February 9, 2011. Reproductions. Kim, Myoung-Soo. “Il Lee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Maeil Business Newspaper (Seoul), March 19, 2011. Reproductions. Jung, Hyung Mo. “Creating Light with Ballpoint Pen, the Cosmic Beauty.” JoongAng Sunday (Seoul), March 13, 2011. Reproduction. Seo, Jung-Hyun. “Finding Zen Through Line.” Newsweek Korea (Seoul), March 4, 2011. Reproductions. Beshkin, Abigail. “IL LEE, M.F.A.’82, Artist.” Gateway (Pratt Institute, New York), Eye On Alumni, vol. 21, no. 2, November 2010. Reproductions. Mora, Patricia. “Top Summer Shows You Can Still Catch, North and South.” The Huffington Post, September 8, 2010. Review, reproduction. Miller, Tanya. “Review of New Vision: Ballpoint Drawings by Il Lee at the Crow Collection of Asian Art.” Dallas Art News, August 31, 2010. Review, reproduction. Brody, David. “Contrapuntal Infinitudes: Il Lee at Art Projects International.” artcritical (New York), June 19, 2010. Review, reproduction. Simek, Lucia. “Il Lee’s Large Ballpoint Pen Drawings Harness a Powerful Quiet.” D Magazine (Dallas), June 7, 2010. Review, reproductions. Kim, Hyun Jae. “‘Ballpoint Pen Artist’ Il Lee, Crow Collection of Asian Art Solo Exhibition.” Yonhap News (Seoul), May 13, 2010. Reproductions. Gaynor, Emily. “Emily Gaynor on IL LEE: Small Works 2001–2010 at Art Projects International.” The Drawing Center News, The Bottom Line (New York), March 30, 2010. Reproduction. Abatemarco, Michael. “Painting with Paper Mates.” Pasatiempo (Santa Fe), August 7–13, 2009. Cover article, reproductions. Chung, Joon Mo. “Il Lee.” Shin Donga (Seoul), September 2008. Reproductions. Lee, Sun-Hwa. “Il Lee at the Vilcek Foundation, New York.” Art in Culture (Seoul), July 2008. Reproductions. Park, Won Yong. “Il Lee: Inaugural Exhibition at the Vilcek Foundation.” The Korea Times (New York), June 6, 2008. Reproduction. “Museums: Exhibitions in the Americas.” Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2008 (New York), vol. 3, 2008. Voelz Chandler, Mary. “Captivating Simplicity.” Rocky Mountain News (Denver), January 9, 2008. Reproduction. Grant, Michael. “Best Art Shows 2007.” Metro Silicon Valley (San Jose), December 19, 2007. Genocchio, Benjamin. “Queens Museum of Art; ‘IL LEE: Ballpoint Drawings.’” The New York Times (New York), September 7, 2007. Clarkson, Lamar. “A Few Good Pens.” Art News (New York), September 2007. Reproduction. Nam, Jeongho. “Snowflakelike Ink Recalls a Distant Constellation, Foliage, or Stones.” Joongang Ilbo (Seoul), August 13, 2007. Reproduction. “Il Lee.” The New Yorker (New York), August 13, 2007. Genocchio, Benjamin. “To See the World in Ballpoint Pen.” The New York Times, August 10, 2007. Review, reproduction. “Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings.” Time Out New York, July 26, 2007.

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Kim, Jin Hyae. “Il Lee at Queens Museum of Art.” The Korea Times (New York), July 26, 2007. Reproductions. Park, Sukie. “Il Lee at Queens Museum.” The Korea Daily (New York), July 20, 2007. Reproduction. Baker, Kenneth. “Ballpoint Abstractions in San Jose.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2007. Review, reproduction. “New This Month in U.S. Museums.” Artnet (New York), July 1, 2007. Chung, Joon Mo. “Il Lee at San Jose Museum of Art.” Wolgan Misool (Seoul), vol. 268, May 2007. Reproduction. Van Zandt, Jack. “Ballpoint Abstractions.” San Jose Inside, April 12, 2007. Review. Wykes, Sara. “Beauty in Ballpoint: Distinctive Doodles by Il Lee are Collected in an Impressive Exhibit at S.J. Museum of Art.” The Mercury News (San Jose), April 1, 2007. Review, reproductions. Kim, Hong Ki. “Vast Universe Drawn with Ballpoint Pen.” Art in Culture (Seoul), March 2007. Preview, reproductions. “Il Lee: Ballpoint Abstractions at the San Jose Museum of Art.” Wolgan Misool (Seoul), vol. 266, March 2007. Preview, reproduction. Gant, Michael S. “Whirls Enough and Time: Il Lee does Wonders with a Humble Ballpoint Pen.” Metro Silicon Valley (San Jose), March 14–20, 2007. Review, reproduction. Zimmerman, Heather. “Drawn In: Artist Il Lee Puts Pen to Paper—and Canvas—in a Unique Way.” Silicon Valley Community Newspapers (San Jose), March 14, 2007. Review, reproduction. Goodman, Jonathan. “Il Lee, Chun Kwang-Young and Lee Ufan: International Abstraction, Generational Trajectories.” Art Asia Pacific (New York), no. 51, Winter 2006. Reproduction. Leffingwell, Edward. “Il Lee at Art Projects International,” Art in America (New York), October 2006. Reproduction. Park, Sukie. “Il Lee.” The Korea Daily (New York), May 17, 2006. Reproductions. Bakke, Erik. “Just what is it that makes Il Lee’s art so different, so appealing?” Art in Culture (Seoul), vol. 7, no. 4, April 2006. Reproductions. Wei, Lilly. “Beyond the Minimal.” Art in Culture (Seoul), vol. 7, no. 4, April 2006. Reproduction. Knowles, Carol. “Where It’s At: New York artists chart body, mind, and spirit in Above & Beneath.” Memphis Flyer, March 23–29, 2006. Review. Koeppel, Fredric. “Looking into Above & Beneath.” The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), March 10, 2006. Review. Goodman, Jonathan. “Il Lee at Art Projects International.” Art Asia Pacific (New York), no. 42, Fall 2004. Review, reproduction. Maine, Stephen. “Dateline Brooklyn.” Artnet (New York), May 26, 2004. Review, reproduction. Chung, Shinyoung. “Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea.” Art Asia Pacific (New York), no. 40, Spring 2004. Review. Malhotra, Priya. “A Week of Surprises.” Asian Art News (), vol. 14, no. 1, January/February 2004. Reproduction. Harrison, Helen A. “All about the Delicacy and Energy of the Line.” The New York Times, November 23, 2003. Review, reproduction. Halle, Howard. “Making a Big Scene.” BKLYN (New York), Fall 2003. Reproduction. McNatt, Glenn. “Korean art, with a Western twist.” The Baltimore Sun, May 28, 2003. Bakke, Erik. “Il Lee, Line and Form: Drawings 1984–1996.” Space (Seoul), vol. 354, April 1997. Review, reproduction on cover. Kingsley, April. “Il Lee/Art Projects International.” Review (New York), February 1, 1997. Review. Guest, Robert. “Soda Bottles, a Turtle Ship and Minjung.” ARTnews (New York), February 1994. Suh, Jeung Gul. Wolgan Misool (Seoul), June 1993. Review, reproduction. Park, Woo-Chan. Space (Seoul), no. 308, June 1993. Review, reproduction. Raynor, Vivian. “12 Korean Artists Show at Thorpe.” The New York Times, February 16, 1986. Reproduction. “New Face: Recent 8 Drawing Works of Il Lee.” Space (Seoul), October 1982.

SELECTED ARTIST TALKS AND INTERVIEWS “Il Lee on Rembrandt van Rijn’s Portraits.” The Artist Project, Season 2, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015. An online video series exploring the museum’s collection.

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“Conversation with Il Lee.” Interview by Jane DeBevoise with Jung Lee Sanders and Ali Van. Asia Art Archive in America (New York), February 9, 2011. “Il Lee in conversation with Soyoung Lee,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 4, 2011. In conjunction with the exhibition Representation/Abstraction in Korean Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010-2011. “Il Lee in conversation with Soyoung Lee,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 14, 2010. In conjunction with the exhibition Representation/Abstraction in Korean Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010-2011. “A Tour with Artist Il Lee,” Queens Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 29, 2007. In conjunction with the exhibition IL LEE: Ballpoint Drawings at the Queens Museum of Art, 2007.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA The Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY Société Bic, Clichy Cedex, France National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Total Museum, Seoul, Korea Han Lim Museum, De Jeon, Korea Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea Duk-Sung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

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