ART PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL IL LEE Born 1952 in Seoul, Korea. 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 2021 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, New York, NY Il Lee: New Work, Art Projects International, New York, NY New Vision: Ballpoint Drawings by Il Lee, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, 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 Abstractions, 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 Paris/New York: Il Lee, Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris, France 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, Tokyo, Japan 1984 Il Lee, Space-311 Gallery, Los Angeles, 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, Cent Quatre 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, Palm Springs, CA Art Projects International 434 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 tel: (212) 343-2599 artprojects.com Marking 2: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Asia, Art Projects International, New York, NY 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 20 Years: Art Projects International, Art Projects International, New York, NY 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 & Sale, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Pratt Alumni Painters, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY 11th National Drawing Invitational: New York, Singular Drawings, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR 2011 Abstract It!, National Museum of Art, Deoksu Palace, Seoul, Korea 2010 INK, Inc. Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX Architecture and Abstraction, Gensler, New York, NY 2009 Faces & Facts, Korean Cultural 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, Texas 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 Fine Art, Denver, CO 2006 Korea Transfer, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, New York, NY 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 Acquisition Show, curated by JoAnne Northrup, 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 Music, Brooklyn, NY Open House, curated by Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Size Does Matter, Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2003 Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea, The Korea Society, New York, NY Ten Years 1993-2003: Art Projects International, Art Projects International, New York, NY At the Crossroads, Korean Cultural Service NY, 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 Drawing for Peace, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 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 1992 1.5 Show, 148 Duane Street, New York, NY The Salon of Mating Spiders, Heron Test-site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Art Projects International 434 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 tel: (212) 343-2599 artprojects.com 1991 Contemporary Art of Korea, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico and Kum Ho Museum, Seoul, Korea 1988 Commemorative Exhibition of the 25th Seoul Olympic Games, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwachon, Korea Contemporary Korean Art, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea 1986 The 6th India International Triennial, New Delhi, India Korea-New York ‘86, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY 1985 Self-Portrait, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 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. Mikaeloff, Hervé and Ingrid Pux. La Collection BIC. Exhibition catalogue, reproduction. Introduction by Bruno Bich. Paris : Société Bic, 2018. The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art. Reproduction. Introduction by Christopher Noey. Foreword by Thomas P. Campbell. 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. Sanders, Jung Lee, ed. Art Projects International: Twenty Years. Reproductions. New York: Art Projects International, 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: