b. 1990 in South Korea
Based in Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 M.F.A., Painting, Rhode Island School of Design (One semester)
2017 Post Baccalaureate Certificate in studio, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 B.F.A., Painting, Gachon University
2009 Seoul Arts High School
2006 Yewon School
PRESS
2022 It’s Nice That, “Art and film collide in Yoora Lee’s cinematic oil paintings”
2022 Artribune, Individui, filtri e realtà. La mostra nella home gallery di Andrea Festa a Romail paintings”
2021 Dans Les Yeux D’Elsa Art Mag, Artist interview
2021 Booooooom, Artist Spotlight 2021
2021 Tchotchke Gallery, Visual Diary / Q + A
2021 Hopper Prize Journal, Artist interview
2021 Art Maze Magazine, Winter Issue 21
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 (TBD), T293, Rome, Italy (Forthcoming)
2022 Anemone, Another Place, New York, NY (Forthcoming)
2021 Fallen Sakura, Painterspaintingpaintings (Online), London, UK
2021 BURN IN, Jude Gallery Chicago, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 Exodus, Gallery Ascend + K11 Musea, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Forthcoming)
2022 Best Practices, Edgewood College Gallery, Madison, WI
2022 Harmonious Arrangement, Half Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Escape from New York, Another Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2022 A Place of One’s Own, Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy
2021 Together / Apart, Shin Haus, New York, NY
2021 Buy Now: In Technicolor, Tchotchke Gallery x Artnet, Online, New York, NY
2021 Home Alone 2 : Lost in Miami, Surface Area. Miami, FL
2021 Lucky Charm, Moosey art, London, UK
2021 Strada Group Exhibition, Strada, New York, NY
2021 A Missed Encounter, Galerie Mighela Shama, Switzerland, Geneva
2021 Summer Camp, Tchotchke Gallery, Online, New York, NY
2020 Launch Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2020 Long Hello, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2020 Oaths, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2020 Hopper Prize Fall 2020 Finalist
2020 James Nelson Raymond Fellowships nomination School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020 The Municipal Art League award nomination School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ARTIST TALK
2021 IG Virtual Studio Visit, Here and there collective (THAT Co.)
2021 Happy Hour IG Live interview, Tchotchke Gallery
2020 Long Hello virtual opening Zoom walkthrough, The Green Gallery
2019 GRADUATE NOONTIME LECTURE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
FAIR
2021 The Other Art Fair, Fulton Market, Chicago, IL