EDUCATION
1995-97MFA (Printmaking), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
1992-93 Research Student (Printmaking), Post Experience Program, Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Tokyo, Japan
1990-92 MFA (Printmaking), College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1986-90 BFA (Painting), College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 "The Invisible Body" Andrewshire Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
The Folio Gallery, Texas Tech University, TX
2005 "Extra/Ordinary" Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 "Personal Values" do ART Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2002-04 "Transcendant Ordinaire" Anchor Graphics,
Chicago, IL
The Art and Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, MO
2000 Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, OR
1999 "Undercurrent and Object" QCC Art Gallery, The
City University of New York, NY
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1991 "Deep - first" Gain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
TWO, THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005-06 "Home In" Fine Arts Gallery, Normandale Community
College, MN
The Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, LA
2004 "Faculty Works" Sesnon Art Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, CA
2002 "Transcendent Intersections" MPC Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College, CA
2001 "Two Printmakers" Pratt at Munsun Williams Proctor
Arts Institute, NY
"Crossing Boundaries" Gallery # 299, Portland State University,
OR
1999 "Non-linear fantasies" Matrix Arts, Sacramento, CA
1998 "Belongings" Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 "Coast to Coast" Anton Gallery, Monterey, CA
"Prints 06" The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
"Transposition" Andrewshire Gallery, CA
2005 "Seoul Prints" Topo Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
"Thirty Something" The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Artist
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Smaller is Better" Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 "Printmakers of The Golden Gate" Claudia Chapline
Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
"Sensory Experience" Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of
New Mexico, Gallup, NM
2003 "Hybrid" The Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco
State University, CA
"Crosscurrents: 8 American Contemporary Printmakers", Il Quadrato
di Omega, Rome, Italy
"A Selection of Contemporary American Prints" Greenleaf Gallery,
Whittier College, CA
"Transitions: Contemporary Prints Now" International Gallery
of Contemporary Arts, Anchorage, AK
"Grabados sin Fronteras: Prints without Borders" Mission Cultural
Center, San Francisco, CA
Estamperi'a Quito, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
"The Permanent Collections from The Janet Turner Print Museum"
Shasta College Art Gallery, CA
"Prints U. S. A. 2003" Springfield Art Museum, MO
2002 "Almost Photography" Don Soker Contemporary Art
San Francisco CA
"Bay Area Printmakers" Museum of Modern Art/Artist Gallery
"Sensory Experience" Sheldon Memorial University Nebraska
Lincoln NE
"Tradition & Innovation II" Korean Contemporary Art, Museum
Zallerein Halle 6 Essen Germany U.N. Office Geneva Switzerland Kala
in Belarus The National
2001 "Let's See it Again & Again" Katherine E. Nash
Minnesota MN
" Annual Faculty Exhibition" California State Hayward Inside
Editions Institute Berkeley Triton Santa Clara
2000 "High Touch/High Tech:Making Art in the 21st Century"
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
"10th Biennial Pacific Prints 2000" Pacific Art League of
Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
" Radical Printmaking" San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery,
CA
"Contemporary Asian American Art" Collectors Gallery, Oakland
Museum of California, CA
1999 "Faultlines and Watermarks" Der Zaaijer Amsterdam
Netherlands
Raadhuis te Heemstede, Heemstede, Netherlands
The Atrium, San Francisco, CA
Fetterly Playhouse Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Veil, Mark, Mirror, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
The 9th Annual Print Fair, The Armory Show, New York, NY
1998 "People and Process" Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra
Costa College, San Pablo, CA
"Contemporary Printmaking'98" Herter Art Gallery, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
"Priva B. Gross International, Works On/Of Paper" QCC Art
Gallery, CUNY, NY
"Printwork'98" Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
"Tradition and Transition in 90s" SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
"Over Easy: Savoring the Feminine" 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
"International Print Triennial in Kanagawa'98" Yokohama, Kanagawa-Ken,
Japan
1997 "Beyond Boundaries: North American Printmaking Exhibition"
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
"Printmaker's Renaissance Exhibition III" Rolling Stone Press,
Atlanta, GA
"Pacific Edge: West Coast Print Exhibition" Mendocino Art
Center, Mendocino, CA
"67th Annual Open Art Exhibition" National Art League, Douglaston,
NY
"Recent Acquisitions" Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California
Palace of Legion of Honor, CA
"Printwork'97" Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
"National Invitational Exhibition" Brenau University, Gainesville,
GA
"2nd Biennial Janet Turner National Print Competition" Janet
Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA
"The 32nd Annual Open Exhibition" Fine Arts Institute of the
San Bernardino County Museum, CA
1996 "Printmaker's Renaissance Exhibition II" Rolling
Stone Press, Atlanta, GA
"Inland Exhibition XXXII" San Bernardino County Museum, San
Bernardino, CA
"MAGNUM OPUS IX" Sacramento Art Center, Sacramento, CA
"Prints 1996" Oceanside Museum of Art, Vista, CA
"Residuals" Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,
CA
"Concerning the Figure" Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
1995 "Janet Turner National Print Competition" The Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU, Chico, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Amore Pacific Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Japanese Consulate, Seoul, Korea
The Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ
The New York Public Library, NY
Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
1992-93 Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship: Full Tuition and Stipend, Japan
1995 Joseph Kaveney Memorial Award, The Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
1996 Fred & Nancy Reames Award, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA
Dick Blick Award, San Bernardino Art Association, CA
1997 Honorable Mention, Mendocino Art Center, CA
Edgar Whitney Award of Excellence, National Art League, NY Bronze Roller Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Kala Art Institute Fellowship, CA
Purchase Award-First Place, The Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
1998 Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center, VT
Winner of Priva B. Gross Biennial Works on Paper, The City University of New York, NY
2000 Honorable Mention, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA
2001 Crossing Boundaries Residency Grant, Regional Arts& Culture Council, OR
2006 Visiting Artist Residency Grant at the Atelier de l'ėle, Quebec, Canadian Art Association
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
1997 Gregg, Margot, "Turner National Print Competition a first class show," Enterprise-Record, September 27
1998 "Amherst Exhibits Showcase National, International Talent," Springfield Sunday Republic, March 14
1999 "Winner of International Competition Displays Work at QCC Gallery," Queens Chronicle, February 18
"Undercurrents and Objects," Queens Tribune, February 4-10
Lee, Hana, "Jimin Lee Solo Exhibition/ QCC Art Gallery," The Segye Times, February 3
Min, Byoung Im, "Interview, Printmaker Jimin Lee," The Korea Times, February 6
Brenneman, Christine, "Jimin Lee at Don Soker Gallery," San Francisco Metropolitan, September 13
Rodriguez, Juan, "Jimin Lee at Don Soker Gallery," Artweek, November, Vol. 30, Issue 11
Choi, Kwang Min, "Jimin Lee Solo Show at Don Soker," The Korea Central Daily SF, September 9
Han, B. Jong, "Jimin Lee Solo Show Through September 25," The Korea Times, September 9
Shaffer, Gary, "Veil, Mark, Mirror," Journal of the Print World, Vol. 22 No. 4 Fall
2000 Decker, Edith, "Simplicity of Design, Complicity of Idea," The Daily Courier, January 13
Cohen, Elaine, "Radical Printmaking," The California Printmaker, December News Brief
2002 Bing, Alison, "Bay Area Printmakers, Making quite an Impression," SF Gate, March 29
2004 Solovy, Jon, "Print exhibit provide a different angle," Art & Entertainment, April 10
Aiello Lauren, "Exhibit's prints transcend ordinary," The Standard, October 15
2005 " Jimin Lee solo exhibition," The Kyodo Kumiai Tsushin, No. 15407, December 8
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES
Solo Show Catalogue, 1991
MFA Thesis written by Jimin Lee, "A Theory of Symbolic Space through Two Dimensional Transition," 1992
MFA Show Catalogue, Seoul National University, 1992
Printmaker's Renaissance Exhibition II, Rolling Stone Press, 1996
8th Biennial Pacific Prints 1996, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, 1996
Printmaker's Renaissance Exhibition III, Rolling Stone Press, 1997
MFA Show Catalogue, San Francisco Art Institute, 1997
ZYZZYVA vol., No.3, Winter, San Francisco, CA, 1997
California Society of Printmakers 85th Anniversary Catalogue, 1998
National Contemporary Print Exhibition 1998, University of Massachusetts, 1998
The California Printmaker, Issue No.1, May 1998
International Print Triennial In Kanagawa'98, Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Japan, 1998
"Undercurrents and Objects," Solo Show Catalogue, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, 1998
ZYZZYVA Vol.XVI, No.1, Spring, San Francisco, CA, 2000
Kala in Belarus, The National Museum of Art of Belarus, 2002
Grabados sin Fronteras: Prints without Borders, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Ecuador, 2003
Prints U. S. A. 2003, Springfield Art Museum, 2003
"Personal Values," Solo Show Catalogue, do ART Gallery, 2004
" Seoul Prints 2005," Seoul Prints Exhibition Catalogue, 2005
" Shirota Gallery Print Exhibition," Hanga Geijutsu, No.130, Winter, 2005
"The Invisible Body," Solo Show Catalogue, Andrewshire Gallery, 2006
ARTIST'S BOOK/ GROUP PORTFOLIO
The Bathtub, J.M.Press, 1997
Veil, Mark, Mirror, Kala Art Institute, 1999
Sensory Experience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2002
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES
1997 Kiyoharu Museum, Yamanashi, Japan
1996-97 Magnolia Editions, Oakland, CA
1997 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
1999 Vermont Studio Center, VT
2001 Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Portland, OR
2005 Analogue Press, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
Atelier de l'ėle, Quebec