BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1991 Master of Arts in Visual Arts (MFA), the University of Sydney, Sydney
1989 Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts (MA), the University of Sydney, Sydney
1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul
1980 Seoul Arts High School (Major in Painting), Seoul
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Foreordained Gesture, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe
2006 Intimacy without Restraint, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
2006 Outside Sight, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City
2005 When Gesture Finds Its Power, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan
2002 Mountain Armatures, Woodbury Gallery, Orem
2001 Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, 2001
1997 Seeing Through the Self, Moin Gallery, Seoul
1996 Seoul Art fair (invited by Moin Gallery), Seoul Arts Centers, Seoul
1995 Seoul Art fair (invited by Moin Gallery), Seoul Arts Centers, Seoul
1995 Unconsciousness & Gesture, Ihn Gallery, Seoul
1993 Objecthood-Intrinsic Space, Gallery Kangnam, Seoul
1992 The Spontaneity of Space Through the Silence , Gallery Icon, Seoul
1991 A Formative Art World of the Space-Phase, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1991 The Dissolution of the Self (invited exhibit), Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1990 First Face, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005 90 Days of Improvisation, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe
2004 Making Earth & Portraits, UVSC Library Gallery, Orem
2002 East & West, UVSC Library Gallery, Orem
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and Exhibition Catalogues:
Bonython-Meodemore Gallery, Sydney. Six Women Artists. Sydney: Bonython-Meodemore Gallery, 1989
Drury, Nevill, Sydney. New Art Four: Profiles Contemporary Australian Art. Edition by Nevill Drury. Sydney: Craftsman House, 1990
Gallery Kangnam, Seoul. Lee Hyunmee: Painting the Intrinsic Space. Introduction by Woo, Chang-Whan. Seoul: Gallery Kangnam, 1994
Gallery Icon, Seoul. Lee Hyunmee: The Spontaneity of Space Through the Silence, Essay by Yun, Jin-Seop. Seoul: Gallery Icon, 1992
Ihn Galllery, Seoul. Lee Hyunmee: Unconsciousness & Gesture, an Autobiographical Interpretation of It. Essay by Kim, Bok-Young. Seoul: Ihn Galllery, 1995
Kong-Pyong Arts Centers, Seoul. New Aspect Exhibition, Seoul: Kong-Pyong Arts Centers, 1995
Lee, Hyunmee, Orem. Mountain Armatures: Lee Hyunmee 2001-2002. Essay by Bruce Adams. Orem: Hyunmee Lee, 2002
Moin Gallery, Seoul. Lee Hyunmee: Seeing Through the Self: Essay by Seo, Seong-Rok. Seoul: Moin Gallery, 1997
Lee, Hyunmee, Seoul. Lee Hyunmee1986-1996. Edition by Hyunmee Lee. Seoul: Hyunmee Lee, 1996
Lee, Hyunmee, Seoul. Outside Sight: Lee Hyunmee. Essay by Lee I1. Seoul: Hyun mee Lee, 1991
Lee, Hyunmee, Seoul. A Formative Art World of the Space: Lee Hyunmee, Gallery Hyundai. Essay by Lee Il. Seoul: Hyunmee Lee, 1991
Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo. Asian Modern Art Exhibition. Tokyo: Metropolitan Art Museum Press, 1994
Misul Sidae, Seoul. Anthology of Contemporary Painting Artist. Artist Lee Hyunmee: Self Expression Through the Immanent of Her I nner World. Essay by Park, Young-Taek. Seoul: Misul Shidae, 1996
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan. Chunji-Changjo (Heaven and Earth): The creation” Paintings of YoA (Hyunmee Lee). Essay by Frank McEntire. Logan: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art Press, 2005
Seoul Arts Centers, Seoul. MANIF Seoul ‘ 96-Flowers Younger!’. Seoul: Seoul Arts Centers, 1996
Seoul Arts Centers, Seoul. Seoul Arts Fair 1996. Seoul: Seoul Arts Centers, 1996
Sung-Kok Art Museum, Seoul. New Painting Sprit. Introduction by Song Mi-Suk. Essay by Lee Won-Il Sung-Kok. Seoul: Sung-Kok Art Foundation, 1996
The Moran Open Art Museum, Kwachun. New Prospect 1994. Kwachun: The Moran Open Art Museum, 1994
Lee, Hyunmee, Orem. When gesture Finds Its Power: Lee Hyunmee painting 1986-2005. Edition by Hyunmee Lee. Orem: Hyunmee Lee, 2005
Taipung Press in cooperation with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City. Intimacy without Restraint: Essay by Jim Edwards. Lindon: Printing Resource, 2005
Articles and Reviews (Periodicals and Newspaper):
Choi, Jin-Seop, Lee Hyunmee Exhibition: Expression of Human’s Inner Mind by Unconscious Gesture.” Hankook-Ilbo (April 21 1995), with 1 color photo.
Lee, Duk-Su, “Lee’s Work in the Broadcast.” Ilgan Sports (December 20 1995), with I black/white photo.
Lee, Sang-Mun, “Lee Hyunmee’s Paintings in Public”. Women Sense (January 1996): pp 370, with 1 color photo.
Lynn, Elwyn, “Children of the Cosmos: Lee Hyunmee’s Exhibit in Holdwotrh Gallery, The Dissolution of the Self”, Australian Newspaper (April 13 1991), with I black/white photo.
Kim, Hun-Woo, “Inside of She’s Life: Lee Hyunmee”. Women Life <Jubu Saenghwal> ( March 1996, No. 373): pp 398-340, with 3 color photos.
Kang, So-Young, “People & People: Art Instructor Lee Hyunmee’s Painting”. Yu-Seong-Dong-A (April 1996): pp 366-367, with 2 color photos.
Yoo, Su-Jin, “Artist Lee Hyunmee; Her Painting and Her passionate Teaching”. She’s (January 1996): pp 190-191, with 3 color photos.
Park, Yu-Mi, “Unconsciousness & Gesture, Lee Hyunmee’s Autobiographical Interpretation.” Bride (February 1996): pp 178-181, with 5 color photos.
Kim, Yong, “Lee’s Painting in the SBS TV”. Sports Cho-Seon (1995), with 1 color photo.
Jeong, Yu-MI, “Lee’s Passion in the Canvas”. Kyung-Hyang Newspaper (January 29 1996), with I black/white photo.
Shepherd, Britt. “New Exhibit Features Two Korean Artist at USU”, The Utah Statesman (March 9 2005).
Dave Gagon, Intimacy on a large scale: “Hyunmee Lee's abstract expressionist works are showcased in 2 galleries”. Deseret Morning News (April 02 2006), with 5 color photos.
Brandon Griggs, Painting without Restraint: “Hyunmee Lee reveals herself through deceptively simple art.” The Salt Lake Tribune (March 11 2006), with 3 color photos.