CV / RESUME
changjinlee87@gmail.com
Born in Seoul, Korea, Live & Work in New York City
Education
The State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY, B. F. A.
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Awards
The The New York State Council on the Arts Grant (Film & Media/ New Tech), New York, NY, 2012
The Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, New York, NY, 2012
The Asian Women Giving Circle Award, New York, NY, 2012
The Busan Sea Art Festival Award, Busan, Korea, 2011
The Franconia Sculpture Park Jerome Fellowship, Franconia, MN, 2011
The Asian Women Giving Circle Award, New York, NY, 2009
Taipei Artist Village, Artist Residency, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
The Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, New York, NY, 2008
The New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship Award, New York, NY, 2008
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2008
Youkobo Art Space, Artist Residency, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
Bamboo Culture International, Artist Residency, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
The World Financial Center Sponsorship Award, The World Financial Center Arts&Events, New York, 2005
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant, New York, NY, 2005
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Fiscal Sponsorship Award, New York, NY, 2005
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2005
The Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck NJ, 2005
The World Financial Center Artist Residency, New York, NY, 2005
Solo Exhibitions
“Comfort Women Wanted,” The Peace Memorial Museum of the Comfort Women, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013
“Comfort Women Wanted,” Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
“Floating Echo,” The Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
“Comfort Women Wanted,” Public Art, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Transportation, New York, NY, 2013
“Comfort Women Wanted,” 1a Space Gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2012
"Floating Echo," Locating The Sacred Festival, organized by the Asian American Arts Alliance, New York, NY, 2012
“Comfort Women Wanted,” Spaces, Cleveland, OH, 2011
"Dear Leader," Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2011
“Comfort Women Wanted” (A Public Art Project), New York, NY, 2008
“Homeland Security Garden” (A Public Art Project), New York, NY, 2005
The World Financial Center Winter Garden, Curated by Karen Kitchen
A Part of The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s "What Comes After: Cities, Art and Recovery"
“24/7” Storage Art Space, Bronx, NY, 2002
Selected Group Exhibitions
“VIDEONALE 14”
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2013
“EAF 2012”
Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY, 2012
“Unveiling the Truth”
George Mason University Gallery, Fairfax, VA, 2012
“Sea Art Festival”
Organized by the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea, 2011
“Activism through the Arts”
The Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY, 2010
“The Blue Sky Project”
Imai Museum, Mitsuke City, Japan, 2010
“The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope”
The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon, Korea, 2009
Curated by Heng-Gil Han
“Fusion Folks” Bo Pi Liao, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
Curated by Sean Hu
“Metro Poles ” The Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, 2008
Curated by Jose Ruiz
“Meet Qute ” Heskin Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
Curated by Marcy Brafman & Elizabeth Heskin
“Made in the U. S. A ” The Educational Alliance/Ernest Rubestein Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
Curated by David Gibson
“The Peekskill Project ” Peekskill, NY, 2006
Organized by The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
“Gender(f) ” Westnorth Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Word + Wrack ” Maxwell Fine Arts Gallery, Peeckskill, NY, 2005
Curated by Coulter Young
“amBUSH ” Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
Curated by Trong Nygoyan
“Intersection: Suffolk & Wall ” The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2003
Curated by Julie Allen & Paul Clay
“Insert ” Cuchifritos Art Gallery/ Project Space, New York, NY, 2003
Curated by Thaigo Szmrecsanyi
“De-Clothing Society ” The Chinese American Arts Council, New York, NY, 2003
“Queens International ” The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, 2002
Curated by Valerie Smith
“Contrary Equilibriums ” The Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY, 2002
“Fictive Net Porn: Real Korean ” The Point Gallery, New York, NY, 2002
Curated by Paul Clay
“Subject Matters ”Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, 2001
“Women’s Art “ Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2001
“Fresh Produce ” N.Y. International Fringe Festival, Charas/ El Bohio Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
Curated by Maya Puchkoff
“Invitational ”Soho 20,Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
Lectures
Visions and Voices, The University of Southern California, CA, 2012
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED” Seminar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, 2012
"COMFORT WOMEN WANTED" Artist Sharing, 1a Space, Hong Kong, China, 2012
Women, Arts, & Activism, Asian Contemporary Art Week: Dialogue Program, The China Institute, 2011
3D Symposium, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2011
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
LMCC- Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, New York, NY, 2006
TV & Radio Broadcast Media
Morning Brew, RTHK Radio, Hong Kong, China, 2012
NPR’s Art on Air, Women, Arts, & Activism, Asian Contemporary Art Week: Dialogue Program, 2011
New York 1, “Homeland Security Garden” Exhibit Examines What Makes People Feel Safe, Aug. 22, New York, NY, 2005
Yue-Sai Kan’s World, “Art Show,” Shanghai, China, 2006
Tokyo FM, “9/11 Spacial”, Tokyo, Japan, 2005
Selected Bibliography
"A Buddha, Full of Air, Sits Serenely on the Waves," The New York Times, Oct 2, 2012
“Locating the Sacred Festival,” Time Out NY, Sept 23, 2012
"Chang-Jin Lee exhibit at Spaces masters the subtle telling of a horrific secret," The Plain Dealer, Dec. 18, 2011
“The Asian Women Giving Circle Grant Awardees,” The Korea Daily, May, 15, 2009
“The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale,” The Korea Daily, Apr. 20, 2009
“Too Close for Comfort,” KoreAm Magazine, Jan. 2009
“The Comfort Women System is the largest case of the 20th Centurty,” The Korea Daily, Dec. 9, 2008
“Comfort Women Wanted,” The Brooklyn Museum Community Feminist Bloggers, Dec. 19, 2008
“Homeland Security Garden,” Public Art Review, Spring/Summer, 2006
“Social Security,” Time Out New York, Aug. 18, 2005
“A Post 9/11 Comfort Zone,” The Daily News, New York, Aug. 22, 2005
“ Homeland Security Art,” The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Aug. 23, 2005
“Garden of Artist’s Devising,” The New York Times, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” The Washington Journal, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” The Korea Times, Aug. 30, 2005
“What Makes Us Feel Safe,” The Korea Daily, Aug. 30, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” New York Press, Sept. 22, 2005
“Exhibit Looks at What Makes Us Feel Safe,” WTOP Radio, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” Lower Manhattan Info, Aug. 22, 2005
“Security is a Project about Hope,” San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 28, 2005
“Comport Art,” The Tribeca Trib Sep. 1, 2005
“Garden Variety,” Time Out, July 14, 2005
“Chang-Jin Lee,” Happy Famous Artists, Nov. 6, 2005
“Near Ground Zero, security is given artistic expression,” Metro, Aug. 23, 2005
“It’s good to be back,” NY ARTS, 2003
“Where Witty Meets Gritty,” The New York Times, Nov. 15, 2002
“Queens International,” The Korea Times, New York, Aug. 7, 2002
“Artists Explore Asian Culture in Chinatown Exhibit,” Lower Manhattan info, Nov.14, 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums: Asian Women Artists,” World Journal, Oct. 22 ,2002
“Contrary Equilibriums,” The Korea Daily, Sep. 21, 2002
Publications
"The Busan Sea Art Festival," Exhibition Catalogue, Busan, Korea, 2011
“The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope,”
Exhibition Catalogue, The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon, Korea, 2009
“Queens International,” Exhibition Catalogue, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums,” Exhibition Catalogue, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY 2002
Web Resources
Feminist Art Base, The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum
NPR’s Art on Air, Women, Arts, & Activism, Asian Contemporary Art Week: Dialogue Program
