Eric Jiaju Lee
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY & Beijing, China
Education
1999
M.F.A. Painting Hunter College
1996
B.A. Studio Art City College of New York (summa cum laude)
Honors & Awards & Residency
2006
Red Gate Residency Program, Beijing, China
MTA Arts for Transit finalist for New York City J, Z line station commission
2004-2006
Newark Museum Artist In Residence
2002
AT&T and Chinese American Arts Council Art Achievement Award
1996
James R. Steers Prize in Art, City College of New York
College Art Association Protégé Travel Grant
1995
Therese Ralston McCabe Connor Award, City College of New York
Fitzgerald Bynoe Scholarship, City College of New York
Dean's Prize in Art, City College of New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
Eric Jiaju Lee: Beijing to Brooklyn, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2004
inscapes, domogallery, Summit, NJ
2002
Suchness, Gallery 456, New York, NY (English and Chinese version available)
Eric Jiaju Lee, SHMLRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Seeing Red, Crossing Art, New York City
Emerging Patterns, 14 Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ (Curated by Midori Yoshimoto, Ph. D.)
2009
Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York City (Curated by Eun Young Choi)
HOW CHINESE, Gallery 456, New York City (Curated by Aileen June Wang and Eric Jiaju Lee)
2008
Art Asia, Gallery 456, Miami, FL
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, New York, NY
Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win, Curated by Eric C. Shiner, Deutsche Bank Wall Street Gallery, New York, NY
Painting: Process, Curated by Jacqueline Bekiaris and Maria Silvestri, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
2007
DOMO Artists, DOMO Gallery, Summit, NJ
2006
U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada
2005
Selected Artists, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada
For Art's Sake, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
From Chinatown With Love, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2004
First Look , New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Cell: A Mobile Exhibition , RIDER Project, Brooklyn to New York, NY
By the Skin of Our Teeth , MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Autumn Exhibition, The Old Fire Station, Chelmsford, UK
Perdurabo Artists, Russell Sheridan Gallery, London, UK
Peace Works, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
Art Happens, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
Nurturing the New, NURTUREart Gallery, New York, NY
2002
From Chinatown With Love, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Now and Next, Gallery 8, New York, NY
Raw Desire, Coralee Lynn Rose Studio, New York, NY
2001
Indivisible, SHMLRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ
1999
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2008
Achim Drucks,"Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win: Young Chinese Art at the 60 Wall Street Gallery," db artmag-all the news on Deutsche Bank Art, issue 46, 2008.
2006
Dan Bischoff, "Making it Big," The Star Ledger, September 29, 2006, section 4 page 1.
Jared Rehberg, "Triple Threat: Artist Eric Jiaju Lee," iaLink, No. 2.9, September, 2006.
Interview, SINO-Television, New York,in rotation summer 2006.
2005
Interview, ImaginAsian Radio, KSQQ 96.1 FM, San Francisco, aired May 1, 2005
2004
Dan Bischoff, "Emerging Artists and Temporary Gallery Space Get First Look," The Star Ledger, September 19, 2004, section four page 3.
Stephanie Alberico, "Rider Project 2004 presents ‘CELL', A Mobile Exhibition," New York Cool.com, October, 2004, Arts section.
2004
Xiaoqing Rong, "Poetry, Painting, Music: Eric Jiaju Lee's Search for the Essential,"
Sing Tao Daily, April 5, 2004, B2.
Mary Lin Liu, "Epiphanies of the Inner Landscape," World Journal, March 11, 2004, B2.
2003
The Affordable Art Fair Autumn Collection Catalogue, cover, London, UK.
Television Interview, Asian America, WNYE-TV (PBS), aired June 15, 2003.
2002
Audrey Mo, "Our Men in New York," GQ (Taiwan), No. 72, September, 2002, 212.
Jack Wang, "Eric Jiaju Lee Merges Chinese and Western Art in Suchness," World Journal, July 12, 2002, C7.
Xiaoqing Rong, "Eric Jiaju Lee's Suchness: Synthesizing the Culture and Philosophy of East and West," Sing Tao Daily, July 12, 2002, B4.
Tien Yi Shu, "Eric Jiaju Lee's Solo Exhibition Merges East and West," Ming Pao Daily News, July 12, 2002, A8.
2001
Atomicpetals (online journal of art and poetry), Winter 2001.
Always Bright II: Paintings By Chinese American Artists, Homa & Sekey Books, Dumont, NJ.
Collaborations, Other
2008
Cover artwork for music album Jade Tongue by Jen Shyu, Chiuyen Music (ASCAP).
2006
Collaboration in visuals with Thinsezisee'm Dance/Theater for “American Pop” Premiered June 2, 2006, Assembly Dance Theater, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005
Collaboration in costume design and music with RedDive for "Peripheral City: City of Refuge" Premiered May 15, 2005, Lower Manhattan, NY.
Cover artwork for music album Baby Winter by Barney McAll & Genji Siraisi, Kufala Recordings.
2003-2007
Collaboration in conceptual development, videography, and original music with RIFF Theater Company for “Lee/gendary”, showcase performances and 1st Annual Asian American Theater Festival June 2007, New York, NY.
1999
Collaboration in visuals and live painting with The Foundry for "Park"
Premiered July 20, 1999, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
2006 - Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY.
2004 - Present
Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts and Art History, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ.
2002-2003
Artistic Director, Monolid magazine, New York, NY.
2001-2006
Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.
2000
2000 Art Teacher, Grade 6-8, New York City Board of Education, I.S. 187, New York, NY.
Visiting Artist Lectures
2007
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2004
The Hun School, Princeton, NJ
2003
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Asian American Arts Centre, NY