..................................................................................................................................................Taek Lee
 
Education
1990 MFA, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT
1988 BFA, Magna Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1987 Yale University, Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
1986 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1986 Associate in Art, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD

Affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA: 2000-present
President of the Korean American Artists Association, Washington, DC: 1993-96, 02-present
Resident Artist, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA: 2004-present
Board of directors, Korean American Artists Association, Washington, DC: 1998-present
Lecturer of Art, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD: 1998-00
Member, International Artists Support Group, Washington, DC: 1996-01
Committee char, Korean-American Scholarship Foundation, USA: 1996-99
Member, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC: 1995-97
President of the Korean American Artists Association, Washington, DC: 1993-86, 02-03


Awards / Grants
1994 KAFA Honorary Award, Korea Arts Foundation of America, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Magna Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1987 Ellen Battell Stoekel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1986 Full Merit Tuition Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2000-present
Visiting Artist, Art and Visual Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2003
Lecturer of Art, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 1998-00
Teaching Assistant, Color Theory, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT 1989


Selected Reviews / Publications
2003 The Washington Post, Weekend Section(8/22), by Mark Jenkins: Korean American Art, With An Emphasis On 'American'
2003 Washingtonpost.com, Weekend Section(8/22), by Mark Jenkins: "Above, "Rectangle Within Circle" by Taek Lee contrasts area of color with clean shapes and line."
2003 The Washington Post, Weekend Section(8/15), by Michael O'Sullivan: Weekend's Best, Our Picks, Exhibition
2003 Washingtonpost.com, Entertainment Guide, Museum & Gallery(8/10), : "Born Identity, Contemporary Korean American art at Smithsonian"
2003 The Washington Post, Sunday Source, Entertainment(8/10, "Taek Lee's "Rectangle Within Circle," part of a Korean American art exhibit opening Friday at S. Dillon Ripley Center."
2002 The Washington Post, Weekend Section(5/17), by Michael O'Sullivan: 'Black and White' And Shades of gray
1998 The Washington Post, Style Section(12/31), by Ferdinand Protzman: 'A Bracing East Wind'
1998 The Gazette, In The Arts(12/98), by Nancy Ungar: "Rap's 'New Wind' could use more oxygen"
1994 The Washington Post, Style Section(8/18), by Mary McCoy: Korean Americans use many mediums to unite two worlds 1994 The Washington Post, Weekend Section(8/20), by Lee Fleming: Twenty Years of Cultural Enrichment
1988 The Baltimore Sun(4/28), by Steve Purchase: Good grades for MICA seniors
Catalogues:
2003 "Dreams & Reality": Celebrating 100 Years of Korean Immigration to the U.S.
    : Smithsonian Institute, International Gallery, S. Dillon Rapley Center, Washington, DC
    : Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1998 "Recent Paintings": WPA/Corcoran, Washington Project for the Arts
1997 "Art Link '97": Washington & Seoul Invitational: Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul Korea
1994 "Twenty Years of Cultural Enrichment": Korean Artists Association


Solo Exhibitions
1997 "Recent Paintings" : Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 "Taek Lee" : Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 "Black and White" : Calvin Edward Gallery, Frederick, MD
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 "Human & Nature 2005" : Mediapia Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005 "Projection and Inference" : Korean-American artists in the Mid-Atlantic: Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2005 "In Search of Dreams Across the Pacific" : Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD
2005 "AAC Resident Studio Artists Group Show5" : Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2005 "30th Anniversary Exhibition" : Glenview Mansion Art Gallery
2004 "Art and Visual Technology Faculty Exhibition 2004" : Mason Hall and Concert Hall Galleries, George mason University, Fairfax, VA
2003 "Dreams & Reality" : Smithsonian Institute, International Gallery, S. Dillon Rapley Center, Washington DC
2003 "Echoes: American Dreams" : Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
2003 "Art and Visual Technology Faculty Exhibition 2003" : Mason Hall and Concert Hall Galleries, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2003 "Cultural Enrichment, 2003" : Johnson Center Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2003 "Strictly Painting 4" : McLean Project for Arts, McLean, VA
2003 "Self within Self: The Past, The Future, The Present" : The Korean Cultural Center, Washington DC
2003 "Visual Frequencies 2003" : University and College Associate, Washington, DC
2002 "Of Small Things" : curated by Andrea Pollan & Y. David Chung, Dega Gallery, McLean VA
2002 "Black and White" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
2002 "art@work" : Squirers Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P, Tysons Corner, VA
2001 "Mega Morning Calm" : Fulton Hall, University Galleries, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
2001 "Odyssy" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
2001 "Crossings : Korean-American Contemporary Art" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
2001 "Visual Frequencies 2001" : Mason Hall Atrium Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2000 "Visual Frequencies 2000" : Mason Hall Atrium Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1999 "32nd Annual Art Dept Faculty Exhibition" : Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1998 "31st Annual Art Dept Faculty Exhibition" : Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1998 "Sae Ba Ram: New Wind" : Traveling Invitational : Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD, Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore, MD
1998 "Korean American Artists Exhibition" : The Community Gallery, UMUC, College Park, MD
1998 "Recent Paintings" : curated by Paula Crawford & W.C. Richardson, WPA/Corcoran Projectspace, Washington, DC
1998 "Cultural Enrichment '98" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
1997 "Art Link '97: Seoul and Washington Invitational" : Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea
1996 "Images from Another World" : A Touch of Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1996 "Asian Influence: East meets West" : 3 artists invitational, Dundalk Gallery, Dundalk, MD
1996 "IASG AT MOCA" : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1996 "Liquids and Solids" : Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1996 "Cultural Enrichment '96" : International Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1996 "Asian American Art" : In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Country Executive Office Building, Rockville, MD
1996 "Seventh Street International Exhibition" : John Wilson Gallery Washington, DC
1995 "New Art From New Members" : Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1995 "Crossing Cultures '95" : Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1995 "4 Asian-American Perspective" : United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA
1995 "Selected Paintings by Three Asian Artists" : Asian Art Center, Towson University, Towson, MD
1994 "20 Years of Cultural Enrichment" : Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 "Cultural Bridges: Afro-American and Korean-American Art" : Parents Association Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1994 "Korean-American Art '94" : Metro Gallery, George Mason University Arlington, VA
1994 "1994 Small Works Exhibition" : Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1993 "Asian Art from Washington" : 4 person show, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
1993 "The 19th Annual KAA Exhibition of the Greater Washington Area" : Metro Gallery, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
1993 "The 25th Annual KAA Exhibition of Southern California" : Invited Artist : Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, DC Los Angeles, CA
1993 "Earth, Sea, Sky" : Foundry Gallery,, Washington, DC
1993 "Free in Between" : Crayton Eye Center, Atlanta, GA
1993 "International Art Exhibition" : The Florida Museum of Hispanic & Latin American Art, Miami, FL
1993 "Personal Icons" : Isospin-two-South Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1993 "Positive and Negative" : Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1993 "Asian Pacific Festival" : Am. Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Washington, DC
1992 "Annual 12"x12" Show" : Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 "Art Maryland 1992" : Howard County Center for Art, Ellicott City, MD
1990 "Yale MFA Thesis Show" : Yale University, New Haven, CT
1988 "Yale University, School of Art, Group Exhibition" : Yale University, New Haven, CT
1988 "BFA Thesis Exhibition" : Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1988 "Two Painters" : Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1988 "Artscape '88" : Juried by eric Fichel, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1988 "Maryland Institute Juried Exhibition" : Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1987 "Skowhegan Exhibition" : Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
 
Exhibition Organized
2003 "Cultural Enrichment, 2003" : Johnson center Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2003 "Self within Self" : The Past, The Future, The Present : The Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC
2003 "Black and White" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
2001 "Crossings : Korean-American Contemporary Art" : Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
1998 "Cultural Enrichment '98" : The Korean Information Center, Washington DC
1996 "Cultural Enrichment '96" : International Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1995 "Crossing Cultures '95" : Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 "Cultural Bridge : Afro-American and Korean-American Art" : Parents Association Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1994 "20 Years of Cultural Enrichment" : Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 "Korean-American Art '94" : Juried by Prof. Sandi Kita : Metro Gallery, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
1993 "The 19th Annual KAA Exhibition of the Greater Washington Area" : Metro Gallery, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
 
Artist Talk and Artistic Activities
2005 "Juror for 2005 Regional Scholastic Art Competution" : Fairfax, VA
2005 "Dreams & Reality: Korean American Contemporary Art" : Traveling Invitational: Smithsonian Institute, International Gallery, S. Dillon Rapley Center, Washington DC: Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA: www.koamart2003.com