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His art practices are centered on vessel and furniture making using ceramics and wood.
About Minkyu Lee
Minkyu Lee was born in Seoul, Korea in 1976. He received a BFA (2002) and an MFA (2006) from Seoul National University, and an MFA (2008) from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology. His art practices are centered on vessel and furniture making using ceramics and wood. He was a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana (2007), and has been actively showing his work in national and international venues such as Design Miami (2021), Art Wynwood (2016),
ZONA MACO Mexico Arte Contemporaneo (2014), SOFA Chicago (2013), Ceramic Space & Life (Korea, 2009), 28th International Ceramics Competition of L’Alcora (Spain, 2008), 1st Jingzhe International Ceramics Exhibition (China, 2007), and Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Art Award (Australia, 2006). He is a lifetime member of International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), and is an associate professor and chairperson of art program at University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.
Minkyu Lee CV
EDUCATION
2008
M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology (Ceramics; minor in Woodworking), USA
2006
M.F.A., Seoul National University (Ceramics), Korea
2002
B.F.A., Seoul National University (Ceramics), Korea
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 – Present
Chair and Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2023 – 2025
Professor of Art (tenured), University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2015 – 2023
Associate Professor of Art (tenured), University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2009 – 2015
Assistant Professor of Art (tenure-track), University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2008 – 2009
Professor of Ceramics (full-time), School of the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
Instinct, Solo Exhibition, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2019
Exhibit II (with Kristy Deetz), Idea Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
Wood: Exploration in Woodworking (with Mark Sauter), Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI
2014
Two-Person Exhibition, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
2011
Solo Exhibition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Two-Person Exhibition (with Alison Stehlik), Aylward Gallery, UW–Fox Valley, WI
2010
Solo Exhibition, The ARTgarage Gallery, Green Bay, WI
Two-Person Exhibition (with Alison Stehlik), Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI
2008
Solo Exhibition, Ock Hee’s Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2024
7th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House Design Show, West Palm Beach, FL
2023
Design Miami (with Mindy Solomon Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
2022
Design Miami (online presentation with Mindy Solomon Gallery), Miami, FL
Composition and Layout: Contemporary Design and Objects, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
New Year: New Art: newARTSpace II, newARTSpace, De Pere, WI
2021
Design Miami (with Mindy Solomon Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
KOMERICAN, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2019
By Fire: Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
2018
New Orientalia, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
73rd Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI
2016
Contemporary Conversations, Timothy Cobb Fine Arts, Milwaukee, WI
16th New York–Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
Art Wynwood (with Mindy Solomon Gallery), CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, FL
2015
Wisconsin Artists Invitational, Timothy Cobb Fine Arts, Milwaukee, WI
6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Convergence and Transcendence, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
All About Porcelain, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Makers and Mentors, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2014
Korean Vision, Patrajdas Contemporary, Ogden, UT
Coast to Coast (NCECA), Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
RIT School for American Crafts Ceramics Alumni Exhibition (NCECA), Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Korean Contemporary Ceramics, The Korean Society, New York, NY
ZONA MACO (with Mindy Solomon Gallery), Mexico City, Mexico
2013
FOCUS KOREA, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
SOFA Chicago (with Mindy Solomon Gallery), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
July Exhibition, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
A Tile & A Vessel, Silver City Clay Festival, Silver City, NM
From the Earth, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
The Studio Artist as Educator, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI
2012
9th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Member’s Exhibition, Korea Contemporary Ceramic Artists Association, Icheon, Korea
4th Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Cabin Fever, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI
ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center Gala, Tempe, AZ
2011
13th New York–Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
River 2 River, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
From the Center to the Edge, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Artists of the New North, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
2010
66th Art Annual, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
ART SPACES, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Containers 2010, The Myer’s Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
12th New York–Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
3rd Contemporary Clay Biennial, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2nd Biennial Central Time Ceramics, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, IL
3rd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, St. Paul, MN
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2009
Pandora’s Box, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
CraftForms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Ceramics: Space & Life, Yeoju World Ceramic Museum, Korea
2008
11th New York–Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan
Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
28th International Ceramics Competition of L’Alcora, Spain
Scholarship Benefit Auction, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Clay Studio Juried Members Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Hungary
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
NCECA Exhibition: Residents at the Bray 2007, 3rd Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA
International Asian Art Fair (with Lea Sneider), New York, NY
AWARDS
2023
Research Enhancement Grant, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2022
Research Booster Grant, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2021
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2019
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2018
Student Nominated Teacher Award, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2017
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2016
Student Nominated Teacher Award Finalist, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2015
Juror’s Merit Award (Juror: Beth Lo), All About Porcelain, The Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
2014
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2013
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2012
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2011
AVD Faculty Development Award, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2010
2nd Place, 66th Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI
Grant in Aid of Research, Institute of Research, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2009
AVD Faculty Development Award, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2008
2nd Place (Non-Functional Category), 11th New York–Tokyo Friendship Ceramics Competition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
Honorable Mention, 8th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan
The John Wiley Jones Scholarship, Rochester Institute of Technology
2006–2007
SAC Graduate Scholarship Award, Rochester Institute of Technology
2005
Gold Award, Raglan Ceramic Award, Raglan Gallery & Cultural Centre, Australia
Honorable Mention, 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea
PUBLIC ART
2017
United States Embassy in the Congo, Africa.
2016
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington, DC.
2015
C1 bank, Wynwood, Miami.
Vagabond Hotel, Miami.
2014
Vinyl Painting Installation , Sony Latin America Head Quarters, Coral Gables 11 feet by 100 feet, 11 feet by 30 feet, and 11 feet by 20 feet
PUBLICATIONS
2015
NEW CERAMICS, March/April 2015, p. 52
2011
Fundamentals of Mold Making & Slip Casting (DVD), Guy Michael Davis, May 2011
Ceramics Monthly, “Minkyu Lee: Hidden Structure Revealed” by David Damkoehler, March 2011, pp. 44–47
2009
Ceramics Space & Life, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, pp. 148–149
2008
The 8th International Ceramics Competition MINO Japan, p. 140
28th Concurso Internacional de Cerámica L’Alcora, p. 44
International Triennial of Silicate Arts
2007
China Jingdezhen International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, p. 150
Ceramics Technical, no. 24, pp. 35–37
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