KHAN LEE

  • Born 1972, Seoul, Korea.

EDUCATION

2020–2023

  • MFA, Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

1996–2000

  • Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Vancouver, BC.

1991–1993

  • Hongik University School of Architecture. Seoul, Korea.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Lost + Found. Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2020

  • Hearts and Arrows. Outdoor screening, MPCAS, organized by grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2019

  • Weight of Water. Façade Festival 2019, organized by Burrard Arts Foundation and hosted by the Vancouver Art Gallery.
  • Wings of Desire. Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2018

  • Composition for Seven Pianos. Installation and sound/performance work,  Robson Square, for Ten Different Things, organized by Emily Carr University and CityStudio, Vancouver, BC.
  • People’s Salon. Installation in collaboration with Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, Cathedral Square Park, for What Are Our Supports, curated by Joni Low for Richmond Art Gallery, hosted by Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2017

  • Blue. Outdoor installation, Lumière Festival, Vancouver, BC.

2016

  • Offsite: Khan Lee. Curated by Diana Freundl, Vancouver Art Gallery.
  • 흉내내기. Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
  • Ascending : Black, White, and Brown. Installation in collaboration with Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC.

2015

  • Ich Cho Shin Mu. Temporary public art work, organized by AIR75, Yonago City, Tottori, Japan.
  • All is now from here on. Site-specific installation at ALSCO Laundry, in collaboration with Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, for ISEA2015, Vancouver, BC.
  • Take Your Time. Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2014

  • Shunt. Kamloops Art Gallery.
  • Hearts and Arrows. Outdoor screening, Tottori Residency Festival, Yonago City, Tottori, Japan.

2013

  • Hearts and Arrows. Curated by Makiko Hara, essay by Jenifer Papararo, Centre A, Vancouver, BC.

2012

  • Circulation Patterns. Two-person exhibition with Michelle Allard, curated by Rachel Lafo, SFU Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.

2009

  • Untitled. Curated by Makiko Hara, Centre A, Vancouver, B.C.

2006

  • Summer2005. Curated by Steven Tong, CSA Space, Vancouver, BC.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • Stage Presence. Thesis exhibition for the Bard MFA Class of 2023, presented by the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Red Hook, NY.
  • Supply Chain Issues. MKG127, Toronto, ON.

2022

  • 50 Years | 50 Stories. Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2017

  • Red, Green and Blue. Installation, Nuit Blanche, Winnipeg, MB.
  • Red, Green and Blue. Installation, Nocturne Festival, Halifax, NS.
  • 3=2+1. Leaning Out of Windows, Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
  • Here: Locating Contemporary Canadian Artists. Curated by Swapnaa Tamhane, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, ON.

2016

  • Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures. Curated by Jesse McKee, Vancouver Art Gallery.
  • An agreeable state of uncertainty. Curated by Stephen Waddell, Vancouver Art Gallery.

2012

  • Beyond Vague Terrain: The City and the Serial Image. Curated by Jordan Strom, Surrey Art Gallery.

2010

  • Magic. tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Everything Everyday. Curated by Bruce Grenville, Vancouver Art Gallery.
  • Featured Work: Soapbox. Curated by Malcolm Levy, New Forms Festival 2010, Vancouver, BC.

2008

  • Return Policy. Curated by Julianne Claire, Shudder Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2006

  • Why I’m so unhappy. Curated by Michèle Faguet, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2004

  • Velo-mutation. Kinetic sculptures, produced by Sara Ross, Jim Hoehnle, and Khan Lee, various locations, Vancouver, BC.
  • EVENT. Curated by Sarah Macaulay, Old Electric Building, Vancouver, BC.

2003

  • Raw Potential. Design Exhibition. 44 Water Street
  • No apologies necessary. Design Exhibition. Prince Takamato Gallery. Tokyo, Japan

2000

  • Sound Separation. Curated by Jonathan Middleton, Western Front, Vancouver, BC.

PUBLIC ARTWORKS

  • 108 Steps. Permanent public sculpture, commissioned by Westbank Corp., installed 2018, Vancouver, B.C.
  • Rain. Permanent public sculpture, commissioned by Edgar Development, installed 2017, Vancouver, B.C.

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2023

  • Randy Lee Cutler and Ingrid Koenig, eds., Leaning Out of Windows: An Art and Physics Collaboration, co-published with Occasional Press, in collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art + Design

2022

  • Joni Low, ed., What are our supports?, co-published by Richmond Art Gallery, Information Office, Doryphore Curators Society, and Art Metropole

2019

  • Justina Bohach, “Khan Lee at Republic Gallery, Vancouver,” Akimbo, February 26
  • Rhys Edwards, “Khan Lee,” Canadian Art, March 21

2017

  • Leah Sandals, “What Makes a Canadian Artist?,” Canadian Art, July 20

2016

  • Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures, exhibition catalogue, co-published by Vancouver Art Gallery and Black Dog Publishing
  • “Review: Red, Green, Blue,” e-flux, December 15
  • Grady Mitchell and Tina Shabani, interview, 01 Magazine, issue 12

2014

  • Michael Turner, “Kamloops’ Luminocity Paints the Town Blanche,” Canadian Art, November 18

2013

  • Curran Folkers, “The Five Best Art Shows of 2013 in Vancouver,” The SB Blog, December 19
  • Robin Laurence, “Fall arts preview: Artist Khan Lee creates new meanings,” The Georgia Straight, September 11
  • “Khan Lee: Bringing Universality to Art,” Schema Magazine, August 14
  • Michael Turner, “Q&A: Haema Sivanesan on Centre A & Vancouver Scenes,” Canadian Art, July 25
  • “Khan Lee: Hearts and Arrows,” Here and Elsewhere, July 16
  • Kevin Griffin, “Art as labour: Carving an ice diamond one chip at a time,” Art Seen: The Vancouver Sun blog, July 3
  • Amy Fung, “Khan Lee at Centre A,” Akimblog, June 25
  • Fany Qiu, Epoch Times, June 17
  • Robin Laurence, “Khan Lee’s Hearts and Arrows ponders the nature of perfection,” The Georgia Straight, June 7
  • Rachel Dudley, “Centre A launches video installation by local Asian artist,” The Source, May 20

2012

  • Robin Laurence, “Circulation Patterns at SFU Gallery appears oddly incompatible—at first,” The Georgia Straight, April 3
  • Michael Harris, “Review: Beyond Vague Terrain, Surrey Art Gallery,” February 1

2010

  • Rachel Lafo, “Review: Untitled,” Sculpture Magazine, November

SELECTED COLLECTIVE PRACTICES

INSTANT COFFEE

  • Instant Coffee is Jenifer Papararo, Jinhan Ko, Kate Monro, and Khan Lee; for a complete list of public art works and exhibitions see www.instantcoffee.org

2019

  • Pink Noises: we waste time. MKG127, Toronto, ON.

2018

  • Pink Noise. One&J Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
  • Pink Noise Pop Up. grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2015

  • Say nothing in bright colours. Public art work, City of Burnaby, Burnaby, BC.

2014

  • The hero, the villain, the salesman, the parent, a sidekick and a servant. Teck Gallery, SFU Galleries, Vancouver, BC.

2013

  • Take the easy way. MKG127, Toronto, ON.

2012

  • Perpetual Sunset. Public art work, Burnaby, BC.
  • Feeling So Much Yet Doing So Little: 12 years of Instant Coffee Projects. Western Front, Vancouver, BC.

2011

  • Afghan Mural. Public art work, Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre, Edmonton, AB.
  • Nothing happens in good weather. Temporary public art work, Celebrate Vancouver 125 Mural Program, City of Vancouver.

2010

  • Light Bar. For Bright Light Public Art Project, organized by the City of Vancouver.

2009

  • Disco Fallout Shelter. Subvision Festival, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Disco Fallout Shelter. Toronto Sculpture Garden.
  • Nooks. For How Soon is Now: Contemporary Art from Here, Vancouver Art Gallery.
  • Light Bar. Satellite event/installation, hosted by Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
  • Bright Future. Temporary public art work, 88 BLOCKS Art on Main, hosted by City of Vancouver and TransLink.

2008

  • Say Nothing in Bright Colours. MKG Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  • Light Bar. Organized by Flaggfabrikken, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.
  • What We Bring to the Table. Instant Coffee installation in group exhibition, Oakville Gallery, ON, Curated by Marnie Fleming

2007

  • If you lived here you’d be home by now. Encuentro Internacional Medellín 07, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
  • If you lived here you’d be home by now. Henry Art Gallery Satellite, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA.
  • Nooks. Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON.

INTER-
MISSION

  • Intermission was Derek Brunen, Khan Lee, Marianne Bos, Brady Marks, Miriam Needoba, Natalie Purschwitz, and Steve Calvert; for a complete list of exhibitions see www.inter-mission.org/im

2006
– 2003

  • Annual Intermission Event. Hosted by Mercury Theatre, produced by Intermission for SWARM, organized by Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC), Vancouver, BC.

2005

  • Blow Out. Instant Coffee vs. Intermission installation/ performance, 69 Pender Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

2003

  • Raw On. Intermission performance, IM Studio, produced by Video In, Vancouver, BC.

2001

  • Prohep. Intermission installation/ performance, Western Front, Vancouver, BC.