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Jin Lee

Professor
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
Center for the Visual Arts - CVA 202C
  • About
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Biography

Jin Lee is a photographer whose project centers on forming a deeper relationship to places through close examination of their landscapes and built environments. She has received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Illinois Arts Council grant, and has had solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Cultural Center, and Sioux City Art Center. She received an MFA in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her works are included in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Madison Art Center, and Harvard Art Museums.

Current Courses

444Studio Work: Photography

Teaching Interests & Areas

Photography, Art

Research Interests & Areas

Photography, Art, Landscape, Documentary

MFA Photography

School of Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Guggenheim Fellowship

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
2005

Book, Authored

Lee, J. Jin Lee: Views & Scenes. no. Chicago Cultural Center (2022): 80.

Magazine/Trade Publication

Lee, J. Weeds in Art: Growing Hope in the Shadow of Power. Giovanni Aloi (EDs). Esse (2023): 150.

Other

Lee, J. The Shape of Time, Exhibition catalog. Keith Davis (EDs). Ucross Foundation (2023): 77.
Lee, J. Interview with curator Makeda Best. Makeda Best (EDs). Yale University Pres (2021): 262.

Presentations

Experiencing Images: How the Visual Shapes Our World. Experiencing Images. Illinois State University University Galleries. (2022)
Jin Lee Artist Talk. Filter Photography Festival. Filter Photo. (2022)
Jin Lee artist talk. School of Art Institute of Chicago Early College Program. (2022)

Grants & Contracts

Artist Residency. Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Sitka, Oregon. Private. (2023)
ISU Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2023)
ISU Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2021)