Born in Deagu, S. Korea
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2009 MFA: Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2007 BFA: Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD.
SLECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Eternal Mother, Chinese American Art Council / Gallery 456, New York, NY
2017 Beautiful Giving, Kim Man-duk Meseum, Jeju, Korea
2015 Dialogue, 99 Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 Visible Sound, Lee Joong Seop Art Museum; Chang-dong Residency Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2014 O You, O, Me, O Life, Art Centro, Poughkeepise, NY
2013 A Frog’s Treasure Hunt, Okgwa Art Museum, Jeollanam-do, Okgwa, Korea
2013 Bursting! NY, No Longer Empty: The Clock Tower, Long Island City, NY
2011 Black and White Gold, Dapu International Art Center, Daqing, China
2011 Knot, Unknot, And Again Not, Piers&Blake, Utica, NY
2011 Catch! Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2011 BabBaDa: Performance, Space Womb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2010 A Feast for Rice Gods and Goddesses, Beijing Studio Center, Beijing, China
2010 Returning Resident Visual Arts Fellow Exhibition, Hudson D. Gallery: Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2008 14th Annual International Exhibition, SoHo20 Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2006 Regaining Their Voices, Middendorf Gallery; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Hope for the Future, Headquarters of Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children, Montgomery Village, MD
2004 Creation of Love, Community School of Maryland, Brookeville, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2021, The Jamaica Arts Center Miller Gallery / The King Manor Museum.
2021 MTG – Kraków 2021 accompanying program with The Institute of Graphic Arts & Design at the Pedagogical University of Kraków, Galeria Podbrzezie,
inter-Connected - existence beyond waste
2019 Visual Delights, Gwangju Museum of Art, S. Korea
2019 Remind Cheolam, Taebaek Coal Mine Culture, Taebaek City, S. Korea
2018 Changsha International Women’s Art Exhibition, Hunan, PRC
2017 Wish You Were Here 16, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 A Grain of Rice, The United Nations Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Catalysts, Mid-Hudson Art Council Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2016 New York Asian Art Exhibition, Amerasia Bank Gallery, Flushing, NY
2016 Adopted Koreans Networking with Art and Film, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY
2016 No-Boundaries, The United Nations Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Contemporary Art Exhibition, BamBit Art Space, Damyang, Korea
2016 Asian-American Artists of the Hudson Valley, The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2016 The Need For My Care, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Working Women: 36 Contemporary Women Artists, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
2015 Near and Far: Deagu Contemporary Art Festival, Gangjeong, S. Korea
2015 Working the Unit, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
2015 Editology, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015 60 Americans, Elga Wimmer PCC, Chelsea, NY
2015 Weaving Time: Exhibition of the Archive of Korean Artists in America Part 3, 2001-2013, Korean Cultural Service New York, NY
2015 Asian Art 40 Years Contemporary Views, QCC Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, Oakland Gardens, NY
2014 Far and Wide, 99 Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 The Power of Palpitation in Art, Smiling Art Center, Deagu, Korea
2014 The Visual Language of Contemporary Art, Wisser Memorial Library Gallery, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
2014 Commonality of Empathy, Bosong Gunrip Beakmin Museum, Jeollanam-Do, S. Korea
2013 Shifting Landscape-II, The Clock Tower, No Longer Empty, Long Island City, NY
2013 Mixtopias, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2012 How Much Do I Owe You?, The Clock Tower, No Longer Empty, Long Island City, NY
2012 Gwangju Contemporary Museum of Art Residency Exhibition, GMA Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Beautiful Horizon, The Summit Art Center, Beijing, China
2012 Gwangju Contemporary Museum of Art Residency Exhibition, Okgwa Museum of Art, Okgwa, Korea
2011 Works-In-Progress, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2010 International Exhibition, With Space Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2010 Epoch-Unbounded, Invitational Exhibition, Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
2010 6th Songzhuang Culture & Arts Festival, Beijing Studio Center Gallery, Beijing, China
2010 ArtBOOK: the 2010 Portfolio Project and PLACE, ArtSTRAND Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2010 Art of Women, Invitational Exhibition, Ann Arundel Community College Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
2009 Genesis of Form, Holtzman Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Baltimore, MD
2009 One Can Almost Hear You, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009 A Visual Feast: Food in Art, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
SLECTED AWARDS & HONORS
2021 The Elizabeth Foundation of The Arts Membership
2017 Jury for the No-Boundaries International Youth Art Exhibition, The United Nations, NY
2016 Art Farm Artists Residency Full Fellowship, Marquette, NE
2016 Panel for the No-Boundaries International Youth Art Exhibition, The United Nations, NY
2015 Deagu Contemporary Art Festival, Invitational Exhibition, Gangjeong, S. Korea
2014 99 Art Museum Residency Full Fellowship, Beijing, China
2013 Line-2-Art Invitational One-Person Exhibition Grant, Gwangju, South Korea
2012 Gwangju Contemporary Museum of Art, Yangsan-dong Residency Full Fellowship, Gwangju, South Korea
2012 Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program, Full fellowship from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, Woodstock, NY
2011 Letter of Appointment, Art College, Daqing Normal University, Daqing, China
2011 China Dapu International Art Award, Northern Modern Art Museum, Daqing City, China
2011 Sculpture Space Full Fellowship, Utica, New York
2010 Beijing Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Beijing, China
2010 Visiting Artist at My Sister’s Place Women’s Center, Baltimore, MD
2009 Vermont Studio Center Residency Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2009 The Fine Arts Work Center Summer Residency Full Fellowship, Provincetown, MA
2008 Jacob K. Javits Full Fellowship Award, The U. S. Department of Education
2008 The 14th International Best in Show, Juried by Chakaia Booker, Soho20 Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2008 Assistantship with Andy Goldsworthy, The Clay House Project at Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD
2008 Highest Merit Award, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
SLECTED ONGOING PROJECTS
2017 Giving Hands, Kim Man-duk Meseum, Jeju, Korea
2016 Feast, Mid-Hudson Art Council Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015 The Body Languages, Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015 Across the Colors, Elga Wimmer PCC, Chelsea, NY
2013 Ignorance and Silent Shouting, in front of Japanese Embassy, Seoul, Korea
2013 Arirang, Okgwa Museum of Art, Okgwa, S. Korea
2012 Parallel 38 – #1, Lava Rock Fields near Grindavik, Iceland
2012 Parallel 38 – #2, Geyser Mountain, Seltun, Iceland
2012 Parallel 38 – #3, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
2012 Parallel 38 – #4, Trail 96, South of Oude Kerk, Netherlands
2012 Parallel 38 – #5, Rock Creek Park in the aftermath of a hurricane, Rockville, Maryland
2010 Healing of 108 Torments of Mankind, Provincetown, MA
2010 108 Hunger Rice Vessels, Rockville, MD
2009 Intercrossing, Johnson, VT
2009 108 Empty Boxes, Johnson, VT
2008 Sound of Healing, The Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2008 Eatable and Uneatable, The Living Theater, New York, NY
SLECTED LECTURES & ACTIVITIES
2017 Visiting Artist Talk, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2016 Visiting Artist Talk, Art History Senior Class, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Visiting Artist Talk, Art History Class, Montgomery College, MD
2015 Visiting Artist Talk and Workshop, Ann Arundel Community College, Sculpture Department, Arnold, MD
2015 Visiting Artist Talk and Workshop, 99 Museum, Beijing, China
2014 Visiting Artist Talk, Art History Senior Class, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Artist Talk, Okgwa Museum of Art, Okgwa, S. Korea
2013 Visiting Artist Talk, Art History Senior Class, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Gwangju Contemporary Museum of Art, Gwangju, S. Korea
2012 Alumni Artist Talk & Critique, Rinehart School of Sculpture MFA Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011 Flash Forward: The Creative Pursuits of 5 Alumni, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011 Visiting Artist Talk, Dapu International Art Center, Daqing, China
2011 Senior Review Board, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2010 Curator for Solo Exhibition: Gongsan Kim, Almost There, Korea Monitor Art Gallery, Annandale, VA
2010 Resident Artist Talk, Beijing Studio Center, Beijing, China
2010 Visiting Artist Talk, Massachusetts College of Art / Fine Arts Work Center Graduate MFA Program, Provincetown, MA
2010 Visiting Artist Talk & Critique, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
2010 Visiting Artist Talk, Ann Arundel Community College, Pascal Center for the Performing Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
2009 Artist Talk, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009 Resident Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Wei, Lilly, “Beautiful Giving”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2017
2017 Lee, KyongMo, “Beautiful Giving”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2017
2017 Kim, Sam Hee, “Curatorial Essay”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2017
2016 Goodman, Jonathan, "Hayoon Jay Lee: A Life In Art" On-Verge: Alternative Art Criticism – February 16, 2016
By CUE < http://www.on-verge.org/?s=hayoon+jay+lee>
2015 Goodman, Jonathan “ ‘60 Americans’: Many, Many Points of View,” Exhibition Review, June 9, 2015
2014 Kim, Yu-Jong, “Art Theory of Dualism in East & West”, Exhibition Review, Jemin Newspaper –Jejudo, Korea, August 9, 2014
2014 Moskowitz, Cheryl, “Visual Sound”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2014
2014 Kim, Sam Hee, “Visual Sound: Curatorial Essay”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2014
2013 Jeong, Hyeongtak, “Hayoon Lee – A Frong’s Treasure Hunt,” Exhibition Review, Contemporary Art Monthly Magazine
(Seoul, Korea) – Step 2013
2013 Kim, Okreal, “Visual Echo of the Inner Life,” Exhibition Catalogue, 2013
2013 Kim, Sam Hee, “An Article of Event: Curatorial Essay”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2013
2013 “Bank of Manhattan Hayoon Lee Performance”, The New York Korea Times, February 22, 2013
2013 “Community Spot Light: Hayoon Lee”, Korea Daily New York, February 27, 2013
2013 Lee, NaYi. “Bursting!” JeonNam Newpaper - JeonNam, South Korea, February 25, 2013
2012 Martagh, Gina, “Review of work by Jongsun Lee,” Sculpture Magazine – 2012 Spring Edition
2012 Kim, MinKyeong, “2012 Yangsandong Art Studio, Gwangju Museum of Art”, Exhibition Catalog, 2012
2011 Potts, Courtney, “ Catch! Performance at Sculpture Space” Fusion Observer-Dispatch -Utica, NY, June 16, 2011
2011 Vera, Peneda. “Art Incubator II” Global Times – April 13, 2011 , <http://beijing.globaltimes.cn/community/2011-02/627269.html>
2010 Goodman, Jonathan, “A Constant Vigilance,” Exhibition Catalogue, 2010
2010 Zheng, Xuewu, “Jongsun Jay Lee, Korean-American Artist,” Exhibition Catalogue, 2010
2010 North, Melora. “Lee Creates Artwork Line by Line, One Grain at a Time” Provincetown Banner -Provincetown, MA, May 13, 2010
2008 Shaffer, Jessica. "Picks of the Week" Brooklyn Museum - July 23, 2008
<brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/feministbloggers/2008/07>
2008 Duarte, Alessandra. “14th Annual International Exhibition” Soho20gallery.com - July 2008
2008 Judkis, Maura. “Closed Call” Washington City Paper – May 20, 2008
2008 “Double Vision” Visionsquared Blog – March 31, 2008 <livingtheatre.org, visionsquared.blogspot.com
Williams, Mikhael Mei. "Group Performance at MICA
2008 Brings Together More Than 40 Artists and Performers Through Poetry, Sound, and Movement" MICA NEWS - Feb 27, 2008
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Beijing Studio Center, Beijing, China
Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Community School of Maryland, Brookville, MD
Dapu International Art Center, Daqing, China
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Queensborough Community College Art Galley, Bayside, NY
Community School of Maryland, Brookville, MD: Outdoor Sculpture
Headquarters of Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC), Montgomery Village, MD