Michelle Lee received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in studio art and has studied at the École Nationale Superiéure des Beaux-Arts, Paris and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei. She has participated in exhibitions in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Toronto and received an Artist’s Grant in 2010 at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
b. 1987, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Education
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (current). Expected Graduation: 2013
M.A. in Art and Art Education (Initial Certification)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minor in History , QPA: 3.54
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 2008
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006
Exhibitions
2010
Young Blood Gallery, Home: Biennial Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
artspace 105, [void]: absence defines being, Pittsburgh, PA
Art All Night, Iron City Brewery, Pittsburgh, PA
Three Rivers Arts’ Festival, New Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
The Spinning Plate Gallery, Nobody’s Home, Pittsburgh, PA
The Spinning Plate Gallery, The Explorer’s Club, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Verlan Boutique and Gallery, You Ain’t Nothing to Me, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Self Portrait: Silver Eye at 30, Pittsburgh, PA
Minnow and Bass Gallery, tributary, Toronto, ON
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, From the Vault: Senior BFA Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
The Frame, Science, Wonder, and Lies, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
Park Place Arts Center, Morgan Sanders and Michelle Lee, Pittsburgh, PA
The Frame, Potluck V (Project of Art in General, NYC), Pittsburgh, PA
2007
The Frame, Prinstallation Revelations!, Pittsburgh, PA
PNC Park: Jumbotron Show, Caught Looking, Pittsburgh, PA
<C> Space, Machine Wash Warm Water, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency
Vermont Studio Center, September – October 2010
Press
Thomas, Mary. “Art, Art, Everywhere…” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9 June 2010
O’Driscoll, Bill. “A local art-zine releases…”. City Paper, 24 May 2007
Publication
Encyclopedia Destructica, Bvmba the Fovrth, April 2007
Awards
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, 2010
University Honors, 2009
Dean’s List, 2006, 2009
