Julie Lee

Julie Lee is a Korean-American artist from the Muscogee and Shawnee land (so-called "Birmingham, AL") working primarily in photography and collage. They hold a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and are residing in Osage and Shawnee land (so-called "Pittsburgh, PA"). Their lens-based works (primarily collage and photography) explore themes of ancestry and the photograph as existential affirmation. These works have circulated nationally and internationally, encouraging new ways of seeing and representing ideas in contemporary image culture, of being seen, and of speculating historical, psychological reconstructions. Their work has been exhibited in Columbia University's PostCrypt Gallery, the Curated Fridge, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Filter Space, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh International Airport. Their work has also been featured in publications such as the Journal of Art Criticism, Yale University's Asterisk* Journal of Art and Art History, Hyperallergic, Fraction Magazine and KQED.