CHRISTINE YERIE LEE
b. 1988 (Memphis, TN)
Based in Los Angeles, CA.
lee.christineyerie@gmail.com
Education
MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2022
BFA Apparel Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, 2010
Solo Exhibitions
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA, March 2025 (forthcoming)
BUL불: A Love Story, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, April 2022
LIVING THREADS, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, February 2020
NO SHOES INSIDE, Y2K Group, Brooklyn, NY, May 2019
Collaborative Projects
lilangeles (with Nelson Bourrec Carter), Screening at Dynasty Typewriter (organized by Heart of Los Angeles), May 2024
lilangeles (with Nelson Bourrec Carter), Screening at Théâtre du Garde-Chasse, Les Lilas, France (organized by Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau), September 2023
Li.LA.s (in collaboration with Nelson Bourrec Carter), Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau, Les Lilas, France (curated by Anna Milone)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
OPEN HOUSE/OPEN STUDIOS, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2023
INCOGNITO, ICA LA Benefit Show, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles)
Cosmic Bodies, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Caleb Craig and Dongpu Ling)
Air Conditioning, New Arts Foundation, Great Hall, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Greg Jenkins)
Talent Show, REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater), Los Angeles, CA (organized by Sharon Lockhart and Ariel Osterweis)
2022
durée, Helen J. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Amy Kahng)
Exile & Diaspora- expressions of displacement and uprootedness, UCLA's 2022 International New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Farshid Bazmandegan and Rachel Hakimian Emenaker)
2021
Crossed Wires, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Re-Imagining Democracy, Mozaik Philanthropy, Virtual (curated by Dr. Shiva Balaghi)
同乡会 / 同鄉會 / TONG XIANG HUI / 동창회 / REUNION, 888 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA
On Becoming, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
P2P: ForGround, Peer to Peer, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Film Making as Spatial Speculation, Screening at Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, FI (organized by Trojan Horse Summer School)
Pandemonium Architecture, OPaf - Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
CalArts Expo 2020, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Catalogue & Friends, Saturdays NYC, New York, NY
2019
CalArts MFA Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
The Big Summer T-Shirt Show, ex ovo gallery, Dallas, TX
MOOD X YERIE, Featured Artist, Collaboration with Mood NYC, New York, NY
2013
Make/Shift Costume Workshop, The Last Weekend, organized by Peter Coffin & Jon Santos, Catskills, NY
R-WW-R (RAWWAR) : Sharewear / Perfornaments (with Simone C. Niquille), Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires, AR
R-WW-R (RAWWAR) : Sharewear / Perfornaments (with Simone C. Niquille), DePunt Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2010
Elle Magazine Fashion Next Award Show, Thesis Presentation at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Selected Awards, Fellowships, & Residencies
2024
Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2023
Artist-in-Residence, Berman Public Art Residency, Heart of Los Angeles in partnership with Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau (FR)
2022
Visual Arts Fellow for Professional Development Fellowship, College Art Association (CAA)
Artist-in-Residence, Crosstown Arts Summer Residency, Memphis, TN
California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the California Arts Council
Patty Disney Center for Life and Work Travel Grant, California Institute of the Arts
2021
Special Mention Winner for Re-imagining Democracy, Mozaik Philanthropy
Deans Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2020
Artist-in-Residence, Trojan Horse Summer School, Bengtsår, Finland
Sung Korean Women in Visual and Culinary Arts Grant
2019
Betty Boltuch Memorial Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2019-2022
Flora Hollingsworth Hurschler Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2019-2022
Lillian Disney Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2019-2022
2010
Fashion Next Award Finalist, Elle Magazine
Publications & Talks
2024
(forthcoming) BUL, monograph published by FRIEND EDITIONS, Summer 2024
2023
“Dollee Go Lightly”, Anthology for Unseen (edited by Amanda Bauer and Ruoyi Shi), December 2023.
Shana Nys Dambrot, “SPIRITED: ARTS CALENDAR OCTOBER 12-18”, LA Weekly, October 11, 2023.
Paulo Murillo, “New Arts Presents ‘Air Conditioning’ Exhibition Coming to West Hollywood”, WEHO TIMES, October 7, 2023.
“Li.LA.S”, No(s) Future(s), 2022-2023 catalog (edited by Luca Avanzini and Anna Milone), Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau, May 2023.
2022
“Rising Stars: Meet Christine Yerie Lee”, VoyageLA, December 14th, 2022.
Ezra Wheeler, “Special Guest on Deadwax”, WYXR Radio, Memphis, TN. July 26th, 2022.
“Crosstown Arts Resident Talks”, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN, July 2022.
Caroline Ellen Liou, “At CalArts MFA Open Studios, Failure Is an Option“, Hyperallergic, May 16, 2022.
“Future Flyer”, La Crónica Libre, Primavera 2022 (edited by Wes Larios and Clara Lopez Menendez). Presented at Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA. May 1st, 2022.
“MEET THE 2021 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS”, College Art Association News, February 18, 2022.
2021
Mike Bland, “Meet Christine Yerie Lee - Artist & Designer”, Shoutout LA, August 2021.
Leah Gant, “Exhibition in Five Landscapes”, Mozaik Philanthropy E-Zine, September 2021.
2020
Ling Tiong, “Countervisualizing the Anthropocene”, OPEN ASSEMBLY, Experiments in Aesthetics & Politics, California Institute of the Arts, December 2020.
“Interview with artist Christine Yerie Lee”, Y2K group, New York, NY. May 14th, 2020. https://youtu.be/91noTMpiyt0
“Catalogue & Friends”, Catalogue & Saturdays NYC, New York, NY, January 2020.
Teaching Experience
2023
Lecturer, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. “Video Art” (Fall Seminar/Studio)
Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, CA (CSULB). “Moving Image” (Spring Seminar/Studio)
Instructor, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. “The Body in 360°” with Alexsa Durrans, (Wintersession Studio)
2022
Teaching Artist, Drawwing Cabinet, La Crescenta, CA. “Summer Art Portfolio Intensive, Mixed Media” (Summer Studio)
Graduate Assistant for Clara Lopez Menendez, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. “Is it Really Working?” (Spring Seminar)
2021
Teaching Assistant, California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA), Los Angeles, CA. “Design + Digital Media” (Summer Studio)
Graduate Assistant for Clara Lopez Menendez, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. “Modern Art History I & II” (Fall/Spring Seminar), “Tech Nightmares” (Fall Seminar)
2020
Graduate Assistant for Clara Lopez Menendez, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. “Modern Art History I” (Fall Seminar)
Design Experience
Kate Spade, New York, NY.
Freelance Sr. Designer RTW Wovens, May 2019 - September 2019
Freelance Sr. Designer RTW Wovens, June 2018 - November 2018
Club Monaco, New York, NY.
Design Consultant, January 2019 - May 2019
Design Manager, January 2016 - January 2018
EDUN, New York, NY. RTW Designer - Wovens, Knits, Accessories, March 2014 - January 2016
Gap, Inc., New York, NY. Freelance Associate Wovens Designer , June 2013 - March 2014
Madewell, New York, NY. Freelance Associate Knitwear Designer, April 2013 - June 2013
3.1 Phillip Lim, New York, NY. Assistant Designer RTW, March 2012 - February 2013
Adam Lippes, New York, NY. Assistant Designer RTW, March 2011 - March 2012
Calvin Klein Collection, New York, NY. Intern, June 2010 - September 2010
Marios Schwab, London, England. Intern, January 2010 - March 2010
Donna Karan Collection, New York, NY. Intern, June 2009 - August 2009