ARTIST NAME Jae Rhim Lee
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXXII, Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
DISCIPLINE Architecture
WEBSITE www.jaerhimlee.com
BIO Born 1975 in Gwangju, South Korea
Lives in Massachusetts, USA

Education

Visual Studies, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Art and Environmental Studies, Harvard Univeristy, Cambridge, MA, USA
Art, Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA

Selected Exhibitions

2012-2014
- "Futurotextiles," Lille, France, travels internationally
- "Zur Nachahmung Empfohlen!" Berlin, Germany, travels internationally

2012
- "ZERO1," Biennial (Commission), San Jose, CA, USA
- Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2011
- Incheon International Women’s Biennial, Incheon, South Korea
- MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- "Without Destination," Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2010
- "Bolder Crossings," Art Without Walls, Louisville, KY, USA
- "Resurrectine," Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2009
- "Tricks of the Eye," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA

2008
- "Seamless: Computational Couture," Museum of Science, Boston, MA, USA

2007
- "Renegades: 25 Years of Performance Art," Exit Art, New York, NY, USA

2006
- "Six," Space Other Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2005
- "Praying Project," Exit Art, New York, NY, USA

Selected Lectures and Workshops

2012
- Guest Lecture, Difficult Dialogues Symposium, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA
- Guest Lecture, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
- Visiting Artist, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Visiting Artist, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
- Guest Lecture, Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences Festival, Krakow, Poland
- Lecture + Workshop, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Guest Lecture, Sustainable IU, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Visiting Artist, School of Art, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA

2011
- Visiting Artist, Digital Cultures + Creativity, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Talk, Standard Hotel Talks, New York, NY, USA
- Talk, TEDGlobal Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Lecture/Demonstration, Die Untoten Congress, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany

2010
- Talk, IdeaFestival, Louisville, KY, USA

2009
- Visiting Artist, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

2008
- Guest Lecture + Workshop, HAN University, Arnhem, the Netherlands
- Guest Lecture, CONFLUX Festival, New York, NY, USA
- Talk, College Art Association Conference, Dallas, TX, USA

Selected Awards

2013
- DesignBoom “Design for Death” Competition, Special Jury Prize

2011
- TED Fellowship
- MAK Schindler Scholarship, MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2010
- Institut Fuer Raumexperimente Grant, Universitat der Künste, Berlin, Germany

2009
- Creative Capital Foundation Grant, New York, NY, USA

2005-2009
- MIT Council for the Arts Grant, Cambridge, MA, USA

2007
- Artist Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, USA

2006
- MIT Peter de Florez ’38 Grant for Humor, Cambridge, MA, USA

2004-2006
- Graduate Fellowship, MIT Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA, USA
PORTRAIT
Jae Rhim Lee portrait
© Jae Rhim Lee
FINAL PROJECT
The Infinity Burial Project
The Infinity Burial Project image
© MAK Center / Mark Escribano

Project Details...
JURY
László Földényi
Marie Therese Harnoncourt
Alanna Heiss
Hans Weigand
Peter Noever