BIOGRAPHY

Born: Kye-Chang, South Korea, 1970

Resides: New York

Education: New York University (M.A., 1999); Fashion Institute of Technology (A.A.S., 1996); Chung-Ang, College of Arts, University of Korea (B.F.A., 1993)

Solo Exhibitions:

2001
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

2001
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

2001
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.

2001
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York. Also 1999.

2000
Gallery Gan, Tokyo.

2000
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.



Group Exhibitions:

2002
"Open City: Street Photographs Since 1950," The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Catalogue.

2002
"Mirror Image," Armand Hammer Museum, University of California Los Angeles.

2001
"One Planet Under a Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art," The Bronx Museum, New York. Catalogue.

2001
"Purloined," Artists Space, New York

2001
"Fresh: Recent Acquisitions," The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo.

2001
"Recent Acquisitions," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

2001
"Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Catalogue.

2001
"Chelsea Rising," The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans.

2000
"Staged and Manipulated," The St. Louis Museum of Art.

2000
"The Bigger Picture," The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

2000
"Reflections in a Glass Eye," International Center of Photography, New York.

2000
"Greater New York," MoMA/P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York.

2000
"The Kwangju Biennale," Kwangju, South Korea. Catalogue.

2000
"Represent: A Show of Identities," The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York.

1999
"Guarene Arte 99," Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Turin, Italy. Catalogue.

1999
"Generation Z," P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York.

1999
"Open: Nikki Lee: Projects," Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut.

1998
"The Cultured Tourist," Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.

Selected Bibliography:

2001
Basilico, Stefano. "Without You, I'm Nothing."Time Out New York (November 8-15).

2001
Berger, Maurice. "Picturing Whiteness: Nikki S. Lee's Yuppie Project."Art Journal (winter).

2001
Elbies, Jeffrey. "Nikki S. Lee, Roles of a Lifetime."American Photo (March-April).

2001
Hamilton, William. "Dressing the Part Is Her Art."The New York Times (December 2).

2001
Nikki S. Lee: Projects. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje-Cantz.