Sophia Lee

I transcribe and reveal the beauty of nature through intuitive calligraphy. Materials curated from refuse drive the approach of each project.
In “Seams of the Fog”, the collage under painting is composed of seeds, junk mail, plastic, foil, and cosmetics. I bury it under layers of wax and pigment. What is hidden becomes less important than what is revealed, like fog. There is a tension between the hazy uncertainty of the surface and the intentional, well-defined seams.
Besides stitching and embroidery of plastic yarns into my acrylic paintings, I also weave plast “yarns” as my canvas/ painting. It’s another experience Beneath this joy and wonder of beauty is a layer of darker anxiety I have for the environment.

F.I.D.M- aa degree in fashion design
UCIrvine studio arts
Art Center College of Design- BFA fine art/ painting

11.2007 arabesque (solo), taipei, taiwan
01.2008 wild east art show (group), taipei, taiwan
12.2008 winter group show (sopa gallery), south pasadena, ca
12.2008 alley cat year book project (group) taipei, taiwan
05.2009 sopa group show south pasadena, ca
09.2009 artist beat the ood (group), auction bene t for typhoon victims.
lili cafe, taipei taiwan
03.2010 sopa featured artist (group), south pasadena, ca
10.2010 south pasadena art walk (group) in sopa gallery, ca
05.2011 26th annual juried mail-in art show, margaret harwell museum,
poplar bluff mo
06.2011 6x6x2011: global
rochester contemporary art center,
rochester, ny
07.2011 coloring outside the lines ( nalist), art scene today, online exhibit
09.2011 hundred valley exhibit ( nalist), roseburg, or
11.2011 peripheral (solo),
pearl framing & art gallery
portland, or
06.2012 invited: raghurajpur international art/craft exchange
11.2012 joined soho myriad, artist roster atlanta, ga
04.2013 newport beach regional art exhibit (group) newport beach, ca
08.2013 art on display, royal sonesta houston
11.2013 women in art (group) las laguna gallery laguna beach, ca
06.2014 at the intersection of stitch and clay, taipei.
02.2016 mfa never, root division, san fran...