Sae A Lee

Born in South Korea and raised in the United States, She identifies herself as a "confused 1.5 generation" Korean American.

She is known for manipulating space, light, and form through her language of painting. Currently expanding her medium to the shaped canvas, she is playing with the perception of form. She creates and contorts the form with light and depth either through paint, or shaping the canvas- physically breaking out from the restrictive rectangular canvas. In her works, Sae A expresses an unaltered confession of doubt and vulnerability, toying with her perception of beauty. She seeks and speaks beauty indirectly and describes her painting process as “a happy discomfort.” She does not speak directly to the audience, but she communicates through her witty treatment of painting with a twisted sense of humor.

Rhode Island School of Design BFA in Painting
Yale School of Art MFA in Painting & Printmaking
Columbia Teachers College Doctoral candidate

2022 《Dance with Me》 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Jeon, Daegu.
2022 《I’m Fine, Thank You. and You?》 Juried curatorial Exhibition, Art Space IAa, Jeju
2019 《Grid》Curatorial Group Show, Brooklyn Yard, New York.
2019 《September Primer》Macy Art Galley, New York
2019 《Dialogue: 4 Women Artists》 Group Show,, SAAC, Staunton, V.
2018 《Studio Works》 Macy Art Galley, New York.
2014 《Memory and Flashbacks》 L’ESPACE 71 Gallery, Cheongdam, Seoul.
2014 《Wavering Zips; Sae A Lee》 Solo Exhibition, Bsss gallery, VA.
2012 《Emerge CT2》 Stamford University Gallery, Connecticut