Profile

Born in 1970, Richard Lee spent the first few years of his life in remote North Western Australia then grew up in a rural area on the Eastern side of the country. Lee studied painting at the Australian National University-Canberra School of Art from 1989 - 1993   during which time he also spent one year in Japan. Lee has an enduring interest in Eastern ink painting and philosophies.

He completed studio residencies at Red Gate Gallery as well as Imagine Gallery in Beijing where he also held a very successful solo exhibition. Since then Richard Lee has been living in Beijing for the past two years.

Lee was invited to exhibit in the Mossman Regional Galleries'(Sydney) Westpac Redlands Art prize in 2005. His work was exhibited in the Melbourne Art Fair in 2006 and was also included among the Australian representation at The Shanghai International Art Fair in 2007. Lee's work is represented in Galleries in Canberra and Beijing.

Study

1993 - Bachelor of Arts (visual) Canberra School of Art, ANU
1995 - Post Graduate Diploma in Education (art) University of Newcastle

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Beijing, Imagine Gallery, Outside of Centre
2005 Canberra Contemporary Art Space, The View From Cornucopia
2002 Melbourne, Goya Gallery, The Shadows of Angels

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Paris, Gallerie Celal, Chaos Harmonie / Harmonie Chaos
2007 Shanghai Art Fair
2007 Beijing, NY arts Space, Installation Mode
2006 Melbourne Art Fair
2006 Canberra, Beaver Gallery, Terrain
2005 Sydney, Mosman Regional Gallery, Westpac Redlands Art Prize
2005 Sydney, Soda Gallery, Small Paintings Prize
2005 Milton NSW, Bower House Gallery, The Tree in a Changing Light
2004 Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Members Only
2004 Canberra, Belconnen Community Gallery, The Other Lives of Us
2002 Melbourne, Goya Gallery, Most Collectible Artists
1999 Canberra, Beaver Gallery, Locality
1998 Sydney, T.A.P Gallery, Stuffed Paper
1997 Canberra, Spiral Arm Gallery, Kingston ACT, Living With Art
1997 Canberra, The Street Theatre, Joint exhibition with Marion East
1996 Canberra, Gorman House Arts Centre, Contemporary Arts Festiva l
1994 Coffs Harbour NSW, Lake Russell Gallery, Postcards

Performance
2007 Songzhuang China, June Alliance Performance Festival. Performance of 'Some Kind of Nature '

Reviews and Articles

Shanghai Daily Newspaper Arts supplement, 14 November 2007, page D3, Article.
Metrozine magazine, Beijing, February 2007, pages 19-20, Article
Canberra Times, June 2006, Review by Sonia Barron
Canberra Times, October 12, 2005, Review by Sasha Grishin
Inpress Magazine, Melbourne p78, issue 675, August 22, 2002, Review
Canberra Times, Panorama March 20, 1999, Review by Sonia Barron as part of group exhibition

Professional Experience

Assistant Teacher Australian National University -Canberra School of Art, painting Department, 2003
Teacher of Painting in Canberra School of Art Visual Art Access Program, 2003 - 2006
Various community teaching positions from 1996

Residencies
2006 Red Gate Gallery - Beijing
2006 Imagine Gallery - Beijing

Commissions

Mural, The Choreographic Centre - hatchery, Gorman House Arts Centre, Canberra 1997
Mural, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Section of Tamworth Base Hospital, 2003
Portrait of (ANU) Professor Fred Gruen for Mr Sam Scott, Canberra 1998
Portrait of Professor Kam Hok Hoe (Malaysia) for Mr Neil Phillips, Canberra 2003

Contact

Beijing: 0086 1371 8935 732
Paris cell: 0628101 944
Paris (agent): +33 (0) 1 4246 7560

Email: studiosputnik@hotmail.com

www.luminere.com.au/richard-lee/