Kakyoung Lee (she/her) is a Korean-born, Brooklyn-based artist with a background in printmaking. Her practice spans printmaking, animation, and installation, with interdisciplinary engagement in print and time-based work at the core of her studio practice.
Holding a BFA/MFA from Hong-Ik University and an MFA from SUNY-Purchase College, NY, Lee has exhibited in numerous exhibitions both locally and internationally, including at the Drawing Center, Museum of Modern Art, Queens Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Ryan Lee Gallery, Tiger Strike Astroid Gallery, New York; Mass MOCA, North Adams; Kunsthalle Bremen, Museum Folkwang, Essen; Oqbo, Berlin, DE; Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka, Bosnia; and Seoul Arts Center, Korea.
She has participated in many artist residency programs, including the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Omi, ISCP, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and Brandywine Workshop where she was able to focus on experimenting with time intensive print and animation projects. Lee has received several grants and awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant (’10, ’23), the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, the NYFA Fellowship, the AHL Foundation grant, and the KAFA Award.
Lee’s works have been featured in the Library of Congress blog, Art in Paper, Hyperallergic, Printeresting.com, and in many magazines internationally. Her prints and animations are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; the MetropolitanMuseum of Art; the Asia Society Museum, New York; the McNay Art Museum, TX; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Jeju 4.3 Memorial in Jeju, Korea; among others.