Paul Lee was born in London in 1974, and lives and works in Brooklyn. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK (2018); Michael Lett, Auckland, NZ (2017); Jeffrey Stark, New York, NY (2016); Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA (2016); and Untilthen gallery, Paris, France (2015). His work has been included in group exhibitions including at Adrian Rosenfeld Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2018); Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2017); Touchpiece, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2017); FraenkelLAB, curated by John Waters, San Francisco, CA (2016); Karma at Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, BE (2015); The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY (2015); and the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (2013). He was an Artist in Residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa in 2007.
b. 1974 in London, UK
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1997 BFA, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Divided; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2019
I see with my body now; Karma; New York, NY
2018
In My Room; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
On My Way To You Now; Stuart Shave Modern Art; London, UK
2017
Pestle; Michael Lett; Auckland, NZ
2016
Layers for a Brain Corner; Maccarone Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
2015
On The Beach In The Dark; Untilthen Gallery; Paris, FR
Nocturnal, seeing in the dark, a path of light that does not cross others; Stuart Shave / Modern Art; London, UK
Paul Lee; Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery of the University of the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
2014
Matinee; Maccarone; New York, NY
Paul Lee; 39 Great Jones; New York, NY
2013
Emerald; Maccarone; New York, NY
Active Light; Michael Lett; Auckland, NZ
2011
Moon River; Modern Art; London, UK
2010
Paul Lee; Modern Art; London, UK
Lavender; Maccarone; New York, NY
2008
Arm’s Length; Peres Projects; Los Angeles, CA
2007
Harbour; Peres Projects; Berlin, DE
Paul Lee; Chinati Foundation; Marfa, TX
2006
Reservoir; Massimo Audiello; New York, NY
Paul Lee; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
2005
Olympus; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
2004
New Work; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
2003
The dead birds of W28th St; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
2002
Books, Paintings, Drawings; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
Paul Lee at the Chelsea Hotel; curated by Billy Cotton and Joanna Raczkiewicz Chelsea Hotel; New York, NY
2001
Paul Lee; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
woof of the sun, ethereal gauze; Halsey McKay Gallery; East Hampton, NY
2017
Marching to the Beat; Jessica Silverman Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Le Coup de Soleil, untilthen; Grand Marché Stalingrad; Paris, FR
TOUCHPIECE; Hannah Hoffman Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2016
Home Improvements; Fraenkel Gallery; San Francisco, CA
2015
Marlborough Lights; Marlborough Broome Street; New York, NY
Love for Three Oranges; Karma at Gladstone Gallery; Brussels, BE
Teeth Gnash Tennessee; Invisible Exports; New York, NY
Partial Presence; Zabludowicz Collection; London, UK
Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions; Morgan Library and Museum; New York, NY
2014
Collective III; Galerie Guy Bärtschi; Geneva, CH
2013
Within and Throughout; JTT; New York, NY
Notes on Neo-Camp, curated by Chris Sharp; Office Baroque Gallery; Antwerp, BE
Notes on Neo-Camp, curated by Chris Sharp; Studio Voltaire; London, UK
UIA (Unlikely Interations of the Abstract); curated by Bill Arning, Valerie Cassel Oliver, and Dean Daderko; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Eugene Von Bruechenhein, Felipe Jesus Consalvos, Paul Lee; Adams and Ollman; Portland, OR
2011
Absentee Landlord, curated by John Waters; Walker Art Center; Minneapolis, MN
Flaca, curated by Tom Humphreys; Portikus; Frankfurt-am-Main, DE
Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work; curated by The Scissor Sisters; Alison Jacques Gallery; London, UK
The Medicine Bag; Maccarone Gallery; New York, NY
2010
Every Night I go to Sleep; Stuart Shave/Modern Art; London, UK
Summer Camp; Exile Exhibitions; Berlin, DE
2009
Minneapolis; Peres Projects; Los Angeles, CA
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture; Saatchi Gallery; London, UK
Parallel; Bortolami Gallery; New York, NY
Between Beach Ball and Rubber Raft; Contemporary Art Museum; St. Louis, MO
Mary’s Choice, curated by Mary Heilmann; 303 Gallery; New York, NY
2008
The Station, curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman; Miami, FL
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber, curated by Nicolas Weist; Goff + Rosenthal; Berlin, DE
Shape of Things to Come; Saatchi Gallery; London, UK
Jesuvian Process; Elizabeth Dee; New York, NY
2007
Ready-Made; Yvon Lambert Project Space; New York, NY
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson; Derek Eller Gallery; New York, NY
Substance & Surface; Bortolami; New York, NY
Eliminate, curated by John Waters; Alberta Merola Galler; Provincetown, MA
Big and Small; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
2006
Table, curated by Kathleen White and Rafael Sanchez; Gene Frankel Theatre; New York, NY
Open Network, curated by Patricia Maloney; Ampersand International; San Francisco, CA
This is Not Called Gay Art Now, curated by Jack Pierson; Paul Kasmin; New York, NY
New Beginnings; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
I Heart Exit Art, Fundraising auction, exhibition; Exit Art; New York, NY
“Christening a Cabin”, curated by Chris Viet; High Desert Test Sites; Twentynine Palms, CA
2005
Drawing Show; Schoolhouse Gallery; Provincetown, MA
Certain People I Know; Margaret Thatcher Gallery; New York, NY
All in the Family; Texas Gallery; Houston, TX
Disco Hospital; Coleman Projects; London, UK
2004
Hung, Drawn, and Quartered; Team Gallery; New York, NY
John Waters Curatorial Choice; Scope Art Fair; New York, NY
2003
Dislocation; K3 Gallery; Zurich, CH
1997
Emerging Artists, curated by Jack Pierson; Against the Grain Gallery; Nanton, Alberta, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
La Colección Jumex, Mexico City, MX
Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, UK
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK