Young Lee is a Korean-born, US-based painter. Young formerly worked in the architectural graphic design field after earning her bachelor’s degree in visual design in 2007. After discovering a passion for art in 2015, she quickly forged a distinct style that is immediately recognizable – imaginative and whimsical yet dark scenes featuring cartoonish characters. Young draws ideas from her own life as well as from contemporary issues to assemble her scenes. Since obtaining an MFA at New York Academy of Art in 2020, Young has exhibited her work in galleries and art fairs across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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EDUCATION

MFA New York Academy of Art

BFA Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

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EXHIBITIONS

2023

‘Eyes of Night’-mini solo, Gallery55-Tree House, Seoul, Korea

‘Creative Perspective’ -group- Loy Gallery, Singapore

Dallas Art Fair - solo presentation, Half Gallery, Texas, USA

‘Villazan X Noblesse’, Noblesse Collection, Seoul, Korea

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2022

‘Stiltsville’, Half Gallery, Miami, USA

‘Night Studio’-solo show, Half Gallery, NYC, USA

‘Animal & Human’-solo show, Villazan Gallery, Madrid, Spain

‘Thinkspace X Volery’, Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE

‘Harmonious Arrangement‘, Half Gallery, LA, USA

2021

Intersect Aspen with Half Gallery, Aspen, USA

‘Wo’s Next’ Group show, The Warehouse Gallery, Hong Kong

Frieze Art Fair NYC with Half Gallery, viewing room presentation, NYC, USA

‘Get a Load of This’ Group show, Daniel Raphael Gallery, London, UK

‘Starting Point’ Group show, Galerie Geraldine, Paris, France

‘Friends Zone Group show, Half Gallery, NYC, USA

2020

‘Universes 3’ Group Show, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong

AXA Art Prize 2020 Finalists Exhibitions, NYC, USA

Artists for Artists Auction, New York Academy of Art, NYC,

USATribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NYC

Ozymandias Winter Art Show, BAZA Studio, NYC

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2019

IPCNY, Print Fair, NYC, USA

Take-Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC, USA

Ozymandias Scholarship recipient Exhibition, NYAA, USA

“Art on a Postcard” Exhibition, Old Spitalfields, London, UK

Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NYC, USA

Prize

Recipient of the Scend Award of AXA Art Prize 2020, NYC

Ozymandias Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art, NYC

Academy Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art, NYC

Rachel Decosimo Scholarship, Lamar Dodd school of Art, Athens

Vince Dooley Scholarship, Lamar Dodd school of Art, Athens