- Il Lee
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hangul=이일
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rr=Lee Il
mr=Yi Il|Il Lee (born 1952 in
Seoul, Korea ) is a contemporary artist currently living inNew York City . He is best known for working almost exclusively in the unusual medium ofballpoint pen on paper and canvas. His works have been exhibited inSeoul ,Paris ,New York City and San Jose. His work is minimalist in style and can be linked to Asian calligraphy. [ [http://sanjose.org/visitors/events/dates.php?id=16569 SAN JOSE the fun never stops ] ]Lee received his B.F.A. in painting from
Hong-Ik University in 1976. He then moved to New York and earned his M.F.A. from thePratt Institute in 1982. It was around this time that he began working with ballpoint pens. His earlier works were all drawn on paper, but in recent years he has begun to work on larger primed canvases. [ [http://www.artprojects.com/news.php?id=P90_0_2_0_C Art Projects International (API) ] ]In 2007, Il Lee has been the subject of a critically-acclaimed mid-career retrospective IL LEE: Ballpoint Abstractions at the
San Jose Museum of Art . [ [http://www.sjmusart.org/content/events/event_info.phtml?itemID=305 San Jose Museum of Art | EVENT INFORMATION ] ] and a solo exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art, New York.References
External links
* [http://www.artprojects.com/index.php/work/tag/IL_Lee/category/featured_work/ Biography] on Arts Projects International
* [http://www.sjmusart.org/content/events/event_info.phtml?itemID=305 Ballpoint Abstractions] at the San Jose Museum of Art (includes video)
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