About
About
Jun Lee(Washington, DC) is a printmaker who works in large format woodcut, utilizing animals as metaphors to convey competition in our daily lives. Lee was awarded Arts and Humanities Fellowship and DC Art Bank grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She has completed numerous artist residencies and fellowships and her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including: IA&A at Hillyer (DC), Artists and Makers Studios (MD), West Virginia University (WV), Paradigm Gallery (PA), Big Medium Gallery (TX), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (MD), American University Museum (DC), Highpoint Center for Printmaking (MN), Insa Art Center (Seoul, South Korea), Daimler Financial Services Atrium (Berlin, Germany). Lee received her MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) and her BFA in Illustration, and a Post Baccalaureate in Printmaking from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MN).
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Jun Lee is a Washington, DC-based printmaker known for large-format woodcuts exploring competition through animal imagery. She received awards from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and holds degrees from Cranbrook Academy of Art and MCAD.
EDUCATION
Date
School
2007
Master of Fine Arts – Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2004
Post Baccalaureate – Printmaking, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Illustration, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS
Date
Detail
2026 – 2024
Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2022 – 2018
DC Art Bank
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2020
Virginia Artist Relief Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
2020
First Prize
Impressed: Upside Down, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
Impressed: Upside Down, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
2019
Fourth Place-Award of Merritt
4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition,
University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD
4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition,
University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD
2019
Montgomery County Contemporary Works on Paper Artwork
Public Art Collection of the Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Silver Spring, MD
Public Art Collection of the Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Silver Spring, MD
2018
Best In Show
Stand Out Prints 2018, Highpoint’s International Juried Exhibition
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
Stand Out Prints 2018, Highpoint’s International Juried Exhibition
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Best In Show, Flights of Fancy, Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2018
Semifinalist, 13th Annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, Baltimore, MD
2017
Honorable Mention
Art Speaks On The Bay Juried Art Show, Art Speaks Gallery, Mathews, VA
Art Speaks On The Bay Juried Art Show, Art Speaks Gallery, Mathews, VA
2016
Third Place-Award of Merritt
3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit
University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit
University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
2007
Nomination, one of ten finalists, Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist Award, Berlin, Germany
2007
MFA Merit Award - Jerome Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
RESIDENCY
Date
Address
2026 – 2025
Winter Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2023
VCCA 50th Anniversary Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Art, Amherst, VA
2023
Morgan Conservatory 2023 Artist in Residence,
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2022
2022 National PRINT Residency, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
2020 – 2017
Winter Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2020 – 2014
Printmaking Artist in Residence, Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2018
Artist in Residence for Fall 2018, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
2017
Denbo Fellowship, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
COLLECTION
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Detail
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Montgomery County Public Art Trust (Silver Spring, MD)
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West Virginia University Art Museum (Morgantown, WV)
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Washington, DC)
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Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
EXHIBITION
Date
Location
2026
Borderless, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
2026
Unbreakable Elements, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC - SOLO EXHIBITION
2025
Women Artists of the DMV, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2025
HIDE & SEEK, Artists and Makers Studios, Rockville, MD - SOLO EXHIBITION
2024
From the Earth to the Sky, Gallery Y, Washington, DC
2024
Artomatic 2024, Washington, DC
2023
Motley Multiples, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Mixed Grit, Round 1 - 8
Frogman’s 2023 Print Workshop, University of Iowa, Visual Arts Building, Iowa City, IA
Frogman’s 2023 Print Workshop, University of Iowa, Visual Arts Building, Iowa City, IA
2023
Ideas / Variations, 2nd Edition, Coronado Print Room, Austin, TX
2023
Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2022
Mixed Grit, Art Museum, FlexSpace, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
2022
One More Pull - SOLO EXHIBITION
Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2022
Sustain, Innovate, Transform
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2022
The County Collects III: Mother Nature
Montgomery County’s Contemporary Works on Paper Collection
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
Montgomery County’s Contemporary Works on Paper Collection
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
2022
PRINTAUSTIN - The Contemporary Print 2022, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
2021
Arts in the New Normal
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Mezzanine Exhibit Gallery, Solomons, MD
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Mezzanine Exhibit Gallery, Solomons, MD
2021
DC Art Now 2021, Art Bank Grant Program
Government of the District of Columbia, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Government of the District of Columbia, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2021
27th Parkside National Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Galleries, Kenosha, WI
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Galleries, Kenosha, WI
2021
Black & Blue: Prints in the Time of COVID
Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD; Curated by Susan Goldman, owner of Lily Press
Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD; Curated by Susan Goldman, owner of Lily Press
2021
RELIEF — Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2021
INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices — BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2021
On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Solomons, MD
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Solomons, MD
2020
DC Art Now 2020, Art Bank Grant Program
Government of the District of Columbia, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Government of the District of Columbia, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2020
Wooden Storytellers — Spokane Print Fest, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2020
Surface Impressions, International Juried Print Exhibition — LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2019
The Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial
Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2020
Impressed: Upside Down, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition — Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
2019
4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition — University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
2019
Competition Contemplation — Frogman’s 2019 Print Workshop, SOLO EXHIBITION
The Little Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Little Gallery, Omaha, NE
2019
The Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
Alper Initiative for Washington Art at the American University Museum, Washington, DC
Alper Initiative for Washington Art at the American University Museum, Washington, DC
2018
Stand Out Prints 2018, Highpoint’s International Juried Exhibition
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2018
13th Annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, 2018 Semifinalist Exhibition
Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2018
Feather and Fur — SOLO EXHIBITION, Artists and Makers Studios, Rockville, MD
2018
Extravagant Visions, Extraordinary Imaginings
2018 Artscape Gallery Network, The Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2018 Artscape Gallery Network, The Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2018
BIG INK Print Exhibition — Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield, MA
2018
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition — Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
2018
FIRST CONTACT – An Invitational Printmaking Portfolio
Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
2018
Impressions 2018 National Printmaking Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2017
Full Court Press North American Juried Print Competition, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2017
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2017
Women of Woodcut, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
2017
Art Speaks On The Bay Juried Art Show, Art Speaks Gallery, Mathews, VA
2017
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2016
Literary Innovation, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016
3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
2016
Art Invitational 2016, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2015
Survival of the Fittest - SOLO EXHIBITION
Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2015
2015 Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2014
Jun Lee Solo show - SOLO EXHIBITION, Insa Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2010
Cosplay - SOLO EXHIBITION, Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2009
Animal Farm - SOLO EXHIBITION, Signature Theatre, Shirlington, VA
2008
Wallpaper, Tenton Art Lab, Jackson, WY
2007
Impact 5, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2007
Art Forum Berlin, Daimler Financial Services Atrium, Berlin, Germany
2006
i+i+i=!, Tophohaus Art & Design Gallery, Seoul, South Korea