ARTIST NAME Jae Rhim Lee
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXXII, Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
DISCIPLINE Architecture
WEBSITE www.jaerhimlee.com
BIO Born 1975 in Gwangju, South Korea
Lives in Massachusetts

Education

Master of Science in Visual Studies, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard Univeristy, Cambridge, MA, USA
Bachelor of Art, Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA

Recent Exhibitions and Presentations

2011
- “Die Untoten: Life Sciences and Pulp Fiction,” Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
- “AR--Artistic Research (with Gyorgy Kepes and Attila Csorgo),” MIT and Siemens Foundation, Cambridge, MA
- “Without Destination,” Reykavik Art Museum, Reykavik, Iceland

2010
- “ZUR NACHAHMUNG EMPFOHLEN! EXPEDITIONEN IN ÄSTHETIK & NACHHALTIGKEIT,” Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany, subsequent presentations throughout Germany; St Petersburg, Russia; Athens,Greece; and other locations via the Goethe Institute
- “Bolder Crossings: New Art at the Intersections of Science, Sustainability, and the Surreal,” Art Without Walls, Louisville, KY
- “Resurrectine,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York

2009
- "MIT FEMA Trailer Project: Armadillo National Tour (conducted by Side Street Projects),”various locations throughout the USA including New Orleans and Houston
- “Tricks of the Eye,” RISD Public Engagement, Providence, RI

2008
- “Seamless: Computational Couture,” Museum of Science, Boston

2007
- “Spring Open Studios,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
- “Renegades: 25 Years of Performance,” Exit Art, New York

Recent Public Talks and Workshops

2011
- "Parallel / Peripheral: Working at the Intersection of Art and Other,” Collision 2 Lecture Series MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Cambridge, MA
- “Postmortem Options: A Workshop on the Dead Body,” MIT, Cambridge, MA

2010
- “Infinity Burial Project,” IdeaFestival, Louisville, KY
- “Infinity Burial Project,” Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany

2009
- "“MIT FEMA Trailer Project,” Lecture Series: "Collision: Science Technology, Contemporary Art”, MIT Visual Arts Program, Cambridge, MA

2008
- “Permaculture: Zone Zero Zero Design,” HAN University, Arnhem, Netherlands
- “MIT FEMA Trailer Project,” Conflux Festival, New York
- “N=0=Infinity and the MIT FEMA Trailer Project,” Disruptive Environments Conference, Cambridge, MA
- “The Sustainable Studio,” College Art Association Conference, Dallas

2007
- “Prolonged Endurance,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

Selected Recent Grants, Honors, and Residencies

- Grant, Institut fur Raumexperimente/Studio Olafur Eliasson, Universität der Kunste, Berlin
- Grant, Creative Capital Foundation, New York
- Grant, MIT Council for the Arts, Grant, Cambridge, MA
- Invited Artist Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
- Peter de Florez ’38 Project Grant for Humor, MIT, Cambridge, MA,
- Graduate Fellowship, MIT Visual Arts Program, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA
PORTRAIT
Jae Rhim Lee portrait
© Jae Rhim Lee
FINAL PROJECT
The Infinity Burial Project
The Infinity Burial Project image
© MAK Center / Mark Escribano

Project Details...
JURY
László Földényi
Marie Therese Harnoncourt
Alanna Heiss
Hans Weigand
Peter Noever