Artist: Steven Young Lee
Steven Young Lee, MONTANA
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Steven Young Lee has been the resident artist director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana since 2006. In 2004-05, he lectured and taught at numerous universities throughout China as part of a one-year cultural and educational exchange in Jingdezhen, Shanghai and Beijing. In 2005-6 he was a visiting professor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C.
Steve has lectured extensively in North America and Asia. In March 2013 he participated on a panel, “Americans in the Porcelain City,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2013, he was one of several international artists invited to participate in “New Blue and White,” an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that featured contemporary artists working in the blue-and-white tradition of ceramic production. In the Fall of 2016 his work will be featured as part of the Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.
He is represented by the Duane Reed Gallery, Ferrin Contemporary and The Archie Bray Foundation Gallery. His work has been collected by the Smithsonian Museum, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Korea, as well as many private collections.
Steve received his BFA and MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University. Originally from Chicago, he lives in Helena with his wife, Lisa and their son and daughter Gavin and Florence.
2006-Present
Resident Artist Director, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
education
2004
M.F.A Ceramic Art and Design Alfred University
1998
B.F.A Ceramic Art, Art Education Alfred University
NYS Teaching Certification magna cum laude GPA 3.77
1993-95
Business, Studio Art, University of Iowa.
Art Education
professional experience
2006-Present
Resident Artist Director, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts Helena, MT
2005-2006
Visiting Faculty, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2004-2005
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, San Bao Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province, P.R.C.
-Participated in educational exchange, presenting workshops and slide lectures to colleges and universities in China
-Created a body of work for exhibition at the conclusion of the residency
2004-2005
Resident Artist, Pottery Workshop-Shanghai, Shanghai,China
2004
Faculty-Ceramics Department Head, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
-Ceramics-Majors
-Sculpture-Majors (assumed responsibilities for instructor on leave)
2003-2004
Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
-Ceramic Sculpture w/Professor Walter McConnell, Junior Curriculum
-Freshman Foundation
2003
Faculty, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
-Ceramics-Majors
2003…
Instructor, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
-Sophomore Wheel-Throwing for ceramics majors (instructor of record)
2002
Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
-Sophomore Wheel-throwing with visiting faculty Carlos Runcie-Tanaka
2001-2002
Resident Artist, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Instructor, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
-Taught beginning and advanced wheel throwing and hand-building.
Studio Manager, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
-Managed classroom and private studio facilities
-Organized and ordered supplies and materials
1998-2002
Studio Potter, Steve Lee Inc., Chicago, IL., New York, NY
1998-2001
Instructor, Lill Street Studio, Chicago, IL
1998
Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
-Participated in summer residency program
1998
Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
exhibition record (*denotes solo exhibition)
2015
New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, Ferrin Contemporary, New York, NY
Post China: A Ceramic Journey, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN (September 2015)
*Solo Exhibition, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO (September 2015)
2014
SCOPE Miami, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami, FL
SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art Palm Beach, Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Inspiration in Clay: Sixty Centuries of Ceramics, Mt. Holyoke Museum of Art, South Hadley, MA
Steven Young Lee and Sin Ying Ho, Independent Art Projects/Ferrin Contemporary, MassMOCA, North Adams, MA
NCECA Exhibition-Archie Bray Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
La Mesa Dinnerware Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Milwaukee, WI
Face to Face Wall to Wall, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings MT
St Croix Pottery Tour, Oestreich Studio, Minneapolis, MN (May 2014)
Archie Bray Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Bray Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Holter Benefit Auction, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2013
SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (November 2013)
New Blue and White, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
*Steven Young Lee: Red Blue and White, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
COVET, New York Ceramics Fair, Ferrin Gallery, New York, NY
Functional/Dysfunctional, Morean Art Center, St Pete, FL
Archie Bray Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Bray Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Holter Benefit Auction, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Yunomi International, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Archie Bray Residents, 18 Hands Gallery, NCECA, Houston, TX
La Mesa Dinnerware Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Seattle, WA
Duets, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2012
Contemporary Ceramics, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
International Academy of Ceramics, Artstream Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Steven Young Lee and Beth Lo, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO
Montana Clay, Stewart/Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Archie Bray Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Holter Benefit Auction, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Covet, Ferrin Gallery, SOFA Expo, New York, NY
Prey/Capture, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
PWS 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Art Palm Beach, Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, OR
Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
La Mesa Dinnerware Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Seattle, WA
2012 Yunomi International, AKAR gallery, Iowa City, IA
Ceramaramayaki, ASU ceramic research center, Tempe, AZ
2011
Earth, Water, Fire Flaten Art Museum, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Pursuit of Porcelain, Ferrin Gallery, SOFA, New York, NY
Then and Now, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula MT
Archie Bray 60th Anniversary Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray 60th Anniversary Auction, Helena, MT
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Featured Artist, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Self Schema, The Heights Waterfront, Tampa, FL
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, St Petersburg Clay, St Pete, FL
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
2010
The Vase and Beyond– Swidler Collection, Crocker Art Museum, Sacremento, CA
* Beneath the Surface, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
50 Gravy Boats, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
La Mesa Dinnerware Invitational, Santa Fe Clay,Philadelphia, PA
Ceramarama, ASU ceramic research center, Tempe, AZ
Ikebana Y, Pottery Northwest,Seattle, WA
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Four by Four, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
Holter Museum Art Auction, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
2009
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
NCECA Exhibition, MonOrchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Potters as Sculptors/Sculptors as Potters, Northern Arizona University, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Yunomi International, AKAR gallery, Iowa City, IA
La Mesa Dinnerware Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Phoenix, AZ
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Holter Museum Art Auction, Helena, MT
2008
* Notions, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT
* Culture Theory, Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Ceramarama, ASU ceramic research center, Tempe, AZ
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
NCECA Exhibition, Third Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA
Bling: Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2007
* in the name of tradition, Archie Bray Foundation- North Gallery, Helena, MT
Jingdezhen Ceramics Exposition, International Ceramics Museum, Jingdezhen, PRC
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Featured Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2006
Invitational, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Helena, MT
Powell Festival Auction, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2005
Culture Crawl, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
* Solo Exhibition, Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen, China
International Chinese Ceramics Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen, China
2004
Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Art Gallery, Interlochen, MI
* M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Two Person Exhibition, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
2003
National Whitewares Conference Exhibition, Susan Howell, Alfred, NY
Featured Artist, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Arts Gallery, Interlochen, MI
Set, Invitational, Artsite Gallery, Wellsville, NY
Tea for Two or Twenty, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2002
* Passages, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Strictly Functional National Competition, Lancaster Museum of Art, East Petersburg, PA.
Archie Bray Scholarship Auction, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Studio Show, Charles Jahn Pottery, Evanston, IL
2001
Westchester Arts Council Invitational, White Plains, NY
25 select 25 Invitational, Gallery 1021, Chicago IL
Strictly Functional National Competition, Lancaster Museum of Art, East Petersburg, PA
* Unsuspected Origins, Terra Incognito Gallery, Oak Park, IL
NCECA 2001 Clay National, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC
Porcelain 2001 National Competition, Esmay Fine Art, Rochester, NY
Benefit Auction, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
National Teapot Show Invitational, Ryan & Maclean, Helena, MT
100 Teapots, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Studio Show, Charles Jahn Pottery, Evanston, IL
2000
Craft Forms 2000 National Competition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Studio Days 2000 National Competition, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
Porcelain 2000 National Competition, Esmay Fine Art, Rochester, NY
Featured Artist, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Paul Soldner Vase Invitational, Colorado Clay Project, Denver, CO
Studio Show, Charles Jahn Pottery, Evanston, IL
1999
* Solo Exhibition, Lill Street Studio, Chicago IL
National Teapot Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Craft Invitational, Coburn Art Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Ceramics 99 National Competition, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass, Florence, AL
Ceramix, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
1998
* Bachelors of Fine Arts Exhibition, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
lectures/workshops/panels
2015
Lectures/Critiques/Jurying, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
2014
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques/Jurying/Judged Chili Cook-off, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Public Lecture, Hometown Helena, Helena, MT
2013
Workshop w/ Kathy King, Morean Art Center, St Pete, FL
Panel Presentation, Americans and the Porcelain City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2012
Panel Presentation, International Academy of Ceramics, Santa Fe, NM
Symposium Presenter, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO
Public Artist Lecture, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2011
Workshop/Lecture, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Visiting Artist Lecture/Critiques, Georgia State College, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Lecture/Critiques, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Public Lecture, History of the Archie Bray, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Public Lecture/Panel–Archie Bray Then and Now with Kurt Weiser and Rich Newby, NCECA, Tampa FL
Visiting Artist Lecture/Critiques, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2010
Public Lecture, Archie Bray at 60 Years, SOFA-Chicago Expo, Chicago, IL
Public Lecture, Archie Bray at 60 Years, Montana Art Galleries Directors’ Assoc Conference, Pray MT
Visiting Artist Lecture/Critiques, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Panel Presentation, Sustainability in Ceramics, NCECA pre-conference, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Public Artist Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Public Lecture, Archie Bray Then and Now, President’s Fine Arts Series, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2009
Public Lecture, Sustainability in Ceramics, Korean Ceramic Exposition, Icheon, Korea
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2008
Public Lecture, History of the Archie Bray, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Public Artist Lecture, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT
Public Artist Lecture, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2007
Public Lecture, History of the Archie Bray, Rotary of Helena, Helena, MT
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2006
Public Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Workshop/Lecture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2005
Public Artist Lecture, Emily Carr Institute of Art, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Public Artist Lecture, Langara College, Vancouver B.C., Canada
Workshop/Lecture, Fraser Valley Potters guild, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, Beijing Central Academy of Art, Beijing, China
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2004
Public Artist Lecture/Critiques, Hanzhou Fine Arts College, Hanzhou, China
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Workshop/Lecture/Critiques, Li Sui University, Li Sui, China
Faculty Lecture, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
2003
Faculty Lecture, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
2002
Workshop/Lecture, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2001
Workshop, Loyola High School, Winnetka, IL
1999
Workshop/Lecture, Lill Street Studio, Chicago, IL
1998
Public Artist Lecture, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
collections
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, MN
Crocker Art Museum, Swidler Collection, Sacramento, CA
Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
San Bao Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Arrow International Inc., Marlin Miller Jr., Reading, PA
Standard Ceramic Corporation, James Turnbull, Pittsburgh, PA
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, IL
Arlene Schnitzer, Portland, WA
David Charak III, St Louis, MO
Candice Groot, Evanston, IL
Jim Kolva and Pat Sullivan, Spokane, WA
Midge and Jerry Golner, Phoenix, AZ
Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA
Robert and Suzanne Taunt, Carmel, CA
Wayne Higby, Alfred, NY
jurying/curating
Archie Bray Residency Program 2007-present
Functional/Dysfunctional, National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, 2013
UN-wedged, Pottery Northwest Juried Exhibition, 2012
Colorado Clay, Regional juried Exhibition, 2012
Lill Street International, Juried Exhibition 2010
Montana State University Faculty Search Committee 2009
Clay Studio-Philadelphia, Studio Artist Juried Exhibition 2008
Northwest Potters Guild Juried Exhibition 2007
The Wearable Art Awards, Port Moody Art Center, Port Moody, B.C., Canada 2005
grants/fellowships/awards
2007
20 under 40, Helena Independent Record
2004
China International Fellowship, Jingdezhen San Bao Ceramic Institute
2003
Graduate Fellowship, Alfred University
National Graduate Scholarship, Korean American Student Fund (KASF)
2001
National Graduate Scholarship, Korean American Student Fund (KASF)
Third Place Award, Strictly Functional International Exhibition
Jurors Award, Porcelain 2001 National Exhibition
Invitational Award, Madison Art Fair
2000
First Place Award, St Louis Art Fair
Washington University Sponsorship Award, St Louis Art Fair
Award of Excellence, Oakbrook Center Invitational
1999
Second Place Award, Ceramics 99
Deans List, Alfred University
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Alfred University
Purchase Award, Alfred University
1996
Functional Design Award, Alfred University
1994
Deans List, University of Iowa
boards
Helena Institute, Helena Montana 2008-9
Green Task Force, NCECA 2008-10