videos
Solo exhibitions

Life Traces
Gallery Artlink, Seoul, Korea
June 20-July 18, 2019
Press release
Show booklet.pdf
www.artlink.co.kr
Green Hammock Video
Green Hammock Interview Video


Winter Verse
George BIllis Gallery NY
January 22- February 23, 2019
Reception Thursday, January 24, 6-8pm
Press Release
Show card
www.georgebillisgallery.com

Earth, Tree Woman
Gallery Artlink, Seoul, Korea
April 1-April 20, 2018
Opening April 4, 4pm-6:30pm
t. 82 2 738 0738
press release
Show card.pdf
www.artlink.co.kr


Risky Thread Stitching
Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
May 5-June 2, 2015
Opening May 5, 5pm-8pm
t. 02- 3210 1233

press release
www.trunkgallery.com


Ode to Sprouts
George Billis Gallery New York
March 31 - April 25, 2015
Opening, Thursday, April 2
georgebillis.com
press release
NYCULTURE, "Ode to Sprouts"

Dream Seedpod
Artlink Gallery, Seoul, Korea
December 14 - January 13, 2013
http://www.artlink.co.kr/artlink/exhibition03.asp
press release

Stepping Forward
George Billis Gallery
www.georgebillisgallery.com
New York, NY. 
April 5 - May 7, 2011
press release

Thread Whisper
Dolphin Gallery
Kansas City, MO
May 28-July 3, 2009
www.thedolphingallery.com
press release

Ke-Sook Lee / Window Series
George Billis Gallery LA, La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
January 6-February 14, 2009
www.georgebillisgallery.com
press release

Ke-Sook Lee: Threads of Memory / An Installation
Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, PA.
In conjunction with Philadelphia International Fiber Symposium
March 6- 31, 2008

One Hundred Faceless Women
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
April 10-May 5, 2007
www.georgebillisgallery.com

Ke-Sook Lee / Seedpods
George Billis Gallery LA
La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
October 18-December3, 2005

Ke-Sook Lee_Collective Stitching
George Billis Gallery
New York, NY
April 5- May 7, 2005

Ke-Sook Lee / Stitches from her Garden
Snyderman-Works Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
June 2004

Ke-Sook Lee / Notes from the Garden
The writer's Place/Midwest Center for the Literary Art
Kansas City, MO
April 14-June 14, 2004

Ke-Sook Lee / Sowing Seeds
George Billis Gallery New York, NY
April1-April 26, 2003

Ke-Sook Lee / Peintures et dessins technique mixte,
Gallerie Lefor Openo,
Paris, France
June 2002 (2 Person show)

 



Group exhibition

Bold Women
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas, Lawrence
February 18-July !6, 2025

AND NOW BY HAND
Ke-Sook Lee, Margo Kren, Sunyoung Park
VOLLAND, Alma, KS
February 1- March 30, 2025
Volland Foundation

Baik Wha Man Bal
Gallery Artlink,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
May 5 -30, 2021


The de Young Open Exhibit
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
de Young Museum
October 10-January 3, 2021
In celebration of the de Young museum's 125th anniversary


Une Exposition d'Arts Obsessionels de la Fibre
Graver Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
March-April 2020


..Going
George Billis Gallery New York
Curated by Robin King Carla Ricebuto
November 5-December 7, 2019


Built Environment
The Epsten Gallery
Overland Park, Kansas
October 22, 2017 – January 21, 2018

(5 Persons show)

Reviewing Trend of Contemporary Art
Ami Art Museum, Dangjin, South Korea
July-October, 2016


East Meets West
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
June 28– July 23, 2016
Opening Reception Thursday June 30, 6-8pm
press release


The Faces of Politics: In/Tolerance
Fuller Craft Museum,
Brockton, MA
April 16– August 21, 2016
Opening Reception April 17, 2016
Guest Curator: Bruce Hoffman

Cut, Fold, and Form
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
January 24 – May 1, 2016
press release

Ecole de Ami Residency
Ami Art Museum, Dangjin, Korea
September 1-October 17, 2015


Holding Patterns
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas, Lawrence
September 16 - March 15, 2015
http://www.spencerart.ku.edu
video interview


Six Ranges of Seeing
Park Eul Bok Embroidery Museum
Seoul, Korea
September, 2013 – April, 2014


The Female Gaze:
Women Artists Making Their World
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
November 17, 2012 - April 7, 2013 


Women to Watch 2012: Focus on Fiber & Textiles
Dean's Gallery, Miller Nichols Library
University of Missouri, Kansas City
September 17 - November 2, 2012 


Elemental
Sturt Haaga Gallery in the Descanso Gardens
September 9- November 25, 2012
press release


A Sense of Place
The Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia, PA.
curated by Bruce Hoffman
February 2012
video interview
press release

Abstract•Kansas City
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Overland Park, Kansas
November 16, 2011 - February 19, 2012

Push
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Dec 9, 2011- February 12, 2012

CELESTIAL TERRESTRIALS:
Between Heaven and Earth

Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Curated by Elisabeth Kirsch
October 21- December, 2011
press release.pdf

We project Installation
Rocket Grant, Funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum
March 24 - April 3, 2011

http://www.charlottestreet.org/initiatives/rocket-grant-projects/recipients/we/

Haunting Memories
Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service
New York, NY
May-June 2009 (6 Persons show)

Material Girl
Riverside Art Museum, CA
January 4-March 10, 2009

Threading Trends Berlin
Alter Post, Berlin, Germany
October 30 –November 15, 2008

LADYLIKE
Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL
June 13-July 31, 2008

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
Site specific installation
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
November 2007 -April 2008

Black n White
Angiola Churchill, Ke-Sook Lee, Katrin Grotepass
CRECLO ART GALLERY, New York, NY
February 15- April 14, 2007

Threads of Memory
Dorsky Gallery, Curatorial program
February 5-April 17, 2006





Special events

Publication
Ode to Seed
Ke-Sook Lee
64 pages
Blurb Publishing, December 2024
Order Book from Blurb:
www.blurb.com/b/12267083-ode-to-seed

Asian American Women Artist Association
Slide Slam Presentation
March 25, 2023

Art on Paper Fair in NYC
Represented by George BIllis Gallery CT
September 9-12, 2021


ARTISTS RESPOND
A Virtual Exhibition
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
2020
https://www.spencerart.ku.edu/artists-respond

New work by artists who have previously engaged with the Spencer Museum and University of Kansas communities.


Streaming with Saralyn
Featuring Ke-Sook Lee and Kris Ercums
https://youtu.be/hTfUGqJDStQ
Spenser Museum of Art
April 27, 2020


Handmade Book
Ke-Sook Lee
"Portrait of a Woman as an Artist"
Printed in Rice paper, hand binded & cover designed by Ke-Sook Lee
46 pages, Edition of 30
Artlink Gallery, Seoul Korea 2019


Publication
Material Culture Review 86 (Fall 2017)
Materiality, Affect, and the Archive:The Possibility of Feminist Nostalgia in Contemporary Handkerchief Embroidery
On Ke-Sook Lee: Memory and Coded Communication p.27- p.30
By Mariah Gruner


Artist talk & Docent presentation
Life Traces
July 4, 2019 4-6pm
July 5, 2019 5-6pm
July 9, 2019 11-1pm
Gallery Artlink, Seoul, Korea


Winter Verse installation
Art Market San Francisco
April 25-28, 2019
Fort Mason/Festival Pavilion
San Francisco, CA
Artmarketproductions.com

Publication
The Language of Making
The Textile Study Group of New York
2019, p.201

ARTISTS INHABIT THE MUSEUM
2005-2015
Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
168 pages
2017

Interview with Raechelle Gardner-Roe for artist's portrait of The Feminine exhibition, at the Writers Place
Kansas City, MO
September - October 2017

Publication
Artwork from the Collection of University Hospitals/ WIESENBERGER
University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
2016, p.176

Korean Contemporary Art Book 029
Lee, Ke-Sook
Hexagon publishing, 192 pages
2015
order book here


Ecole De Ami Residency
Ami Art Museum
Dangjin, Korea
September 1-October 17, 2016


Visiting Artist Workshop
Park Eul Bok, Embroidery Museum,
Seoul, Korea
October 23 , 2013

Residency
Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
September 10-15, 2014
http://www.spencerart.ku.edu

Publication
One Hundred Faceless Women
Ke-Sook Lee
Blurb, 100 pages
2013
Order book from Blurb:
www.blurb.com/b/3072095-one-hundred-faceless-women

'Little Bird'
Installation Commission
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO.
Completed in June, 2013

Artists' Walk and Presentation
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
May 10, 2013


Visiting Artist Presentation
Textile Study Group New York
April 17, 2013

Artist Discussion
Sense of Place
Philadelphia Arts and Alliance, PA
February, 2012
Green Hammock Interview
A Sense of Place, 2012

Pen Tales On The Road:
A Night of Travel & Migration

Ke-Sook Lee:
Poems and Embroidered Drawings
The Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU
Book Exhibition & readings
June 8-22, 2011
www.pentales.com


Current Perspectives: Ke-Sook Lee
Kansas City Art Institute Lecture Series
Epperson Auditorium, Kansas City MO, March 5, 2009

Third Thursday-Visiting Artist's Presentation
Hudson Auditorium
Ke-Sook Lee, Michael Wickerson
Nermann Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Series
Overland Park KS, March 26, 2009