• traceLong-day, Long-night
    2020
    hand-embroidered thread
    rice paper, mixed media
    statement


  • traceBlue Sky #2
    2020
    hand-embroidered thread
    rice paper, mixed media
    statement


  • traceBlue Sky #3
    2020
    hand-embroidered thread
    rice paper, mixed media
    statement


  • traceSeedpods
    2020
    hand-embroidered thread
    mixed media
    statement

  • trace Ode to Sprout 4
    2015
    Thread & mixed media
    96 x 60 in

    Risky Thread-Stitching whispers
    Trunk Gallery Seoul, Korea
    May 5 – June 2, 2015


  • trace Winter Verse
    2019
    Hand embroidered thread
    mulberry paper & mixed media
    35 x 23 in 40 x 28 x 2.5 in (framed)

    de Young Open
    press release
    October 10 2020- January 3, 2021

    statement

  • traceLife Traces #1
    2019
    Hand embroidered thread
    grandmother’s embroidery & mixed media
    11 x 9.5 in

    Life Traces
    Gallery Artlink
    Seoul, Korea
    June 20 - July 18, 2019
    Press Release
    Show Booklet
    Statement

  • traceLife Traces #2
    2019
    Handmade rice paper, embroidered thread & mixed media on canvas
    16 x 20 in

    Life Traces
    Gallery Artlink
    Seoul, Korea
    June 20 - July 18, 2019
    Press Release
    Show Booklet
    Statement

  • traceLife Traces #3
    2019
    Handmade rice paper, embroidered thread & mixed media on canvas
    16 x 20 in

    Life Traces
    Gallery Artlink
    Seoul, Korea
    June 20 - July 18, 2019
    Press Release
    Show Booklet
    Statement

  • Flora #1

    2016
    Crochet thread & mixed media
    12" x 12"







  • Flora #2

    2016
    Crochet thread & mixed media
    12" x 12"







  • Blossoms in the Sky 1

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    16" x 20"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky 2

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    15.5" x 20"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky 4

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    19" x 16"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky 5

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    19" x 16"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky 6

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    20" x 22"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky 7

    2011
    hand embroidered thread
    and pigment
    on stretched cotton canvas
    20" x 22"

    Stepping Forward
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY
    April 5 -May 7, 2011

    Press Release
    Statement

    Naomi Campbell
    Ke-Sook Lee at George Billis
    April 22, 2011

  • Blossoms in the Sky

    2012
    Shikishi rice paper board


    Dream Seedpod
    Artlink Gallery
    Seoul, Korea
    Dec 14 -January 13, 2013





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  • Window Woman

    2009
    Hand embroidered thread,
    & mixed media
    Installation dimension:
    46 x 68"
    Individual: 14 x 12"



    George Billis Gallery LA,
    Los Angeles, CA

    Photography by
    Jimmy Cohrssen








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  • Giving Flower
    2008
    Hand embroidered thread
    cotton, hand made rice paper
    pigment & fabric mesh
    22 x 30 in

    Lady Like
    Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL
    Curated by Joanne Hinkel
    press release

    interview with Joanne Hinkel








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  • Arm Pillow 4

    2004
    handmade rice paper,
    thread & mixed media
    12 x 44"

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

    Courtesy of
    The Pennsylvania Academy
    of the Fine Arts





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  • Arm Pillow 2

    2003-4
    handmade rice paper,
    thread & mixed media
    13 x 27.5"

    Courtesy of
    George Billis Gallery
    New York, NY








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  • Winter Garden 2
    2000
    Thread, rice paper & Mixed media
    38 x 46 in

    Ke-Sook Lee:Works on Paper
    Works Gallery, Philadelphia, February 2000

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  • Pillow Case Story
    i have been inside a house all year long
    2000
    Calligraphy ink, earth thread
    rice paper & vintage pillowcase
    Approx. 34 x 21 in

    1999 Charlotte Street Foundation
    6 Recipient Exhibition
    2000
    H & R Block Artspace
    Kansas City Art Institute






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  • Dish Towel Diary
    Monday
    1999
    Acrylic, paper, hot pat
    doily & embroidered vintage dishtowel
    36 x46 in each

    “Ke-Sook Lee. From the Garden”
    Celsius Smith Gallery
    Kansas City, MO
    January-February, 2000
    Photo credit: E.G. Schempf





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  • Face Study
    1998
    Graphite, stitched thread & mixed media
    73 x 64 in
    23 x 14.5 in each





  • Self Portrait #1
    1997
    Graphite, stitched thread & mixed media
    22 x 30 in





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  • Hanging on to the Ground
    1988
    Graphite & mixed media
    50 x 34 in

    Artist Against Sexual Assault
    Southwest State University, MN 1988