DAWN LEE
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Graduate Studies Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
B.F.A. Printmaking, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Illges Gallery, In the Elements, CSU Columbus, GA
Kentler International Drawing Space, In the Elements, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Omni Gallery, Witnessing Change, Uniondale, NY
Southampton Arts Center, Earth, Southampton, NY
2020 Heckscher Museum, LI Biennial, Huntington, NY
William Ris Gallery, Collection, Jamesport, NY
2019 Dan Welden Gallery & Studio, Solo Exhibit, Sag Harbor, NY
St. Joseph's College, Solo Exhibition & Colloquium, Patchogue, NY
2018 Kentler International Drawing Space, Focus on the Flatfiles: Water Reflections, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Limner Gallery, Slow Art Productions, Art Biologic, Hudson, NY
Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University, Wetlands, Baldwin City, KS
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Ephemera, Alexandria, VA
2015 Central Booking Art Space, New York, NY
St. Joseph's College, Solo Exhibit, Brooklyn, NY
Ashok Jain Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Art Canton, Canton, China
Ashok Jain Gallery, New York, NY
Steinberg Museum at HIllwood, LIU Post, Brookville, NY
Alfred Van Loen Gallery, Troubled Waters, Huntington, NY
Islip Art Museum, New York Bound, International Book Art Biennial, East Islip, NY
2013 Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Art in a Time of Climate Catastrophes, San Francisco, CA
Patchogue Arts Gallery, Alternate Perspectives of Landscape, Patchogue, NY
780 3rd Avenue, Solo Exhibit, New York, NY
9 East Contemporary Art, Winter Invitational, Huntington, NY
2012 The Giordano Gallery, Sensory Observation, 2-Person Exhibit, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
Omni Gallery, Life Lines, Uniondale, NY
2011 Kentler International Drawing Space, Marked Differences, Brooklyn, NY
Hillwood Art Museum, Eastern Shores, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
C2 Gallery, 2-Person Exhibit, Patchogue, NY
2010 Viridian Gallery, Through Art, New York, NY
Art Sites, Peconic Explorations, Riverhead, NY
2009 Islip Art Museum, My Long Island Invitational, Islip, NY
Glenwood Arts Center, 3 person show, Glenwood Landings, NY
PAC Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Patchogue, NY
2008 Kentler International Drawing Space, The Persistence of Line, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery North, INPRINT, Setauket, NY
Art League of Long Island, A Sense of Place, Kings Park, NY
Adelphi University, River’s Edge, Solo Exhibit at the University Center Gallery & The Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Garden City, NY
Graphic Eye Gallery, Invitational, Pt. Washington, NY
Gallery North, Ceiling for the Landscape, Setauket, NY
2006 Gallery @ 82, Sea Cliff, NY
Islip Art Museum, Stilled Life, Islip, NY
2005 Gallery @ 82, Invitational, Sea Cliff, NY
Omni Gallery, Off The Wall, Uniondale, NY
Creede Arts Council, National Small Print Exhibition, Creede, CO
Islip Art Museum, Solo Exhibit – Museum Store, East Islip, NY
St. Joseph’s College, Solo Exhibit, Patchogue, NY
2004 Alpan Gallery, Alpan International, Huntington, NY
Islip Art Museum, Drawing Conclusions, East Islip, NY
BFFA Gillette House, 2-Person Exhibit, Sayville, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2018 Glacier National Park, Sponsored by St. Joseph’s College
2016 Rocky Mountain National Park
2013 Fire Island National Seashore, the National Park Service
2012 Great Sand Dunes National Park, Sponsored by St. Joseph’s College
TEACHING
2009-Present Professor, Chair, Art Department, St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, NY 11772
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Steinberg Museum, Guest Curator, Reimagining Constructs and Surroundings, C.W. Post LIU, Brookville, NY
1998-Present Omni Gallery, Art Director/Curator, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Uniondale, NY
2009-2020 St. Joseph’s College Art Gallery, Gallery Curator, Patchogue, NY
2011-12 780 3rd Avenue, Exhibition Curator, New York, NY
2009 Patchogue Arts Council, Curator, Patchogue Arts Biennial, Patchogue, NY
2008 National League of American Pen Women, Curator, Biennial National Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
2004 Art League of Long Island, Guest Curator, Flora and Fauna, Deer Park, NY
1999 Hutchins Gallery, LIU, C. W. Post, Guest Curator, Organism, Brookville, NY
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, & EXHIBITION ADJUDICATION
2021 College Arts Association, 109th Annual Conference, Climate Crisis
2016 NPS, Rocky Mountain National Park, AIR Public Lecture Presentation
NPS, Plein Air Painting Presentation & Workshop
2014 NPS, Fire Island National Seashore, 2014 Lecture Series, Arts Afire: FINS Artist-in-Residence Program
2012 Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Lecture Presentation, Sensory Perception, Oakdale, NY
Art League of Long Island, Judge, Member’s Exhibition, Dear Park, NY
2011 Adelphi University, Awards Judge, Student Art Exhibition, Garden City, NY
2009 Long Beach Art League, Judge and Lecturer, Member’s Exhibition, Long Beach, NY
2008 National Art League, Judge, Annual Open Call, Douglaston, NY
2007 Long Beach Art League, Judge and Lecturer, Member’s Exhibition, Long Beach, NY
2006 Artists Network of Great Neck, Judge, Member’s Art Exhibition, Great Neck, NY
2005 Independent Art Society, Judge, Open Juried Art Show, Hicksville, NY
Long Beach Art League, Judge and Lecturer, Member’s Exhibition, Long Beach, NY
Manhasset Art Assoc., Judge and Lecturer, Member’s Exhibition, Manhasset, NY
Town of Oyster Bay, Judge, Suburban Art League Juried Art Show, Oyster Bay, NY
2006 Town of Oyster Bay, Judge, Suburban Art League Juried Art Show, Oyster Bay, NY
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
Mary McLaughlin Slechta, "Resonance: An Interview with Dawn Lee," July 2017
Michelle Whittaker, "Surge," Great Weather for Media, 2017 (Cover by Dawn Lee)
Pat Rogers, “Nature, Abstracted," Long Island Pulse, May, 2011
Jong Min Park, “Dawn Lee – NY Artist," ART PEOPLE, Jan. 2011, Vol.008 (Published in Korea)
Jessie Biele, “The Arts Expanded," Long Island Advance, 11/08
Louise Blouin Media, Gallery Guide, p. 102, 3/08
Phil Marino, “Art Imitates Life," New York Times, 3/07
Michael Ebert, “Artists Display at BAFFA," Suffolk County News, 9/04
Helen Harrison, “The Printed Image Redefined," New York Times, 11/02
Joanne Kountourakis, “Re/Opening: Adventure Into The Known," The Long Islander, 3/02
Carole Paquette, “Using Local Artists," New York Times, 12/01
Numerous reviews on exhibitions that I curated at the Omni Gallery: New York Times, Newsday, The Long Islander, 1998 – 2008