Education
MFA Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1999 BA Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1997–8 Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
MFA Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1999 BA Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1997–8 Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY(Upcoming)
2011
Minor Inconveniences, Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009
Borrowed Time, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Recent Paintings, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Verve Syntheses, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
A Recapitulation (Multi-filtered), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2001
A Sampler, Claire de Lune, San Diego, CA
1999
Miscellaneous Textural Curiosities, Univ. of California, San Diego, Galleries A & B, La Jolla, CA
Paintings from ’97 to ’99, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2013
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY(Upcoming)
2011
Minor Inconveniences, Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009
Borrowed Time, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Recent Paintings, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Verve Syntheses, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
A Recapitulation (Multi-filtered), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2001
A Sampler, Claire de Lune, San Diego, CA
1999
Miscellaneous Textural Curiosities, Univ. of California, San Diego, Galleries A & B, La Jolla, CA
Paintings from ’97 to ’99, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Sea Change: Part Two, Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
Subjective / Objective, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Cream, no sugar, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Yoon Lee, Jonathan Schipper, Tavares Strachan, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
Pierogi et al, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, The Neuberger Museum of Art. Curated by Dede Young
(May 11–July 20)
The Prom, Lawrimore Projects, Seattle, WA
2007
Red Hot–Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Selections from New American Paintings: MFA Annual, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
(Un)Natural Selection, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Swab, DCKT Contemporary, Barcelona, Spain
Euphorion, PIEROGI Leipzig, Germany
2006
Moxie, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
CMYK / RGB, TransAmerica Center, San Francisco, CA
Painting’s Edge 5, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Cream – from the Top, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
Painting’s Edge Participant Show, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Up & Coming, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
That’s So Queer, Crucible Steel Gallery at Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage & MFA Thesis Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Free Love, Club Bohemia, San Francisco, CA
2004
Ad-Hoc, Crucible Steel Gallery at Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Post-postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Aesthetics of Cuteness, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Continuing MFA Exhibition, Swell Gallery at San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Imbued, Gallery at Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
2003
MFA Open House, Swell Gallery at San Francisco Art Institute, CA
C-Note, San Diego Art Institute, CA
1999
Spring Festival of the Arts, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1998
Senior Painting Exhibition, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Mandeville Group Show, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Spring Festival of the Arts, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2011
Sea Change: Part Two, Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
Subjective / Objective, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Cream, no sugar, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Yoon Lee, Jonathan Schipper, Tavares Strachan, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
Pierogi et al, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, The Neuberger Museum of Art. Curated by Dede Young
(May 11–July 20)
The Prom, Lawrimore Projects, Seattle, WA
2007
Red Hot–Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Selections from New American Paintings: MFA Annual, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
(Un)Natural Selection, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Swab, DCKT Contemporary, Barcelona, Spain
Euphorion, PIEROGI Leipzig, Germany
2006
Moxie, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
CMYK / RGB, TransAmerica Center, San Francisco, CA
Painting’s Edge 5, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Cream – from the Top, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
Painting’s Edge Participant Show, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Up & Coming, Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
That’s So Queer, Crucible Steel Gallery at Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Vernissage & MFA Thesis Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Free Love, Club Bohemia, San Francisco, CA
2004
Ad-Hoc, Crucible Steel Gallery at Cell Space, San Francisco, CA
Post-postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Aesthetics of Cuteness, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Continuing MFA Exhibition, Swell Gallery at San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Imbued, Gallery at Thoreau Center, San Francisco, CA
2003
MFA Open House, Swell Gallery at San Francisco Art Institute, CA
C-Note, San Diego Art Institute, CA
1999
Spring Festival of the Arts, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1998
Senior Painting Exhibition, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Mandeville Group Show, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Spring Festival of the Arts, Annex Gallery at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Awards
2006
Outstanding Local Discovery Award: Visual Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
Alliance of Artists Communities’ Visions from the New California Award, James Irvine Foundation
2005
Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CABibliography
Saltz, Jerry. “Energy to Burn,” New York Magazine, March 22, 2009
Cotter, Holland. “Yoon Lee, Jonathan Schipper, Tavares Strachan,” The New York Times, April 16, 2009
Harper’s Magazine, June 2008. P. 19 (Illus.)
Time Out New York, February 22–28, 2007 (Cover Illus.)
Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, 2005-6 MFA Edition
Zevitas, Steven T. Pub., New American Paintings, 2005-06 MFA Edition, Open Studios Press
Huston, Johnny Ray, Goldies 2006: Yoon Lee, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 41, Issue 6
Nov. 8-14, 2006
Baker, Kenneth, Yoon Lee at the Luggage Store, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2006
Helfand, Glen, Critic’s Picks: Yoon Lee, www.artforum.com, 12 July – 5 August 2006
Huston, Johnny Ray, Verve Syntheses, SF Bay Guardian, Volume 40, Issue 40, 5 July – 11 July 2006
Leaverton, Michael, Yoon Lee Lifts Off, SF Weekly, 7 July 2006
Matthews, Lydia, Headlands Center for the Arts, Tournesol Award Exhibition 2006, San Francisco, CA
The Luggage Store Gallery: 2006 (Brochure)
Baker, Kenneth, ‘Moxie’ at Clark, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 February 2006
Berry, Colin, ‘Cream: From the Top’ at Arts Benicia, Artweek, October 2005, pp. 13-14
Feldman, Melissa E., Cream, artUS 10, October/November 2005
Hromack, Sarah, High Varnish, www.sfist.com, 23 May 2005
2006
Outstanding Local Discovery Award: Visual Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
Alliance of Artists Communities’ Visions from the New California Award, James Irvine Foundation
2005
Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CABibliography
Saltz, Jerry. “Energy to Burn,” New York Magazine, March 22, 2009
Cotter, Holland. “Yoon Lee, Jonathan Schipper, Tavares Strachan,” The New York Times, April 16, 2009
Harper’s Magazine, June 2008. P. 19 (Illus.)
Time Out New York, February 22–28, 2007 (Cover Illus.)
Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, 2005-6 MFA Edition
Zevitas, Steven T. Pub., New American Paintings, 2005-06 MFA Edition, Open Studios Press
Huston, Johnny Ray, Goldies 2006: Yoon Lee, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 41, Issue 6
Nov. 8-14, 2006
Baker, Kenneth, Yoon Lee at the Luggage Store, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2006
Helfand, Glen, Critic’s Picks: Yoon Lee, www.artforum.com, 12 July – 5 August 2006
Huston, Johnny Ray, Verve Syntheses, SF Bay Guardian, Volume 40, Issue 40, 5 July – 11 July 2006
Leaverton, Michael, Yoon Lee Lifts Off, SF Weekly, 7 July 2006
Matthews, Lydia, Headlands Center for the Arts, Tournesol Award Exhibition 2006, San Francisco, CA
The Luggage Store Gallery: 2006 (Brochure)
Baker, Kenneth, ‘Moxie’ at Clark, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 February 2006
Berry, Colin, ‘Cream: From the Top’ at Arts Benicia, Artweek, October 2005, pp. 13-14
Feldman, Melissa E., Cream, artUS 10, October/November 2005
Hromack, Sarah, High Varnish, www.sfist.com, 23 May 2005
Residencies
2010 The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
2007 Visions from the New California Residency, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA
2005–06 Tournesol Artist Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2005 Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA
Academic Conference
2004 Panelist: Gift of Shame: Theories of Painting for the 21st Century, San Francisco Art Institute, CA