1975
geboren in Seoul, Korea | born in Seoul, Korea
lebt und arbeitet in Vancouver | lives and works in Vancouver
1999
Bachelor of Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton
2002
Master of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia
Einzelausstellungen | Solo Exhibitions
2018
One Hundred And Sixty Two People, Korean Cultural Centre, Ottawa
2014
Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Musicircus, New Media Gallery, New Westminister
2013
Asia Society, New York
2010
Streichquartett Op. 1, daadgalerie, BerlinSolo Quintet (1897-1979), Lisson Gallery, LondonSolo, Duo, Trio (2001-09), Arthur Boskamp Foundation, Hohenlockstedt
2009
Hayward Gallery, LondonJohnen & Schöttle, CologneErrors (2001-08), Goodwater Gallery, Toronto
2008
Klavierübung (Goldberg-Variationen), Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Tim Lee Artists Edition, Presentation House Gallery, New York
Perspectives 161: Tim Lee - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Tim Lee - Cohan and Leslie, New York
Passengers: 1.5 Tim Lee - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Remakes, Variations (1741-2049), Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary
Remakes, Variations (1741-2049), Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
2007
Passengers, CCA Wattis Instiute for Contemporary Arts, Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries, San Francisco
Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver
Rüdiger Schöttle, München
2006
Lisson Gallery, London
Cohan and Leslie, New York
2005
Togetherness, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
2004
Cohan & Leslie, New York
The Askance View, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
2003
Sight Gags, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto
2002
Louie Louie, Or Gallery, Vancouver
2001
The Move, Western Front, Vancouver
Gruppenausstellung | Group Exhibitions
2019
100 Years of Bauhaus, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin
Back In Black, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Sao Paolo
The Metamorphosis, Vancouver Art Gallery
2018
1000 kHz, Johnen Privat, Berlin
Paperwork, Haubrokshows, Berlin
2017
The Arcades Project, Jewish Museum, New York
N. Vancouver, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver
Present Elsewhere, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
2016
“… and yet one more world”, Kunsthaus Hamburg
Let There Be Light, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Kitchen Midden, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver
Surrogates, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver
2015
Stand-up, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Flesh of the World, University of Toronto
The Collection, Audain Art Museum, Whistler
2014
Piano Arte, Salzburg Museum, Salzburg
Musicircus, New Media Gallery, New Westminster, Canada
2013
The Biography of Images: Parallel Biographies, Audain Gallery Vancouver, Vancouver
The Piano, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
2012
Shanghai Biennale
Klang and Stille, Haus der Kunst, München
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco
The Devil's Fidelity, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
Marxism, 303 Gallery, New York
State of the Art Photography, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
The Record, Miami Art Museum
Lo bueno y lo malo, Galeria Nara Roesler
Nuit Blanche, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto
2011
Untitled, 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Play Bach, Circuit Contemporary Art Center, Lausanne
Walking Forward-Running Past, Art in General, New York
Shore, Fores and Beyond, Vancouver Art Gallery
The Record, ICA Boston
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München
Thank You, Haudrokshows, Berlin
2010
Conjuring Houdini, Jewish Museum, New York Der diskrete Charme des blinden Flecks, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
R for Replicant, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Prospect 1.5 Resounding, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
Conjuring Houdini, Jewish Museum, New York
The Record, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham
Searching Songs, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
CUE: Artist's Videos, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Conversation Pieces, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Is it What It Is, Natonal Gallery of Canada
Broken Fall(Geometrics), Astuni Public Projects, Bologna
Scene Grammar, Parra & Romero, Madrid
2009
under construction: cargo manifest: Bayerische Staatsoper: under construction-Container auf dem Marstallplatz, Munich
Zeigen, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Pete and Repeat, 176 Projects, London
No Visible Means of Escape, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich
Arena, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
Celebrities of the Self, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops
2008
Revolutions-Forms that Turn, Biennal of Sydney
Sobey Art Award, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Trust in Me, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
Jahresgaben 2008 - Kunstverein München
ARENA: The Art of Hockey - Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Unknown Pleasures - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
E-flux Video Rental - Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lissabon
Don't come in, be merciful, Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Köln
I am never at home, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Time Crevasse, Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
It Is Not A Void, Galerie Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo
Exponential Future, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver
2007
For Sale, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lissabon
All About Laughter, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Acting the Part: Photography as Theatre, Vancouver Art Gallery
Sliding Doors: Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Tate Modern, London
2006
Sliding Doors, Tate Modern, London
Sound and Vision, Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal
Equilibrium and Derivatives, Disto R, Museo Carillo Gil, Mexico City
Wrong, Klosterfelde, Berlin
Portrait of a Citizen, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Make Believe, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Wrong, Klosterfelde, Berlin
2005
New Work/New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Intertidal, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen
Appearances, Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal
I Really Should…, Lisson Gallery, London
Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates
I Really Should...Lisson Gallery, London
2004
Anxiety of Influence, Stadtgalerie and Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Vancouver Art Gallery
Wattis Institute, San Francisco
Artist's Favourites, Insittute of Contemporary Arts, London
Confidence, Passagen Konsthall, Lindkoping, Sweden
Building the Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Perform, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
Soundtracks, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
Game Over, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
Video Heroes, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge
2003
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast in Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum
Video Heroes, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
First Prague Biennial, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Soundtracks, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
The Blackwood Gallery, Toronto
Vancouver Video, Folly Gallery, Lancaster UK
2002
Vancouver Video, Nuova Icona, Venice, Italy
Binocular Parallax, Consolidated Works, Seattle
Dogwood, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver
Suite, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver
2001
Documents, Para/Site ArtSpace, Hong Kong
Kuratorische Projekte | Curatorial Projects
2011
The Object of Observation(Changes by the Being Observed), Johnen Galerie, Berlin
2004
Artists' Favourites, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
2003
At Work, Clint Burnham, Western Front, Vancouver
Preise I Awards
2009
DAAD Artist-in-Residence, Berlin
2008
Sobey Art Prize
VIVA Art Award
Ausgewählte Literatur | Selected Bibliography
2006
Wilson, Michael. "Tim Lee", Artforum, Summer 2006.
Henderson, Lee. "Lee's Way; The Comic Art of Tim Lee", Border
Crossings, Summer 2006.
2005
Burnham, Clint. "Tim Lee". Flash Art. Jan./Feb. 2005.
Milroy, Sarah. "Not-so-stupid art tricks". The Globe and Mail. Jul. 5, 2005.
"100 Future Greats". Art Review. Dec. 2005.
2004
Baker, Kenneth. "Contemporary art through a Left Coast lens". San
Francisco Chronicle. Oct. 13, 2004.
Brayshaw, Christopher. "Changing Illusions of 'Reality'". The Globe
and Mail. Nov. 6, 2004.
Chasin, Noah. "Tim Lee". Art Review. June/July/August 2004.
Hellman, Michel. "Rever sa vie en vidéo". Le Devoir. Jan. 3-4, 2004.
Henderson, Lee. "Canadian artists". Vancouver Sun. May 19, 2004.
Jahn, Jeff. "Baja to Vancouver". Modern Painters. Jan. 2004. p. 132.
Johnson, Ken. "Tim Lee". The New York Times. Jun. 11, 2004.
Rosenberg, Karen. "Northern Lights". New York. May 31, 2004.
Scott, Michael. "Separating West Coast dream from reality". Vancouver
Sun. Jun. 5, 2004.
Turner, Michael. "Not so quiet on the Western front". The Globe and
Mail. Jul. 14, 2004.
2003
Bouchard, Gilbert A. "Visual art and music: Twain meet". Edmonton
Journal. Jun. 27, 2003.
Burnham, Clint. "Tim Lee is a Joke". YYZINE. Oct. 2003.
DeVuono, Frances. "Baja to Vancouver". ArtWeek. Dec. 2003/Jan. 04. p. 18.
Helfand, Glen. "Baja to Vancouver". Artforum. Dec. 2003. p. 150.
Hirschmann, Thomas. "Soundtracks". Now Magazine. Oct. 16-22, 2003.
2002
DeVuono, Frances. "Binocular Parallax at Consolidated Works". ArtWeek.
Dec. 2002. p. 37.
Hackett, Regina. "Binocular Parallax". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Sep. 20, 2002.
2001
Brayshaw, Christopher. "Hello Nasty". Last Call. Summer 2001. p. 7.
Publikationen | Publications
2005
Art Works: Perform, edited by Joan Jonas and Jens Hoffman, Thames & Hudson.
2004
"When the Serious is Tinted with Humour, it Makes a Nicer Colour",
Jens Hoffman, Spur04, Revolver Press.
"The Next Documenta Should Be Curated By An Artist", E-flux/Revolver
Press, edited by Jens Hoffman, Fall 2003.
2003
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast in Contemporary Art, essays by Ralph
Rugoff, Matthew Coolidge, Douglas Coupland, the Office for Soft
Architecture and Matthew Stadler, 2003.
First Prague Biennale, essays by Jens Hoffman and Ken Lum, 2003.
d'Or, Or Gallery, essay by Melanie O'Brien, 2003.
"The Jerk", YYZINE, January 2003
"4 Photographs", Front, May/June 2003.
2002
Dogwood, Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, essay by Monika Szewczyk, 2002.
Vancouver Video, Nuova Icona, essay by Glenn Alteen, 2002.
Werke in öffentlichen Sammlungen | Works in public collections
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Collection de Arte Contemporanea Fundacion, Madrid
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa
Tate Modern, London
Vancouver Art Gallery