Austin LEE
(b. 1983 in Las Vegas, US)
Lives and works in New York, US
Education
2013
MFA Painting, Yale School of Art, New Haven, US
2006
BFA Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, US
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
2024
Divine Fool, Carl Kostyal, London
PsychoMachia, Jeffrey Deitch, LA, US
2023
Passing Time, LOTTE Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
Good Impressions, Pace Prints, New York, US
Double-Rendering, curated by Ho Won Kim, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University Lenfest Center ofÂ
the Arts, New York, US
2022
Human Nature, curated by Victor Wang, M WOODS, Beijing, CN
Like It Is, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, US
2020
Aah, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2019
Paradise, Carl Kostyál in collaboration with Kaleidoscope, Spazio Maiocchi, Milan, IT
Compositions, Mine Project, Hong Kong, CN
Feels Good, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, US
2018
Constant Joy, Mosaic Art Foundation, Istanbul, TR
Tomato Can, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2017
Serious Works, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2016
Light Paintings, BANK, Shanghai, CN
Anxiety, New Galerie, Paris, FR
2015
Nothing Personal, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
NO FAIR, Isbrytaren, Stockholm, SE
MeArt, Kaleideoscope Project Space, Milan, IT
2014
Mixed Feelings, Carl Kostyal, London, UK
OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
City Life, curated by Marcus Leslie Singleton, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2023
Syphilis Too (II), curated by Adam Cohen and Anton Kern, David Lewis | East Hampton, New York, US
The New, New, Peres Projects, Seoul, KR
2022
The Floral Impulse, curated by Xaviera Simmons, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, US
Millennial Reality, Lian Foundation, Geneva, CH
Through Our Eyes, curated by Louis Blanc-Francard and Viahsta Yuan, Center Of InternationalÂ
Contemporary Art, Vancouver, CA
2021
The Shoo Sho, curated by Julie Curtiss, WINDOW | Anton Kern Gallery, New York, US
American Pysche, with Mark Thomas Gibson, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, US
2020
Good Pictures, curated by Austin Lee, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, US
The Future, presented by Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch, online
Friends and Friends of Friends - Artistic communities in the age of social media, SchlossmuseumÂ
Linz, Linz, AT
Collective Care: A House with Many Guests, M WOODS, Beijing, CN
2019
Wild Metropolis, curated by Xu Zhen, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, CN Punch, curated by Nina ChanelÂ
Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, US People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, US
2018
Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, US
Between the Clock and the Bed, curated by Jennifer Packer and Jackie Gendel, Memorial Hall Gallery,Â
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US
2017
The Second Self, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Unquestionable Optimism. The Barn Show, curated by Lindsay Howard, Johannes Vogt Gallery, EastÂ
Hampton, US
Horses, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Call Me, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE
Post Analog Painting II, The Hole, New York, US
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, New York, US
2016
Grayscale, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Juxtapoz x Superflat, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
For Pete’s Sake, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE
Shifting Optics III, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Greek Gotham, curated by Maria Brito, Dio Horia Art Gallery, Mykonos, GR
2015
Full of Peril and Weirdness: Painting as a Universalism, curated by Robin Peckham and Wanwan Lei, MÂ
WOODS, Beijing, CN
Thinking and Touching Time, curated by Zahar Vaks, Ortegay Gasset Projects, New York, US
If You're Accidentally Not Included, Don't Worry About It, curated by Peter Saul, ZĂĽrcher Gallery,Â
Paris, FR
2014
Portrait in the Twenty-First Century, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Appropriate Disruption, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, US
Early Man, The Hole, New York, US
Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, New York, US Go With The Flow, The Hole, New York, US Tossed,Â
Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, US
Positivilly Marvillainous, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, US
If you’re accidentally not included, don’t worry about it, curated by Peter Saul, ZĂĽrcher Gallery,Â
New York, US
2013
casting a wide net, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Bite of time, fading memory, LVL3, Chicago, US
Yes, But Less!, curated by Daria Irincheeva, Apt. 16 Art Space, Newark, US
Experiment, Aperto Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
2012
Deep Cuts, curated by David Humphrey and Wendy White, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, US
The Virgins Show Part 2, curated by Marilyn Minter, Family Business, New York, US
Getting It, Fowler Arts & Project Space, New York, US
2011
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, US
2010
Kat Culchur, FLUXspace, Philadelphia, US
No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern, London, UK
The Science of Art, Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery, Frederick, US
2009
My Face in Your Space, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, US
Offerings, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, US
2008
Project Portal, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, US
Superior Floor System, Exclamation Gallery, Philadelphia, US
Selected Collections
M WOODS, Beijing, CN Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE Faurschou, New York, US
Selected Publications
2023
Passing Time, Exh. cat., Seoul: LOTTE Museum of Art, 2023
Peres Projects at 20 Years, Berlin: Peres Projects, 2023
2022
Lee, Austin, Like It Is, Exh. cat., New York: Paciic, 2022
Human Nature, Exh. cat., Beijing: M WOODS, 2022
2019
Deitch, Jeffrey, Unrealism: New Figurative Painting, New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019 Ascari, AlessioÂ
and Travaglini, Cristina, Austin Lee 2012–2019, London: Carl Kostyál and Milan: Kaleidoscope 2019
2017
Karrer, Philippe (ed.) Austin Lee: Spheres, Basel: Spheres Publication 2017
Selected Bibliography
2023
Han-sol, Park, Austin Lee captures mixture of human emotions in bleary, lumpy art, The Korea Times,Â
November 13, 2023
Schmidlin, Marie-Louise, Neon-coloured tears of joy, Metal Magazine, October 9, 2023 Ghassemitari,Â
Shawn, Hypeart Visits: Austin Lee, Hypebeast, May 17, 2023
Ghassemitari, Shawn, Austin Lee Fuses Analog and Digital Techniques in 'Good
Impressions’, Hypebeast, May 5, 2023
The Internet Confuses Austin Lee, Cultured Magazine, April 6, 2023
2022
Kaya, Okay, Okay Kaya in Conversation with Isabelia Herrera, Flash Art Magazine, Issue 341, WinterÂ
2022-2023
Bogojev, Saša, How 6 Artists Are Intrepreting the Digital Art Landscape, L'Officiel USA,
November 29, 2022
Goodman, Wendy, Making Things Work in Greenpoint Artist Austin Lee's quirky, happy home, New YorkÂ
Magazine, August 15-28, 2022
Rynaski, Nate, Austin Lee: Operator, Can You Help Me, Help Me If You Please, Flaunt Magazine, AprilÂ
27, 2022
Sayej, Nadia, Austin Lee's Uncanny Visions of Our Tech-Saturated Universe, Surface Magazine, MarchÂ
29, 2022
2021
Austin Lee, Many of Them Magazine, issue 8, June 2021
Austin Lee, The-Art-Form, Issue 5, April 2021
2020
Acha, Gabriela, Good Pictures: Austin Lee, Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue 37, Fall-Winter 2020-21
Estiler, Keith, Austin Lee Crafts Whimsical New Artworks for “Aah” Exhibition, Hypebeast, SeptemberÂ
16, 2020
Frydman, Arthur, Austin Lee: L'esthetique ludique et igurative, Luxe.net, June 12, 2020
Digital to Analog with Austin Lee, Radio Juxtapoz Magazine, March 30, 2020 Cohen, Alina, The 10Â
Best Booths at The Armory Show, Artsy, March 5, 2020
2019
Mercier, ClĂ©mentine, and Piette, JĂ©rĂ©my, Art Contemporain: Pense-BĂŞte de Foire, La LibĂ©ration,Â
October 18, 2019
Rieger, Birgit, Best-of Berlin Art Week : Unsere Ausstellungstipps fĂĽr die Woche danach, DerÂ
Tagesspiegel, September 17, 2019
Indrisek, Scott, Austin Lee’s Feel-Good Art Is More Complicated Than It Seems, Garage Magazine,Â
Issue 16, Spring/Summer 2019
Berman, Liddy, These Are the 7 New Galleries to Keep an Eye On at Art Basel, Architectural Digest,Â
June 7, 2019
Heinrich, Will, Spring Gallery Guide: Soho, New York Times, April 26, 2019
Nechamkin, Sarah, Into: Austin Lee's Uncynical Day-Glo Humanoids, Interview Magazine, March 28,Â
2019
Tauer, Kristen, Austin Lee Mounts Solo Exhibition 'Feels Good' at Jeffrey Deitch, WWD, March 6,Â
2019
2018
Matera Art Residency: Austin Lee x Gina Beavers, NOWNESS, November 5, 2018 Smith, Robert, FourÂ
Knockout Group Shows To See, New York Times, October 19, 2018 Silveria, Paige, Austin Lee’s 3DÂ
Reality, Office Magazine, August 22, 2018
Jenal, David, Ständige Freude: Die erste Shau des Malers Austin Lee, Monopol Magazin, March 2018
Brown, Kate, Austin Lee Turns Donald Trump’s Drawing of the Empire State Building Into a
Symbol of the Unreality of Our Times-See It Here, Artnet News, January 30, 2018 Austin Lee WillÂ
Open A “Tomato Can” @ Peres Projects, Berlin, Juxtapoz Magazine, January 19, 2018
Top Art Shows in Berlin This Week: Austin Lee to Georg Baselitz to Marc Chagall, Blouin Artinfo,Â
January 18, 2018
Radley, Jack, Exhibition//Austin Lee’s “Tomato Can” at Peres Projects, Berlin Art Link, FebruaryÂ
16, 2018
Austin Lee; Tomato Can, Interview Magazine, January 16, 2018
Austin Lee at Peres Projects, CURA Magazine, January 10, 2018
2017
Angelos, Ayla, Exploring physical and digital binaries with Austin Lee’s exuberantly animatedÂ
paintings, It’s Nice That, July 14, 2017
Whittick, Olivia, Austin Lee, The Editorial Magazine, Issue 16, Spring 2017
Austin Lee makes “Serious Work” for Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Juxtapoz Magazine, March 1, 2017
New Ways of Seeing: Digital as Medium, episode 3, Tiffany & Co with New York Times,
February 9, 2017
2016
Ogilivy, Flora Alexandra, Of El Greco and Emoticons: An Interview With Artist Austin Lee,
Artnet News, December 28, 2016
Ogilivy, Flora Alexandra, An Interview with the Digitally-Inspired Artist Austin Lee in
Queens, New York, Arteviste, October 21, 2016
McManus, Austin, Austin Lee: Soul Technology, Juxtapoz Magazine, January 26, 2016
2015
Meier, Allison, Scale, Sculpture, and Speciicity Prevail at Miami Beach's Untitled Fair,Â
Hyperallergic, December 1, 2015
Exhibitions: the Lookout: Austin Lee, Art in America, November 18, 2015
Greenberger, Alex, File Conversion: Austin Lee Goes From Ipad to Canvas in a New Show atÂ
Postmasters, ARTnews, November 17, 2015
Indrisek, Scott, Austin Lee’s “Nothing Personal” Is Quite the Opposite, Blouin ArtInfo, October 28,Â
2015
Steadman, Ryan, 12 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before October 25, Observer, October 22,Â
2015
Austin Lee, Digital Transference, Visionary Artistry, April 13, 2015
Check out: Austin Lee, The Plog, April 8, 2015
Young, Stephanie, Austin Lee Strips Away And Finds The Core Of His Subjects, Beautiful/ Decay,Â
April 3, 2015
Consumer Reports: Austin Lee, ARTnews, March 25, 2015
Austin Lee. No Fair, We Find Wildness, March 20, 2015
Asman, Klara Andersson, No Fair: Austin Lee at Isbrytaren, Radar Magazine, March 14, 2015
2014
Russeth, Andrew, Eyegays, Estatic Painting, And A Glorious Mess: Andrew Russeth On The
Year In, And Beyond, The Galleries, ARTnews, December 30, 2014
Leap 30, Leap Magazine, December 30, 2014
Saltz, Jerry, 4 Art Shows From 2014 That I Can’t Forget, Vulture, December 30, 2014 Saltz, Jerry,Â
3-Sentence Reviews: Franz West, Matt Hoyt, and More, Vulture, December 14, 2014
Chiaverina, John, Duck Yourself: On Ryan Travis Christian's Very Democratic Group Show
About, Well, Ducks, ARTnews, November 4, 2014
Chopped & Screwed, Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue 22, Fall 2014
Ratnam, Niru, Likes': lacquered cherry pies and Anselm Kiefer: the weird world of post-
internet art, The Spectator, September 27, 2014
Austin Lee: Mixed Feelings, Time Out London, September 23, 2014
Neave, Kate, This month’s twenty best art shows, Dazed Digital, September 2014 Rozendaal, Rafael,Â
In Conversation: Rafael Rozendaal with Austin Lee, SFAQ, Issue 16, May 23, 2014
Russeth, Andrew, Austin Lee: OK OK OK... at Postmasters, New York Observer, March 5, 2014 Saltz,Â
Jerry, See This Art: Jerry Saltz's Walking Tours of New York Galleries and Museums, New YorkÂ
Magazine, March 4, 2014
Austin Lee, Blaaah Magazine, March 19, 2014
Austin Lee's 'OK OK OK...' at Postmasters Gallery, NYC, Supertouchart, February 28, 2014 Indrisek,Â
Scott, Here's The Best Painting Of A Cat You'll See All Week, BlackBook, February 27, 2014
Groth, Michael, OK Table Computer, Hyperallergic, February 21, 2014
Fong, Cherise, Austin Lee deies digital painting, digitalarti news, February 19, 2014 Connor,Â
Michael, Why Should You Not Buy This Painting (So Michael Connor Can), Rhizome, January 29, 2014
Austin Lee, Time Out New York, January 15, 2014
2013
Artist of the Week: Austin Lee, LVL3, April 22, 2013
Choe, David, Artist Watch / Austin Lee, The Stache Life, March 25, 2013
Austin Lee, Art Haps, March 23, 2013
Jurek, Irena, Best of all Worlds, Irena Jurek blogspot, December 30, 2013
Galperina, Marina, Artist’s Notebook: Austin Lee, Animal New York, December 23, 2013
2012
Austin Lee, Hear This You Creators, April 9, 2012
2009
At Nexus-my face in your space, the Artblog, September 18, 2009