NIKKI S. LEE
B. 1970
Nikki S. Lee investigates notions of identity through the medium of photography and film. Born in South Korea, Lee received a B.F.A. from Chung-Ang University in Seoul (1993) and a M.A. in photography from New York University (1998).
Lee has exhibited at major institutions throughout the United States and abroad, including solo exhibitions at GAK, Bremen, Germany; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Her works are in the collections of major museums, including The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.