ARTIST
Haksul lee
BIO
Haksul Lee (b.) 1974, Seoul, South Korea, attend Kwandong University, Gangneung, South Korea for his Bachelor of Fine Arts (1999), Queens College, Queens NY for his Bachelor of Arts (2008), his certification of Sculpture (2010) and certification of Painting (2015) at the Art Student League of New York, NYC, NY. Lee has exhibited his works in the United States and abroad. His most recent exhibitions and Public installations includes “the Giving Tree”, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, NY (2022), the Art Student League of New York’s annual Instructor exhibitions, Phyllis Harrison Gallery, NY (2008-2021), Korean Embassy in China (2013), Proceeding Being at Riverside Park South, NY (2012), and Affordable Art Fair, NY (2009). Lee has been the recipient of the Alliance for Flushing Meadow Corona Park Grant, NY (2021), The CA ArtPort Residency, Queens Council on the Art, LaGuardia Airport Queens, NY (2020), and M2M Public Sculpture Project, Riverside Park South, New York City, NY (2012). Lee is an Instructor for Metal Sculpture Department at the Art Student League of New York, NY (Present-2008), A freelancing Art Installation Consultant, Union City, NJ (Present-2013), and Art Fabrication director for M2M Public sculpture Project for Riverside Park South, NY (2019-2011). Haksul Lee’s studio is located in Union City, NJ.
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CV
Haksul Lee lives in Flushing, Queens and works in his studio located at Union City, NJ.
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EDUCATION
2015 Certification of Painting, The Art Student League of New York, New York City, NY.
2010 Certification of Sculpture, The Art Student League of New York, New York City, NY.
2008 Bachelor of Arts, Queens College, Queens, NY.
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture. Kwandong University, Gangneung, South Korea.
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SELECTED EXHIBITION
2022 THE WEIGHT OF SPACE, Solo Exhibition, SLA 307 ART SPACE, NYC, NY
We are the World, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Giving Tree, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Flushing Meadows, NY.
2021 The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harrison Gallery, New York City, NY.
Koha, the Artist Gardener NYC at Green Thumb Community Garden, New York City, NY.
2020 A Room of Your Own, Sla 307 Art Space, New York City, NY.
Encircle, the Block Association Garden, Helem, NY.
The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harrison Gallery, New York City, NY.
Mother Tongue, T/AB Brooklyn Museum, The Immigrant Artists Biennial virtual exhibition.
What is your name, LaGuardia Airport, Queens, NY.
2019 Exposition, Des Artistes Du Comite National Monegasque De L’A.I.A.R.-U.N.E.S.C.O., Monaco.
The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
Go Figure, 238 Melrose Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2017 The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
Metal, Sculptors’ Alliance Inc., Governor’s Island, NY.
2016 The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2015 AHL Foundation Benefit Auction, New York City, NY.
The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
Group Exhibition, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York City, NY,
2014 The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2013 Group Exhibition, Korean Embassy, Beijing, China.
The Annual Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
Two people exhibition, Pyo Gallery, Beijing, China.
2012 The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
Group Exhibition, Gallery Blue, Tokyo, Japan.
2011 The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2010 Solo Exhibition, 185 West End Avenue, New York, NY.
Then and Now: Sculptors Alliance 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Tompkins Square Library Gallery, New York City, NY.
The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2009 Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY.
Juried Exhibition, Hello Living Art Walk, Brookly, NY.
The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
2008 The ASL’S Outreach program, Waterhouse Coopers, New York City, NY.
The Annual Technical Instruction Exhibition, Phyllis Harriman Gallery, New York City, NY.
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GRANT, AWARD, RESIDENCY
2022 Alliance for Flushing Meadow Corona Park Grant, Flushing Meadow, NY.
2020 The CA ArtPort Residency, QueensCouncil on the Art, LaGuardia Airport Queens, NY.
2012 M2M Public Sculpture Project, RiverSide Park South, New York City, NY.
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COLLECTION
Untitled, The Factory, Long Island City, NY.
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JOB EXPERIENCE
Present-2013 Freelancing Art Installation Consultant, Union City, NJ.
Present-2008 Instructor for Metal Sculpture Department at the Art Student League of New York, New York City, NY.
2019-2011 Art Fabrication director for M2M Public sculpture Project for RiverSide Park South, NY.
2011-2009 Studio Assistant and Teaching Assistant for Bruce Dorfman, New York City, NY.
2010-2008 Metal Fabricator for Louise Bourgeois, Greenpoint, NY.
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PRESS RELEASE
Art of power in FMCP, Queens Chronicle, July 15, 2021.
Art in the Parks’ grant winners, Forest Hills Times, July 14, 2021.
Un Pont Des Arts Entre Monaco Et New York, Monaco-Matin, December 11, 2019.
The Public Challenge, The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2012.
An Interview, NY1 channel, on June 14, 2012.
Giant Sculptures Grow in Brooklyn for Planting in RiverSide Park South, The New York Times, June 1, 2012.
Gowanus Metalworks Studio Helps Students Make Art for Riverside Park, DNAinfo.com, updated May 21, 2012.　
Photo release, The Wall Street Journal, Friday, May 18, 2012.