Ms. Lee-Johnson was born in Korea, studied in France, Germany, Korea, and the USA.

She holds a B.F.A from the Parsons School of Design. She worked as an Environmental Designer in New York. She further studied at the Art Student League New York. She now paints full-time from her Studios in New York City, Italy, and Puerto Rico.

Ms. Lee-Johnson’s work celebrates the love of mathematics and nature in a context of cultural differences and abstraction. “It is a magical moment to create the natural look” from inanimate materials.

Ms. Lee-Johnson’s art is a clear reflection of intercultural influences provided by her international studies and travel.

Awards

• In 2005 Ms. Lee-Johnson won The Lloyd Sherward Grant and Award in Abstract Painting. This required her to produce a body of abstract paintings. During this time she started developing her “Abstract Mind” and “My Life” series of psychological impact paintings.
• In 2006 Ms. Lee-Johnson won the Merit Scholarship award.
• In 2013 Ms. Lee-Johnson won the Dorothy L. Irish Memorial Award for Oil
  Painting presented through the National Association of Women Artist in New York.

Exhibitions

• in 2020 was shortlisted for LICC award London UK
• In 2019 exhibited at the Centro del Arte Angel Lito Peña Plaza in Puerto RicoIn 2019 exhibited at Centro del Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico
• In 2017 organized a pop-up exhibition in the Dominican Republic
• In 2014 exhibited at the Wide Open exhibition in Brooklyn, NY.
• In 2013 exhibited at the National Association of Women Artists in New York City.
• In 2012 exhibited at the Brick Lane gallery in London, UK.
• In 2010 exhibited at the RIVA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY.
• In 2009 exhibited at a Gallery in SOHO, NY
• In 2007 exhibited in a grant Winners show in ASL, New York, NY
• In 2006 exhibited at the Ezair Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY.
• In 2005 exhibited a solo show at the Ezair Gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
• In 2000 exhibited a solo show at Gallery Rio II in New York City.

Education and development:

• B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design New York.
• Art Students League of New York, New York City.
• L’Academie Charpentier, Paris France. Major in Interior Architecture.
• Ewha Woman’s University. Major in German literature and language.

Special Skills:

Languages: English, Korean, French and German.