Cheers to Jacqueline Rush Lee (MFA alum), who has been particularly prolific of late.Selected Exhibitions
"The Book Borrowers: Contemporary Artists Transforming the Book"
Bellevue Arts Museum, WA. February 24 – June 14, 2009
As the first major exhibition of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, the Book Borrowers highlights works from thirteen locally, nationally and internationally renowned contemporary artists working with the book as a sculptural medium………Featured artists include James Allen (WA), Noriko Ambe (NY), Gary Berg (WA), Long-Bin Cheng (NY), Casey Curren (WA), Brian Dettmer (GA), Alan Corkery Hahn (WA), Jenn Khoshbin (TX), Jane Lackey (WA), Guy Laramee (Canada), Jacqueline Rush Lee (HI), Georgia Russell (UK), Yuken Teruya.
review 1review 2SOLO at Introspective|Center for Book Arts, New York
January 15 – March 28, 2009
The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
A Traveling Exhibition organized by the University of Hawai’i Art Gallery. March 1 – April 9, 2009
Features 141 small-scale sculptures no larger than an ordinary shoebox created by international artists
Rush Lee's work was reviewed in the New Yorker Online, The Seattle Times, City Arts Magazine, Fine Books and Collections Magazine; showcased in The Honolulu Academy of Arts AloHAA Blog recently, and in a
feature article in Island Life - Honolulu Advertiser. Her work will also be published in “Paper Craft” Magazine by Gestalten press, Germany, and in an upcoming journal issue of “PapieRestaurierung” a German journal on the “Preservation and Conservation of Cultural Assets Made of Paper”.
