LEELEE CHAN
Born in 1984, Hong Kong, China
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong, China
EDUCATION
2009
MFA Painting (with honours), Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA
2006
BFA Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China (forthcoming)
2022
Antinomies, Klemm's, Berlin, Germany
2019
Core Sample, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Organs Underground, M Woods Museum x Plate Space, Beijing, China
KölnSkulptur #10, curated by Tobias Berger, Skulpturen Park Köln, Cologne,
Germany
Up close - Hollywood Road, Gallery 149 and Bonnie Lai Antiquities, Hong Kong, China
How Do We Begin: X Museum Triennial 1st Edition, X Museum, Beijing, China
2019
Holy Mosses, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Notes from Pallet Town, UCCA Dune, Anraya Gold Coast, Beidaihe, China
Hysteresis, Downs & Ross, New York, USA
Scaffolds of Meaning, Mine Project, Hong Kong, China
Artists' Night, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China
The Pulse of Nature - Lung Fu Shan, Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Center, Hong Kong, China
2018
Fan Death in Bedroom, Bedroom, Hong Kong, China
Rehearsal, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China (curated by Tobias Berger and Xue Tan)
2017
The Preservationists, Duddell's, Hong Kong, China (curated by Ingrid Pui Yee Chu)
Debris Constellation, Neptune, Hong Kong, China
2014
Overseasoned Part Deux, Artemis Project Space, York, UK
2013
Nocturnes, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Summer Smoker Series, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Future Folk, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA
That Summer Feeling, Sweatshop Studio, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2012
Stones, Bones and Relics, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lines and Shapes, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011
Faraway Neighbor, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York, USA (catalogue)
2010
The Drawing Show, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2009
Geography of Imagination, curated by Phong Bui, New York, New York, USA
Second-year Graduate Selection, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
RISD MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Rhode Island, USA
2008
Graduate Painting Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2007
The Discontented Pendulum, G2 Gallery Space, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2006
BFA Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Forth Season Show, Three Seasons Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, US
Fort Morgan: One and Only, Fort Morgan, Chicago Illinois, USA
2005
Clune Construction, Nippon Steel, Inc, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue), USA
2004
Curated group show, Nippon Steel, Inc. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Exquisite Piknik, Doubner Space, Prague, Czech Republic
ART FAIRS
2021
Palette in Repose (Resurfacer), Solo Project at Art Basel Hong Kong, Discoveries Section, Hong Kong, China (presented by Capsule Shanghai)
2020
Leelee Chan, Solo Project at Art Basel Hong Kong Online Viewing Rooms, Discoveries Section, Hong Kong, China (presented by Capsule Shanghai)
COLLECTIONS
2022
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris/San Francisco
2020
Skulpturen Park Köln, Germany
2019
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Hong Kong
HONORS
2020
BMW Art Journey Award
2018
Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
2013
Short-listed for Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowship, Wave Hill, New York
2007
MFA Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
2006
BFA Graduating Fellowship Award Recipient, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2005
Nippon Steel U.S.A./School of the Art Institute Presidential Awards Competition, Chicago