Born in 1965 in the Southern city of Taiwan, Kaohsiung, LEE Chun-Yi moved to Hong Kong in 1970. He finished his educations first from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and received his M.F.A. degree from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tunghai University of Taiwan He completed a doctorate degree in Chinese Art History at Arizona State University, USA. After working in Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona as a postdoctoral researcher, in Chinese painting realm, he moved to Taiwan and teaches in National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.
His works are in permanent collection of National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology University of Oxford, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Harvard Art Museums Harvard University, Phoenix Art Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Jiangsu Art Museum, etc.
LEE has held numerous exhibitions at some important art galleries and art museums, such as Michael Goedhuis Gallery in London, Chinese Porcelain Company in New York, Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong, Xi Zhi Tang in Taipei, and also been invited to exhibit his works at many group exhibitions, such as Saatchi Gallery in London, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, National Art Museum of China in Beijing China Art Museum in Shanghai, Hong Kong Museum of Art, etc.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Chun-yi Lee - Hundreds of Blooms”, Michael Goedhuis Gallery London, UK
2010 “Whispering Pines, Soaring Mountains Ink Painting by LEE Chun-Yi”, Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA
2000 “Wordplay: Paintings by Lee Chun-yi”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 “Crying Mountains: Paintings by Chun-yi Lee”, Xi Zhi Tang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 “The Four Seasons Paintings by Lee Chun-yi”, Tunghai University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1989 “Ink Painting by LEE Chun-Yi”, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2013 “Noirs d’Encre. Regards Croisés Hans Hartung et les peintres chinois contemporains ”, Fondation Baur-Musée des Arts d’Extrême-Orient, Geneva, Switzerland
2012 “Ink”The Art of China, Ssstchi Gallery, London, UK
2012 “International Ink Painting Exhibition”, Chung Shan National Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 “The 7th International Ink Painting Biennale of Shenzhen”, Guan Shangyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2010 “Legacy and Creations: Ink Art vs Ink Art”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2009 “Brush and Ink Reconsidered: Contemporary Chinese Landscape”, Arthur M. Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, USA
2009 “Beyond China” The New Ink Painting from Taiwan, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London, UK
2008 “New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2007 “Reboot: The Third Chengdu Biennale”, Convention and Exhibition Center, Chengdu, China
2006 “The 1st Taipei Contemporary Ink Painting Biennial”, Chung-shan National Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 “International Modern Brush Painting Exhibition” Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA
2005 “Literati fetish; Modern Taiwanese literati Ink Paining” Hong-Gah Museum Taipei, Taiwan
2005 “Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy”, Galerie Leda Fletcher, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 “Modern Taiwanese Ink Painting” Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China
2002 “Hong Konk Cityscapes: Ink Painting in Transition”, Brunei Gallery, University of London, UK
2001 “ 2001 Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Micheal Sullivan Collection, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Oxford, UK
2000 “Modern Taiwanese Ink Painting” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2000 「New Century : Ink Paintings between Hong Kong and Taiwan」Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Artworks
LEE Chun-Yi 李君毅