Born in Seoul, Korea
Live & Work in New York City
Awards & Honors:
Creative Engagement Grant, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2023
The New York State Council on the Arts Grant, New York, NY, 2022
The New York City Artist Corps Grant, New York, NY, 2021
AHL Foundation Award, New York, NY, 2020
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY, 2020
Artist Residency, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, 2019
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY, 2017
The International Video Art Festival Prize, Moscow, Russia, 2014
The Asian Women Giving Circle Grant, New York, NY, 2013
The Korean Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Award, Korea, 2013
The New York State Council on the Arts Grant, New York, NY, 2012
The Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, New York, NY, 2012
The Asian Women Giving Circle Grant, New York, NY, 2012
The Busan Sea Art Festival Award, Busan, Korea, 2011
The Franconia Sculpture Park Jerome Fellowship, Franconia, MN, 2011
The Asian Women Giving Circle Grant, New York, NY, 2009
Taipei Artist Village Artist Residency, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
The Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, New York, NY, 2008
The New York Foundation for the Arts Fiscal Sponsorship Award, New York, NY, 2008
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2008
Youkobo Art Space Artist Residency, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
Bamboo Culture International Artist Residency, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
LMCC-Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, New York, NY, 2006
The World Financial Center Sponsorship, New York, 2005
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Fiscal Sponsorship Award, New York, NY, 2005
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2005
The Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ, 2005
The World Financial Center Artist Residency, New York, NY, 2005
Selected Solo Exhibitions/collaborations:
“Unforgotten Song,”Multimedia collaboration, Sanctuary NYC, New York, NY, 2022
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Public Art in the East Village, New York, NY, 2021
“Unforgotten Song,” Multimedia collaboration, Center for Remembering & Sharing, Asian American/Asian Research Institute, CUNY, New York, NY, 2021
“Azaleas,” Multimedia collaboration, Center for Remembering & Sharing, New York, NY, 2021
“Unforgotten Song,” Multimedia collaboration, Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, 2019
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Glendale Central Library, Glendale, CA, 2017
“NOT Untitled,” The Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED” The Charles Wang Center, Stony Brook University, New York, 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The Comfort Women Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
“Flaoting Echo,” The Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Public Art, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Transportation, New York, NY, 2013
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” 1a Space Gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2012
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2011
“Dear Leader,” Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2011
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Public Art, New York, NY, 2008
“HOMELAND SECURITY GARDEN,” Public Art, The World Financial Center Winter Garden, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s “What Comes After: Cities, Art and Recovery,” New York, NY, 2005
“24/7,” Storage Art Space, Bronx, NY, 2002
Selected Group Exhibitions:
“RECLAIMING & MAKING: Art, Desire, Violence,” The Museum of Sex, New York, NY, 2021-2022
C(K)urrent,” AHL Foundation Award, New York, NY, 2020
“Comfort Women” The Bonn Women’s Museum, Germany, 2018
“Truth: Promise for Peace” Traveling Exhibit in Korea, Presented by The Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, The Chonbuk National University Museum, Daejeon Artist House, Daegu Art Center, Korea, 2017
“Collateral Damage,” The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, 2016
“Forgotten Faces: the Comfort Women of WWII,” Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA, 2015
“Weaving Time: The Archive of Korean-American Artists,” Korean Cultural Service, NY, 2015
“Integrity of Memory,” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2015
“NOW & AFTER 14,” The International Video Art Festival, The State Museum of Gulag, Moscow, Russia, 2014
“VIDEONALE 14,” Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2013
“KAFFNY2: Visual + Media,” The Korean American Film Festival, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2013
“MLYLT” The Mills Gallery, The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 2013
“Unveiling the Truth,” George Mason University Gallery, Fairfax, VA, 2012
“EAF 2012,” Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY, 2012
“Locating The Sacred Festival,” Organized by the Asian American Arts Alliance, New York, NY, 2012
“Busan Sea Art Festival,” Organized by the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea, 2011
“The Blue Sky Project,” Imai Museum, Mitsuke City, Japan, 2010
“The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope”
The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon, Korea, 2009
“Fusion Folks,” Bo Pi Liao Historic Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
“Metro Poles, ” The Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, 2008
“Meet Qute,” Heskin Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
“Made in the U. S. A,” The Educational Alliance/Ernest Rubestein Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
“The Peekskill Project,” Organized by The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, 2006
“Gender(f), ” Westnorth Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2006
“Word + Wrack,” Maxwell Fine Arts Gallery, Peeckskill, NY, 2005
“amBUSH,” Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
“Intersection: Suffolk & Wall,” The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, 2003
“Insert, ” Cuchifritos Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
“De-Clothing Society,” The Chinese American Arts Council, New York, NY, 2003
“Queens International,” The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums,” The Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY, 2002
“Fictive Net Porn: Real Korean,” The Point Gallery, New York, NY, 2002
“Subject Matters,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, 2001
“Women’s Art,” Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2001
“Fresh Produce,” N.Y. International Fringe Festival, Charas/ El Bohio Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
“Invitational,” Soho 20,Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
Screenings / Lectures:
“Gender-based Violence in War and Armed Conflicts: Past, Present, and Future,” Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, NY, 2019
“Forgotten Witnesses: Gender-Based Violence in Asia During World War II,” The Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY, 2016
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, NY, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Stanford University, CA, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of Southern California, CA, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of California, Riverside, CA, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015
Integrity of Memory: Comfort Women in Focus, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2015
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Atlanta, GA, 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Dalton State College, Dalton, GA, 2014
Embracing Our Differences, Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding Inc, NY, 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2014
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” Columbia University, New York, NY, 2013
“COMFORT WOMEN WANTED,” The Korea Society, New York, NY, 2013
COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, Hauser & Wirth gallery, New York, NY, 2013
COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, Asian/Asian American Research Institute, The City University of New York, NY, 2013
Visions and Voices, The University of Southern California, CA, 2013
COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, 2012
COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, 1a Space, Hong Kong, China, 2012
Women, Arts, & Activism, Asian Contemporary Art Week: Dialogue Program, The China Institute, NY, 2011
3D Symposium, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2011
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
Bamboo Culture International, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
The Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
TV & Radio Broadcast Media:
KBS TV News, Seoul, Korea, 2017
The BBC, UK & Taipei, 2013
PTS TV Evening News, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 9, 2013
Voice of America TV, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 9, 2013
Pittsburgh Today Live on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
COMFORT WOMEN WANTED in New York City, SBS News-TV, Seoul, Korea, 2013
Morning Brew, RTHK Radio, Hong Kong, China, 2012
NPR’s Art on Air, Women, Arts, &; Activism, Asian Contemporary Art Week: Dialogue Program, NY, 2011
New York 1, “Homeland Security Garden” Exhibit Examines What Makes People Feel Safe,
Aug. 22, New York, NY, 2005
Yue-Sai Kan’s World, “Art Show,” Shanghai, China, 2006
Tokyo FM, “9/11 Spacial,” Tokyo, Japan, 2005
Selected Bibliography:
“Comfort Women” Traveling Exhibit, The Women’s News, Korea, July 3, 2017
“World War II Sex Slaves Bear Witness,” The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2014
“Japan’s Forgotten WW2 Sex Slaves,” Dazed & Confused Magazine, London, UK, Jan, 2014
“The History Of ‘Comfort Women’: A WWII Tragedy We Can’t Forget,” The Huffington Post Arts & Culture, Nov. 25, 2013
“The Comfort Women Speak” The Taipei Times, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 29, 2013
“Chang-Jin Lee exhibition opens Wood Street Galleries” The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Oct 29, 2013
“A Buddha, Full of Air, Sits Serenely on the Waves,” The New York Times, Oct 2, 2012
“Locating the Sacred Festival,” Time Out NY, Sept 23, 2012
“Chang-Jin Lee exhibit at Spaces masters the subtle telling of a horrific secret,” The Plain Dealer, Dec. 18, 2011
“Spotlights on Women Artists at Incheon Biennale,” The Korea Times, July, 30, 2009
“The Asian Women Giving Circle Grant Awardees,” The Korea Daily, May, 15, 2009
“The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale,” The Korea Daily, Apr. 20, 2009
“Too Close for Comfort,” KoreAm Magazine, Jan. 2009
“The Comfort Women System is the largest case of the 20th Century,” The Korea Daily, Dec. 9, 2008
“Comfort Women Wanted,” The Brooklyn Museum Community Feminist Bloggers, Dec. 19, 2008
“Homeland Security Garden,” Public Art Review, Spring/Summer, 2006
“Social Security,” Time Out New York, Aug. 18, 2005
“A Post 9/11 Comfort Zone,” The Daily News, New York, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Art,” The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Aug. 23, 2005
“Garden of Artist’s Devising,” The New York Times, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” The Washington Journal, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” The Korea Times, Aug. 30, 2005
“What Makes Us Feel Safe,” The Korea Daily, Aug. 30, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” New York Press, Sept. 22, 2005
“Exhibit Looks at What Makes Us Feel Safe,” WTOP Radio, Aug. 22, 2005
“Homeland Security Garden,” Lower Manhattan Info, Aug. 22, 2005
“Security is a Project about Hope,” San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 28, 2005
“Comfort Art,” The Tribeca Trib, Sept. 1, 2005
“Garden Variety,” Time Out, July 14, 2005
“Chang-Jin Lee,” Happy Famous Artists, Nov. 6, 2005
“Near Ground Zero, security is given artistic expression,” Metro, Aug. 23, 2005
“It’s good to be back,” NY ARTS, 2003
“Where Witty Meets Gritty,” The New York Times, Nov. 15, 2002
“Queens International,” The Korea Times, New York, Aug. 7, 2002
“Artists Explore Asian Culture in Chinatown Exhibit,” Lower Manhattan info, Nov.14, 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums: Asian Women Artists,” World Journal, Oct. 22, 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums,” The Korea Daily, Sept. 21, 2002
Publications:
“Comfort Women Wanted,” Exhibition Catalogue, The Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2015
“Comfort Women Wanted,” The Comfort Women Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013
“Busan Sea Art Festival” Exhibition Catalogue, Organized by the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea, 2011
“The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope,” Exhibition Catalogue
The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon, Korea, 2009
“Queens International,” Exhibition Catalogue, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, 2002
“Contrary Equilibriums,” Exhibition Catalogue, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY, 2002
Education:
The State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY, BFA
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY