Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016

Helen Lee Assistant Professor UW–Madison Department of Art, since 2013 Glass & Neon 36 Quadrennial 2016 | Faculty 2006 Master of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design 2000 Bachelor of Science in Art and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Recent achievements 2015 Becloud, solo show, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) Faculty Research Support Award, UW–Madison 2015 Interdisciplinary Competition Research Grant, UW–Madison 2015 WordPlay: A Language-Based Glass Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 2015 The Critical Vacuum, Strattman Lecture, Glass Art Society Conference, San Jose, CA 2014 Fall Competition Research Grant, UW–Madison 2014 Replicable Instructional Technology Infusion (RITI) Grant, MERIT, UW–Madison 2014 Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award, UW–Madison Arts Institute 2013 The Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts, University of the Arts in Philadelphia 2013 Understanding “Handedness” and its Implications in the Hot Shop, Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium, Brooklyn, NY Artist’s statement Helen Lee uses glass to think about language. She has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, California College of Art, Pilchuck Glass School, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, and the MIT Glass Lab. Lee has been a freelance graphic designer for Chronicle Books and Celery Design Collaborative, an Affiliate Artist at Headlands Center for the Arts, and a guest designer at the GlassLab at Governors Island, Corning Museum of Glass. Her work will be exhibited this year at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary (Oakland, CA), U

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