Photo by Zenaido Zamora.
Christine Yerie Lee (Memphis, TN) is a multidisciplinary artist working in video, drawing, and sculpture. Raised in the American South, Lee’s practice explores performativity, embodiment, and spectatorship as a way to reexamine ideas of authenticity, nationhood, and desire in relation to self-construction. Drawing from Korean and American folklore, global political histories, and pop culture, she builds interconnected worlds where fantasy and reality collide, creating a new place for cultural, psychological, and socio-political discovery.
Most recently, Lee presented her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles titled BUL: When Fire Breathes Cloud at Human Resources, and published her first book BUL (2025) with Friend Editions. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at Gobi LA this fall. Her work has been exhibited in New York and Los Angeles, and abroad in Finland, Argentina, France, and the Netherlands. Lee has participated in residency programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau (FR), Heart of Los Angeles, and Crosstown Arts. She is the recipient of the College Art Association’s Visual Arts Fellowship. Lee received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from California Institute of the Arts. She has taught video art courses at CalArts, California State University, Long Beach, Pomona College, and Pitzer College.
In her previous life, Lee was a fashion designer with a decade of experience working for brands including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Adam Lippes, EDUN (LVMH), Calvin Klein Collection, Club Monaco, and Kate Spade. Her projects include collaborations with Mood NYC and R-WW-R (RAWWAR).
Contact: lee.christineyerie@gmail.com