
Michael Lee (born 1972 Cincinnati, OH) is an artist based in New York City. He holds a BFA from the University of Texas, Austin and an MFA from Hunter College (CUNY), NYC. Lee has mounted several solo exhibitions in the New York area and has been included in many group exhibitions locally, across the nation and around the world, among them
Prime Matter at the Tekningsmuseet in Laholm, Sweden and other venues from Chongqing to Los Angeles, Budapest, and Paris. He has been published in
Two Coats of Paint,
New York Magazine,
The Huffington Post,
Hyperallergic, and
The Austin American Statesman among others. The artist was a co-founder of the Artist Lecture Series (2011-2020) and currently co-curates
Show & Tell, a similar program in which contemporary New York artists share their work and ideas. Lee is an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and Hudson County Community College, both in New Jersey.