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 three solo exhibitions in the New York area: Halves & Holes (The Painting Center, 2025), A Frame Is A Line (Nightshift Gallery, 2023), and Cryptographics (Dineen Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College). His work has also been included in many group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, 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.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 three solo exhibitions in the New York area: Halves & Holes (The Painting Center, 2025), A Frame Is A Line (Nightshift Gallery, 2023), and Cryptographics (Dineen Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College). His work has also been included in many group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, 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.
