Adam Lee
Born 1979, Melbourne, Australia. Lives and works in Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Education
1998-00 Bachelor of Arts Fine Art, (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2001-02 Bachelor of Arts Fine Art (Honors), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2003-06 Masters by Research in Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2008-15 PhD Research project, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Solo Exhibitions
2019 My Thousand Sounds, BEERS, London
2019 STRATUM, STATION, Melbourne
2018 MONOLITH, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
2017 This Earthen Tent, BEERS London
2017 Lament Asunder (All is Dark is Midnight to Me), STATION, Melbourne
2016 Of A Great And Mighty Shadow, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2015 A Long Obedience, BEERS London
Eden. Exile. Babel, Station, Melbourne
2013 Into the Heart of the Seas and to the Roots of the Mountains, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
2012 The World, Travailing, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
2011 And They Built for Themselves Kingdoms, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne
For Signs, for Seasons and for Days and for Years, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne Grammar School
2009 Peniel: Marking the Places Weve Been, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2006 The Big Issues: A Recent Study of Homelessness in Melbourne, The Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2020 Paying it Forward: Recent Acquisitions to the University Collection, The Ian Potter Museum of Art
2019 Idol Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery
Arthur Guy Memorial painting Prize, Bendigo Art gallery
Sydney Contemporary, with STATION
Pleasure Plants, STATION Sydney
2018 Shantih, Shantih, Shantih, STATION, Melbourne
2017 75 Works on Paper, BEERS, London
2016 Sirens (I Heard Voices in the Night), Getrude Glasshouse
35 Works on paper, BEERS London
2015 The Fantasy of Representation, BEERS London
I Heart Painting 2, Angell gallery, Toronto
2014 In the Dust of This Planet, Station, Melbourne,
2012 Contemporary Australian Drawing 2: Drawing as notation, Text and Discovery, University of the Arts, London
Art Stage Singapore (with Karen Black), Tristian Koenig, Singapore
2011 Remnants in Documentation, General Store for Contemporary Art, Sydney
2009 Off the Wall, Art Melbourne 09, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2008 Secondary Sources (curated by Dr. Phil Edwards), RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Curatorial Projects
2007 Bad Boys and Superheroes (Leo Cussen, Kelvin Heffernan, Timothy Williams and Tim Noble), Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Awards/Prizes
2019 The Arthur Guy Memorial painting Prize (Finalist), Bendigo Art gallery
2015 The Arthur Guy Memorial painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery
2014 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize (finalist), Geelong Gallery
National Works on Paper Prize (finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional gallery
2013 The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery
2012 The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award (finalist), Griffith University, Brisbane
2011 The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award (awarded judges special commendation), Griffith University, Brisbane
2010 Redlands Westpac Art Prize (Nominated by Jon Cattapan), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Rick Amor Drawing Prize (finalist), Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat
Sir John Sulman Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 Off the Wall (selected artist), Art Melbourne 09, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne 2006Sir John Sulman Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Siemens Fine Art Scholarship (Postgraduate finalist), RMIT University
2003 Siemens Fine Art Scholarship (Postgraduate winner), RMIT University J.N McNichol Prize (Nominated), RMIT University
Bibliography
The Melbourne Magazine, Issue no. 85, Nov 2011, p. 88
Phil Brown, On the Beat: Up-and-coming artists present their take on life as we know it, Brisbane News, 3-9th August, 2011
Dan Rule, VOTIVE, Perimeter Editions, 2017
Dan Rule, 2011, Adam Lee, Artist Profile Nov/Dec 2011, p. 52-55
Dan Rule, In the Dust of This Planet (Around the Galleries), The Age, Nov 15th, 2014, Dan Rule, Into the Heart of the Seas and to the Roots of the Mountains (Around the Galleries), The Age, Nov 19th, 2011
Street Smart Art, The Melbourne Times, No. 22, June 7, 2006, p. 3
Dan Rule, Adam Lee: The World Travailing, Kalimanrawlins catalogue, September, 2012
Kent Wilson, ?Reflecting on MONOLITH and its Networked Nature, ?MONOLITH catalogues 2018
Simon Wright, Commended: Adam Lee, The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Press, Brisbane, 2011, p. 10-11
Collections
The Ian Potter Museum of Art
Artbank
Joyce Nissan Collection
Acacia Collection
Private collections in Australia and overseas