Adam Lee

Born 1979, Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Macedon Ranges, Victoria

Education

2015 – Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2006 – Masters by Research in Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2002 – Bachelor of Arts Fine Art (Honors), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Post – Graduate Diploma in Education, Melbourne University
2000 – Bachelor of Arts Fine Art, (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 – World Sick Hermit, STATION, Melbourne
2021 – O Restless Earth, STATION, Sydney
2019 – MY THOUSAND SOUNDS, BEERS, London, UK
STRATUM, (with Jon Cattapan), STATION, Melbourne 2018
MONOLITH, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
2017 – This Earthen Tent, BEERS London, London, UK
Votives, VOLTA NY with Angell Gallery, New York, US
Lament Asunder (All Is Dark Is Midnight To Me), STATION, Melbourne
2016 – Of A Great and Mighty Shadow, Angell, Toronto, CA
2015 – A Long Obedience, BEERS London
Eden. Exile. Babel, STATION, Melbourne
2013 – Into the Heart of the Sea 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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 – Kyneton Art Triennial: Holding the Circle, Kyneton, Victoria
2021 – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Ten year show, STATION, Melbourne
Doors of perception, Visions, Auckland, New Zealand
2020 – Paying it Forward: Recent Acquisitions to the University Art Collection, The Ian Potter Museum of Art
2019 – STRATUM (w Job Cattapan), STATION, Melbourne
Pleasure Plants, STATION | Sydney
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks Idle Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery
2018 – Shantih, Shantih, Shantih, STATION, Melbourne
2017 – 75 Works on Paper, BEERS London, UK
2016 – Sirens (I Heard Voices In The Night), Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
35 Works on Paper, BEERS London, London, UK
Angell Gallery’s 20 Year Anniversary, Angell Gallery, Toronto, CA
2015 – The Fantasy of Representation, BEERS London, London, UK
The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
I Heart Painting 2, Angell Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 – In the Dust of This Planet, STATION, Melbourne
The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
National Works on Paper Prize exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Victoria
Ready Player One, STATION, Melbourne
2013 – The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
2012 – The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award, Griffith University, Brisbane
Contemporary Australian Drawing 2: Drawing as notation, Text and Discovery, University of the Arts, London
Art Stage Singapore (with Karen Black), Tristian Koenig, Singapore, SG
2011 – Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award, Griffith University, Brisbane
Remnants in Documentation, General Store for Contemporary Art, Sydney
2010 – Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 – Off the Wall, Art Melbourne 09, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2008 – Secondary Sources (curated by Dr. Phil Edwards), RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

Awards, Scholarships, Residencies

2021 – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery (finalist)
2019 – Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery
2017 – Glasshouse/Stonehouse Residency, Australian Cultural Fund, Chenaud, FR
2015 – The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2014 – Geelong Contemporary Art Prize (finalist), Geelong Gallery (finalist), Geelong, Victoria
National Works on Paper Prize (finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (finalist), Victoria
2013 – The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2012 – The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award (Finalist), Griffith University, Brisbane
2011 – The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award (Judges special commendation award), 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
2006 – Sir 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

Collections

The Ian Potter Museum of Art
Artbank
The University of Melbourne Art Collection Acacia Collection
Private collections in Australia and overseas

Selected Bibliography

2022 – Pippa Mott, World Sick Hermit, STATION
2020 – Laura Coutie, O Restless Earth, STATION
2018 – Dr. Kent Wilson (et. al), Adam Lee, Monolith. Stonehouse—Glasshouse Residency 2017 – Stonehouse—Glasshouse, Melbourne, 2017.
Dan Rule (ed.), Adam Lee: Votive, Perimeter Editions, Melbourne, 2018
2017 – Michaela Bear, Adam Lee: This Earthen Tent, www.trebuchet-magazine.com, 7
September 2017
2015 – Jack Willet, Eden. Exile. Babel, exhibition catalogue, STATION, March 2015 2014 Jane Albert, Critic’s Choice, Vogue Australia, March 2014, p162-166
Dan Rule, In the Galleries, The Age, November 15th, 2014
In Focus, Belle, November 2014
2013 – Dan Rule, In the Galleries, The Age, December 14th, 2013
2012 – Dan Rule, Adam Lee: The World Travailing, KALIMANRAWLINS, catalogue, September
2011 – Simon Wright, Commended: Adam Lee, The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Press, Brisbane, 2011, p. 10-11
Phil Brown, On the Beat: Up-and-coming artists present their take on life as we know it, Brisbane News, 3-9th August, 2011
Adam Lee, The Melbourne Magazine, Issue no. 85, Nov 2011, p. 88
Dan Rule, Around the Galleries, The Age, Nov 19th, 2011
Dan Rule, 2011, Adam Lee, Artist Profile Nov/Dec 2011, p. 52-55
2006 – Street Smart Art, The Melbourne Times, No. 22, June 7, 2006, p. 3