Nikki S. Lee

*1979 / Korea, Republic of

Works

Solo exhibitions

In Focus

UMMA Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (US)
20 Oct 2015 – 24 Jan 2016
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Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York (US)
19 Nov 2008 – 10 Jan 2009
Projects and Parts

GAK Gesellschaft Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (DE)
14 Sep 2007 – 2 Dec 2007
In production

LT|Shoreham Gallery, New York (US)
30 Mar 2006 – 5 May 2006
Parts and Projects

Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
9 Sep 2005 – 7 Jan 2006
Parts

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (US)
14 Oct 2005 – 11 Dec 2005
Parts & Projects

Numark Gallery, Washington (US)
11 Jun 2004 – 24 Jul 2004
Assumed Identities

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
22 Nov 2003 – 21 Jan 2004
Parts

Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York (US)
1 Nov 2003 – 20 Dec 2003
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Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse (FR)
26 Sep 2003 – 19 Oct 2003

Group

Visible Fictions: Photography and Artifice

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
19 Sep 2026 – 21 Feb 2027

with Sophie Calle, Renee Cox, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, Tania Franco Klein, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons
Wonders and Witness

Contemporary Photography from Korea

CCP Center Creative Photo, Tucson (US)
18 Nov 2023 – 27 Jan 2024

with Byung-Sang BANG, Chung Chuha, Doyeon Gwon, Mi-Hyun Kim, Oksun Kim, Sunmin Lee, Hein-Kuhn Oh, Area Park, Kim Seunggu, Kim Taedong, JeongMee Yoon
Past Lives: Performance Art through the Camera

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
1 Sep 2023 – 19 Nov 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Naoya Hatakeyama, ZHANG Huan, Ana Mendieta, Yasumasa Morimura, Tokihiro Sato
Photographing the Fantastic

NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale (US)
2 May 2022 – 1 Aug 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Wynn Bullock, Edward Burtynsky, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Gregory Crewdson, Anna Gaskell, Ann Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Kati Horna, Samson Kambalu, Louise Lawler, David Levinthal …
Modern Women/Modern Vision

Works from the Bank of America Collection

Denver Art Museum, Denver (US)
1 May 2022 – 30 Oct 2022

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Tina Barney, Virginia Beahan, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ruth Bernhard, Eva Besnyoe, Margaret Bourke-White, Esther Bubley, Imogen Cunningham, Lynn Davis, Carol Espindola …
Alter Egos

Projected Selves

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
22 Nov 2021 – 1 May 2022

with Doug Aitken, HAI Bo, Ellen Carey, Justine Cooper, Valie Export, WENG Fen, Samuel Fosso, Tom Friedman, Gilbert & George, Debbie Grossman, Richard Hamilton, HONG Hao …
The Space Between

Curated by Edna Cardinale

Julie Saul Gallery, New York (US)
7 Mar 2019 – 20 Apr 2019

with Nikolay Bakharev, Tracey Baran, Elinor Carucci, Bruce Davidson, Andrea Gruetzner, Marvin Heiferman, Sarah Anne Johnson, Laura Letinsky, Maria Martinez Canas, Duane Michals, Andrea Modica, Zanele Muholi …
When and Where I Enter

Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (US)
20 Oct 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Atong Atem, Kerry James Marshall, Andrea Robbins, Joachim Schmid, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Gloss: Modeling Beauty

UMMA Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (US)
26 Aug 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with Guy Bourdin, Ralph Gibson, Philippe Halsman, Joel Meyerowitz, Helmut Newton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Edward Steichen, James Van Der Zee, Andy Warhol
Terrains of the Body

Photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
18 Jan 2017 – 16 Apr 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Rineke Dijkstra, Anna Gaskell, Nan Goldin, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Candida Hoefer, Icelandic Love Corporation, Kirsten Justesen, Justine Kurland, MWANGI HUTTER, Shirin Neshat, Daniela Rossell …
HE / SHE / THEY

ROSE GALLERY, Santa Monica (US)
1 Oct 2016 – 12 Nov 2016

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Nancy Burson, Antonio Caballero, Jo Ann Callis, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Graciela Iturbide, Wayne Lawrence, Yasumasa Morimura, Tomoko Sawada, Katsumi Watanabe
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
4 May 2016 – 24 Jul 2016

with Seung Woo Back, Chan-Hyo Bae, Joon Sung Bae, Bae Bien-U, Jae-Eun Choi, Kyungwoo Chun, Myung-Duck Joo, Yeondoo JUNG, In Sook Kim, Atta Kim, Soo Kim, Kim Sang-gil …
Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s

Blanton Museum of Art, Austin (US)
21 Feb 2016 – 15 May 2016

with Doug Aitken, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco, Shahzia Sikander
Frieze Art Fair - Photography

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Robert Adams, Pilar Albarracin, Victor Alimpiev, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Ziad Antar, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Kader Attia, Roger Ballen, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Yto Barrada …
The Truth is Not in the Mirror

Photography and a Constructed Identity

Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee (US)
19 Jan 2011 – 22 May 2011

with Tina Barney, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, Jesse Burke, Kelli Connell, Michael Corridore, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Andy Freeberg, Lee Friedlander, David Hockney …
Everyday Realities

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
3 Jul 2010 – 19 Sep 2010

with Seung Woo Back, Chan-Hyo Bae, Hyo Jin IN, Bohnchang Koo, Sung Soo Koo, Byung-hun Min, Suk Kuhn Oh, Youngsuk Suh, Won Seoung Won, Yeorrock
Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection

FOTOFEST 2010 BIENNIAL

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
21 Feb 2010 – 9 May 2010

with Vito Acconci, Shimon Attie, Chan-Hyo Bae, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Oliver Boberg, Christian Boltanski, Guenter Brus, Edward Burtynsky, James Casebere, Robert Cumming …
In your face: Contemporary Portrait Photography

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
16 Jan 2010 – 21 Mar 2010

with Larry Fink, Lauren Greenfield, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth
Heads

Julie Saul Gallery, New York (US)
19 Nov 2009 – 9 Jan 2010

with Morton Bartlett, Valerie Belin, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Rineke Dijkstra, Bill Jacobson, Sarah Anne Johnson, Soo Kim, David Levinthal, Tanya Marcuse, Gary Schneider, Arne Svenson, Hellen van Meene …
Pictures

Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York (US)
2 Jan 2009 – 28 Feb 2009

with Tracey Baran, Laurel Nakadate, Kunie Sugiura
Street Art, Street Life: From the 1950s to Now

Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (US)
14 Sep 2008 – 25 Jan 2009

with Vito Acconci, Francis Alys, Amy Arbus, Sophie Calle, Valie Export, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Raymond Hains, David Hammons, Kimsooja, William Klein, Zoe Leonard …
Female Trouble

Die Kamera als Spiegel und Bühne weiblicher Inszenierungen

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
18 Jul 2008 – 26 Oct 2008

with Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Monica Bonvicini, Claude Cahun, Sophie Calle, Julia Margaret Cameron, Contessa di Castiglione, Valie Export, Nan Goldin, Hannah Hoech, Lady Clementina Hawarden …
Auto Emotion: Autobiography, emotion and self-fashioning

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
18 May 2007 – 19 Aug 2007

with Marina Abramovic, Resa Afisina, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Sophie Calle, Andrea Fraser, Rodney Graham, Christian Jankowski, Yayoi Kusama, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Matt Mullican, Benny Nemer, Adrian Paci …
June Bride

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2007 – 17 Aug 2007

with Diane Arbus, Tracey Baran, Valerie Belin, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Seydou Keita, Rosemary Laing, Loretta Lux, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bill Owens, August Sander, Lise Sarfati …
Tell Me a Story: Narrative Photography Now

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
20 Jan 2007 – 13 May 2007

with Anna Gaskell, Muriel Hasbun, Gavin Hipkins, Tracey Moffatt, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Polixeni Papapetrou, Barbara Probst, Melanie Pullen, Jem Southam
The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography

Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (US)
22 Oct 2006 – 29 Apr 2007

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Dawoud Bey, Tirtza Even, Rainer Ganahl, Yoshua Okon, Jaime Permuth, Shari Rothfarb Mekonen & Avishai Mekonen, Jessica Shokrian, Chris Verene
METRO PICTURES

The Moore Space, Miami (US)
8 Apr 2006 – 31 Jul 2006

with Brock Enright, Helen Levitt, Sven Pahlsson
Fictions Abound

Ffotogallery, Cardiff (GB)
28 Jan 2006 – 12 Mar 2006

with Faye Claridge, Gregory Crewdson, Joan Fontcuberta, Miklos Gaal, Owen Logan, Vibeke Tandberg
Fictions Abound

Chapter, Cardiff (GB)
27 Jan 2006 – 5 Mar 2006

with John Claridge, Gregory Crewdson, Joan Fontcuberta, Miklos Gaal, Owen Logan, Vibeke Tandberg
The Jewish Identity Project

New American Photography

Jewish Museum, New York (US)
23 Sep 2005 – 29 Jan 2006

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Dawoud Bey, Tirtza Even, Rainer Ganahl, Yoshua Okon, Jaime Permuth, Shari Rothfarb Mekonen & Avishai Mekonen, Jessica Shokrian, Chris Verene
Will Boys Be Boys?

Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
5 Nov 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with Slater Bradley, Larry Clark, Luis Gispert, Anthony Goicolea, Julia Loktev, Maria Marshall, Chloe Piene, Dean Sameshima, Collier Schorr
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
1 Oct 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

with Diane Arbus, Shimon Attie, Aziz + Cucher, Vanessa Beecroft, Sandra Bermudez, Margaret Bourke-White, Christina Calderón, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Bruce Davidson, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Dinh Q. Le …
Focus on: New Photography

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
5 Mar 2005 – 5 Jun 2005

with Oliver Boberg, Sarah Jones, Loretta Lux, Jenny Lynn, Shizuka Yokomizo
Things Fall Apart

curated by Franklin Sirmans

moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago (US)
18 Mar 2005 – 23 Apr 2005

with Rashid Johnson, Izima Kaoru, Jackie Salloum
Will Boys Be Boys?

MoCA Denver, Denver (US)
18 Feb 2005 – 17 Apr 2005

with Slater Bradley, Larry Clark, Luis Gispert, Anthony Goicolea, Julia Loktev, Maria Marshall, Chloe Piene, Dean Sameshima, Collier Schorr
Manufactured Self

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
10 Jan 2005 – 3 Mar 2005

with Philip Kwame Apagya, Tina Barney, Walead Beshty, Shannon Ebner, Yeondoo JUNG, Alex MacLean, Peter Menzel, Martin Parr, Tomoko Sawada, Oriz Sima-Tov, Brian Ulrich
White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
10 Dec 2004 – 27 Feb 2005

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Nayland Blake, Nancy Burson, Wendy Ewald, Mike Kelley, William Kentridge, Barbara Kruger, Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, Gary Simmons
Contested Fields

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (US)
20 Nov 2004 – 6 Feb 2005

with Carlos Amorales, Roderick Buchanan, Maurizio Cattelan, Keith Edmier, Luis Gispert, David Hammons, Annika Larsson, Maria Lassnig, Ingeborg Lüscher, Paul Pfeiffer, Kirsten Stoltmann, Mark Wallinger
In Focus: Themes in Photography

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo (US)
24 Sep 2004 – 30 Jan 2005

with Matthew Barney, Uta Barth, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sophie Calle, John Coplans, Gregory Crewdson, Willie Doherty, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Les Krims, Sharon Lockhart …
Will Boys Be Boys?

Salina Art Center, Salina (US)
20 Nov 2004 – 29 Jan 2005

with Slater Bradley, Larry Clark, Luis Gispert, Anthony Goicolea, Julia Loktev, Jim Marshall, Chloe Piene, Dean Sameshima, Collier Schorr
Beauty Matter

Tina Kim Gallery, New York (US)
18 Nov 2004 – 11 Jan 2005

with Marina Abramovic, Sophie Calle, Rineke Dijkstra, Cindy Sherman, Jemima Stehli, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Wood)
Picturing Modernity: Photographs from The Permanent Collection

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2004

with Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, William Henry Fox Talbot, Lee Friedlander, Alfred Stieglitz, Carleton E. Watkins, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand
Double Takes: Transformations through the Lens

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
20 Mar 2004 – 11 Jul 2004

with Mary Ellen Mark
Portraits and Places

Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection

Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (US)
15 Apr 2004 – 20 Jun 2004

with Miguel Angel Rios, Seydou Keita
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
25 Mar 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

with Shimon Attie, Aziz + Cucher, Tina Barney, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray , Cindy Sherman
Disguise

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
12 Feb 2004 – 6 Jun 2004

with Claude Cahun, Kenny Macleod, Inge Morath, Yasumasa Morimura, Cindy Sherman
Contemporary Photography from the Harn Museum Collection (Part II)

Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville (US)
20 Jan 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Robert Adams, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Harry Callahan, Sophie Calle, Robert Frank, Carlos Garaicoa, Dan Graham, Seydou Keita, Ana Mendieta, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Robert Rauschenberg, Allan Sekula …
Imag(in)ing Western Culture

The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis (US)
1 Feb 2004 – 3 Apr 2004

with Michiko Kon, Tseng Kwong Chi, Dinh Q. Le, Yasumasa Morimura
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
12 Dec 2003 – 29 Feb 2004

with Ansel Adams, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Shimon Attie, Richard Avedon, Aziz + Cucher, John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Sandra Bermudez, Louis Carlos Bernal …
The Game Show

NORR COHAN, New York (US)
9 Jan 2004 – 14 Feb 2004

with Andreas Gursky, Christian Jankowski, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, Ed Ruscha, Yinka Shonibare MBE
8th International Istanbul Biennial

"Poetic Justice"

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
19 Sep 2003 – 16 Nov 2003

with Can Altay, Alexander Apostol, Knut Asdam, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Txomin Badiola, Zarina Bhimji, Monica Bonvicini, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Filipa Cesar, Attila Csoergoe …
Somewhere Better Than This Place: Alternative Social Experience

CAC Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
31 May 2003 – 9 Nov 2003

with Francis Alys, Vanessa Beecroft, Janet Cardiff, Patty Chang, ZHANG Huan
Brixton Studio

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
3 Oct 2002 – 16 Nov 2002

with Jitka Hanzlova, Harry Jacobs, Eileen Perrier, Jimmy Robert
White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art

2005

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Nancy Burson, Wendy Ewald, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman

Events

Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
29 Mar 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Michele Abeles, Marina Abramovic, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Nevin Aladag, Darren Almond, Eric Baudelaire, Becky Beasley, Vanessa Beecroft, Jacopo Benassi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Fatma Bucak …
Nikki S. Lee's AKA Nikki S. Lee

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
5 Oct 2006 – 7 Oct 2006