Peres Projects

Austin Lee (b. 1983 in Las Vegas, US)

• Lives and works in New York, US

Education

2013

• MFA Painting, Yale School of Art, New Haven, US

2006

• BFA Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, US

Upcoming Solo Exhibition

• Human Nature, curated by Victor Wang, M Woods Museum, Beijing, CN

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020

• Aah, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2019

• Paradise, Carl Kostyál in collaboration with KALEIDOSCOPE, Spazio Maiocchi, Milan, IT
• Compositions, Mine Project, Hong Kong, CN
• Feels Good, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, US

2018

• Constant Joy, Mosaic Art Foundation, Istanbul, TR
• Tomato Can, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2017

• Serious Works, Kaikai kiki, Tokyo, JP

2016

• Light Paintings, BANK, Shanghai, CN
• Anxiety, New Galerie, Paris, FR

2015

• Nothing Personal, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
• NO FAIR, Isbrytaren, Stockholm, SW, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SW
• Me Art, Kaleideoscope, Milan, IT

2014

• Mixed Feelings, Carl Kostyál, London, UK
• OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

• The Shoo Sho, curated by Julie Curtiss, WINDOW, New York, US
• Austin Lee & Mark Thomas Gibson, Carl Kostyál Gallery, Stockholm, SE
• Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, US

2020

• Good Pictures, curated by Austin Lee, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, US
• The Future, presented by Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, online
• Friends and Friends of Friends - Artistic communities in the age of social media, Schlossmuseum Linz, Linz, AT
• Collective Care: A House with Many Guests, M Woods Museum, Beijing, CN
• Wild Metropolis, Powerlong Museum, curated by Xu Zhen and Lu Pingyuan, Shanghai, CN

2019

• Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2018

• Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, US
• Between the Clock and the Bed, curated by Jennifer Packer and Jackie Gendel, Memorial Hall Painting Department Gallery RISD, Providence, US

2017

• The Second Self, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Unquestionable Optimism, The Barn Show, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, US
• Horses, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
• Summer Show, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SW
• Post Analog Painting II, The Hole NYC, New York, US
• Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, New York, US

2016

• Grayscale, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
• Juxtapoz x Superflat, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
• For Pete’s Sake, Carl Kostyál - Stockholm, SW
• Shifting Optics III, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
• Greek Gotham, curated by Maria Brito, Dio Horia Art Gallery, Mykonos, GR

2015

• Full of Peril and Weirdness: Painting as a Universalism, M Woods, Beijing, CN
• Thinking and Touching Time, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York, US

2014

• Portrait in the Twenty First Century, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
• Appropriate Disruption, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, US
• Early Man, The Hole, New York, US
• If you’re accidentally not included, don’t worry about it, curated by Peter Saul, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, FR
• Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, US
• Go With The Flow, The Hole, New York, US
• Tossed, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, US
• Positivilly Marvillainous, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, US
• If you’re accidentally not included, don’t worry about it, curated by Peter Saul, Zurcher Studio, New York, US

2013

• casting a wide net, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
• Bite of Time, Fading Memory LVL3, Chicago, US
• Yes, But Less, curated by Daria Irincheeva, Apt. 16, Newark, US
• Experiment, Studio Aperto Gallery, St. Petersberg, RU

2012

• Deep Cuts, Curated by Wendy White & David Humphrey, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, US
• The Virgins Show Part 2, curated by Marilyn Minter, Family Business, New York, US
• Getting It, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY, US

2011

• Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, US

2010

• Kat Culchur, FLUXspace, Philadelphia, US
• No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern, London, UK
• The Science of Art, MCH Gallery, Frederick, US

2009

• My Face in Your Space, Nexus, Philadelphia, US
• Offerings, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, US

2008

• Project Portal, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, US Superior Floor System, Exclamation Gallery, Philadelphia, US

Selected Collections

• M WOODS, Beijing, CN
• Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE

Selected Publications

2019

• Deitch, Jeffrey, Unrealism: New Figurative Painting, New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019
• Ascari, Alessio and Travaglini, Cristina, Austin Lee 2012–2019, London: Carl Kostyál and Milan: KALEIDOSCOPE 2019

2017

• Karrer, Philippe (ed.) Austin Lee: Spheres, Basel: Spheres Publication 2017

Selected Bibliography

2021

• Austin Lee, Many of Them Magazine, issue 8, June 2021
• Austin Lee, The-Art-Form, Issue 5, April 2021

2020

• Acha, Gabriela, Good Pictures: Austin Lee, KALEIDSCOPE, Issue 37, Fall-Winter 2020-21
• Estiler, Keith, Austin Lee Crafts Whimsical New Artworks for “Aah” Exhibition, Hypebeast, September 16, 2020
• Cohen, Alina, The 10 Best Booths at The Armory Show, Artsy, March 5, 2020

2019

• Mercier, Clémentine, and Piette, Jérémy, Art Contemporain: Pense-Bête te de Foire, La Libération, October 18, 2019
• Rieger, Birgit, Best-of Berlin Art Week: Unsere Ausstellungstipps für die Woche danach, Der Tagesspiegel, September 17, 2019
• Indrisek, Scott, Austin Lee’s Feel-Good Art Is More Complicated Than It Seems, Garage, Issue 16, Spring/Summer 2019
• Berman, Liddy, These Are the 7 New Galleries to Keep an Eye On at Art Basel, Architectural Digest, June 7, 2019
• Heinrich, Will, Spring Gallery Guide: Soho, New York Times, April 26, 2019
• Nechamkin, Sarah, Into: Austin Lee’s Uncynical Day-Glo Humanoids, Interview Magazine, March 28, 2019

2018

• Smith, Robert, Four Knockout Group Shows To See, New York Times, October 19, 2018
• Silveria, Paige, Austin Lee’s 3D Reality, Office Magazine, August 22, 2018
• Jenal, David, Ständige Freude: Die erste Shau des Malers Austin Lee, Monopol Magazin, March 2018
• Brown, Kate, Austin Lee Turns Donald Trump’s Drawing of the Empire State Building Into a
• Symbol of the Unreality of Our Times—See It Here, Artnet News, January 30, 2018
• Austin Lee Will Open A “Tomato Can” @ Peres Projects, Berlin, Juxtapoz, January 19, 2018
• Top Art Shows in Berlin This Week: Austin Lee to Georg Baselitz to Marc Chagall, Blouin ArtINFO, January 18, 2018
• Radley, Jack, Exhibition//Austin Lee’s “Tomato Can” at Peres Projects, Berlin Art Link, February 16, 2018
• Austin Lee; Tomato Can, Interview, January 16, 2018
• Austin Lee at Peres Projects, CURA Magazine, January 10, 2018

2017

• Angelos, Ayla, Exploring physical and digital binaries with Austin Lee’s exuberantly animated paintings, It’s Nice That, July 14, 2017
• Whittick, Olivia, Austin Lee, The Editorial Magazine, Issue 16, Spring 2017
• Austin Lee makes “Serious Work” for Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Juxtapoz, March 1, 2017
• New Ways of Seeing: Digital as Medium, episode 3, Tiffany & Co with New York Times, February 9, 2017

2016

• Ogilivy, Flora Alexandra, Of El Greco and Emoticons: An Interview With Artist Austin Lee, Artnet News, December 28, 2016
• Ogilivy, Flora Alexandra, An Interview with the Digitally-Inspired Artist Austin Lee in
• Queens, New York, Artevista, October 21, 2016
• McManus, Austin, Austin Lee: Soul Technology, Juxtapoz, January 26, 2016

2015

• Meier, Allison, Scale, Sculpture, and Specificity Prevail at Miami Beach’s Untitled Fair, Hyperallergic, December 1, 2015
• Exhibitions: the Lookout: Austin Lee, Art in America, November 18, 2015
• Greenberger, Alex, File Conversion: Austin Lee Goes From Ipad to Canvas in a New Show at Postmasters, ARTnews, November 17, 2015
• Indrisek, Scott, Austin Lee’s “Nothing Personal” Is Quite the Opposite, Blouin ArtInfo, October 28, 2015
• Steadman, Ryan, 12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before October 25, Observer, October 22, 2015
• Austin Lee, Digital Transference, Visionary Artistry, April 13, 2015
• Check out: Austin Lee, The Plog, April 8, 2015
• Young, Stephanie, Austin Lee Strips Away And Finds The Core Of His Subjects, Beautiful/Decay, April 3, 2015
• Consumer Reports: Austin Lee, ARTnews, March 25, 2015
• Austin Lee. No Fair, We Find Wildness, March 20, 2015
• Asman, Klara Andersson, No Fair: Austin Lee at Isbrytaren, Radar Magazine, March 14, 2015

2014

• Russeth, Andrew, Eyegays, Estatic Painting, And A Glorious Mess: Andrew Russeth On The Year In, And Beyond, The Galleries, ARTnews, December 30, 2014
• Leap 30, Leap, December 30, 2014
• Saltz, Jerry, 4 Art Shows From 2014 That I Can’t Forget, Vulture, December 20, 2014
• Saltz, Jerry, 3-Sentence Reviews: Franz West, Matt Hoyt, and More, Vulture, December 14, 2014
• Chiaverina, John, Duck Yourself: On Ryan Travis Christian’s Very Democratic Group Show
• About, Well, Ducks, ARTnews, November 4, 2014
• Chopped & Screwed, Kaleidoscope, Issue 22, Fall 2014
• Ratnam, Niru, Likes’: lacquered cherry pies and Anselm Kiefer: the weird world of post-internet art, The Spectator, September 27, 2014
• Austin Lee: Mixed Feelings, Time Out London, September 23, 2014
• Neave, Kate, This month’s twenty best art shows, Dazed Digital, September 2014
• Rozendaal, Rafael, In Conversation: Rafael Rozendaal with Austin Lee, SFAQ, Issue 16, May 23, 2014
• Russeth, Andrew, Austin Lee: OK OK OK... at Postmasters, New York Observer, March 5, 2014
• Saltz, Jerry, See This Art: Jerry Saltz’s Walking Tours of New York Galleries and Museums, New York Magazine, March 4, 2014
• Austin Lee, Blaaah Magazine, March 19, 2014
• Austin Lee’s ‘OK OK OK...’ at Postmasters Gallery, NYC, Supertouchart, February 28, 2014
• Indrisek, Scott, Here’s The Best Painting Of A Cat You’ll See All Week, BlackBook, February 27, 2014
• Groth, Michael, OK Table Computer, Hyperallergic, February 21, 2014
• Fong, Cherise, Austin Lee defies digital painting, digitalarti news, February 19, 2014
• Connor, Michael, Why Should You Not Buy This Painting (So Michael Connor Can), Rhizome, January 29, 2014
• Austin Lee, TimeOut New York, January 15, 2014

2013

• Artist of the Week: Austin Lee, LVL3, April 22, 2013
• Choe, David, Artist Watch / Austin Lee, The Stache Life, March 25, 2013

2009

• At Nexus-my face in your space, the Artblog, September 18, 2009