Chris | Chia-Ling Lee’s research investigates patterns of socio-political and ecological connectedness in both the physical and virtual realms. Lee employs a range of social science research methods, including visual art-based and qualitative inquiries, to explore the relationship between beings and the world through (sometime voyeuristic) observation and documentation.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education in College Teaching of Visual Art
Columbia University, New York City, NY
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Thesis | The Interface of Reflection
ARTIST
The Acrtic Circle Residency Program, 2013
Support Grants | The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan
The Arctic Circle brings together international artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, and educators who collectively explore remote and fascinating destinations aboard a sailing vessel. The Arctic Circle takes place in the international territory of Svalbard, a mountainous Arctic archipelago just 10 degrees from the North Pole.
Climate Action & Visual Culture, 2021
Aire de Taïwan, 2012
Support Grants | The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan
WRITER | RESEARCHER
Contributor
Media and digital art
Exhibition reviews with a focus on media and digital art
Artist interviews
Savagery and Civilization series
Repurposing Historical Buildings series
Exhibition reviews with a focus on contemporary architecture and design
Artist interviews
“Techniques of the Observer: An Interview with Jonathan Crary.” Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, July/Aug. 2008, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 76-82.
Computers and the History of Art 2014 Conference
( CHArt 2014 )
Conference | Conformity, Process and Deviation: Digital Arts as ‘Outsider’
October 18, 2014
Presentation | The Role of Digital Interactivity in the Creative Process of Early Web-based Art Works
Recipient of The Helene Roberts Bursary Award
CURATOR
City States, Liverpool Biennial 2012
Exhibition | Metro-Wonderland: Taiwanese Artists and Urban Morphology
LJMU Copperas Hill Building, Liverpool, UK
September 15–November 25, 2012
An Artist a Day..., 2020
Live online
June 18–September 13, 2020
Freeform Series 2006–2007
Exhibitions | Nouveau Salon (Spring, 2007), Free Route (Winter 2006), Artist (Fall 2006), Under Construction (Summer 2006), Untitled (Spring 2006), Freeform in a Raining Day (Spring 2006)
ART EDUCATOR
College level teaching courses on both the undergraduate and graduate levels included studio and art theories.
Art and Art Education, Columbia University, New York City, NY
Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan