Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in New York
2017 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States
2014 Completed Master’s coursework toward MFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Korea
2011 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2023 Two Skies, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
2022 Tracing the Night, PMAM, London, UK
2022 Complete Observer, Bill Brady Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 The Blue Hour, ATM Gallery, New York, NY
2021 The Weight of Night, mhPROJECT, New York, NY
2017 Unoriginal sublime, The Mission Project, Chicago, IL, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Annette Hur & Sarah Lee, Stems Gallery, Paris, France
2024 Beyond the Visible, Albertz Benda, LA, USA
2023 Standing Still, Gana Art Los Angeles, LA, USA
2023 Quiet Storm, Long Story Short, Paris, France
2023 Sarang: Conversation on Love, Wellcome Collective, New York, NY
2023 High-Stakes, curated by Lisa Boudet, 7 Rue Saint-Claude, Paris, France
2023 Public Private, Pond Society, Shanghai, China
2023 Blue is the only color my heart can see, Giovanni’s Room, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Eternal Reverie, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2022 To be a giant and keep quiet about it, Margot Samel, New York, NY
2022 Through a glass, Darkly, Carl Kostyal, Milan, Italy
2022 At the Table, The AAPI Awareness Charity Exhibition, Christie’s, New York, NY
2022 If you forget my name, You will go astray, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Women in Paris, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2020 Home coming, AHL foundation, New York, NY, USA
2019 Silent Night, Artnutri Gallery, Taiwan
2017 Control & Contrast, The Mission Project, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Presence Interrupted, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL, USA
PUBLICATIONS
2024. Studio International, The Korean Moment
2024 아트조선, 하티스트 아티스트: ‘사라 리’의 무섭고도 아름다운 미지의 밤
2023 Juxtapoz Magazine, Winter 2024, Sarah Lee: At Moonlight
2023 Whitewall Magazine, Into the Blue
2023 Artsy, Contemporary Artists are Tapping into the Age-Old Allure of Nocturnal Scenes
2023 Colossal, Enigmatic Wonder and Magic Envelop Sarah Lee’s Illuminated Landscapes
2023 리빙센스 9월호, INTERVIEW, 코리안 르네상스 시대의 개막 2
2022 New American Painting Issue 158, curated selection by Bill Power
2021 Art Maze Magazine Issue 23, curated selection by Julie Curtiss
2021 Juxtapoz Magazine
2019 New American Painting MFA Competition Issue #141
OTHER
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, The City College of New York, NY
2021 Artist Against Anti-Asian Violence Benefit Auction, The Here and There Collective x Artsy
