Alex M. Lee
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Arizona State University, Assistant Professor
ISEA Bio(s) Available:
ISEA2024
Alex M. Lee is an artist who utilizes 3D animation, video game engines, extended reality platforms, machine learning and the potential of simulation technologies to investigate contemporary modes of representation, artifice and technical images – culling from concepts within science, science fiction, physics, philosophy, and modernity.
Born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the United States of America, he received his BFA (2005) with emphasis in Photography and Digital Imaging and MFA (2009) with an emphasis in Art & Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is an Assistant Professor of Animation at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design the Arts with Affiliated Position at Mesa City’s Media and Immersive eXperience Center.
Lee has exhibited internationally in North America, Europe and Asia. Selected exhibitions include: Gallery Hakusen, Tokyo, Japan; Mio Photo, Osaka, Japan; Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea; Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea; Eyebeam: Center for Art & Technology, New York, NY; LEV Festival, Madrid, Spain; Paris/Berlin Rencontres Internationales; Elektra International Digital Art Festival, Montreal, Canada; New Images XR Art Fair, Paris, France.
His work has been published in articles covering art, science, and culture including: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Metaverse Creativity, Canadian Art, and Routledge Press. Lee has received generous support for his research projects from sources including Unity Meta XR, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Trinity Square Video, the Institute for Electronic Arts, and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center.
ISEA2022
Alex M. Lee is an artist who utilizes 3D animation, video game engines, XR, machine learning and the potential of simulation technologies in order to investigate contemporary modes of representation, artifice and technical images – culling from concepts within science, science fiction, physics, philosophy, and modernity. He received his BFA (2005) and MFA (2009) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee was raised in the USA and is Assistant Professor of Animation and XR at Arizona State University Herberger Institute of Art & Design and Mesa City MIX Center. Lee has exhibited internationally in North America, Europe and Asia. Selected exhibitions include: Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON; Mio Photo, Osaka, Japan; Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea; Eyebeam: Center for Art & Technology, New York, NY; LEV Festival, Madrid, Spain; New Images XR Fair, Paris, France; Elektra Festival, Montreal, Canada.
ISEA2020
Alex M. Lee is an artist who utilizes 3D animation, video game engines, virtual/augmented/immersive reality platforms, and the potential of simulation technologies in order to visualize and complicate our perception of time, space, image and light – culling from concepts within science, science fiction, physics, philosophy, and modernity. He received his BFA (2005) and MFA (2009) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in South Korea, Lee was raised in the USA and is associate professor in the Digital Arts & Sciences Program at Clarkson University (NY, USA). Lee has exhibited internationally in North America and Asia. Selected exhibitions include: Mio Photo, Osaka, Japan; Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea; The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois; Eyebeam: Center for Art & Technology, New York, NY; Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea; Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC. His work has been published in articles covering art, science, and culture including: Metaverse Creativity, Canadian Art, and Routledge Press.
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Last Known Location:
- Canada
