BOVEY LEE
Born in Hong Kong
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA
Education
2000
MFA in Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, New York
1995
MFA in Painting & Drawing, University of California, Berkeley, California
1991
BA in Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Selected Awards and Honors
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Vira I. Heinz Endowment Fellowship
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Nominee
Mid Career Artist, Asian American Arts Center, New York
Artist Opportunity Grants, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, California
Urban Council Fine Arts Award, Contemporary Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Jackie Chan Academic Achievement Award, Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions/Special Projects
2023-2025
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Bird Song, Flower Scent, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2022
Grotto Fine Art, The Universe Is Luxurious, Central, Hong Kong
2021-2022
Rena Bransten Gallery, Bathing in the Forest of House Plants, San Francisco, California
2019
Facebook Artists in Residence, Site-specific installation, Los Angeles, California
Rena Bransten Gallery, We Are All Mountaineers, San Francisco, California
2018
Absolut Art, Limited editions, Stockholm, Sweden (absolutart.com)
2017
Rena Bransten Gallery, The Sea Will Come To Kiss Me, San Francisco, California
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Cutting Forest Out of City, online video project, Hong Kong
2016
Grotto Fine Art, Invertigo, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Gavlak Gallery, Divertical, Los Angeles, California
2013
Gavlak Gallery, Water Has A Memory, Palm Beach, Florida
Rena Bransten Gallery, Conundrums, San Francisco, California
2012
Nevada Museum of Art, Undercurrents, Reno, Nevada
Grotto Fine Art, Bloom, Central, Hong Kong (catalogue)
IFC, Bloom, Shanghai, China (presented by Hugo Boss)
2011
709 Penn Gallery, Paper Streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2010
Pacific Place, Butterfly Bliss, Hong Kong
2009
Grotto Fine Art, Where the Waves Break, Central, Hong Kong (catalogue)
2007
Grotto Fine Art, On Gossamer’s Edge, Central, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Asian American Arts Center, Bing Lee and Bovey Lee at Mid Career, New York, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs
2024
Hong Kong Central Library, The Charm of Ink: Contrast of Black & White, curated by Hoi Chiu Tang, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Wing Luke Museum, Lost & Found: Searching for Home, Seattle, WA
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Fine Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Grotto Fine Art, Light & Traces: The Presence of Absence, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
Fost Gallery, Fibre Optics, Singapore
U.S. Embassy, Stockholm 2022, Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue)
2023
Rena Bransten Gallery, Hidden Stories, San Francisco, CA
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
U.S. Embassy, Stockholm 2022, Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue)
2022
U.S. Embassy, Stockholm 2022, Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue)
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
10 Chancery Lane Gallery, 31 Women, curated by Caroline Ha Thuc, Central, Hong Kong (catalogue)
2021
University of Alberta, EcoArt China, Alberta, Canada (online, catalogue)
Grotto Fine Art, 20th Anniversary Show, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
Chautauqua Institution, Tenacity, Chautauqua, New York
Rena Bransten Gallery, When Nobody’s Watching, San Francisco, California
Exhibition & Convention Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2020
Carnegie Arts Center, Cut Up/Cut Out, Turlock, California (online)
Fost Gallery, How to Read the Paper, Singapore
Online, Inaugural Art Basel Viewing Rooms, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Massillon Museum, Cut Up/Cut Out, Massillon, Ohio
Fost Gallery, Come Together, Singapore
Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Invincible California: UC Berkeley Art Alumni Exhibition, University of California, Berkeley, California
2019
Untitled, Art, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Leatherby Libraries, The Border, Chapman University, Orange, California
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Grotto Fine Art, New Space Inaugural Exhibition, Hong Kong
Cut Up/Cut Out, traveling exhibition, Lamont Gallery, Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH; Museum of Art & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX; Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2018
Pulse, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Affordable Art Fair, Limited edition prints with Absolut Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Ashmolean Museum, A Century of Women in Chinese Art, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ellen Noel Art Museum, Cut Up/Cut Out, Odessa, Texas
Rena Bransten Gallery, The Portrait Show, San Francisco, California
Dallas Art Fair, with Conduit Gallery, Dallax, Texas
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Fost Gallery, The Foster Emporium, Singapore
Pensacola Museum, Cut Up/Cut Out, Pensacola, Florida
2017
Pulse, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Hunstville Museum of Art, Cut Up/Cut Out, Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue Arts Museum, Cut Up/Cut Out, Bellevue, Washington
Gavlak Gallery, Flaming June VII (Flaming Creatures), Los Angeles, California
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Gavlak Gallery, Not I, We, Los Angeles, California
Grotto Fine Art, Grotto x CUHK Grads: The Passion of Discovery I, Central, Hong Kong
Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Cut Up/Cut Out, Walnut Creek, California (national tour thru 2020)
Gavlak Gallery, Group show, Palm Beach, Florida
2016
Art Basel, solo presentation with Gavlak Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Christie’s, Asian Contemporary Art Day Sale, Exhibition and Convention Center, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Nurturing Creativity, Central, Hong Kong
Fuller Craft Museum, Paper and Blade: Modern Paper Cutting, Brockton, Massachusetts
2015
From Palace to Studio: Chinese Women Artists, 1900 to the Present, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Gavlak, Ten Year Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, California and Palm Beach, Florida
Gavlak, Summer Group Show, Palm Beach, Florida
Center for Art and Thought, RaceCraft (online)
Art Taipei, with Grotto Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Fine Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Subliminal Projects, Paper Cut, Los Angeles, California
Museum Kunst der Westkueste, Papermania!, Alkersum/Foehr, Germany
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Stage, with Fost Gallery, Singapore
Grotto Fine Art, Wearing Identity, Central, Hong Kong
2014
Art Basel, with Gavlak Gallery, Miami, Florida
Pulse, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami, Florida
Rena Bransten Projects, Reigning Cats and Dogs, San Francisco, California
Fine Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Exhibition and Convention Center, Hong Kong
PMQ, A Square Meter of Sensation, curated by Mingpao Weekly, sponsored by Hermès, Hong Kong
Gavlak Gallery, Inaugural Gallery Artist Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary: Paper as Art, Delray Beach, Florida
Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University, Paper Work, Denver, Colorado
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Fold, Paper, Scissors, Mesa, Arizona
The Armory Show, with Gavlak Gallery, Pier 94, New York, New York
Museum of Craft and Design, Obsessive Reductive, San Francisco, California
101/Exhibit, Cat Art Show Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
2013
Gavak Gallery, Gallery Artists Show, Palm Beach, Florida
Art Basel, with Gavlak Gallery, Miami, Florida (catalogue)
OV Gallery, Follies of a Species, Shanghai, China
Fine Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Exhibition and Convention Center, Hong Kong
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Stories of a Changing China, Ketchum, Idaho
Volta 9, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Gavlak Gallery, All F**king Summer, Palm Beach, Florida
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art Basel, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Parallel Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Eye, Mandarin Oriental Clipper Lounge, Hong Kong (catalogue)
The Armory Show, with Gavlak Gallery, Pier 94, New York, New York
Scope, with Grotto Fine Art, New York, New York
Wing Luke Museum, Paper Unbound: Horiuchi and Beyond, Seattle, Washington
2012
Gavlak Gallery, Gallery Artists Show, Palm Beach, Florida
The Miami Project, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami, Florida
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Fine Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Stockton College Art Gallery, Perception Shift, Stockton, Galloway, New Jersey
Concept Art Gallery, 40th Anniversary Curator’s Choice Show, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Art HK, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Scope, with Grotto Fine Art, New York, New York
2011
Pulse, with Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami, Florida
Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Fujikawa Kirie Art Museum, Kirie of the World, Fujikawa, Japan
Shelburne Museum, Paperwork in 3D, Shelburne, Vermont
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, ART HK, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Rena Bransten Gallery, Pure Paper, San Francisco, California
2010
Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Museum Rijswijk, Holland Paper Biennial, The Netherlands (catalogue)
OV Gallery, Shifting Definitions, Shanghai, China
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Touch Me Please, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, ART HK, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Grotto Fine Art, The Linear Dimension, Central, Hong Kong (catalogue)
Artist Image Resource, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Children’s Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
James Gallery, Pulp Fiction, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2009
Museum Bellerive, Silhouettes – Pure Contour, Zurich, Switzerland
Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Rossi and Rossi Gallery, Urban Spirituality, London, United Kingdom (catalogue)
Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland
Blackburn Museum, Strange World, Blackburn, United Kingdom
Grotto Fine Art, Liners’ Paradox, Central, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Hong Kong International Art Fair, with Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008
Art Asia, with Grotto Fine Art, Miami, Florida
National Glass Centre, Beautifully Crafted, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Fe Gallery, In the Making, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (catalogue)
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (catalogue)
Publications
2023
Li, Kun. ed. Paper Art III. Hong Kong: China: ArtPower Publishing, 108-117
2022
Stewart, Marilyn G. ed. Experience Art. Middle school art curriculum, Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, 294
2021
Claypool, Lisa, ed. EcoArt China. Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta
2019
Crazyhorse, Literary Journal, Number 96 | Fall 2019 issue, College of Charleston, NC (cover art)
2018
Victoria & Albert Museum. Paper Crafts: A Maker’s Guide, London, UK: Thames & Hudson, 48-51
2017
Cunha, Amanda S. Torres. Poeticas Visuais Bidimensionais, Brazil: Editora Intersaberes
2016
Alchemy. Beijing, China: Sandu
Bovey Lee: Invertigo, Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
2015
Landman, Seth. Confidence. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Arts Press (cover art)
Minguet, Eva. Paper Art Now. Barcelona, Spain: Monsa
2014
Paper Secret I & II. Guangzhou, China: Hightone
Paper Play. Beijing: Sandu
The New Collectors Book. New York: Basak Mallone
2013
Art Basel | Miami
Art Basel | Hong Kong. Germany: Hatje Cantz
McHugh, Gene. 500 Paper Objects. Asheville, NC: Lark Books
Gimenez, Marc. Art of Paper. Barcelona: Monsa
Nie, Youjia. Beyond Graphics: Mixed Media Illustrations by Contemporary Artists, Beijing: CYPI
Birch, Helen. Freehand. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books
Chang, Tsong-Zung. Ciclitira, Serenella. Hong Kong Eye. Milan: Skira
2012
Yuan, Yannick, ed. Paradise of Paper Art. Beijing: Designerbooks
Lewis, Perri. Material World. London: Virgin Books/Random House
High Touch. Berlin: Gestalten
Wang, Shaoqiang, ed. Paper Works. Beijing: Sandu
Bovey Lee: Bloom. Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
2011
Zollars, Jaime. Push Paper. Ashville, NC: Lark Books
Papercraft 2. Berlin: Gestalten
Waite Brown, Claire, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Origami and Papercraft Techniques. London: Quarto
2010
Trebbi, Jean-Charles. L’art de la decoupe. Paris: Editions Alternatives
Illusive 3. Berlin: Gestalten
Papercraft. Berlin: Gestalten
Ploeg, Frank van der. Holland Paper Biennial. Rijswijk: Museum Rijswijk
The Linear Dimension. Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art
2009
Urban Spirituality. London: Rossi and Rossi Gallery and Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
Bovey Lee–Where the Waves Break. Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
2008
In the Making: 250 years/250 Artists. Pittsburgh: Fe Gallery
Pittsburgh Biennial. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Talkover/Handover. Hong Kong: 1a Space
2007
On Gossamer’s Edge: Paper Cutout Drawings by Bovey Lee. Hong Kong: Grotto Fine Art
Selected Reviews, Interviews, and Features
2023
di Simone Sbarbati, “Il materiale più ricercato del momento ha duemila anni: la carta è il nuovo oro,” II Sole 24 ORE, HTSI, Italy, Dec 20
Editor, “Bovey Lee - Art is My Refuge,” Vogue Hong Kong, July 27
Catherine Shaw, “Art Basel Hong Kong 2023: can the city’s art scene bounce back?” Wallpaper magazine, Mar 20
2022
Yulia, “Bovey Lee: The Universe Is Luxurious,” Galleries Gal, Nov 14
2021
Rangsook Yoon, “Immigration and Identity: The Works of Bovey Lee and Katrina Bello,” A Women’s Thing, Dec 22
Lisa Claypool, “Bovey Lee: Edges,” Staring at the Ceiling, Nov 28
Lena Fritsch, “Pick of the Museums–Ashmolean Museum–University of Oxford”, Asian Art in London, London, UK, Aug 24
“Drawing with a Knife–Paper Artist Bovey Lee,” Design & Paper, Aug 17
Jordyn Russell, “A Creative Force: Tenacity Honors Contemporary Female Visal Artists, Paying Tribute to 100 Years Since Ratification of 19th Amendment,” Chautauqauan Daily, Chautauqua, New York, Jul 16
“Bovey Lee–To Return (Hui),” Topick, Hong Kong Economic Journal, May 21
Rochel Burstyn, “Anyway You Cut It with Bovey Lee,” Circle Magazine, 226, Apr
2020
Felicitas von Droste zu Hülshoff, “Ashmolean Artists At Home – Part Two,” Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Absolut Art Team, “Artist in Residence: Earth Day Edition,” Newsletter Interview, Absolut Art, Stockholm, Sweden
“Students of Chinese and Japanese art inspired by Escalette Collection: How art enhances online instruction,” Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
“Art at Chapman: The Papercuts of Bovey Lee,” Chapman University, Orange, California
“Pride of China: Bovey Lee’s Cut Paper,” Tatler, China
2019
David M. Roth, “Bovey Lee at Rena Bransten,” Square Cylinder, San Francisco, CA
2018
Charlotte Marsalese, “In the Studio With Bovey Lee: Modernizing the Ancient Chinese Art of Cut Paper,” Milk.xyz, Apr 25
Paul Laster, “Highlight from Dallas Art Fair 2018,” ArtAsiaPacific, Apr 14
“Bovey Lee’s Cut Paper,” LA Lounge, TV interview, SinoVision, New York, New York, May 6
2017
David Pagel, “No Wallflowers Here: Sparks Fly When Art Mingles on the Walls of Flaming June VII,” Los Angeles Times, Jun 27
“Paper, Scissors, Art,” T Brand Studio, The New York Times, Jun 20, 2017
Blouin Artinfo, “Bovey Lee’s The Sea Will Come To Kiss Me at Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco,” Jan 25
Andy Smith, “Bovey Lee Cuts Paper into Intricate Worlds,” Hi Fructose, Jan 21
Maria Porges, “Bovey Lee at Rena Bransten,” Square Cylinder, Jan 16
Jasmine, “New Intricate Miniature Worlds in Cut Paper by Bovey Lee,” Strictly Paper, Jan 10
“Bovey Lee,” Ja t’ho faràs, CCTV, Barcelona, Spain, Jan 4
Benoy Sebastian, “Design Rapid Fire: Paper Magicians,” The Ideal Home and Garden, Mumbai, India, Jan issue
2016
Kelsey Anderson, “Bovey Lee: The Art of Cut Paper,” Chapman University, Oct 20
“Pencil and Paper – Master of Paper Art,” Impression Magazine, Korea, Sept/Oct issue
“Bovey Lee,” Sweet, Aug 17
Aida Ylanan, “Bovey Lee, Artist,” Center for Art and Thought, UC Riverside, June 14
“Bovey Lee–Invertigo”, The Works, RTHK TV, June 7, 8, and 12
Kafka, “Roller Coaster Cut Paper,” Hong Kong Economic Journal, Hong Kong, May 30
Ka Fai Tseng, “Li Baoyi’s (Bovey Lee’s) Cut Paper Is So Off the Ground,” The Stand News, Hong Kong, May 24
Yung Sin Ting, “Follow Contradiction to Cut Paper,” Delta Zhi Magazine, Hong Kong, June issue
Karena Wong, “Cut Paper Bulldozer Asks Who Destroyed the Farm?” Ming Pao Daily, Hong Kong, May 13
Melissa Goldberg, “Paper Shaper,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Feb
Susan Michals, “The Best Art to See in L.A. This January,” Huffington Post, Jan 7
Lea Benatar, “Paper Cut Roller Coaster,” Fubiz, Jan 6 (French)
Christopher Jobson, “Cut Rice Paper Sculptures of Twisting Roller Coasters by Bovey Lee,” Colossal, Jan 3
Gabrielle Bruney, “Go On a Roller Coaster Ride with Paper Cutout Art,” The Creators Project, Jan 3
“Divertical by Bovey Lee–Finding Balance in Ornate Hand-cut Paper Works,” Gestalten, Jan
2015
Christina Nafziger, “Bovey Lee Constructs Whimsical Urban Landscapes by Intricately Cutting a Single Sheet of Paper,” Beautiful Decay, Aug 5
Jason Jose, “Paper Cut Art by Bovey Lee,” Faith Is Torment, Jul 30
“Bovey Lee – Cut Paper Artist,” Chinese Cultural Studies Center, Hong Kong, May
Michele Chan, “What Is... Chinese Paper-cut Art?” Art Radar, May 22
“Paper Art IV,” Architectural Digest, China, no. 66, Feb
“Cut, Slice, and Dice–The Best Selection of Paper Artworks,” Art Quarter vol.8, DPI, Taiwan, Feb
2014
“Drawing with a Knife,” OBJEKT, China, No. 3, Nov/Dec
Wing Ng, “Cut Paper: From Craft to Art,” Modern Weekly, A29, China, Oct 18
Samantha Lam, “A Square Meter of Sensation,” Mingpao Weekly, Hong Kong, Issue 2391, cover, Sep 6
Jake Wallis Simons, “Astonishing Sculptures Made from Nothing But Plain Paper,” CNN, Aug 29
Ahn Sangho, ed., “A House Made of Paper,” Noblian, Issue 169, Seoul, Korea, Aug
Christopher Jobson, “Extraordinary Scenes Hand Cut from Rice Paper by Bovey Lee,” Colossal, Jul 17
“Paper Trail,” Home & Decor, Indonesia, May issue
Huanhuan Guo, “The Artist Who Cuts Paper without Scissors,” Radio Netherlands Worldwide, The Netherlands, May 9
Barbara Guarducci, “Hidden Charm of White Cut Paper,” Pantoneview.com, Feb 20
Sreekanth N., “Artist of the Week,” E-Junkie.info, Jan 22
2013
Victoria Guthrie, “The Cutting Edge,” Crafty Magazine, United Kingdom, Issue 9, Nov/Dec
Sabina Dana Plasse, “Looking At China: Multi-faceted Exhibition Provides Fascinating Insight,” Ketchum Keystone, Oct 30
Amandas Ong, “Bovey Lee,” Elephant Magazine, United Kingdom, Issue 16, Fall
Jan Sjostrom, “Lee, Estlund Shows at Gavlak United in Concern for Natural World,” Palm Beach Daily News, Apr 30
Joyce Lau, “Hong Kong Welcomes the Art World,” The New York Times, May 22
Jessica Ranson, “Bovey Lee Connecting History and Technology on Paper,” The Culture Trip, May 22
Elizabeth Doyle, “Creative Commons//Bovey Lee,” Delta Sky Magazine, May
Kris Wagner, “Paper That’s Pretty and Political,” San Francisco Examiner, Feb 7
“Bovey Lee,” ImageBlog, curated by Kimberly Brooks, Huffington Post, on-going
2012
Krist Wagner, “Papercuts–Bovey Lee,” Reno News and Reviews, Nov 22
Belle Zhao, “The Cutter: 14 Questions for Paper Artist Bovey Lee,” Blouin Artinfo, Aug 17
Elaine Chen, “Paper Bloom,” LP Magazine, Shanghai, China, May/June
Panxu, “Bovey Lee Cuts Out Bloom,” Taikungpao, Hong Kong, 6, May 10
“Paper Cut Works by Bovey Lee,” Juxtapoz, April 17
Christopher Jobson, “Cut Paper Illustrations by Bovey Lee,” Colossal, Mar 29
“First China Solo Exhibition for Cut Paper Artist Bovey Lee,” Art Radar Asia, Feb 1
2011
Simone C. Porter, “Bovey Lee: Paper Cut Precision,” CBS Pittsburgh, Nov 28
Queenie Zhao, “Bovey Lee’s Powerful Cut Paper,” Rouge Magazine, Beijing, China, Dec
“Bovey Lee: New Work/Interview,” Designboom, Sept 8
Travis Korte, “Bovey Lee’s Elegaic Crisis Cutouts Mirror Japan’s Tsunami and Nuclear Scare,” Huffington Post, Apr 7
Jacqueline Ruyak, “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” Surface Design Journal, 56-57, Summer
Kurt Shaw, “Artist Bovey Lee’s New Career Makes Something Old into Something New,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 15
Mary Thomas, “Paper-cut Artworks Offers Perspectives on Pittsburgh,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 11
“Studio Visit,” Burda Style Magazine, Germany, Mar
Yvonne Lai, “US-based Artist Bovey Lee Takes the Traditional Chinese Craft of Paper-cutting and Makes it Her Own,” South China Morning Post Magazine, Hong Kong, 8, Jan 30
2010
Ian Findlay, “Contemporary Hong Kong Art at Grotto Fine Art,” Asian Art News, 98-100, Sept/Oct
Sierra Shih, “Paper Fantasy: Bovey Lee,” DPI Magazine, vol. 135, 86-89, Taipei, Taiwan
Kristina Olson, “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” Art Papers, 42-43
Mary Thomas, “Touch Me Please,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, C8, Sept 12
2009
Thais Lauton Escanhoela, “Isto e quente,” Casa e Jardim Magazine, Brazil, 24, June
Cecelia Ly, “Bovey Lee: Trabajo de filigrana,” CASAS Magazine, Lima, Peru, 12-13, May
Jane Ro, “Clippings from the Past,” Hyphen Magazine, California, May
Debra Wacks, “Liners’ Paradox,” TimeOut Hong Kong, Feb
“The Distinctive Style of Hong Kong Artists: What is it and Who Are the Artists?” Art Radar Asia, Feb
2008
Diana Woolf, “Heart of Glass Still Beats,” Crafts Magazine, UK, 14-15, No. 215, Nov/Dec
Kurt Shaw, “Sales Down, But Strong at Bellwether Art Fair,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec 13
Bill O’Driscoll, “Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Offers a Potent and Diverse Pittsburgh Biennial,” Pittsburgh City Paper, Aug 14
Mary Thomas, “Film and Video Get Expanded Presence in PCA/Filmmakers Biennial Exhibit,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 31
EWN, “Hong Kong,” Art Asia Pacific Almanac, Vol. 3, 174
2007
Jeff Leung, “Preservation and Education of the Art of Paper Cutout,” Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, C1, Sept 30
Hwa Yong Caruso, “Asian American Art Associations in New York City,” International Journal of Multicultural Education, Vol. 9, No. 1
Jamie Quiroz, “Cut Out for Her Art,” iaLink, APA issue, May
Murtaza Vali, “Bing Lee and Bovey Lee: Mid-career Artist Exhibition,” Artspiral, Mar
Artist Residencies/Visiting Artist/Lectures/Panels/Workshops
2024
Migration Paper - From Chinese Village to the World and Beyond, Course: The Art of China and Japan, Department of Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
2023
Bird Song, Flower Scent, Artist Sharing with curator Mira Chan, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Climbing Mountains, Crossing Oceans, Course: The Art of China and Japan, Department of Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
2022
Riding Wind, Breaking Waves: The Navigation Systems of Migration, Identities, and Belonging, Course: The Art of China and Japan, Department of Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
2021
EcoArt China Speaker Series, China Institute at the University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Departure and Arrival–Creating Contemporary Narratives of the Diasporic Self and Communities, Chapman University, Orange, California
2020
Facebook AIR (Meta Open Arts), Los Angeles, California
Contemporary Cut Paper Workshop, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
A Poetry Reading & Cut Paper Workshop with Bovey Lee & Stephanie Burt, The Chinese American Museum, NEA The Big Read, Los Angeles, California
Virtual Cut Paper Workshop with Bovey Lee, Escalette Collection, Chapman University, Orange, California
At Home with Absolut Art, Absolut Art(workshop)
2019
Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (artist talk)
La Frontera, Chapman University, Orange, California (lecture, panel)
Facebook, Los Angeles, California (artist in residence)
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California (artist talk)
2017
Museum Art on Wheels, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (workshop)
2016
Center for Art and Thought, University of California, Riverside, California (panel)
Chapman University, Orange, California (lecture)
2015
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California (visiting artist)
2013
Life on Mars, Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (artist talk)
Carnegie International 2013 Satellite Space, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (artist presentation)
2012
California College of the Arts, San Francisco (visiting artist, lecture)
Art 8, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, California (lecture)
Nevada Museum of Art (lecture, workshop)
2010
The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (lecture)
Children’s Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (artist in residence, workshop)
2007
Mid-career Artist, Asian American Arts Center, New York (artist talk)
2006
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (artist in residence)
Research
2024
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2019
Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
2010
Department of Experimental Art, The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008
Swiss Association of Friends of Paper Cutting and Museum of Paper Cutting, Switzerland
2006
Foshan Folk Art Research Institute, Foshan, Guangdong, China
Institutional Collections
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BNY Mellon Corporate Art Collection
Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection
Headland Capital Partners, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Park Hyatt, Sanya, China
Progressive Corporate Art Collection
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, Canada
Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
Collaborations
2020
Hospital Chapel/Meditation Room, Seattle, Washingtion
2019
Facebook Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, California
2018
Holiday: The Future Is Bright, 10 Hudson Yards, curated by Culture Corps, New York, New York
2017
Pure Clear, Artist Limited Edition iPhone Case (Apple exclusive), Chinese New Year, Tech21, London, UK
The Sense of Precision Series, Part 3 - Touch, “Paper, Scissors, Art,” The New York Times & Hennessy
2016
Chinese New Year Campaign, Clarins, Hong Kong and China
2015
Chinese New Year Campaign, Lancôme, China
2014
Mid-Autumn Festival Campaign, APM, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
“The People’s Republic of Ambition,” Outlook, B1, The Washington Post, USA
2013-14
Cut Out the Darkness, 100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project, Panasonic, Japan
2013
“Sell High,” The New York Times Magazine, New York, USA
2012
Carry the Sky, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices, Art@Government Buildings, Hong Kong
2011-12
Bloom, Boss Black Dragon Collection Campaign, Hugo Boss, Asia
2010
Butterfly Bliss, Chinese New Year Campaign, Pacific Place, Hong Kong
“Invenit et Fecit”, F.P. Journe, Geneva, Switzerland (Beijing flagship store)
2009
“The Zodiac Project”, Annabelle Magazine, Switzerland
2008
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