BIO

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Seung Lee is a Korean-American contemporary artist. He is currently Director of Fine Arts and Graduate Studies as well as Professor at Long Island University, Post Campus. He received a BFA in Drawing from  Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.  
His paintings, drawings, and large-scale installations have been exhibited extensively in the US as well as internationally:  China, Italy, France, Japan, and Korea. He has received numerous reviews in the New York Times, Newsday, Kyoto Times, Korea Daily News, Art Word Magazine, Art in Culture Magazine, Art Price Magazine, and Art and People Magazine. He has been featured in “Artist Profiles of Korea and Japan”  several times.  
Seung Lee received many awards; New York State Governor, Nassau County Supervisor, Suffolk county Supervisor,  New Jersey City Mayor, and in 2011, Seung was awarded as “Best International Korean Artist” from Korean Art Association. Seung Lee was invited twice to give lecture as “NY Artist Series: Seung Lee” which was part of National Art Educators Association Conference in NYC. Seung has been a judge in Decentralization Grants for New York Artists, International Documentary Film Festival, Islip Art Museum’s Cottage House Project, and International Nature Art Biennial, Mill Pond House Open Calls, etc…