Bing Lee

Bing Lee was born in China. He grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York in 1979. Lee came to the United States in 1973 on a scholarship to study Fine Arts at Columbus College of Art & Design. After receiving his BFA from CCAD in 1977, Lee continued his graduate studies at Syracuse University on scholarship and a full teaching assistantship.

Since Lee initiated the ongoing project Pictodiary in 1983, he has been committed to working on his daily iconographic journal. The comprehensive visual vocabulary developed in the Pictodiary becomes a significant portrayal of his work, which relays his personal myths and social concerns. Lee’s works have been exhibited in art festivals, galleries, and museums internationally. He is a recipient of several awards, including the Fulbright Foundation Fellowship, 2003; New York State Council on the Arts, 1994; New York Foundation for the Arts, Gregory Millard Fellowship, 1993; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1991; Hong Kong Independent Film Festival Best Experimental Film, 1979; and Ford Foundation, 1978.

Lee established the Bing Lee Studio in 1990, and has been commissioned to design and install site-specific public art projects, including works at the Canal Street Subway Station in Manhattan the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee; Kowloon Tong Station in Hong Kong; and Townsend Harris High School, Public School 88, and Public School 242 in New York City.

Lee is founding member of Tomato Grey, Godzilla-Asian American Arts Network, Epoxy Art Group in New York, and Visual Art Society in Hong Kong.

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Bing Lee, Beijing Olympic, 2008

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