Eric Jiaju Lee graduated from the prestigious MFA program at Hunter College. He exhibits regularly in the US and abroad, with works belonging to numerous private collections in the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, China, Philippines, Singapore and Australia.  His work also belongs to several corporate collections including Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Aetherium Acquisition Corp, Kaneka Corporation, China Springboard and Dixon Advisory. 

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Lee is frequently covered in the press such as an extensive article in the Huffington Post, an exposé in CTPost, TimeOut NY, GQ Magazine (Taiwan), Twist Magazine, 944 Magazine, Sinovision TV. He is also a professor of fine arts, an independent curator and a guest lecturer at various institutions in the greater NY area.

From 2004 to 2008 he worked seasonally in Beijing, China in the renowned 798 Arts District. Lee also maintained a full-time studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn from 2007 to 2016, where he participated in the growth of the area since it's early beginnings as a vibrant arts community and hub of contemporary NYC arts. In recent years, he relocated his base of operations to Greenwich, Connecticut, where he now resides.

While Lee is best known for his work as an abstract painter, he is an accomplished musician and is also practicing in various other visual media ranging from photography and video to figurative drawing, sculpture, VR, 3D printing, and NFTs. With his broad skillset and interests, Lee has a passion for collaboration across the disciplines and has played a role with notable dance/theater productions in costume design, live painting, music, sound design, set design and video. To name some of the collaborations: the groundbreaking dance company The Foundry; the innovative and Bessie award-winning performance company Red Dive; the internationally acclaimed ThingsezIsee’m Dance/Theater; and the production of Dictee: bells fall a peal to sky with dance/theater phenom, Soomi Kim.

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