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DANIEL LEE (Chunking, China, 1945) "Catch, MANIMALS SERIES 2008. Archival Ink Jet Print. Size: 96 x 126 cm, 108 x 140 cm (frame). Using nude portraits photographed with a high-resolution digital camera, Daniel Lee subjects his pictorial subjects to the digital squeegee, causing their disturbing metamorphosis into animal forms. He has appropriately titled these series "Manimals", "Judgement", "108 Windows", "Origin" and "Nightlife" which were initially shown at O.K. Harris Works of Art Gallery in New York from 1993, and these works attracted the attention of publications such as PBS Television, BBC News, New York Times, American Photo, Zoom, Wired, Art Life, Harper's, Creative Technology magazines and gallery and museum exhibitions in France, Italy, England, Japan, Taiwan, Portugal, Canada, Germany, Austria and Australia. She moved to the United States after receiving her BFA in painting from the College of Chinese Culture. He then earned his MFA in Photography and Film from the Philadelphia College of Art and worked as an art director in New York until the late 1970s, at which point he switched to photography as a career. In a decade and a half, he went through different stages in fashion, from people to still-life collage. Since 1993, computer technology has allowed him to combine his diverse skills of drawing, photography and fine art into a single medium. Daniel Lee's work has been shown internationally in solo exhibitions at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2016), the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan (2016), OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai, China (2005), O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York (1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005), East Gallery, Taipei (2005), Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2004), CCB Center, Lisbon (1999), Galerie du Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse (1995), Fotofo Gallery, Bratislava (1995), both his "108 Windows" and his video installation "Origin" have been shown at the Venice Biennale 2003, to be chosen as the featured artist. by Ars Electronica 2005, Linz, Austria and dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany 2012. Lee has lectured at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (2005), the Maryland Institute College of Art (1997), Ithaca College, New York (1998); the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (1990); the Central Art Institute, Beijing (1986) and the Shanghai University School of Art (1984). His photographs are included in public and private collections such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Shanghai Art Museum; National Art Museum, Taipei Museum of Fine Arts and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts; Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris; Musée des Landes in Linz, Austria; Busan Museum of Art, Korea; Merck & Co., Seattle; Wellcome Collection, London and Documanta, Kassel, Germany.
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DANIEL LEE (Chunking, China, 1945) "Catch, MANIMALS SERIES 2008. Archival Ink Jet Print. Size: 96 x 126 cm, 108 x 140 cm (frame). Using nude portraits photographed with a high-resolution digital camera, Daniel Lee subjects his pictorial subjects to the digital squeegee, causing their disturbing metamorphosis into animal forms. He has appropriately titled these series "Manimals", "Judgement", "108 Windows", "Origin" and "Nightlife" which were initially shown at O.K. Harris Works of Art Gallery in New York from 1993, and these works attracted the attention of publications such as PBS Television, BBC News, New York Times, American Photo, Zoom, Wired, Art Life, Harper's, Creative Technology magazines and gallery and museum exhibitions in France, Italy, England, Japan, Taiwan, Portugal, Canada, Germany, Austria and Australia. She moved to the United States after receiving her BFA in painting from the College of Chinese Culture. He then earned his MFA in Photography and Film from the Philadelphia College of Art and worked as an art director in New York until the late 1970s, at which point he switched to photography as a career. In a decade and a half, he went through different stages in fashion, from people to still-life collage. Since 1993, computer technology has allowed him to combine his diverse skills of drawing, photography and fine art into a single medium. Daniel Lee's work has been shown internationally in solo exhibitions at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2016), the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan (2016), OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai, China (2005), O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York (1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005), East Gallery, Taipei (2005), Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2004), CCB Center, Lisbon (1999), Galerie du Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse (1995), Fotofo Gallery, Bratislava (1995), both his "108 Windows" and his video installation "Origin" have been shown at the Venice Biennale 2003, to be chosen as the featured artist. by Ars Electronica 2005, Linz, Austria and dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany 2012. Lee has lectured at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (2005), the Maryland Institute College of Art (1997), Ithaca College, New York (1998); the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (1990); the Central Art Institute, Beijing (1986) and the Shanghai University School of Art (1984). His photographs are included in public and private collections such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Shanghai Art Museum; National Art Museum, Taipei Museum of Fine Arts and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts; Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris; Musée des Landes in Linz, Austria; Busan Museum of Art, Korea; Merck & Co., Seattle; Wellcome Collection, London and Documanta, Kassel, Germany.
