Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Born Lee, Hae-Jin
November 14, 1970
Seoul, South Korea
Nationality United States
Occupation writer, artist
Spouse(s) Tim Maloney
Korean name
Hangul 이해진
Revised Romanization Yi Haejin
McCune–Reischauer Yi Haejin

Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee (born November 14, 1970) is a Korean American writer, artist, photographer and chef. She works in many media including installation, photography, painting and drawing. She has exhibited worldwide, created public art projects and written for various magazines, newspapers and online publications.

Early life

Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. She emigrated to the United States with her family in 1977. They first moved to Reading, Pennsylvania. Then, moved to Los Angeles in 1978.[1] She studied Biochemistry and Visual Arts (specifically conceptual, installation and site-specific art) at the University of California, San Diego. She decided against a medical career to pursue a life in the arts.

Career

Lee has written cookbooks, travel guides and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Her book, Eating Korean: from Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home] was chosen as the Best of the Best by Food and Wine. Her second cookbook, Quick and Easy Korean Cooking, was chosen as the cookbook of the month by the now-defunct Gourmet magazine. Her cookbook, Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking was nominated for the Gourmand World Cookbook awards.

Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, including the musée de l'Elysée Lausanne in Switzerland, Galeria de la Historia de Concepción in Chile, Piazza Risorgimento in Italy, Galería Asociacion de Bancarios del Urugua, Centro Cultural de la Raza in Mexico, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Tacoma Art Museum, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Neuberger Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, Gallery 825, Artspace, Pierce College, Loyola Law School, Rita Dean, the Hatch Gallery and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall. She is also a conceptual and mixed media artist, and has created public art pieces for Pecan Park in the City of Los Angeles and the University of Southern California (USC).

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Awards

References

  1. ↑ Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, Amazon.com, retrieved 2011-09-28

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