Soyoung Lee
Soyoung Lee | |
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| Occupation(s) | Art historian Curator |
| Spouse | Stephen Kotkin |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Interregional Reception and Invention in Korean and Japanese Ceramics, 1400-1800 (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Matthew McKelway |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art history |
| Sub-discipline | Korean art |
| Institutions | Metropolitan Museum of Art Harvard Art Museums |
Soyoung Lee is an art historian and curator. She is the Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator of the Harvard Art Museums.[1][2]
Biography
Lee was born in
Kyushu, Japan.[6]
Lee joined the
East Asian Art. At the Met, she has curated the exhibitions such as Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400–1600 (2009); Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art (2011); Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom (2014); and Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art (2018).[8][9]
Lee served as the Met's Forum of Curators, Conservators, and Scientists in 2016–17 and a trustee of the Association of Art Museum Curators.[1]
In 2018, Lee was hired by Harvard Art Museums to serve as its new chief curator.[2] She is the wife of historian Stephen Kotkin.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Soyoung Lee named chief curator at Art Museums". Harvard Gazette. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ a b Selvin, Claire (2018-06-14). "Soyoung Lee Named Chief Curator of Harvard Art Museums". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Portrait of an Artist: Soyoung Lee | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Soyoung Lee". KoreanAmericanStory.org. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Columbia Spectator 23 April 1992 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ a b "Soyoung Lee - CCL Class of 2018". Center for Curatorial Leadership. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "PhD Alumni/ae (2000–present): Current Positions | Department of Art History & Archaeology". arthistory.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Harvard. "Press and Media,Soyoung Lee Named Chief Curator at the Harvard Art Museums | Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Soyoung Lee". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Lee, Soyoung (2009). "Art of the Korean Renaissance" (PDF).
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