Pouran Jinchi in Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2008
January 02, 2008Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2008
NY Times, The Listings - IL LEE
September 07, 2007New York Times
A selection of drawings — striking indigo and black ink abstractions, all done exclusively in ballpoint pen, on paper and canvas — makes up this… Read More 
A Few Good Pens - IL LEE
September 01, 2007ARTnews
The only time Il Lee uses a pencil is for his signature. For a quarter century, the South Korean-born artist has been coaxing massive webs of line… Read More
To See the World in Ballpoint Pen - IL LEE
August 10, 2007The New York Times
What makes this work, and others like it, so alluring is its unexpected suggestiveness. When Mr. Lee's drawings conjure before you a soft, densely… Read More
IL Lee - Queens Museum of Art
August 07, 2007The New Yorker
Hundreds of thousands of disposable ballpoint pens have passed through the Korean-born, Brooklyn-based artist’s hands over the years, and he’s… Read More
‘No Border’: Zheng Xuewu Solo Exhibition
August 01, 2007Time Out Beijing
Zheng Xuewu is one of the most casually innovative artists in China... Read More
The Mountain’s Hold
August 01, 2007Living Art Magazine
The mountainous physicality of Japan, Korea and China provides some level of explanation. Living and breathing amongst such magnificent features… Read More
Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings - Queens Museum of Art
July 26, 2007Time Out New York
IL LEE: Ballpoint Drawings at the Queens Museum of Art is reviewed in the July 26-August 1, 2007 issue of Time Out New York. Read More
IL LEE: Ballpoint Drawings at Queens Museum of Art
July 19, 2007artnet
Large-format blue and black ink drawings, including a 50-foot installation by the Korean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Read More
Ballpoint Abstractions in San Jose - IL LEE
July 07, 2007San Francisco Chronicle
Ballpoint abstractions in San Jose: I wish I had seen sooner the stirring show of abstractions by Korean-born New York artist Il Lee at the San Jose… Read More
Ballpoint Abstractions - IL LEE
April 12, 2007San Jose Inside
For those of you who think creating modern art doesn’t require dedication, you should take a look at the exhibition of works by Korean artist Il Lee… Read More
Whirls Enough And Time, IL LEE does wonders with a humble ballpoint pen
April 12, 2007metroactive.com
Artist IL Lee doesn't need sable-hair brushes and hand-ground pigments. The Korean-born artist, who has lived and worked in New York since 1977,… Read More
Beauty in Ballpoint: Distinctive Doodles by Il Lee
April 01, 2007The Mercury News
IL LEE: Ballpoint Abstractions at the San Jose Museum of Art is reviewed by Sara Wykes on the front page of The Mercury News Sunday Art Section. Read More
Jean Shin: TEXTile
March 01, 2007Art Asia Pacific
TEXTile (2006), the exhibition's centerpiece, is a 25-foot long interactive tapestry made from over 20,000 computer keycaps, transcribing e-mail… Read More
IL Lee, Chun Kwang-Young and Lee Ufan: International Abstraction, Generational Trajectories
December 01, 2006Art AsiaPacific
Using the dark black and indigo inks of ballpoint pens, Il Lee builds up monumental form through repeated working over a particular space, with the… Read More
IL Lee at Art Projects International
October 01, 2006Art in America
There is an almost palpable liquidity in the dense, indigo heart of Il Lee’s recent production. Using common ballpoint pens, he locates a point or… Read More
Just what is it that makes Il Lee’s art so different, so appealing?
April 01, 2006Art in Culture
Essay by Erik Bakke for the catalogue Paris/New York: IL LEE
Reprinted in Art In Culture, April 2006 Read More
IL LEE: Beyond the Minimal
April 01, 2006Art In Culture
Essay by Lilly Wei for the catalogue Paris/New York: IL LEE
Reprinted in Art In Culture, April 2006 Read More
Review, Zheng Xuewu at API
September 14, 2005Art Asia Pacific
After achieving a surface of remarkable complexity, Zheng paints by hand his imagery, which usually occurs against a background of a single color. Read More
Pushing Boundries: Six Painters to Watch - Gwenn Thomas
April 03, 2005ARTnews
Gwenn Thomas is profiled as one of the six painters to watch in an article "Pushing Boundaries: Six Painters to Watch" by Deidre Stein Greben in the… Read More
Time Chapter: Chelsea - Jian-Jun Zhang
January 05, 2005Art AsiaPacific
Jian-Jun Zhang's exhibition Time Chapter at DTW Gallery (in collaboration with Art Projects International) is reviewed by Jonathan Goodman in the… Read More
IL Lee at Art Projects International
October 22, 2004Art AsiaPacific
A product of both Western and Asian cultures, Il Lee's remarkable series of ballpoint pen drawings quote both the theoretical and physical… Read More
Jean Shin in The New York Times
June 20, 2004The New York Times
To make the mural, Ms. Shin clipped out the seams, cuffs, collars, plackets and pockets from the garments that the curator collected for her. Then,… Read More
Art Projects International: Ten Years
June 01, 2004Art AsiaPacific
Art Projects International (API) commemorates ten years of dedication to contemporary art with their anniversary release of Art Projects… Read More
Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea
March 01, 2004Art AsiaPacific
The exhibition Marking: Drawings by Contemporary Artists from Korea is reviewed by Shinyoung Chung in the Spring 2004 issue of Art AsiaPacific. Read More
All about the Delicacy and Energy of the Line - IL Lee
November 23, 2003The New York Times
"All about the Delicacy and Energy of the Line"
Review written by Helen A. Harrison
The New York Times, November 23, 2003 Read More
Marking: Drawing by Contemporary Artists from Korea
November 17, 2003The Korea Society Quarterly
In-Hyung Kim & Jian-Jun Zhang at Art Projects International
October 01, 2003Art Asia Pacific
Despite the similarity in theme, the source of the show's dynamic lay in the subtle balancing of differences. Both artists worked with concepts of… Read More
Visual Experience Time And Cultural Form: Installations by Zhang Jian-Jun
December 01, 2002Chinese-Art.com
Zhang Jian-Jun's art is concerned with continuity of culture and of human values through time and space. In an era when there is such fascination… Read More
Pouran Jinchi
October 01, 2002Art in America
Many of her strokes are derived from Farsi letters and diacritical marks that push away from legibility and direct themselves toward organic… Read More
Gwenn Thomas at Art Projects International
October 01, 2002Art in America
For the 18 pieces in the show, including three C-prints of drawings, Thomas uses photography to highlight detail and tonal quality. Read More
Gwenn Thomas
June 01, 2002NY Arts Magazine
The exhibition Gwenn Thomas: Recent Work at Art Projects International is reviewed by Eduardo Costa in NY Arts Magazine. Read More
In-Hyung Kim at Art Projects International
January 01, 2002Art in America
Much of Kim's work is characterized by the rhapsodic and lyrical, but this remarkable painter also has a strong sense of the constructive. Read More
Pouran Jinchi
October 01, 2001Art AsiaPacific
In a large untitled painting from 2000, inspired by a poem in Farsi, two groups of black calligraphic strokes rise up on the left and right sides fo… Read More
Small Marks, Big Spaces The Paintings of Yeong Gill Kim
April 01, 1999Art Asia Pacific
Kim differentiates between our knowlege of art as a material medium and its ability to affect the imagination. He returns the work to the viewer,… Read More
Art in America Review - Richard Tsao
March 01, 1999Art in America
Paint was poured, channeled, laid wet on wet, dried, scraped, blotted, bruised and flayed. The resulting surfaces are wrinkled, folded and torn;… Read More
Anders Moseholm at Art Projects International
May 01, 1998Art in America
Moseholm incorporates cityscapes, words, movie stars and the occasional giraffe in a fluid, blurry style. While some paintings resemble a soft-focus… Read More
IL Lee Line and Form: Drawings 1984-1996
April 01, 1997Space, Seoul
At first glance--in looking at the exhibition of Il Lee's drawings at Art Projects International (API) in New York City--Il Lee's drawings are… Read More
IL Lee, Art Projects International
February 01, 1997Review
Captivated by the announcement card, I went down for a preview. Though the drawings are mostly recent, one initiating work from 1984 is included--a… Read More
Art Projects International/Paddy Hamilton: Global Skin Tones
January 01, 1997New York Soho Arts
Yeong Gill Kim at Art Projects International
September 13, 1996The New York Times
Born in Korea, now living in New York City, this painter works on a large scale in black and white acrylic. The canvas surfaces are scuffed and… Read More
Flash Asia: International Asian Art Brief - Jian-Jun Zhang
May 01, 1995Flash Art International, Milan
Flash Asia: International Asian Art Brief - Monochromatic Visions
March 01, 1995Flash Art International, Milan
The Village Voice Review - Gwenn Thomas
December 20, 1994The Village Voice
Teetering between severe and decorative, deadpan and parodic, Thomas's mostly gray-toned geometric abstractions also straddle mediums. Photographs of… Read More
Art in Review - Gwenn Thomas
December 16, 1994The New York Times
Photographs of grids made up of squares and strips of cardboard, printed on linen coated with light-sensitive emulsion to produce elegant, silvery… Read More