Christopher Lee/Sculptor
 
 
- Born in Seattle, Washington, May 3, 1951
- B.A. (1978) M.A. (1981) in Sculpture, San Diego State University
- Currently maintaining studio in La Mesa, California

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Solo Exhibitions:

2002     (November/December) "Vodou Redux" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
2000     (September/October) "Mojo Two" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1998     (March) "Mojo Sticks" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1995     (April) "Death Stars" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994     (June) "Public Art, Sculpture and Furniture" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993     (February) "Time Bombs" David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1991     (September) Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
              (July) Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990     (May) Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
              (March - April) "Bombs" JAVA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1989     (September) Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              (February) Habatat Gallery, Detroit, MI
1988     (December) Annex Gallery, San Diego, CA
1987     (December) Grossmont College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (August) City Council Offices, San Diego, CA
              (May) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
              (February) Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986     (April) Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1985     (August) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
              (June) Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984     (September-November) Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
              (June) Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
              (May) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1983     (June) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1981     (June) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
              (March) "Master's Thesis Exhibition", San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Group Exhibitions:

2003     (April) Gallery Artists 2003, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
2002     (November/December) "Vitrum 2" with Therman Statom and
              Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA
2002     (September) "A Public Art Design Exhibition", San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2000     (May) "ART ALIVE 2000", San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
              (April) "Gallery Artists 2000", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (March) "Black + White + Color 5", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1999     (December/January '00) "GLASS3" Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
              (Jully/August) "Summer Stock", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (April) "Gallery Artists ‘99", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1998     (July/August) "Show and Tell", Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
              (April) "Gallery Artists ‘98", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1997     (July) "presence", University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
              (July) "Clearance Sale", Sledgehammer Benefit, Cable Building Lofts, San Diego, CA
              (April) "Gallery Artists ‘97", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (July) "Black + White + Color 4", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996     (April) "Gallery Artists ‘96", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (March) "Beyond the Line" Southwestern College, San Diego, CA
              (February) "Art With A View", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
1995     (November) "San Diego Artists ‘95", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (May) "Black + White + Color III", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (February) "Art With A View", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (January/February) "Luces", Simayspace Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994     (April) "Gallery Artists '94", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (April) "Collectors' Choice", Artwalk '94, The Paladion, San Diego, CA
              (February) "Self/Others: New Portraits", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (February) "Art With A View", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993     (December) "Form and Function", Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA
              (April) "Gallery Artists '93", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (April) "21st Annual International Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Detroit, MI
              (February) "Art With A View", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
1992     (December) "11th Annual Intnl. Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
              (April-May) "Gallery Artists '92", David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1991     (December) "Winter Glass Show", Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, ID
              (December) Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
              (December) "10th Annual Intnl. Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
              (October - November)"The Table/Art and Function", Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
              (April - June) "Studio Glass: Selections from the David Jacob Chodorkoff
                                        Collection," The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
              (April) "19th Annual International Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Detroit, MI
              (February) "Art With A View", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
1990     (April) "18th Annual International Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Detroit, MI
1989     (July) "KPBS Artists in Residence", San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
              (April) Collaborative Installation with Therman Statom for ARTWALK '89, San Diego, CA
              (April) "17th Annual International Glass Invitational", Habatat Gallery, Detroit, MI
              (February) "San Diego Artists", Acevedo Gallery, San Diego, CA
1988     (December) "The New Aesthetic", Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
              (December) "San Diego Artists", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (November) "A Generation in Glass Sculpture", Florida State University Gallery,
                                      Tallahassee, FL
              (March-April) "16th Annual International Glass Invitational", Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
1987     (December) "Artists By Themselves", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (November) "Inaugural Invitational" Office of the Mayor, San Diego, CA
              (September-October) "Another State of Mind", CA Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
              (September) Chicago International New Art Forms Expo
              (April-October) "The Saxe Collection", American Craft Museum, New York,NY
              (April) "Flowers", Thomas Babeor Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (February) "Invitational Show", Perception Galleries, Houston, TX
1986     (December) "Artists By Themselves", SUSHI Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (November) "Artfurniture", Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (April) Collaborative Installation with John Luebtow, Brand Library Art Gallery,
                          Glendale, CA
              (April) "Sculpture Concepts, Art in Architecture" Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1985     (February-March) "Unity of Opposites: Art About Architecture" Palo Alto, CA
              (February) "Artists Guild Open Juried Exhibition" San Diego Museum of Art, CA
              (January) "Plate Glass Sculpture" Valdosta State College Art Gallery, Georgia
1984     (December) "Reflections" Lonny Gans & Associates, Marina Del Rey, CA
              (October) "Hot/Cold Glass" Mindscape, Chicago, IL
              (May) "KPBS" Artists in Residence" Maple Gallery, San Diego, CA
              (February) "California Sculptural Directions" Maple Gallery, San Diego, CA
1983     (December) "14 Artists, Glass" Great American Glass Gallery, Atlanta, GA
              (October) "Capitol Glass Invitational" The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
              (October) "A Gather of Glass" Mindscape Gallery, Chicago, IL
              (June-August) "Five Approaches to Glass" Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles
              (April) "National Glass Sculpture Invitational" Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
              (March) "Constructions" Gensler & Associates, Century City, CA
1982     (December) "Glaze & Glass" Gensler & Associates, Irvine, CA
              (August) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1981     (October) "Six From San Diego" Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
              (July-August) Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA


Commissions:

2003     "Dononr Wall/Design Elements", College/Rolando Branch Library, San Diego, CA
             "Voyage of Discovery", La Jolla Library, La Jolla, CA
2002     "Two Installations", San Diego Center for Children, San Diego, CA
2001     "Bench Fountain", Private Residence, Scottsdale, AZ
2001     "Lotus Fountain", Private Residence, Scottsdale, AZ
2001     "Gates Mojo", Private Residence, Thousand Oaks, CA
2000     "The Focus", Kaiser Permanente Administrative Facility, Mira Loma, Anaheim, CA
1997     "Sun and Water", Lindbergh Field, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
1996     "Rancho Bernardo Olive Tree Gate", San Diego Branch Library, Rancho Bernardo, CA
1994     "Hillcrest Gateway", Hillcrest Business Association, San Diego, CA
              "Renaissance Weather Station", Grand Phoenix Corp., Renaissance Tower, LA, CA
1993     "Renaissance Turbine", Grand Phoenix Corp., Renaissance Tower, Los Angeles, CA
1992     "Donor Recognition Column", Coronado Hospital Foundation, Coronado, CA
1991     "Untitled Tower", Luce, Forward, Hamilton, & Scripps, San Diego, CA
1990     "Cube and Cone", Tustin Ranch Clubhouse, Tustin, CA
              "Source McKellar - Fountain", San Diego Design Center
              "Ball and Pyramid", Commercial Press, San Diego, CA
1989     "Cutting Wedge", Madison Square Development Partnership, Escondido, CA
1988     "Spiral Pyramid", WestCor Development, Inc., Scotsdale, AZ
1984     "Nebular Hypothesis", Bowlen Holdings, Inc., First Interstate Plaza, San Diego, CA
1983     Forty Works, Saks Fifth Avenue - Rotating National Collection
1980     "Reflective Disc", Dramatic Arts Theater, San Diego State University, San Diego


Collections:

Wolfstein Sculpture Park, Scripps Memorial Hospital, Scripps Foundation, La Jolla, CA
San Diego Unified Port District, Lindbergh Field, San Diego, CA
The City of San Diego Public Art Collection, San Diego, CA
Art in Embassies Program, 1994 - 1997, Swiss Embassy, Bern, Switzerland
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
David Jacob Chodorkoff, Detroit, MI
George and Dorothy Saxe, San Francisco, CA
Christopher and Molly McKellar, La Jolla, CA
Mason and Elizabeth Phelps, La Jolla, CA
Christopher Sickels, La Jolla, CA
Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI
Danah Fayman, San Diego, CA
Sonny and Gloria Kamm, Encino, CA 
Barbara Wallbridge, San Diego, CA
David Copley, La Jolla, CA


Selected Articles and Publications:

Robert Pincus, Review, San Diego Union-Tribune-Night & Day, December 5, 2002
Pat Stein, Review, San Diego Union-Tribune-Night & Day, December 23-30,1999
Leah Ollman, Review, Art in America, June 1998
Leah Ollman, Photograph, Art in America, July 1997
Robert L. Pincus, Review, San Diego Union-Night & Day, July 1994
Debra Lee Baldwin, Profile, San Diego Union, June 1994
Robert L. Pincus, Review, San Diego Union-Night & Day, Feburary 1993
Shawn Waggoner, Profile, Glass Art Magazine, January/February 1992
Carol Olten, Profile, San Diego Union, April 9, 1989
Marsha Miro, Review, Detroit Free Press, February 9, 1989
Perine/Andrea/Dijkstra, Book, "San Diego Artists", December 1988
Leah Goldman, Review, Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1987
David Lewinson, Review, Art Week, April 19, 1986
Suzanne Muchnic, Review, Los Angeles Times, April 17, 1985
Robert McDonald, Review, Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1985
Robert L. Pincus, Review, San Diego Union, August 15, 1985
David Lewinson, Review, San Diego Union, December 13, 1984
Matt Damsker, Review, Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1984
Bernice Torregrossa, Review, Glass Studio Magazine, 1984
Phyllis Van Doren, Profile, San Diego Home & Garden, May 1984