Curating

Curatorial Practice

Exhibitions as conversations between artists, cultures, materials, and communities.

Stephanie S. Lee develops and manages exhibitions from curatorial concept through installation and digital presentation, working across museums, galleries, higher education, nonprofit arts organizations, online platforms, and community settings. Her practice brings together curatorial development, exhibition design, artist collaboration, digital curation, visual communications, and public programming.

Curatorial DevelopmentExhibition DesignArtist Coordination Digital CurationInterpretive ContentPublic ProgramsVisual Communications

Selected Curatorial & Exhibition Projects

Red Horizon exhibition
Flushing Town Hall · 2026

Red Horizon

Curator & Graphic Designer

In Presence, We Persist exhibition
Space G at Mana Contemporary · 2026

In Presence, We Persist

Curator & Graphic Designer

Minhwa: Soul of Korea exhibition
Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · 2025

Minhwa: Soul of Korea

Curator & Graphic Designer

Panorama of Roots exhibition
Steinberg Museum of Art, Long Island University · 2025

Panorama of Roots

Curator & Graphic Designer

In Her Hands exhibition
Steinberg Museum of Art, Long Island University · 2025

In Her Hands

Curator & Graphic Designer

Femina Creativa exhibition
Queens College Art Center · 2024

Femina Creativa

Curator & Graphic Designer

Minhwa: The Color of Korea exhibition
Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · 2023

Minhwa: The Color of Korea

Curator & Graphic Designer

Incremental Steps exhibition
SAL Gallery, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University · 2022

Incremental Steps

Curator & Graphic Designer

Minhwa: Painting Resilience exhibition
Queens College Art Center · 2021

Minhwa: Painting Resilience

Curator & Graphic Designer

Threads & Pigments exhibition
Flushing Town Hall · 2019

Threads & Pigments

Curator & Graphic Designer

Querencia exhibition
Gallery Chun · 2019

Querencia

Curator & Graphic Designer

The Majesty of Tibet exhibition
Islip Art Museum · 2019

The Majesty of Tibet

Co-Curator & Graphic Designer

East Meets West exhibition
Islip Art Museum · 2018

East Meets West

Assistant Curator & Exhibition Designer

Rounded exhibition
Islip Art Museum · 2018

Rounded

Assistant Curator & Exhibition Designer

Eudaimonia exhibition
Gallery Chun · 2018

Eudaimonia

Curator & Graphic Designer

Queens: Envisioning Habitats exhibition
Flushing Town Hall · 2017

Queens: Envisioning Habitats

Curator & Graphic Designer

Evolving exhibition at Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.
Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. · 2017

Evolving

Curator & Graphic Designer

Dynamic Dimensions exhibition
Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · 2017

Dynamic Dimensions

Curator & Graphic Designer

The First Sextet exhibition
The Riverside Gallery · 2013

The First Sextet

Curator & Graphic Designer

Digital Curatorial Practice
Online
Exclusive
Exhibitions
Artsy · The Garage Art Center · 2025–2026

Online Exclusive Exhibitions

Curator · Digital Presentation

01 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Red Horizon

Flushing Town Hall · January 23–March 1, 2026

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatLunar New Year Group Exhibition · 14 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Red Horizon: Art, Heritage, New Energy brought together artists across media for a Lunar New Year exhibition at Flushing Town Hall. The installation connected contemporary work with ideas of heritage, transformation, and renewed energy across the gallery.

02 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

In Presence, We Persist

Space G at Mana Contemporary · March 15–29, 2026

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatGroup Exhibition · 18 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Presented by The Garage Art Center at Space G, this group exhibition brought together eighteen artists in a spacious contemporary setting. The installation emphasized the individuality of each practice while building visual relationships across painting, fiber, mixed media, and sculptural works.

03 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Minhwa: Soul of Korea

Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · November 2–23, 2025

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatKorean Folk Art Group Exhibition · 12 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A Korean folk-art exhibition at the Belskie Museum presenting contemporary approaches to Minhwa within a museum setting. The project paired gallery presentation with cultural programming, including a Korean tea ceremony during the opening reception.

04 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Panorama of Roots

Steinberg Museum of Art, Long Island University · May 3–29, 2025

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatAAPI Month Group Exhibition · 20 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Panorama of Roots showcased Asian heritage through contemporary works installed across the Steinberg Museum of Art. The exhibition extended into public programming with a tea ceremony, connecting visual art, cultural memory, and shared experience.

05 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

In Her Hands

Steinberg Museum of Art, Long Island University · March 3–30, 2025

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatWomen's History Month Group Exhibition · 19 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

In Her Hands centered women creating and connecting in community. Presented at the Steinberg Museum of Art, the exhibition brought a broad range of media and visual languages into a long, continuous gallery installation.

06 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Femina Creativa

Queens College Art Center · March 2–April 26, 2024

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatWomen's History Month Group Exhibition · 22 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Femina Creativa: Celebrating Women in New York presented a multi-artist exhibition at Queens College Art Center. The curved gallery architecture created a continuous viewing experience that brought together painting, drawing, fiber, sculpture, and mixed-media work.

07 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Minhwa: The Color of Korea

Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · January 8–29, 2023

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatKorean Folk Art Group Exhibition · 9 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A nine-artist exhibition presenting Korean Minhwa at the Belskie Museum of Art & Science. The installation placed traditional motifs and contemporary interpretations in dialogue across multiple gallery walls, introducing the visual language of Korean folk painting to a broad public audience.

08 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Incremental Steps

SAL Gallery, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University · July 14–August 19, 2022

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatThe Drawing Room Group Exhibition · 7 Artists 

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Incremental Steps brought together seven artists working across painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculptural approaches. The installation created a clear visual rhythm across the gallery through contrast, spacing, scale, and color.

09 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Minhwa: Painting Resilience

Queens College Art Center · December 1–20, 2021

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatKorean Folk Art Group Exhibition · 9 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Minhwa: Painting Resilience presented contemporary Korean folk-art practices at Queens College Art Center. The exhibition used the gallery’s curved architecture to build a continuous sequence of symbolic paintings and works rooted in traditional Minhwa imagery.

10 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Threads & Pigments

Flushing Town Hall · September 13–29, 2019

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatGroup Exhibition · 9 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A group exhibition of nine Korean-American artists exploring diverse contemporary approaches through pigments, stitched threads, fiber, collage, sculpture, and painting. The exhibition framed material process as a way to speak about cultural connection, difference, and the movement between Korean traditions and contemporary life in the United States.

11 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Querencia

Gallery Chun · December 7–14, 2019

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatKorean Folk Art Group Exhibition · 12 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Querencia, the third member exhibition of the Korea Minhwa Association, brought together contemporary Minhwa artists in a focused group presentation. The exhibition emphasized the personal and symbolic qualities of Korean folk painting within a contemporary gallery context.

12 / CO-CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

The Majesty of Tibet

Yu Hanyu · Islip Art Museum · 2019

RoleCo-Curator & Graphic Designer

FormatSolo Exhibition · Yu Hanyu

ScopeCuratorial Collaboration · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Visual Communications

A solo exhibition of Chinese art by Yu Hanyu at the Islip Art Museum. Curated by Gan Yu, with Mary O’Malley and Stephanie S. Lee as co-curators. Lee contributed to the curatorial presentation and developed promotional visual communications supporting the exhibition.

13 / CURATORIAL COLLABORATION + EXHIBITION DESIGN

East Meets West

Islip Art Museum · March 8–May 3, 2018

RoleAssistant Curator & Exhibition Designer

FormatCross-Cultural Group Exhibition ·9 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Collaboration · Exhibition Design · Wall Graphics · Installation Presentation

A cross-cultural group exhibition at the Islip Art Museum. My role focused on translating the curatorial framework into the physical and visual experience of the exhibition through artwork placement, wall graphics, signage, print communications, and supporting public-program materials.

14 / CURATORIAL COLLABORATION + EXHIBITION DESIGN

Rounded

Sei Ryun Chun · Islip Art Museum · March 8–May 3, 2018

RoleAssistant Curator & Exhibition Designer

FormatSolo Exhibition · Sei Ryun Chun

ScopeCuratorial Collaboration · Exhibition Design · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A focused solo exhibition by Sei Ryun Chun at the Islip Art Museum. The circular format of the works was extended into the spatial rhythm of the installation and exhibition communications, with related public programming including a Korean tea ceremony.

15 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Eudaimonia

Korea Minhwa Association · 2018

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatKorean Folk Art Group Exhibition · 12 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

Eudaimonia, the second member exhibition of the Korea Minhwa Association, brought together twelve artists in a group presentation of Korean folk art. Stephanie S. Lee curated the exhibition and developed its visual identity and promotional materials, coordinating the presentation and installation of the works.

16 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Queens: Envisioning Habitats

Flushing Town Hall · December 14–30, 2017

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatGroup Exhibition · 10 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A Queens-centered group exhibition bringing together artists through ideas of place, environment, neighborhood, and lived experience. The exhibition used a map-based visual identity that carried from promotional materials into the gallery’s introductory presentation. The exhibition was presented by Flushing Town Hall and curated by Stephanie S. Lee.

17 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Evolving

Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. · September 8–30, 2017

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatThe Drawing Room Group Exhibition · 5 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

ArtistsDong Kyu Kim · Sueim Koo · Stephanie S. Lee · Jin Cho · Jayoung Yoon

Curated and installed by Stephanie S. Lee, Evolving, The Drawing Room’s seventh exhibition, brought together five Korean-American artists at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. The exhibition considered how individual practices continue to change through migration, memory, environment, material experimentation, and the ongoing search for direction and balance in life. Lee also developed the exhibition’s promotional graphic materials, creating a cohesive visual identity across the project’s communications.

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Dynamic Dimensions

Martin Hicks Gallery, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · April 9–30, 2017

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatGroup Exhibition · 14 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Promotional Graphic Design · Installation Presentation

A multi-artist exhibition bringing together works that move between two- and three-dimensional approaches. The project paired a spatially varied gallery presentation with an integrated graphic identity, including a modular postcard system highlighting individual participating artists.

19 / CURATORIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

The First Sextet

The Drawing Room · June 6–15, 2013

RoleCurator & Graphic Designer

FormatThe Drawing Room Group Exhibition · 6 Artists

ScopeCuratorial Development · Exhibition Identity · Publication Design · Installation Presentation

The inaugural exhibition of The Drawing Room brought together six artists from different professional and creative backgrounds. Rather than centering competition or individual status, the exhibition emphasized exchange, shared enthusiasm for art, and six distinct points of view within one collective presentation.

Extended Curatorial Practice

Digital curation and artist-focused exhibitions.

Selected projects extending the curatorial practice beyond large group exhibitions—from thematic presentations developed for Artsy to focused solo exhibitions at The Garage Art Center. Together, they demonstrate digital presentation, artist selection, close collaboration, interpretive framing, and sustained support for individual practices.

Approach

Artist-centered, visually coherent, and audience-aware.

My curatorial work begins with artists and the relationships their works can create when placed in conversation. I approach exhibitions as both intellectual and spatial experiences, considering concept, sequence, scale, wall text, graphics, public programs, and the practical details that allow the work to be encountered clearly.

Working across cultural institutions and community settings has made collaboration central to my practice. I value thoughtful interpretation, respectful communication with artists, and exhibitions that remain accessible without reducing the complexity of the work.

Selected institutional contexts:
Flushing Town Hall · Space G at Mana Contemporary · Steinberg Museum of Art at Long Island University · The Belskie Museum of Art & Science · Queens College Art Center · Islip Art Museum · The Garage Art Center · The Drawing Room New York