CURRICULUM VITAE
Charles H. Lee, III
Education:
2023 - MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006 - BA, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 - “Restitution & Recuperation,” Marin MoCA, Novato, CA
2023 - “sweat & dirt,” SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2023 - “been here.” CUBESpace Gallery (Berkeley Civic Arts), Berkeley, CA; Curated by Leila Weefur
Selected Two Person Exhibitions:
2023 - “The Act of Opening,” Recology AIR, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Nunca No, featured artists: Nunca No (Charles Lee & Claire Dunn)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 - (forthcoming) “Archives Yet to Come,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Curated by Hannah Waiters
2024 - “Here and Home,” SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Jon Chester
2024 - “Echoes of the New Frontier, Part II,” COL Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 - “California Gold,” Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 - “Mane ‘N Tail,” Casemore Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Charles Lee
2024 - “Space Mapping: Video Art Series,” Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; Curated by Kahlil Robert Irving
2022 - “as you summon other worlds,” Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Meghan Smith, Nunca No (Charles Lee & Claire Dunn)
2021 - “Spirit & Flesh,” slash /, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Sam Vernon
Curatorial:
2024 - “Mane ‘N Tail,” Casemore Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Curated by Charles Lee
2022 - “as you summon other worlds,” Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA; Co-curated with Claire Dunn and Meghan Smith
Scholarships, Grants, Fellowships and Awards:
2024 - AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, AICAD
2023 - Mentored Teaching Fellowship, California College of the Arts
2022 - Edwin Anthony & Adelaine Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarship, The SF Foundation
2022 - All College Honors Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2021 - Graduate Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Residencies
2024 - Kala Media Arts Residency, Kala Art Institute
2022 - Recology Artist in Residence (as a collective named “nunca no” w/ Claire Dunn)
Artist Talks, Workshops, Lectures:
2023 - Artist Lecture, Stanford University - School of Fine Arts
2023 - Artist Lecture, UC Berkeley - School of Fine Arts
2022 - Artist Lecture, San Francisco State University - School of Public Health
Publications as author:
2024 - ICA San Jose/Sming Sming Books: “Blood, Sweat & Time: Emerging Perspectives on Mildred Howard and Adrian Burrell,” images by Charles Lee, text by Shaquille Heath. Edited by Dr. Luke Williams. Print.
2023 - CCA Wattis Institute/Sternberg Press: “is now the time for joyous rage?” images by Charles Lee, edited by Jackie Francis & Jeanne Gerritty. Print.
Bibliography:
2023 - KQED: “SF Camerawork Show Honors the Relationship Between Black Cowboys and Their Horses,” text by Nia Wilson
2022 - 48hills: “What is a portal for them?” text by Emily Wilson
2020 - Oxford University Press: “When We See Us,” text by Charles Lee and Dr. Joseph Griffin