Lee A. Wells

Timeline

EDUCATION: 1999-00 - University of Newport-Wales, England, Philosophy of Interactive Media, Research Assistant and Production Coordinator to Dr. Miroslaw Rogala, Ph.D. Interactive Strategies For Public Art, Chicago, IL.; 1993-97 - The University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL.; 1991 - 93 - U.S. Army, 3-64 Armor Battalion, M1A1 Combat Tank Gunner, Battalion Artist, Schweinfurt, Germany; 1989 - 90 - Columbus College of Art and Design, Foundation Program, Columbus, OH.
AWARDS: 1996-97 - Donald Slowik Memorial Award for the Arts; 1996 - Sally Dineen Award for the Arts; 1992 - Appointed Battalion Artist by 3-64 Armor Battalion Commander. U.S. Army.
Born: Syracuse, NY

Exhibitions

2001
Artists Space, Mini-multiples, New York, NY; Magnet, Group, New York, NY; Nikolai Fine Art (NYC/Miami), Art Miami, Miami, FL.
2000
Redlite Studios, Open X, Brooklyn, NY; ATC Space, Flat Iron Show (Grand Opening), Chicago, IL; Pane Caldo, Local Internationalist Ensemble, Chicago, IL.; IFAC, New Works 2000 (a millenial survey), Chicago, IL.; Around The Coyote Winterfest, A Multimedia Performance Installation, Chicago, IL.
2000
IFAC, Studies For Hyperelevated Architecture, Chicago, IL.; Gallery 2828 (Project Room), Virtual Stimulation, Chicago, IL.
1999
Avantgarde-Ariergarde Festival, IMAGEBOMB, Insko, Poland; EXE: digital media festival, A Multimedia Performance Installation, Chicago, IL.; IFAC, SOS99 (public vs. private) multi-artist collaboration, Chicago, IL.; Around The Coyote Arts Festival, A Multimedia Performance Installation, Chicago, IL.; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Digital Traces, navigating interactive domains (Miroslaw Rogala's DIVIDED WE SING, an interactive media installation for the audience interactive media symphony DIVIDED WE STAND.); ARC, Against the Nightstick (Art Against Police Brutality), Chicago, IL.
1998
Gallery 312, Chicago Artists '98, Chicago, IL.; French Cultural and Cooperation Center Nairobi, Virtual Graffiti, Nairobi, Kenya; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Artists International Symposium, Chicago, IL.; Interstices - Architecture of Consciousness (a caiia-star collaboration), Port Eliot House, St. Germans, England; Kunstakademiet, Point Project, Trondheim, Norway; University of Michigan, Immedia: Hybrid Digital Media Show, Ann Arbor, Michigan; IFAC / Yello Gallery, IMAGEBOMB#1 (a multimedia performance installation), Chicago, IL.; Baret International Gallery, I paid $25 to exhibit in this show, Chicago, IL.; Friends of the Arts, 10 year anniversary exhibition, Chicago, IL.; Casa Guatemala, Against the Nightstick (Art Against Police Brutaltiy), Chicago, IL.
1997
Heart Gallerie, Virtual Graffiti, Paris, France; Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Sport, Chicago, IL.; Roberto Lopez Gallery, Against the Nightstick (Art Against Police Brutality), Chicago, IL.; Flat Iron Gallery, Erotic Show, Chicago, IL.; Interactive Bean, Work for the Web, Chicago, IL.; Circa Gallery, The Manhood and Girlie Show, Chicago, IL.; Ivory Tower Studio, Around The Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL.; Museum of Contemporary Art, (Untitled, 1996-1997 (Studio No.6)), Collaboration with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Performance Anxiety, Chicago, IL.
1997
The Dome Room, Salute to Chicago Artists, Chicago, IL.
1996
IFAC, Targets Self (It's Us vs. Them), Chicago, IL.
1996
IFAC, Americana '96, Chicago, IL.; IFAC, Let Them Eat Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL.; GBU Gallery, Word Exhibition, Chicago, IL.; Circa Gallery, Manhood: A Graphic Portrayal, Chicago, IL.; IFAC, Grand Opening Gala, January 12, 1996, Chicago, IL.; Around the Coyote Art Festival, Chicago, IL.
1995
Circa Gallery, Leipzig Germany Exchange Program, Chicago, IL.; Toast Gallery, The Bomb Show, Chicago, IL.; GBU Gallery, Landscape Show, Chicago, IL.; Art Attack Gallery, Culture Worker's Unite, Chicago, IL.; Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL.
1994
Art Attack Gallery, Group Shows, Chicago, IL.; Around The Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL.
1992
Art Attack Gallery, Group Shows, Chicago, IL.; Around The Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL.