News & Events from 2012-2013

NEWS & EVENTS 2013

Fulbright Scholar Fellowship

  • Eva Lee returns to India in August on a Fulbright scholarship to research Indo-Tibetan mandala murals in monasteries of the Himalayas. Follow her here as she chronicles her journey into 2014.
Fulbright Artist Eva Lee, Spiti, India
Dhangkar Village, Spiti Valley, Western Himalayas, India

Streaming Festival

  • The artist’s animations Into the Midst and Lux Flux were screened as part of Streaming Festival 8th Edition at Het Nutshuis, The Hague, Netherlands, and Boonika, Zagreb, Croatia. The film festival continued online December 1-15, 2013. The animations are now part of Streaming Festival Permanent Collection.

Eva Lee at Streaming Festival Netherlands and Croatia

Delgado Fine Arts Gallery

Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee, Pixelpops

Momentum: Feminist/Art/Technology

  • Eva Lee joins Momentum: Feminism/Art/Technology online, organized by Rutgers Institute for Women and Art, in collaboration with Muriel Magenta, School of Art, Arizona State University.

Artist Eva Lee joins Momentum: Feminism/Art/Technology online

Compassion Sand Mandala Documentary, Western Connecticut State University

Artist Eva Lee documents Compassion Sand Mandala

MashRome Film Festival

  • Into the Midst has its international premiere at MAshRome Film Fest, Rome, Italy, May 8-11, 2013. It travels to New York City, Fall, 2013.

Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee, MashRome

Asian American Arts Centre

  • Below: Space Time: Presence, Panel discussion, May 3rd, 6-8pm at Christopher Henry Gallery, New York City. Visual presentations by Artists Christina Chow, Mikyung Kim, Eva Lee, and Haeri Yoo, followed by a discussion on contemporary ideas of space-time and its implications with the artists, Literature Professor Dr. Yibing Huang, and Philosophy of Science Professor Dr. Robert Crease. Moderated by Asian American Arts Center Director Robert Lee. Presented by AAAC as part of & The New Museum’s Ideas City Festival.
Artist /Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee talks at AAAC, New Museum ideas City
Asian American Arts Centre Talk, “Space Time: Presence,” part of the New Museum Ideas City event. Left to right: AAAC Director Robert Lee, Eva Lee, Mikyung Kim, Christina Chow, Yibing Huang.

Fulbright Scholar Fellowship

Artist Eva Lee Receives Fulbright Scholar Award 2013-2014

ARTiculAction Interview

  • Feature and interview of Eva Lee in ARTiculAction March 2013 issue

Artist/Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee featured in ARTiculAction art review

Athens Slingshot

  • Lux Flux was screened at Athens Slingshot, a new showcase for music, innovative art and technology in March, 2013, Athens, GA.

Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism

  • Connecticut Commission on Culture acquires Eva Lee’s Collectors Edition DVD of Winter’s Veil, two drawings, and an archival digital print of still from the animation for its Connecticut Artists Collection, part of its Art in Public Spaces program.
Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee, Connecticut Artists Collection
Left to right, works by Eva Lee now in Connecticut Artists Collection: “Node Borders 2,” ink on paper, 17 x 15″, 2009; “Winter’s Veil,” Collector’s Edition DVD, Ed. 2 of 10, 8 min 11 sec, 2007; “Node Showers 2,” ink on paper, 17 x 15″, 2009

Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee, Louisiana Art & Science Museum Talk
Still from “Winter’s Veil,” 8 min 11 sec, 2007

Chartier Media Arts Gallery

  • To ring in the new year, Into the Midst was featured at Chartier Media Arts Gallery December 31, 2012-January 6, 2013.

 

NEWS & EVENTS 2012

Compassion Sand Mandala Documentary, Western Connecticut State University

  • Artist Eva Lee films Tibetan Buddhist Drepung Gomang monks making Compassion Sand Mandala in honor of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, on the occasion of his talks on Compassion & Creativity at Western Connecticut State University, October 15-19, 2012. See time lapse video here which will form part of larger documentary of the mandala event. More photos.
Artist Animator Eva Lee films Tibetan Buddhist monks making sand mandala at WestConn
Drepung Gomang monks making sand mandala at WestConn, Danbury, CT

Manchester Community College Gallery

  • Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, It’s Your Nature, Manchester Community College, Oct 25-Dec 4, 2012. Eva Lee debuts her latest animation, Into the Midst (still below) Other artists in exhibition include Mia Brownell, Alyse Rosner, Paul Clabby, Nathan Carris Carnes, Missy Dunaway, Donna Forma, and Kevin Van Aelist.
Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee's Into the Midst
“Into the Midst” screens at Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College

Yamantaka Documentary

  •  Yamantaka, a feature length documentary recently completed shows this highest yoga tantra ritual performed at Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, India. Made possible by the support of Asian Cultural Council. See the creation of sand mandala here.
Artist Eva Lee, Yamantaka, Namgyal Monastery
Still from Artist Eva Lee’s documentary “Yamantaka,” Namgyal monks releasing sand mandala into river near Dharamsala, India

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

  • The artist’s drawing “Between Double Happiness,” is exhibited and collected at Aldrich Undercover, Saturday, June 16, 2012, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.
Artist Eva Lee, Between Double Happiness, sold and collected at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Eva Lee. ” Between Double Happiness,” ink on paper, 12 x 9″, 2012

Tribeca Film Institute

Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee in Tribeca Film Institute's Reframe Collection

  • Eva Lee’s animation Winter’s Veil is now available for sale through Tribeca Film Institute’s Reframe Collection website. Other titles to come soon!

Hartford New Music Festival

Artist / Experimental Filmmaker Eva Lee, Hartford New Music Festival