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Kyungmin Kate Lee
Photographer | Multidisciplinary Artist

Education
Associate Degree, Department of Photographic Media and Images (1990–1994)
Teaching Assistant (TA), Korean National Open University
Korea National Open University – Coursework in Korean Language and Literature

Professional Experience
Photographer, K.M. Photography, Toronto, ON (1997–Present)
Portrait, product, documentary, and fine art photography
Specializing in multicultural narratives and identity fine art photography
Co-Founder, Collective919, Richmond Hill, ON (2024–Present)
Photography Instructor, Korea Times Daily Cultural Centre (2020–2021)
Executive General Affairs & Financial Officer, Korean Artists Society of Canada (KASC) (2020–2023)
Grant Program Manager, Korean Artists Society of Canada (KASC)
SCG Senior Art Grant (Dec 2022–Mar 2023, Jan–Feb 2022)
Smartphone Photography Zoom Class Instructor, Korean Artists Society of Canada (KASC) (2022)
Photographer/Videographer, Yeon-Tak Chang Website Project (ytchang.art) (2022)
Videographer & Photographer, Korean Artists Society of Canada (KASC) (2021–2023)
Responsible for video and photo documentation and editing of exhibitions and events
Contract Photographer, Fieldstone Private School, Toronto, ON (2017–2019)
Advertising Product Photographer, Saputo Company, Canada (2014–2016)
Instructor, Korean Canadian Cultural Association of Metropolitan Toronto (2010–2019)
Digital Photography, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Lightroom
Photographer, Toronto Korea Times Daily Newspaper, Toronto, ON (1997–1998)

Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON (November)
2024 – Seen & Unseen, Ruth Upjohn Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
2023 – Ikigai, Ruth Upjohn Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
2022 – Riverdale Art Walk Online, Toronto, ON
2021 – 60th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2020 – The Artist Project  Photography , Toronto, ON
2017 – 56th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, ON
      Cover Notes Coffee House, RHCPA, ON


Group Exhibitions
2025
Internal Voice, Etobicoke Civic Center, Etobicoke, ON (Upcoming)
64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Online (Curated by Collective 919) – Juried
Unbound, Collective 919, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts (RHCPA) 
Museum of Dufferin Unity in Diversity 2025 Multicultural Art Show – Juried
https://dufferinmuseum.shop/
Sounds Across Landscape, Clark Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON
Through the Lens, WAAC (CONTACT Festival), Toronto, ON
In Contact With Humans, Propeller Centre (CONTACT Festival, Juried), Toronto, ON
Heart, Mind, Love, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2024
From a Far, Ryu Art Museum, Jeon-Ju, South Korea
BEYOND THE LINE, Rainbow Studio Gallery (with Dominique Prévost)Oakville ,ON
Together Show, Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Centre, Oakville ,ON
Experimental Intervention, Propeller Gallery (Curated by Leisa Rich, Juried), Toronto, ON
Dynamic Range, Dignam Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
Sunny Gallery @ Novotel Hotel, Toronto, ON
Small Gems, Dignam Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
KASC Annual Exhibition, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2023
Capturing the Moment (CONTACT Festival), Dignam Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
Together Show, Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Centre, Oakville ,ON
Artist’s Choice, Dignam Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
Small Gems, Dignam Gallery, WAAC, Toronto, ON
Sunny Gallery, Meridian Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
KASC 32nd Annual Exhibition, Papermill Theatre, Toronto

2022
KASC 61st, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Online (Juried)
KASC 30th Annual Exhibition, Papermill Theatre, Toronto, ON
Casino Night, KCSF Gala Auction, Toronto, ON

2020–2021
60th Anniversary, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Online (Juried)
ACT SNAP! Photo Competition, Arcadian Court, Toronto, ON
KASC Healing Art Zoom Seminar Smartphone Photography Seminar, Online
KASC Exhibition Annual Exhibition, Papermill Theatre, Toronto, ON
KASC @ Gallery ONIX, Montreal, ON

2011–2019
ACT SNAP! Photo Competitions (2011, 2018, 2019, 2020)
OSA Emerging Artist Exhibition (2018)
Queen West Art Crawl (2018)
Latcham Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition (2018)
Tech Art Fair, Ontario Science Centre (2018)
Loop Gallery Holiday Exhibition (2017)
I'm Group, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery & Cedar Ridge Gallery (2015)
See Me Billboard, Times Square NYC (2013)
SCOPE Miami Beach Art Fair (2013)
See Me NYC Gallery, Creatives Rising & The Story of the Creative (2013)
The Junction BIA CONTACT Festival (2012)
Exposed CONTACT, Gladstone Hotel (2012)


Artist Talks / Public Engagement
2025
Guest Artist, Art Talk, KASC
Through the Lens, Dignam Gallery WAAC
Dynamic Range, Dignam Gallery WAAC

2021
Guest Speaker, Instagram Live, TOAF 60TH
Lecturer, Durham College, Art Program
Instructor, Smartphone Photography Seminar (Online)


Awards
2017 – Best Photography Award, 21st Annual Uxbridge Juried Art Show
1991 – Incheon Michuhol Scholarship Recipient (1991)
1992 –Graduated Top of Class, Photographic Media Program

Donated Works on Display
2023–2025 – Office of Pam Damoff, M.P., Oakville
2022–2023 – Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Toronto


Press & Media
Featured in I'm Group, Korea Times Daily (Toronto)
Featured in Do-min, Jeonbuk Newspaper (Ryu Art Museum, Korea)
ART TORONTO (2024–2025): Reviews by Kaya Meziane – BEYOND THE LINE, Experimental Intervention, Heart, Mind, Love
https://dufferinmuseum.shop/collections/unity-in-diversity-art-show-2025/products/seen-and-unseen-transcendence
https://nowtoronto.com/event/propeller-presents-experimental-intervention-guest-curated-by-leisa-rich/


Affiliations
Co-Founder, Collective919
Member, Richmond Hill Arts & Culture Leadership Committee
Executive Member & Financial Coordinator, KASC (2020–2023)
Instructor, Korea Times Daily Cultural Centre (2020–2021)
Instructor, Korean Canadian Cultural Association of Metropolitan Toronto (2011–2019)
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