Contact - Thanielionlee@gmail.com
b. 1976 in Portsmouth, Virginia
Lives and works in New Albany, Indiana
Solo Exhibitions
2012 TBA, Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY
2011 An Imperfect Circle, curated by Maiza Hixson, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2010 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Pursuing a Career in the Arts, New Albany, IN
2009 Hyper Pretty, Gallery Two Sixteen, New Albany, IN
2008 All Your Questions Will Be Answered, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2007 Sex, Politics and Religion, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2006 The Importance of Knowing One’s Self, enROUTE gallery, Indianapolis IN
2005 To Find Comfort in One’s Own Skin, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2003 Document, Artswatch, Louisville, KY
2000 Handscapes, The Howard/Minton room at Indiana University Southeast New Albany IN
Group Exhibitions
2011 Pangenic, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2011 Big Art Show, Pterodactyl, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Resound Festival, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
2010 The Creativity Rising Project, The Phoenix Hill Neighborhood, Louisville, KY
2010 1st Doodle and Sketch Art Invitational, Derby City Espresso, Louisville, KY2011 Big Art Show, Pterodactyl, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Resound Festival, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
2010 The Creativity Rising Project, The Phoenix Hill Neighborhood, Louisville, KY
2010 Trees Are Poems, Gallery 227, Louisville, KY
2010 He Said She Said, River Bend Winery, Louisville, KY
2009 KY Jelly, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2009 Body and Soul with Dylan Mortimer, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2009 Press ON with Paul Neufelder, enROUTE gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Inner Noise, Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2008 Annual Artist Showcase, Actors Theater of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2008 Imagine, Art Auction for St. Francis High School, Louisville, KY
2007 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA
2007 Kentucky Eye & Ear Kontrol IV, Butcher Block Gallery, Louisville, KY
2007 Different Strokes For Different Folks with Paul Neufelder, Arthur M. Glick JCC, Indianapolis, IN
2006 In My Skin: Self Portraits, Brewhouse Space, 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Annual Artist Showcase, Actors Theater of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2005 M: Art After Minimalism, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2004 The Language of Adam, New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY
2003 Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow [Repeat], Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2003 Kentucky National, The Clara Eagle Gallery at Murray State University, Murray, KY
2003 New Artist, New Work, New Name, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2002 Thaniel Ion Lee and Paul Neufelder, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2002 cuntcorpusgimp with Beth Teaford, Artswatch, Louisville, KY
Grants/Awards
2007 Polaroid Corporation, Frame Donation
2007 Very Special Arts of Indiana, Artistic Development Grant
Collections
University of Louisville, KY
Very Special Arts of Indiana, IN Indiana University Southeast Library, IN
Private Collection, Louisville, KY Private Collection, Indianapolis, IN
Reviews
The Louisville Courier Journal newspaper, 2011
Adondelaviste, online review, 2010
Supersonic Electronic, online review, 2010
A Drink Of Iced Tea, online review, 2009
Wooster Collective, online review, 2009
Villionaire: Louisville's Rich Arts Culture, 2009
Slash Seconds Magazine, 2009
Color Of Darkness, online review, 2009
Louisville’s Eccentric Observer Magazine, 2008
Louisville’s Eccentric Observer Magazine, 2007
Flying Colours, online review, 2007
The Aesthetic Poetic online review, 2007
Davide Gazzotti online review, 2007
SiouxWIRE, online review, 2007
La Meta Oscura online review, 2007
Wooster Collective online review, 2007
The Louisville Courier Journal newspaper, 2004
Horizon, 2000
Education
Indiana University Southeast, 1995 – 2003, undergraduate study in Fine Arts
Employment
Very Special Arts of Indiana, Position – Teaching Artist In Residency
Residencies
2010 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY