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Transdisciplinary Designer, Artist, and Entrepreneur Jae Rhim Lee
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SELECTED EXHIBITS

“Zur Nachahmung Empfohlen!” Goethe Institüt, Traveling Exhibit: Germany, Chile, Ethiopia, etc, 2010-2018
“In Our Present Condition,” MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2017
“Natural Causes,” Ace Hotel / NY Fashion Week, New York, NY, 2016.
“Rooted in Soil,” DePaul University Art Museum/Salina Art Center, Chicago, IL/Salina, KS, USA, 2015-2016
“Science Fiction: New Death,” FACT, Liverpool, UK, 2014
“Biomediations,” TransitioMX Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, 2013
“Design for Death,” National Funeral Directors Association Convention, Austin, TX, USA, 2013
“Futurotextiles,” Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Lille, France, 2013
Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012
“Seeking Silicon Valley,” Zero1 Biennial, San Jose, CA, USA, 2012
Incheon Biennale, Incheon, South Korea, 2011
“Without Destination,” Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2011
“Group XXXII,” MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2011
“Artistic Research,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2011
“Bolder Crossings,” Art Without Walls, Louisville, KY, USA 2010
“Resurrectine,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2010
“Tricks of the Eye,” Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA, 2009
“Seamless: Computational Couture,” Museum of Science, Boston, MA , USA, 2008
“Renegades: 25 Years of Performance Art,” Exit Art, New York, NY, 2007
“Six,” Space Other Gallery, Boston, MA 2006
“Praying Project,” Exit Art, New York, NY, 2005

SELECTED TALKS + LECTURES

Keynote Talk, Print Screen Festival, Holon, Israel, 2017
Talk, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA, 2016
Talk, True/False Film Festival, Columbia, Missouri, USA, 2016
Talk, TEDxSanMigueldeAllende, San Miguel, Mexico, 2016
Keynote Talk, Zooetics Symposium, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2014
Keynote Talk, Meta.Morf Biennale, Trondheim, Norway, 2014
Talk, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 2014
Talk, Maker Summit, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2014
Lecture, Difficult Dialogues Symposium, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA, 2012
Lecture and Workshop, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, 2012
Talk, Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2012
Talk, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012
Keynote Talk, Sustainable IU, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 2012
Lecture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2012
Talk, TEDGlobal, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2011
Talk, Standard Hotel Talks, New York, NY, 2011
Talk and Workshop, Die Untoten Congress, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany, 2011
Lecture, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, 2011
Talk, Ideafestival, Louisville, KY, 2010
Talk, College Art Association Conference, Dallas, TX, 2008
Talk, CONFLUX Festival, New York, NY, 2008
Lecture + Workshop, HAN University, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2008

HONORS: GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

TED Fellowship, New York, NY, USA, 2011-present
500 Startups Accelerator, Mountain View, CA, 2016
Special Jury Award, Design for Death Competition, DesignBoom, 2013
Boston Center for the Arts, Residency, Boston, MA, USA, 2013
MAK Schindler Scholarship, MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2011
Institüt für Raumexperimente/Studio Olafur Eliasson, Universität der Künste, Grant, Berlin, Germany, 2010
Creative Capital Foundation, Grant, New York, NY, USA, 2009
MIT Council for the Arts, Grant, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Headlands Center for the Arts, Invited Residency, Sausalito, CA, USA, 2008
Peter de Florez ’38 Grant, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2006
Graduate Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, MIT Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA, USA 2004-2006.

SELECTED PRESS + PUBlICATIONS

Rogers, K. (2016) Mushroom Suits, Biodegradable Coffins and Death’s Green Frontier, New York Times, Business Day. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/business/mushroom-suits-biodegradable-urns-and-deaths-green-frontier.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

Sorenson, K. (2016) The Mushroom Suit Becomes a New Trend in Burials. NPR, Here and Now. http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/08/18/mushroom-suit-burials

Little, B. (2016) Creative Things to Do With a Dead Body. National Geographic. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160506-death-funeral-burial-cremation-conservation/

Peters, A. (2016) When You Die, This Mushroom Suit Will Eat Your Body. Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/3056243/when-you-die-this-mushroom-suit-will-eat-your-body

Kwun, A. (2016) Go Green All the Way to the Grave in This “Mushroom Burial Suit” Dwell. https://www.dwell.com/article/matter-of-life-and-death-614975ee

Regensdorff, L. (2016) “Would You Wear a Mushroom-Powered Burial Suit? A Vogue Writer Takes the Plunge” Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/infinity-burial-suit-mushrooms-green-design-jae-rhim-lee-coeio

Bauer, U.M. & Trummer, T.D. (Eds.) (2014). AR—Artistic Research. Köln, Germany: Walther König.

Galant, R. (2011) ‘Ninja pajamas’ or ‘mushroom death suit’? CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/opinion/lee-mushroom-death-suit

Doctorow, C. (2011) Bioartist training fungi to devour her when she dies. BoingBoing.  http://boingboing.net/2011/07/27/bioartist-training-fungi-to-devour-her-when-she-dies.html

Wlizlo, W. (2011) The Sustainable Mushroom Death Suit. Utne Reader. https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/sustainable-mushroom-death-suit-jae-rhim-lee#axzz2VPITH7HI

George, A. (2011) Designing a mushroom death suit. New Scientist. http:// www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/07/designing-a-mushroom-death-suit.html

Rowan, D (2011) Report: TEDGlobal 2011, day 2: The Infinity Burial Project. Wired UK. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/14/tedglobal-day-2

Goehler, A. (Ed.) (2010). Zur Nachahmung Empfohlen! Expeditionen in Aesthetik und Nachhaltigkeit, Berlin, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag.

Sterling, B. (2009) Hey Look, MIT Students! A Leftover FEMA Trailer! Wired. https://www.wired.com/2009/06/hey-look-mit-students-a-leftover-fema-trailer/

Fessler, P. (2008) Trailer Graveyards Haunt FEMA, Neighbors. NPR. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92183909

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