Flounder Lee
www.flounderlee.com
Education
2020– PhD Art & Media (in progress), working title: Many Mundane Futures: Envisioning and Shaping More Just, More Sustainable Possibilities through Anti-Oppressive Art and Curatorial Practices
University of Plymouth, UK
Dr Anya Lewin (director), Dr Sana Murrani (second supervisor)
2007 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, focus in photography/digital art
California State University Long Beach
Thesis Committee: Kyle Riedel, Todd Gray, Craig Cree Stone, and Doug Buis
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Photography (cum laude)
University of Florida; Gainesville
Studied under: Sergio Vega, Valerie Mendoza, and Barbara Jo Revelle
Selected Teaching Experience
2021– Adjunct Professor; University of Florida
2017-2019 Associate Professor of Studio Art; American University in Dubai
2014-2017 Assistant Professor of Studio Art; American University in Dubai
2014 Principal Lecturer in Photography and Graphic Design Innovation;
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
2007-2013 Assistant Professor of Photography and Intermedia; Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020-2021 Group Hug; The InsideOut; Sacramento, CA, USA
2019 Secondhand Market, 2178; Shangyuan Museum, Beijing, China
2012 Rise and Retreat; Sammaki Gallery; Battambang, Cambodia
2009 Re/Move; Foto, kino i video savez Vojvodine; Novi Sad, Serbia
2008 Own; Basile Center for Art, Design and Public Life; Indianapolis, Indiana
2006 Self-Organized Mapping; Werby Gallery; Long Beach, California
2005 He Flew to Long Beach; Gallery Five; Long Beach, California
Selected Public Art and Commissions
2019 From Within; Al Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; via Ministry of Culture
2018 Ishara: Signs, Symbols, and Shared Languages; Concrete, Alserkal Avenue Arts District, Dubai; via UAE
Unlimited, curated by Karim Sultan
2016 Just Deserts; Sikka Art Fair; Al Fahidi Historic Neighborhood, Dubai; via Dubai Culture
2015 Pipeline; GMIS Launch; Al Ain, UAE; via UAE Ministry of Economy, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
2015 Water Works; Sikka Art Fair; Al Fahidi Historic Neighborhood, Dubai; via Dubai Culture
2014 Time Lapsed; Indianapolis International Airport
2013-2014 Mapping Mendenhall Glacier by Kayak 1 (Block); Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Center, Indianapolis
2011 Plymouth, Also; DXDX; Plymouth, England, UK
2010 Test Fest; Skiles Test Nature Park; Indianapolis, Indiana
2007-2008 Timed-Exposure; 31 S Meridian, Indianapolis, Indiana; Via the Arts Council of Indianapolis
Selected Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances
2022 Collaborative Ecosystems for a Sustainable World; Ars Electronica 2022 Festival, Linz, Austria
Kronos Art BCN; Palau Robert, Barcelona
La irrupció; part of Tools for a Warming Planet; Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona
2020 VI Festival de Video nodoCCS; Arteriet Gallery; Kristiansand, Norway
Creative Distancing: Even in Solitude Creativity Continues; Art Museum of South Texas
SPE WxSW Film Festival; online due to covid
Lost: Festival de Arte Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (online due to covid)
2019 House of Failure; Tashkeel House, Al Fahidi, Dubai
2018 Tashkent Biennale VIII; Central Exhibition Hall; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Dubai 2021; Satellite Gallery; Dubai
2017 Inverse Performance Arts Festival; live streamed to 21c Museum Hotel; Northwest Arkansas, USA
Transvideo: Borderless Image; Diagonal Gallery; Santurce, Puerto Rico
Quoz Arts Fest; Warehouse 61; Alserkal Arts District; Dubai
2016 Samples 2016 // Transvideo: Borderless Image; Aalto University Learning Centre; Finland
Conquistadores de lo inútil: Happy little trees…; Diorama Gallery, Mexico City
Festes de Gràcia VIII; UntitledBCN; Barcelona, Spain
Seven; UntitledBCN; Barcelona, Spain
2015 Liquid Cities: Video Art Festival; XY Gallery, New York City
Innovation Week; American University in Dubai
2014 The Right to Read: Censorship and the Books of Grove Press; The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Wanderlust; Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery
Let’s Talk about Love, Baby; Byers Gallery; Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio
2013 Banned; Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library; Indianapolis, Indiana
Shipp Kipp; The Bureau at the Hinge Building; Indianapolis, Indiana
The Self-Portrait Show; Indianapolis Arts Council 924 Gallery
Love Library; Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2012 End of the World; Indy Indie Gallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
The Film Festival of Hendricks County; Royal Theater; Danville, Indiana
Smithsonian Folklife Festival; National Mall; Washington, DC
2011 Chopped and Stretched; Drift Station; Lincoln, Nebraska; Curated by Angeles Cossio & Jeff Thompson
Histories/Memories; Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival; Chicago, Illinois; curated by Drew Noble
2010 Barcelona Art Contemporani 11; Casa D’Art Santa Maria; Barcelona, Spain
Bewegterwind-Turbulenzen; Nationalparkzentrum Kellerwald; Vohl, Germany
Art Inspired by Science; Schneider Museum of Art, Curated by Michael Crane
2009 Glimpse of LA Photography; José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College
Pilgrimages through the Centuries; LeFevre Gallery, Ohio State University Newark
Low Lives; FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Florida, and labotanica,
Houston, TX (concurrent live performance telecast) juried by Jorge Rojas*
Mind the Gap; Harrison Center for the Arts; Indianapolis, Indiana
Listen: Experimental Music and Video; Big Car: Street Level; Indianapolis, Indiana
New Media Show; IU Kokomo Art Gallery; Kokomo, Indiana
2008 Bewegterwind-der Wind Formt; Twistetal-Gembeck, Hesse, Germany
Indy Fringe; 911 Mass Ave; Indianapolis, Indiana
Borderlands; South Seattle Community College Gallery; Washington
2007 Festival Internacional de Artes Digitales Citypulse; Auditorio Biblioteca de Santiago
Backscatter: All Photography Show; Create:Fixate Gallery, Hollywood, California
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07; National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
In-Edit Fesitval; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography as Witness; University of Maine Art Gallery
LA’s Insurgents; Salon Oblique, Venice, California
Citypulse Lowell; 119 Gallery; Lowell, Massachusetts
Patagonia Electronica Festival; Punta Arenas, Chile
2006 Open 2006; Gallery 825; Los Angeles, California; Juror: Ann Philbin, Hammer Museum
Art, Technology, and Society; Digital Media Center; Santa Ana, California
OneMinute Film & Video Festival; Aarau, Switzerland
Design Week Osorno; Osorno, Chile
VideoMinutoPopTV; Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci; Prato, Italy
Santiago International MicroFilm Festival; Santiago, Chile
In-Edit Festival de Cine; Argentina
2005 The Show; Drawing & Painting Foyer, University of California Irvine
Los Angeles Art Festival; 305 Mateo
Selected Curatorial Work
2023 Curator; Aya Rodriguez-Izumi-Noboru; Pennant Place
Curator; Andy Li-Make Time in your Day to Watch the Sun as it Slowly Dances…; Pennant Place
Curator; Mia Cinelli-Penance; Pennant Place
2021 Curator; Mundane Futures Pavilion, the wrong biennale (online)
Co-Director; More Just, More Sustainable Futures 1.0: Artistic Research Symposium for PhD Students: Multiple Ecologies, Diverse Ontologies; University of Plymouth (Online)
2019 Curator; Crossings and Corridors: Linda Adele Goodine and Saba Qizilbash; NYUAD Project Space
Co-Curator; UAE Start 19; Rotunda Gallery; American University in Dubai
Curator; The Future is…Ordinary?; Shangyuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018 Curator; On this night, for the first time, something will happen…; Jean Paul Najar Foundation
Museum, Alserkal Avenue Arts District, Dubai
2016 Curator; Photography Live Student Exhibition; Dubai World Trade Center
2014 Co-Organizer; Feelings International Video Experience; American University in Dubai
Exhibition Supervisor; International Symposium on Electronic Art; American University in Dubai
2013 Curator; Eco-Logic: Artists’ Take on Environmental Changes; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis
Curator; Double Vision II-A Multi-Channel Video Festival; Herron School of Art
Curator; Zanne Andrea (UK): Solo Show; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis
Curator; Simon Frillici (Italy)- July 30th,1945; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis
2012 Curator; Ben Grosser: Speed of Reality; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
Curator; Out of Line; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
Curator; Jordan Bernier; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
Curator; On the Grid; Heartland Truly Moving Pictures
2011-2012 Curator; Mapable; SpaceCamp MicroGallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
2011 Curator; peeled: Letitia Quesenberry; SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis
Curator; TPS Reports: Performance Documents; SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis
Curator; Aerospacial; Frank and Katrina Basile Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
2010 Co-Curator; RetroFuturism; SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis
2009 Co-Curator; Double Vision-A Dual Channel Video Festival; Herron School of Art
Curator; One Performative Night; Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis
2008 Curator; LA2ND; Biscuits and Gravy Gallery; Indianapolis, Indiana
2005 Co-Curator/Co-Founder; Greater LA MFA Exhibition (GLAMFA); Cal State Long Beach
Selected Articles by Others (Curatorial Work)
2019 Jumana Abdel-Razzaq, “NYUAD Art Gallery exhibition tackles sociopolitical themes through art”, Architectural Digest Middle East, March 6. (image)
2018 Nadine Khalil, “The Object of Performance”, Canvas Magazine, May/June 2018. (image)
2013 Stacey Mickelbart, “Review: Eco-Logic at SpaceCamp MicroGallery”, NUVO, 7 March 2013. (image)
2012 Janet Schneider, “First Friday at SpaceCamp MicroGallery”, Indianapolis Star, 7 September 2012.
Dan Grossman, “Jordan Bernier, ‘Slow Motions’”, NUVO, 13 March 2012. (image)
2011 Dan Grossman, “Review: ‘Mapable’ at SpaceCamp Gallery”, NUVO, 6 December 2011. (image)
Joseph Williams, “Review: Aerospacial at the Herron”, NUVO, 21 March 2011. (image)
Selected Articles by Others (Personal Work)
2023 Zoltán Somhegyi; “Flounder Lee;” Contemporary ID; Issue 17; p 12-13; March 2023. (images)
2019 Yelena Gluzman and Sophia Cleary (editors); Emergency Index: an Annual Document of Performance Practice, VOL. 7. (images)
“Enter Tashkeel’s House of Failure this Sikka edition”, Mena FN, Feb 25. (image)
2018 Lía Fernández Sangrador, “La Cartografía en el Arte…”, Thesis, Universidad d’ Salamanca, June. (image)
Joyti Kalsi, “The art of communicating”, Gulf News, March 7. (images)
Melissa Gronlund, “On how we communicate in the polyglot Gulf”, The National, March 7. (images)
Laura Egerton, “Ishara | Signs, Symbols and Shared Languages “, Selections, Curriculum Vitae #44.
“«إشارات ورموز» إبداعات تجسّد الإمارات واحة للتعايش , Al Bayan, March 10. (images)
Christine Baglo, “Dubais nye kunstboom”, Dagsavisen, March 27. (image)
Anna Seaman, “Ishara: Signs, Symbols and Shared Languages”, Art Africa, March 8. (images)
2017 “Flounder Lee: Videos”, LandEscape, Spring. (images)
2015 Dhanusha Gokulan, “Sikka Art Ushers in Two-Month Art Season”, Khaleej Times, 17 March 2015. (image)
Muhammad Yusuf, “Three’s Company”, The Gulf Today, 19 March 2015.
“Taking art to the common man at Sikka Art Fair”, Khaleej Times, 13 March 2015.
2014 Stigmart Team, “Flounder Lee”, Video Focus, 8th edition, Stigmart10 Press, October 2014. (images)
Fari Bradley, “Interference: New Media Art”, Six Pillars, Resonance 104.4FM London, UK.
2013 Jim Simmons, “Banned Books Week”, Art of the Matter TV, Episode 201, PBS/WFYI, November 5, 2013.
2012 Travis DiNicola, “Indiana Living Green”, Art of the Matter, NPR, WFYI, Indianapolis, February 24, Radio.
2011 Dan Grossman, “Flounder Lee’s Big Adventure”, NUVO, 30 November 2011. (newspaper cover)
Travis DiNicola, “Flounder Lee”, Art of the Matter, NPR, WFYI, Indianapolis, December 16-17, 2011, Radio.
Dan Grossman, “Flounder Lee’s (almost) astronaut life”, NUVO, 30 November 2011. (online only, image)
2010 Gretchen Becker, “Test Fest challenged artists to scour…”, Indianapolis Star, October 21.
2009 Ana Manojlovic, Interview for Hedonist. Panonija RTV, Novi Sad, Serbia. April 12.
Ana Manojlovic, Interview for Art-Box. Panonija RTV, Novi Sad, Serbia. April 2.
Michael Corbin, “Flounder Lee”, AbsoluteArts.com, April 4. (image)
Dan Grossman, “Mind the Gap”, NUVO, March 11. (image)
Scott Grow, “Interview: Flounder Lee”, OnTheCusp.org, Jan 29. (image)
2008 Von Elmar Schulten, “Wind haucht Kunst Leben ein”, Frankenberger Zeitung, Number 192, August 18.
“Kunst im Wind”, Eider-Diemel TIPP, Nr. 33; August 16.
Jonathan Crow, “Flounder Lee”, TheMapRoom.com; July 14.
“Flounder Lee”, Cartophilia.com; July 15.
2007 Scott Otto, “Backscatter. Create:Fixate’s Annual All Photography Show”, Entertainment Today, August 2.
“Photography as Documentary”, Ellsworth American, March 26.
Alicia Anstead; “UMaine show puts focus on ‘Witness’”, Bangor Daily News, March 9.
Eryk Salvaggio, “Inside the Photographer’s Shoes”, Review in Maine Campus, February 15.
2006 Queena Kim, “New Art”, Interview on Off Ramp, KPCC Radio: Pasadena, California, Dec 30.
Kimberly Beil, “Open Show”, Review in Flavorpill LA Issue 198, December 12.
Selected Publications by Me
2022 Pak-Keung Wan; Contemporary Identities; Issue 16, Dec 2022
Mirabelle Jones; Contemporary Identities; Issue 14, June 2022
2021 Review: A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean at the OMA; Number Magazine
2019 Zied Ben Romdhane: West of Life and Other Projects; Tribe: Photography and New Media from the Arab World; Issue 8; 2019. (cover)
Access/No Access; Jalal Bin Thaneya: Beyond the Fence Catalogue for exhibition at Tashkeel, Dubai
2016 Estabrak Al Ansari: Poetry, Beauty, and Power; Tribe: Photography and New Media from the Arab World; Issue 3; November 2016.
Lydia Ourahmane: Challenging Systems; Tribe: Photography and New Media from the Arab World; Issue 2; March 2016.
2015 Sea Level Rise Work; Artworksforchange.org; Summer 2015
2012 US-Tribal Treaties: December 26th, 1854; So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut
Memorial Library: Volume 1; Fall 2012
2011 Report from Venice: IMA’s Venice Biennale; NUVO; 9 June 2011. (image)
Selected Juror/Reviewer Service
2016 Grant Reviewer; Research Incentive Fund; College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University
2012-2013 Reviewer; Research Support Funds Grant, Office for the Vice Chancellor of Research, IUPUI
2012 Juror; Creative Divergents Winter Awards
Juror; Indianapolis Museum of Art’s My Snapshot
Reviewer; IUPUI Fulbright Panel
Reviewer; National Endowment for the Arts, Internal Submission, Indiana University
2010 Portfolio Reviewer; Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, Denver
Juror; Bloomington Photo Club; Annual Show, Bloomington, Indiana
Juror; Indiana Association of School Principals-Prelude Awards; Indianapolis, Indiana
2009 Juror; Taylor University Photography Student Show; Upland, Indiana
2008 Professional Portfolio Reviewer; Society for Photographic Education National Conference
Selected Service
2022 Creative Head; Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference; University of Plymouth
2019 Mentor; Jala Bin Thaneya Critical Practice Program, Tashkeel
2016-2019 Coordinator; Studio Art and Foundations; American University in Dubai
2017-2019 Member; Research Committee; American University in Dubai
2014-2017 Member; Exhibition Committee; American University in Dubai
2014-2015 Faculty Advisor; Photography Club; American University in Dubai
2009-2012 Coordinator; Herron School of Art and Design, Fine Arts Department
2009-2012 Founding Council Member; IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute
2012-2013 Member; Student Affairs Committee, Herron School of Art and Design
2012-2013 Member; Basile Center Advisory Board
2012 Instructor; Workshop for local artists, Sammaki Gallery, Battambang, Cambodia
2011 Member; Faculty Search Technology Needs Task Force, Indiana University
2009-2010 Chair; Tenure Track Photography Professor Search; Herron School of Art and Design
2007-2009 Visiting Artist and Exhibition Committee; Herron School of Art
2004-2005 President; Graduate Art Students Association; Cal State Long Beach
Selected Classes Taught
Graduate
Studio I: Photography and Intermedia
Studio III: Photography and Intermedia
Visual Research I
Undergraduate
Senior Project (Interdisciplinary)
Studio Art Seminar and Studio Thesis (senior)
Photography I, II, III, and IV
Advanced Photography (senior)
Printmaking I (all levels)
Computer Graphics I and II (foundations and second year)
Creative Processes (foundations)
Color Photography I and II (junior)
History of Photography (all levels)
Performance and Installation Studio/Performance Art (junior/senior)
Time-Based Art/Video Art (all levels)
Fundamentals of Web Design (junior/senior)
Advocacy, Activism, and Engagement in Art (all levels)
World Studio—Study Abroad in Germany and Switzerland (all levels)
A Critical Approach to Art (Fine Arts Department Capstone Class)
Selected Continuing Education
Node Center for Curatorial Studies— Queer Art and Queer Curating; Decolonizing Curatorial and Artistic Practices; Curating Performance Art: from Concept to Practice; Career Pathways for Curators and Cultural Managers; Curating in Art, Science and Technology
Coursera—3D Printing Software (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); From the Big Bang to Dark Energy (University of Tokyo); Highlights of Modern Astronomy (University of Rochester); The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery (University of Edinburgh); Introduction to Algae (University of California San Diego)
Indiana University (IUPUI)—Introduction to Oceanography; Music for Film; Introduction to 3D; Visual Basic Programming; Introduction to Symbolic Logic; Web Site Design; Music and Computers; Accounting and Business Environments; Intro to Business and Management; Environmental Geology; Personal Law; Intro to Human Geography; Marketing and Society; and Literary Masterpieces
Selected Guest Lectures/Panels
2023 Poster Presentation: Artful maps: exploring the visual culture of cartography; Oxford University, UK
Pennant Place; About Place Symposium; University of Plymouth, UK
2021 Mundane Devices from the Future; WiGiP/GiP Conference on Intercultural Philosophy: Demarginalizing Futures; online due to covid
2019 The Artist and Failure; Tashkeel House, Dubai; Moderator
2018 Practicing Art in the UAE; Concrete; Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; Panel
Artists and Curator in Conversation; Nadi Al Quoz, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; Chair: Bana Kattan, NYUAD
2017 Changing Lenses: Contemporary Photography and New Media from the Arab World; College Art Association Annual Conference, New York City; Chairs: Janet Belloto and Woodman Taylor
Flounder Lee: Residency and Open Studio; Tentacles Art Space; Bangkok, Thailand
2016 out|side: scholarly approaches to art; The Jamjar; Dubai; Moderated by Beth Derderian
Will Analogue Photo Go Extinct; Photography Live; Dubai World Trade Center; Moderated by Khaled Abul Wahab; Panelist with Jalal Bin Thaneya and Pankaj Shah.
Looking at your Past to Plan Long-Term; Photography Live; DWTC; Main Stage Presentation (solo).
2014 Interference; The Farjam Foundation; Dubai, UAE; Gallery walkthrough for exhibition
2012 Intersections: Art, Science, and the Environment; Mid America CAA panelist; Detroit, Michigan
2011 Flounder Lee: Grad School and Beyond; University of Alaska South
2010 7 Simultaneous Lecturers: Indy Arts and Globalization; Clowes Auditorium
2009 Mind the Gap; Harrison Center for the Arts; Indianapolis, Indiana
2008 Remapping History; Mid America CAA panel co-chair with Sarah Kanouse
The Role of Classical Practices in the Digital Age; Mid America Print Council; Fargo, North Dakota
Grenzwanderung; National Park Zentrum; Herzhausen, Germany
Selected Honors/Awards/Grants/Residencies
2022-2023 Inclusive Curatorial Practices; Node Center for Curatorial Studies (11-month program)
2019 Residencia Corazon Artist Residency; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shangyuan Museum Artist Residency; Beijing, China (June-September)
2018 Listhus Artist Residency; Olafsfjordur, Iceland
2017 Tentacles/Surface Arts Residency; Bangkok, Thailand
2016-2017 Campus Art Dubai; Core Member (6-month program)
2016 UntitledBCN Artist Residency; Barcelona, Spain
2015 Odysseys Artist Residency; San Ramon, Costa Rica
Provost’s Award for Creativity in Design and Visual Arts; American University in Dubai
2012-2013 IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Grant; Curating Environmental Art; PI
2012 Indiana University Vice President for International Affairs Language Learning Grant; PI
New Frontiers Exploratory Traveling Fellowship; Sea Level Rise in Thailand; PI
2011 Research Support Funds Grant; Lens-Based Mapping of the Juneau Icefield Glacial Retreat; PI
Release Time for Research; Four external funding sources…Installation, Residency, and Grants; PI
2010 Overseas Study Program Development Grants, IU OVPIA; World Studio, Hesse, Germany; Co-PI
2008 New Frontiers Exploratory Traveling Fellowship; Remap, Reclaim Europe; PI
Professional Organizations/Research Groups
(current and past)
Arts Research Network
Independent Curators International
Society for Photographic Education
New Media Caucus
College Art Association
Performance.Experience.Presence
Mid America Print Council
iDat
Selected Collections and Portfolios
UAE Unlimited/Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction; Bloomington, Indiana
Jeremy Efroymson; Indianapolis, Indiana
Private Collections; Los Angeles, CA
Common Terrain Portfolio
Cut the Line Portfolio