Youbi Lee (UB)
I’m a Korean heritage multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).
I make shadow puppetry, sensory theatre and participatory art projects with schools, councils, festivals, institutions and various communities.
I make shadow puppetry, sensory theatre and participatory art projects with schools, councils, festivals, institutions and various communities.
Previous Projects
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Co-creator
- Kiki and Zuki : Shadow puppetry made with Taka (Presented at Malaka Arts and Performance Festival, City of Banyule)
Designer
- BEST.PARTY.EVER : Theatre though Zoom (Production by Threshold, NBN Innovate finalist)
Co-creator
- Obang : Interactive theatre for babies and caregivers (Presented at ArtPlay, Bunjil Place, Bowery Theatre, Sydney Opera House)
Artist
- Bloom : Community art project with Cobourg Special Development School (Production by Polyglot)
Residency
- Lemony S Lab: 10 Month Puppetry Lab (Lemony S Theatre, LaMama Theatre)
Artist
- Bird’s Eye View : Interactive puppetry installation (Flash Forward project- City of Melbourne)
- Hereing: Digital comic series (Australian Council for the Arts resilience grant, Arena Online)
- …and number of digital illustrations/comics for Metro Arts, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Diversity arts Australia, Friends of the Earth and other org.
Project Coordinator / artist
- Omoon-5 doors : Puppetry video work (City of Melbourne, Multicultural Arts Victoria)
- Omoon in school: Participatory puppetry project (Creative Victoria, Banyule City Council)
Project Coordinator / artist
- Obang : Interactive theatre for babies and caregivers (Art Play New Idea Lab selected, AsiaTopa)
- Migrant Mothers : Scratchboard workshop project (Moreland City Council, Multicultural Victoria Commission)
- Lesbian Hanky Panky : Erotic hankerchip project (Midsumma Festival)
Project Coordinator / artist
- Dr. Lee’s Shamanic Charm House : Interactive installation (Rainbow Serpent Festival Art Support Program)
- Asian Grocery Vol.2 : Interactive installation (Multicultural Arts Victoria, Creative Victoria)
- Dumpling Boy Temple : Interactive installation (Mapping Melbourne- Testing Ground)
Residency
- Situate Arts Lab (Salamanca Arts Center TAS)
Project Coordinator
- Asylum Silk Roads : Community visual art project (Creative Victoria, Australia Council for the Arts)
- Asian Grocery : Interactive installation (Moreland Art Development Program, Melbourne Fringe Festival)
Print making artist
- Residency artist (The Ownership Project)
- Posters, T-shirts, Newsletters (Certain Days collective / Friend of the Earth)
Mentoring
- Mentored by Debby Maziarz (Australian Council for the Art mentoring program)
Workshop teacher for
- East Asian Printmaking, Stamp making, Wood Cut printmaking workshops
(Fed Square, Emerge in Yarra, Library at The Dock, Laneway learning etc)
- Mural painter / Print maker / Illustrator (in Korea)