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.

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)
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