UB (Youbi Lee)

A visual artist works with printmaking, installation, video, puppetry, performance, and community engagement. Location: Korean heritage, Work across Victoria. 2023 Co-creator Obang : Interactive theatre for babies and caregivers (Presented at ArtPlay, Bunjil Place, Bowery Theatre) Artist Bloom (Polyglot) 2022 Residency Lemony S Lab: 10 Month Puppetry Lab (Lemony S Theatre, LaMama Theatre) 2021 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. 2020 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) 2019 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 : Pornographic hanker chip project (Midsumma Festival) 2018 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) 2017 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) 2014 – 2016 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)