Marc Lee (born March 17, 1969), is a Swiss new media artist working in the fields of interactive installation art, internet art, performance art and video art.
Lee was born in 1969 in Knutwil, Lucerne, in Switzerland. He studied at the Basel University of Art and Design installation and at the Zurich University of the Arts new media art through 2003.
Lee creates network-oriented interactive projects since 1999. He is experimenting with information and communication technologies. His projects locate and critically discuss economic, political, cultural and creative issues. His artworks reflect the visions and limits of our information society in an intelligent and artistic manner.
Marc Lee has exhibited in major art exhibitions including: ZKM Karlsruhe, New Museum New York, Transmediale Berlin, Ars Electronica Linz, Contemporary Art Biennale Sevilla, Media Art Biennale Seoul, Viper and Shift Festival Basel, Read_Me Festival Moskau, CeC Dehli, MoMA Shanghai, ICC Tokyo and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul.
Lee's work are in private and public collections including the Federal Art Collection Switzerland and the ZKM Karlsruhe and he has won many prices and honorary mentions at international festivals, including Transmediale Berlin and Ars Electronica Linz
2016-2017 – New GamePlay, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, Korea2016 – The Show Must Go On, Situations, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland2016 – Biennial Update_6/ NTAA, Zebrastraat Ghent, Belgium2016 – PHOTOFAIRS, Shanghai, International Art Fairs, Shanghai, China2016 – Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo, Sri Lanka2016 – Festival IMAGES, Vevey, Switzerland2016 – GROSS, Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland2015-2016 – GLOBALE: Infosphäre, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany2015-2016 – GLOBALE: GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany2015 – 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan2014 – Federal Office for culture of Switzerland, Swiss Art Awards, Art Basel, Switzerland2013 – Connecting_Unfolding, MMCA - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea2012 – Digital Art Works, The Challenges of Conservation, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany2011 – Gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia2010 – IMAGINING MEDIA, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany2009 – Pyramid, public space beside Banaswadi Railway Station, Bengaluru, India2008-2009 – YOU_ser 2.0, Celebration of the Consumer, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany2008 – 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea2007 – You_ser. Das Jahrhundert des Konsumenten, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany2004–2007 – Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany2006 – 404 Objects Not Found, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea2005 – Mapping new Territories, with 56k-bastard.tv, Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland2004 – Transmediale.04 Festival „Fly Utopia!“, Berlin, Germany2003 – Bienal de Video Nuevos Medios, Presented from the Transmediale Festival, Santiago de Chile2003 – Ars Electronica, CODE Campus, Linz, Austria2002 – Transmediale.02 Festival "Go Public!", Berlin, Germany2002 – Open_Source_Art_Hack, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum, New York, USAPresentations and Workshops (Selection)
2016 - Workshop "Making Your Own Net Art", Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo, Sri Lanka2016 - Workshop "Artistic practices and social media", Desmond Tutu Center, Cape Town, South Africa2015 - Lecture, Virtual trip through social networks, Strelka, Moscow, Russia2015 - Kybernetik Seminar, Department of Art & Media, ZHdK Zurich, Switzerland2014 - Symposium “Farewell New media Art”, China Academy of Art (CAA), Hangzhou, China2013 – Workshop and Curator/Artist talk, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea2013 – Workshop and Presentation, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China2012 – Four site-specific works, POT, top e.V, Kassel, Germany2011 – Media Hacking, Workshop for Students, SIVA Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai, China2011 – RockBund Art Museum, Shanghai, China2011 – Minsheng Art Museum Shanghai, China2011 – Collecting: Discussion of collecting and preserving digital art, Haus EK, Basel, Switzerland2010 – Media Hacking Workshop for Artists, Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo2010 – Teaching Programming for Artists, net art, hacking, Department Media Arte, ZHDK Zurich2010 – Test_Lab - Tools for Propaganda, V2_, Rotterdam, Netherlands2009 – The Freedom of Art in the Digital Era, ZKM Lecture Hall, Karlsruhe, Germany2009 – Srishti School of Art, Bangalore, India2008 – Basics Festival, FH Salzburg, Department MultiMediaArt, Salzburg, Austria2006 – Edith Ruß House for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany2006 – CaC & CeC, Carnival of e-Creativity, India International Center, Delhi, Indien2006 – Art Center Nabi and in the Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea2004 – Viper 04 Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland2003 – Loogie.net, [plug_in] Forum for new Media, Basel, Switzerland2003 – Viper 03 Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland2002 – Transmediale.02 Festival "Go Public!", Berlin, GermanyAwards and Honorary Mentions (Selection)
2015 - Social Media Art Award, Phaenomenale 2015, Wolfsburg, Germany2014 - Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division, Jury Selection, Tokyo, Japan2010 – ZKM Stipend, Karlsruhe, January - March 20102009 – Pro Helvetia Residency in Bangalore, January - June 20092008 – SuMa Award 2008, Berlin, Germany2008 – Netart Award 2008, Hamburg, Germany2006 – Viper International Award 2006 in the category "Transposition", Basel, Switzerland2004 – Switch Award 2004, Nomination, Bern, Switzerland2003 – tpc CreaTVty award 2003 of new media, TPC Zurich, Switzerland2003 – Förderpreis 2003, Award of University of Art and Design, HGK Zurich, Switzerland2003 – Honorary Mentions, media art festival Ars Electronica Prices, Linz, Austria2002 – Transmediale Award 2002 in the category "Software", Berlin2002 – Transmediale Public Vote Award 2002 in the categories "Interaction" and "Software", Berlin, Germany2002 – Transmediale 2002 "Honorary Mention" in the category "Interaction", Berlin, Germany2002 – Read_Me Festival 2002, "Honorary Mention", Moscow2002 – Viper Swiss Award 2002 "for Newcomers", Basel, Switzerland2016 - Update 6, New Technological Art Award. International Exhibition (ISBN 9789492321473)2016 - Festival Images Vevey 2016 (ISBN 9782970081777)2015 - Poetics and Politics of Data, HeK, S. Himmelsbach, C. Mareis, (ISBN 978-3-85616-681-6)2015 - 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, Award-winning Works, Tokyo2014 - Inauguration, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (ISBN 978-89-6303-069-2)2014 - Chinese magazine Art Times, email interview Marc Lee2014 - LandEscape Art Review November 2014 Special Issue2013 – Preservation of Digital Art, Theory and Practice (ISBN 978-3-7091-1469-8)2012 – Meisterwerke der Kunst - Medienkunst (ISBN 978-3-7883-9215-4)2012 – Big News, Art World Magazine Shanghai (ISSN 1005-7722)2011 – gateways. Art and Networked Culture (ISBN 978-3-7757-2796-9)2010 – Was tun. Figuren des Protests. Taktiken des Widerstands (ISBN 3-99014-014-0)2010 - Owning Online Art – Selling and Collecting Netbased Artworks 2010, FHNW, Basel2008 – Media Arts Zurich, 13 Positiones (ISBN 978-3-85881-210-0)2008 – Digital Playground 2008, "Hack the City!" (ISBN 978-89-961789-0-3)2006 – 404 Object Not Found_Seoul 20062005 – Mapping New Territories. Schweizer Medienkunst International (ISBN 978-3-85616-238-2)2004 – Digitale Transformationen, whoiswho.de (ISBN 3-934013-38-4)2004 – read_me, Software Art & Cultures Edition 2004 (ISBN 978-87-988440-4-4)2004 – MetaWorx – Young Swiss Interactive. Approaches to Interactivity (ISBN 3-7643-0089-2)2004 - 56kTV - bastard channel MAGAZIN
