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RAINA LEE
B. Torrance, California. Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
BA - University of California, Davis, California
MA Media and Film Studies - The New School for Social Research, New York
2017-20 Ceramics, Glendale Community College, California
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Cartes Postales - solo exhibition, Stroll Garden, Los Angeles, California
2022 Haptic Memory - two-person exhibition with Jane D’Haene Yang, Stroll Garden at Maison Kitsune Brooklyn
2022 Homeworld - solo exhibition, Stroll Garden, Los Angeles, California
2022 Blow Up - solo exhibition, Niche Gallery, Los Angeles
FAIRS
2026 Solo presentation at Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles with Stroll Garden
2025 Solo presentation at Untitled, Miami with Laisun Keane
2025 Solo presentation NADA New York with Stroll Garden
2025 Solo presentation, Future Fair,New York with Laisun Keane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Almost Famous, La Loma, Los Angeles, CA
2026 Desert Island, Good Naked, Los Angeles, CA
2025 In The Afternoon, Scroll NYC, New York, NY
2024 Dia De Los Muertos, Arvia Projects and DDLA, Los Angeles, California
2024 Heads We’re Dancing, Alto Beta, Altadena, California
2024 Calibration, Laisun Keane, Boston
2024 Pulped: Experimental Paper Sculpture, Mirena Kim Studio, Los Angeles
2024 Rhett Baruch Gallery, “Smokey Trails”, Los Angeles
2023 Cup Show II, Space XYZ, Hawthorne, California
2023 Object & Thing, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, New. York
2023 Six Square House, Verso, Bridgehampton, New York
2023 Imaginary Places, Nucleus Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2023 Tea Ahorita - Studio Ima x Casa Ahorita, Mexico City, Mexico
2022 Cure, Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
2022 Vessel, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles California
RESIDENCIES
2025 High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree
2025 TEXERE Fiber Residency, Oaxaca, Mexico
2024 Ikea Residency, Los Angeles
2024 Kethevane Cellard Studio residency
2024 Experimental Paper Sculpture, Mirena Kim Studio
2023 Akeno Clay Residency, Yamanashi, Japan
2023 Experimental Clay Residency, Expressive Computation Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara
2022 Salmon Creek Farm, Albion, California
2022 Watershed Ceramics, Newcastle, Maine
SELECTED PRESS
2025 Artsy - Five Artists on our Radar in May 2025
2024 Los Angeles Times - “From her tree-house studio to high-end galleries, this L.A. potter’s work is turning heads”
2022 Surface Magazine - “Designer of the Day: Raina Lee”
2022 Artforum - Homeworld at Stroll Garden “Must See”
2021 Faculty Department - “Raina Lee, Artist & Writer”
2021 Luxe Magazine - “Enter The World Of This Ceramicist Who Loves A Good Experiment”
2020 The Modern House - “Studio Visits: ceramicist Raina Lee talks through her creative process from her treehouse studio in Los Angeles”
2020 Spectrum News 1 - “Ceramist Turns Backyard Treehouse Into Art Gallery”
2019 T Magazine, New York Times - “ How A Ceramist Transformed a Los Angeles Treehouse”
PUBLICATIONS
1-Up MegaZine, video game culture print zine, publisher
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Karaoke Domination, Chronicle Books, author