The De Pree Gallery is pleased to announce our next exhibition by Hope alumni artist Jim Lee, “ALL MY GHOSTS”.  Lee will deliver an artist’s talk on Thursday, January 20 at 7pm in Cook Auditorium in the De Pree Art Center, with the gallery opening of his exhibition immediately following.  Admission is free.  "ALL MY GHOSTS" will run from January 20 until February 18, 2022.

Jim Lee's work tends to be rough cut and a little gritty, each a record of test-drives and experiments against modernist principles. Fluctuating between linear abstractions and plays on minimalism, Lee’s style challenges the priority traditionally placed on the pictorial surface alone, while toying with notions of painting as object and painting as experimentation. Exposing the framework that lies beneath a canvas, or cobbling materials in a patchwork of addition, Lee investigates and maintains a tenuous, yet playful, dialogue between completion and destruction throughout his practice.

Jim Lee (b. 1970, Berrien Springs, MI) received his MFA from the University of Delaware in 1996. He has shown internationally at Galerie Vidal Cuglietta, Brussels; Motus Fort, Tokyo; FDC Satellite, Brussels and Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin. Additionally he has been included in exhibitions at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at University of Georgia, Athens, GA; the Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD; Ratio 3, San Francisco; LAND, Los Angeles; Islip Art Museum, NY; Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Dusseldorf; Galerie Lelong, New York; Andrae Kaufmann Gallery, Berlin; IMOCA, Indianapolis; White Flag Projects, St. Louis; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta; Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia and the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, NY. Jim Lee is represented by Nicelle Beauchene and he lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

The De Pree Gallery and  will be open from 10 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday.  Masks must be worn in De Pree Art Center. Please remember to observe social distancing as well as the gallery occupancy capacity.