Seattle, WA — The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to present Crossings, featuring the work of Rob Rhee, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Visual Art program in the School of Art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington.
Crossings brings together newly completed bricolage sculptures from Rhee’s studio with research initiated last spring at the UW Farm. Taking inspiration from inosculated trees, which merge with their neighbors to form bodily hybrid bodies, Rhee has been working with grafting as a sculptural process for making experimental connections.
This exhibition will open on September 9 (with a reception from 5–7pm) and run through October 4, 2025. As part of the UW faculty promotion process, a public lecture by Rhee will take place on Thursday, September 25, from 6-7pm in Room 229 of the Art building on the UW Seattle campus.
Artist Biography
Rob Rhee is Assistant Professor and Chair of Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA). Rhee’s work encompasses sculpture, performance, and critical writing. Rhee has exhibited nationally at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon; the Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey; White Columns, New York; Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas; and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. He has also exhibited internationally at the 10th Berlin Biennale and the Ilmin Museum of Art, South Korea. Most recently, Rhee has had work in a two-person exhibition, Subspontaneous, at Frye Art Museum in Seattle. He was an Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Foundations and Art Programs at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle from 2014 to 2020. Rhee became a member of the University of Washington faculty in September 2020.