Born 1929 in Penang
ART EDUCATION
| 1957-1958 |
Brighton College of Art |
| 1960-1962 |
Camberwell College of Art |
| 1962-1964 |
Royal College of Art |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
| 1957 |
British Council, British Library, Penang |
| 1960 |
Commonwealth Institute, London |
| 1964 |
Art Council of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1968 |
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1969 |
International Institute, New York
Kansas University, USA |
| 1971 |
Samat Gallery, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1972 |
Mandarin Art Gallery, Singapore |
| 1980 |
East West Art Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1985 |
Raya Art Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1995 |
Retrospective exhibition, The Art Gallery, Penang. |
| 1996 |
Art Salon,Kuala Lumpur |
| 1996-7,1999 |
The Art Gallery, Penang |
| 2008 |
Retrospective exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery |
| 2009 |
Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
| 1964 |
Selected artists exhibition, Shakespeares Festival, UK |
| 1966 |
International combined graphics exhibition, Tokyo |
| 1970 |
Combined graphics exhibition, Sao Paolo
Combined graphics exhibition, Montreal Expo. |
| 1998 |
Joint exhibition with daughter, Michelline Lee, Darwin. |
ART ACTIVITIES
| 1946 |
Art-illustrator by Monsoon magazine (the first post-war English magazine) |
| 1948 |
Art teacher, St Xavier’s Institution, Penang |
| 1952 |
Secretary, Penang Art Teachers’ Council |
| 1961 |
Founded Malaysia Art Circle, Malaysia Hall, London |
| 1965 |
Art lecturer, Specialist Teachers’ Training Institute, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1973 |
Lecturer in mural art and life drawing, Cauldfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
| 1975-1989 |
Lecturer in art and drama, Institute of Catholic Education (later known as the Catholic University, Australia), Melbourne. |
PUBLICATIONS
| 1995 |
Lee Joo For Retrospective Catalogue, 1957 – 1995, The Art Gallery, Penang. |
| 1999 |
My Name is Fire- The Art of Lee Joo For, The Art Gallery, Penang. |
| 2008 |
Lee Joo For Retrospective, Penang State Art Gallery. |
AUCTIONS
| Mar 1995 |
Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore |
| Mar & Oct 1996 |
Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore |
| May 1998 |
Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore
Sotheby’s auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore |
| Oct 1999 |
Sotheby’s auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore |
HONOURS
| 1964 |
Commissioned to paint portraits of Tun Razak, who was then Deputy Prime Minister, Malaysia and his wife. |
| 1964 |
Featured in television presentation, Merdeka Makes Art. |
| 1966 |
Appointed travelling representative of the Malaysian combined exhibitions in France and Italy. |
| 2004 |
Featured in The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Vol 8- Performing Arts
(Volume editor – Professor Dr. Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof), page 110 |
| 2007 |
Featured in The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Vol 14- Crafts and the Visual Arts
(Volume editor – Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal), page 134. |
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