EDUCATION
2023–25 Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York City, United Sates
2019–22 Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012–16 B.A. (Hons) in Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014–15 University of Vienna & University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2004–11 Heep Yunn School, Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 If Tomorrow Never Comes, Kyotographie KG+ SELECT, Kyoto Art Center, Japan [3D viewing]
2017 The Presence of Absence, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
PUBLIC ART COMMISION
2021 “Wish You Well”, a site-specific work at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
presented in Hi! Flora, Fauna, commissioned by Art Promotion Office, Hong Kong
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Channels, Below Grand, New York City, United Sates
2024 Sushi Grass in Paradise & Greener Rice on the Other Side, WMA, Hong Kong
2024 Fragments of Curiosities, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2024 Coney Island, Spectacular, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2024 Currents, SK Gallery, New York City, United States
2024 25’ MFA Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York City, United States
2023 The Past is Before Us - Prelude to Alternative Photography, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Imagination and Transcendence - Hong Kong Contemporary Photography 2023, Geelong, Australia
2023 Floating Platforms, Peacebuilding HK, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2022 emo gym, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2022 31 HK Women, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 Wish You Well, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2020/21, Hong Kong
2021 The Listening Biennial, Errant Sound, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, The Art Academy Bergen, Germany
2021 Hong Kong Photobook Festival, Hong Kong
2021 Hi! Flora, Fauna, Art Promotion Office, Hong Kong
2020 Peer to Peer: UK/HK, University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, UK and Hong Kong
2020 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2019/20, Hong Kong
2019 Opportunity!, WMA WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong
2018 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2018/19, Hong Kong
2018 Artist-in-residence Exhibition, Taipei International Artist Village, Taiwan
2017 Artist-in-residence Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster, Germany
2017 Dali International Photography Festival, China
2016 B.A. Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, CUHK, Hong Kong
SCREENING
2024 A Palm, A Fountain, An Umbrella, Casa Asia Barcelona, Spain
2024 A Palm, A Fountain, An Umbrella presented with “Outside the Gates” by Naeem Mohaiemen, St Moritz Art Film Festival, Switzerland
2024 A Palm, A Fountain, An Umbrella, Waave Lab, Waave Foundation, New York City, United States
ART RESIDENCIES
2025 TNT Art Residency, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York & Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, United Sates
2025 Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Interdisciplinary Residency, Virginia, United Sates
2018 Taipei International Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Keramikkünstlerhaus Ceramic Artist Exchange Tandem, Neumünster, Germany
2015 Academic exchange, University of Vienna & University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2013 Art and cultural exchange, Yale University YUNA Exchange Programme, New Haven, United Sates
AWARDS | SCHOLARSHIPS | FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Columbia University Scholarship - Choy Family Fellowship, United States
2024 Archive Fellowship, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2023 The 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize - Finalist, Hong Kong & Asia
2023 Kyotographie KG+SELECT - Finalist, Japan
2022 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2021/22, Hong Kong
2021 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2020/21, Hong Kong
2021 Shortlist, Photobook Dummy Award 2021, Hong Kong Photobook Festival, Hong Kong
2021 Friends of Art Museum Research Grant, CUHK, Hong Kong
2021 Talent Development Scholarship 2020/21 (culture, arts & design), Hong Kong
2020 Talent Development Scholarship 2019/20 (culture, arts & design), Hong Kong
2019 Winner of WMA Masters Award 2018/19, WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong
2018 Cultural Exchange Arts Development Fund, Art Development Council, Hong Kong
2017 New Light Award, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
2016 Mr.Kevin Chan Scholarship for the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, Hong Kong
2016 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2015/16, Hong Kong
2014 Student Exchange Scholarship, CUHK, Hong Kong
2012 Good Earth Foundation Scholarship, CUHK, Hong Kong
2012 Reaching Out Award, Hong Kong
GRANTS
2024 Columbia University School of Arts, Dean's Travel Grant
2023 Columbia University School of Arts, Dean's Travel Grant
2023 Cultural Exchange Grant, Hong Kong Art Development Council
2022 Commission for exhibition “emo gym”, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2022 Research Grant, Friends of Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2021 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2020/21
2020 Commission Work, Art Promotion Office, HKSAR Government
2020 Commission Work, Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival
2020 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2019/20
2019 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2018/19
2018 Cultural Exchange Grant, Hong Kong Art Development Council
SELECTED REVIEWS
Harvard Advocate Summer Issue 2024 Art, Canton Girl in the MET, 01.07.2024
ArtAsiaPacific, Redefining Boundaries: Highlights from Kyotographie 2023, by Ryohei Nakajima, 19.05.2023
Artomity - Studio: Sharon Lee, by Caroline Ha Thuc, 20.01.2023
ArtAsiaPacific - Almanac 2023, Hong Kong: An Interview with Sharon Lee by Tiffany Luk, 01.01.2023
Exposure Award of Photofairs Shanghai (23:00-31:37 on Sharon Lee's If Tomorrow Never Comes), In Conversation with M+ and V&A museum, Isabella Tam & Lisa Spinger, 19.08.2021
Peer to Peer: UK/HK Prompts Questions on the Execution of Art in a Digital World
by Denise Tsui, Managing Editor for CoBo Social, 27.11.2020
Hong Kong artists explore what opportunity means to them in WMA Masters’ photo competition by Jennifer Creery, Hong Kong Free Press, 04.30.2019
TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2024–2025 Teaching Assistant of Prof. Matthew Buckingham, Darkroom Photography, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2023–2024 Teaching Assistant of Prof. João Pina, Photobook, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2019–2021 Teaching Assistant of Prof. Tam WAi Ping, Fine Art Department,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018–2019 Research Assistant, Design, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2017–2018 Research Assistant of Lesley Ma, Ink Art, M+ Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2016–2017 Curatorial Intern of Pi Li & Lesley Ma, Visual Art, M+ Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2014–2014 Intern, Asia Art Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2013–2016 Collaborator, PageNEXT, Learning and Development, Asia Art Archive
COLLECTION
University of Salford Art Collection, United Kingdom
WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong
Private Collection