Born 1979, Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Macedon Ranges, Victoria

Education
1998-00 Bachelor of Arts Fine Art, (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2001-02 Bachelor of Arts Fine Art (Honors), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Post Graduate Diploma in Education, Melbourne University
2003-06 Masters by Research in Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2008-12 Currently undertaking a PhD Research project at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Solo Exhibitions
2011 And They Built for Themselves Kingdoms, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne
For Signs, for Seasons and for Days and for Years, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne Grammar School
2009 Peniel: Marking the Places We’ve Been, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2006 The Big Issues: A Recent Study of Homelessness in Melbourne, The Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne
2005 Blossom: New Watercolors by Adam Lee, Salt Contemporary
2004 The New Family: Recent Works by Adam Lee, Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Orphans and Widows, Goya Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions
2012 Contemporary Australian Drawing 2: Drawing as notation, Text and Discovery, University of the Arts, London
Art Stage Singapore (with Karen Black), Tristian Koenig, Singapore
2011 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
The Churchie National Emerging Artist Award, Griffith University, Brisbane
Remnants in Documentation, General Store for Contemporary Art, Sydney
2010 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2009 Off the Wall, Art Melbourne 09, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2008 Secondary Sources (curated by Dr. Phil Edwards), RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Jesuswalks Art Initiative, World Youth Day, Domain gardens, Sydney
2006 Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004 Siemens Fine Art Traveling Scholarship, Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne
2003 Siemens Fine Art Traveling Scholarship, Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne (Awarded Post Graduate Traveling Scholarship) 

Curatorial Projects
2007 Bad Boys and Superheroes (Leo Cussen, Kelvin Heffernan, Timothy Williams and Tim Noble), Arts Project Australia, Melbourne

Awards/Prizes
2011 Churchie Prize (Judges special commendation award)
2010 Redlands Westpac Art Prize (Nominated by Jon Cattapan), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Rick Amor Drawing Prize (Finalist), Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat
Sir John Sulman Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 Off the Wall (selected artist), Art Melbourne 09, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2006 Sir John Sulman Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Siemens Fine Art Scholarship (Postgraduate finalist), RMIT University
2003 Siemens Fine Art Scholarship (Postgraduate winner), RMIT University J.N McNichol Prize (Nominated), RMIT University

Bibliography
Adam Lee, The Melbourne Magazine, Issue no. 85, Nov 2011, p. 88
Phil Brown, On the Beat: Up-and-coming artists present their take on life as we know it, Brisbane News, 3-9th August, 2011 Dan Rule, 2011, Adam Lee, Artist Profile Nov/Dec 2011, p. 52-55
Dan Rule, Around the Galleries, The Age, Nov 19th, 2011
Street Smart Art, The Melbourne Times, No. 22, June 7, 2006, p. 3
Simon Wright, Commended: Adam Lee, The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Griffith University Press, Brisbane, 2011, p. 10-11