Youmee Lee, a Korean American animator and storyteller, explores materials and weaves narratives into her art. She created a 2D animated film, Rite of Identity, about a deaf child’s coming-of-age story and struggles with the soundscape, based on deaf people’s childhood stories. Her goal is to create graphic novels and animated poetry.
She is based in New York City, completing a Master’s in Deaf Education at Teachers College, Columbia University to become a certified Teacher of the Deaf.