EXHIBITS & AWARDS
- Juror Southern Utah Art Guild Red Cliff Gallery Art Show “Bountiful Harvest”, Oct. 11 – Nov. 14.
- First Place Utah Watercolor Society – Ramble Gallery UWS Fall Show October 2024 – First Place “Kolob Canyons Morn“
- Plein Air Utah – October 2024 Midway, UT
- Zions Bank Invitational – October 2024
- American Watercolor Society – July 6 through August 20, 2024. Online Associates exhibit “Resting Peacefully.”
- Watercolor West 56th International – July 6 through Aug 3, 2024 – Coastline College CA “Hope of Dawn“
- Utah Watercolor Society. April-May 2024 “Through Canyons Like These” Visual Art Institute – Honorable Mention.
- Best of Show Dixie Watercolor Society Splash of Color Spring Show – March 9 – May 31 2024 St. George Art Museum
- Sears Invitational – Feb 17 to March 31, 2024 – Second place Award “Through Canyons Like This” Utah Tech University Sears Art Museum
- Gallery 35 – Featured Artist – November 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024
- Mighty Five – Zion National Park – Dec 1, 2023 to January 12, 2024 Sears Art Museum, Utah Tech University
- Plein Air Salon May 2023 – Winner “Best Western Painting” category “Patiently Waiting” and Honorable Mention “Alone Again.”
- PleinAir Salon May 2023 – Four Roland Lee paintings in Top 100 out of 697 entries. “Alone Again,” “Patiently Waiting,” “Soft and Quiet,” and “Winter Wood.”
- The Sears Legacy – Art show featuring purchase Award winners of past Sears Museum Invitationals. June 16 – August 25, 2023 Utah Tech University
- Highway 89 Show Plein Air Painters of Utah Brushworks Gallery June 15-July 1, Thunderbird Gallery July 14-Aug 11, Springville Art Museum Nov 15-March 2024.
- American Watercolor Society – June 7 to August 20, 2023 Associate Members Competition – “At the Feet of Angels“
- Plein Air Salon Top 100– January 2023 – “Desert Cowboy”
- Sears Invitational – Feb 18 – Apr 2, 2023 – Utah Tech University – “In the Narrows,” and “Back Canyon Climb“
- Arts to Zion – Jan 12 – Jan 16, 2023 – Gallery Walk from St. George to Springdale, UT
- Stories of the Desert – Nov 2 through Dec 28, 2022 – Center for the Arts at Kayenta – “Hope’s Glorious Light.” People’s Choice Award
- Arts and the Park/Light on the Reef – October 2022 – Capitol Reef, Entrada Institute, UWS 1st place “The Arch Wall“, 2nd Place Quick Draw
- American Watercolor Society – Associate members juried online Exhibit – “Party Line” June 7 – August 20, 2022
- 98th Annual Spring Salon of the Springville Museum of Art – April 27 to July 2, 2022. “Colorful Solitude“
- Watercolor West 54th Annual International Exhibition– June 24 – Aug 13, 2022 “Autumn’s Ambience” Coastline College Gallery of Art,Newport Beach CA. Signature Membership
- Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Exhibition – “Season’s Passage” May 6 – May 31, 2022 Logan Fine Art Center
- Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – May 6 – June 5, 2022 “Colorado Barn in Winter” New Mexico Watercolor Society
- Dixie Sears Invitational Art Show – February 19 through April 2, 2022. Dixie State University. “Colorful Solitude” “Shaft of Sunlight“
- Arts and the Park/Light on the Reef – October 2021 – Guest Artist and Judge – Capitol Reef, Entrada Institute, UWS
- Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit – October 2021 – “East Zion Arch” Merchants Award, “Big Business“
- The River Flows – October 2021 Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ – Group show
- Dixie Watercolor Society – October 2021 – New Red Door Honorable Mention.
- Watercolors of the American West Oct 1, 2021 – Feb 6, 2022 – Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ – 8 paintings on display
- 34th annual Sears Invitational Art Show – Feb 13 – April 3rd 2021 – “Creekside Stillness” Honorable Mention and “Sentinel Shadows” Second Place
- Utah Watercolor Society Small Paintings Show – Museums at Union Station, Ogden, February 2021 – First Place “On Its Last Leg.“
- 52 Annual Watercolor West 2020 International Juried Art Exhibition – Through Dec 13, 2020 at the Brea Gallery, California. “Moroccan Musician“
- Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Show – Juror David Smith – June 1 through Aug 30, 2020. “Long Term Parking,” “Shopping in the Casbah,” “Anyone for Hoops.”
- National Watercolor Society 50 Stars 50 States Exhibit – July 9 – Sept 6 2020 “Golden Day in Zion“
- Spring 2020 Bicentennial – Alliance of Covenant Artists – April 2020 – “Cedar City Temple” Honorable Mention, “Angel in the Morning” Honorable Mention
- Transparent Watercolor Society of America 44th Annual Exhibit. May 2 – Aug 2, 2020. “Railroad Summit“
- Sears 33rd Annual Art Invitational – February 15th – March 31st, 2020. “Golden Day in Zion,” First Place Watercolor “House on Highway 89“
- Gallery 35 – Featured Artist Roland Lee – Feb 5 – April 29, 2020
- Dixie Watercolor Society – Spring Show “View Point” Feb 2020 – “Anyone for Hoops?” Second Place
- Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition 2019 – Sego Gallery “Modena Crossing” Merchants Award
- Watercolor West 51st International Juried Exhibition, Oct 12 – Dec 1, 2019, Brea Art Gallery CA “Railroad Summit” – Combined Merchants Award $500
- UWS Small Painting Show – July 10 – August 10, 2019 Award of Merit “Farm Chores,” “Two Good Cowboys.”
- 40-Year Retrospective One Man Show – DSU Sears Art Museum Gallery. June 7 – Aug 2, 1019
- UWS Spring Watercolor Competition – May 3 -23, 2019 Eccles Art Gallery, Ogden UT “Still Workin,” “Railroad Summit“
- Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational – Feb 2019 – “Desert Tempest” and “A Time of Peace”
- Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit – October 2018 – Loge Gallery, University of Utah “Glorious Morn” Award of Excellence
- UWS Small Paintings Exhibit – Red Butte Gardens Salt Lake City UT – June 22 – July 15, 2018 ” Garden Dance” Award of Merit.
- Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Show – Visual Arts Institute – May 11-June 15, 2018 “Coal Creek,” “Zion Narrows” Award of Merit
- St. George Art Festival – March 2018 St. George UT
- Southern Utah Museum of Art Auction – March 7, 2018 – Sold “Autumn in Zion Narrows”
- Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational – Feb 2018 – “Sands of Time” and “Ripples of Gold”
- Best of Show – Dixie Watercolor Society Spring Exhibit “East Zion Aria” – February 15, 2018 – Gallery 35
- People’s Choice – Dixie Watercolor Society Spring Exhibit “Coal Creek” – February 15, 2018 – Gallery 35
- Zions Bank Art Auction – Salt Lake City – November 2018 – “Falls at Emerald Pools” “Angels Landing Tall and Proud“
- Syracuse Guild for Visual Arts – Bryce Canyon Plein Air Group Show Sept 15, 2017 – Syracuse Community Center.
- Best of Show – Utah Watercolor Society Small Works Show –July 21 – Aug 11, 2017 Michael Berry Gallery “Alpine Wildflowers,” “Chessman Point Columbines.”
- Artist in Residence Bryce Canyon National Park Geology Festival July 13-15, 2017 Poster and Schedule. 3 plein air demos plus two talks “Geology through the Eyes of the Artists” and “40 Years of Painting the National Parks.”
- Chasing Light – Invitational Plein Air – July 3-8, 2017 Southern Utah University – SUMA and Cedar Breaks National Monument. Exhibit at Southern Utah Museum of Art July 8 – Aug 19, 2017
- Presentation to Governor Herbert – June 24, 2017 “Kinesava Cliffs – Zion” Zion Nat’l Park Forever Project – Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake City UT
- Maynard Dixon Campout Plein Air Event – June 21-24, 2017
- Utah Watercolor Society Spring Exhibit – May 3 – June 28, 2017 – Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City Utah Award of Merit “Navajo Loop Trail, Bryce”, “Three Gossips, Arches”, “Cliffs of Zion.”
- Rockville Bridge Plein Air Invitational – April 27-29, 2017 Mt. Carmel, UT
- St. George Art Festival – April 14-15, 2017 – St. George Town Square – First Place “Navajo Loop Trail, Bryce”
- Dixie Watercolor Society Presentation – Feb 23, 2017 Electric Theater Center for the Arts
- Sears Invitational Art Show – Eccles Gallery at Dixie State University -2nd place “Navajo Loop Trail, Bryce”
- Arts to Zion Gallery Tour – Jan 12-16, 2017
- Best of Show – Utah Watercolor Society Fall Show October 2016. “Cliffside Oasis” Best of Show, “Misty Morning Zion” Juror’s Award
- “Sanctuary – The Story of Zion National Park.” Stage production and video OC Tanner Amphitheater at Zion National Park. An video interview with Roland Lee is part of this production.
- Arts Afire – Cedar Breaks Plein Air Invitational – July 11-16, 2016. Cedar Breaks National Park. “Centennial Tribute” and “Point Supreme” – Cedar Breaks”
- Where in the World is Plein Air – June 8-10, 2016. Illume Gallery
- First Peek Juried Invitational Art Show and Sale – Opening exhibit for Southern Utah Museum of Art June 25, 2016 “Life on the Edge” Painting sold
- Maynard Dixon Country Invitational Campout – Mt. Carmel, UT 5 days Plein Air June 2016
- St. George Art Museum – Pictured – “the West’s Most Spectacular National Parks” June 11 – Aug 13, 2016
“Navajo Loop Trail Bryce Canyon” 21 x 29 Watercolor by Roland Lee - Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Juried show – Eccles Art Center Ogden UT May 6-27, 2016
“Pine Creek Pageant” and “Autumn Falls” – Merchant Award - Sears Invitational Art Show – Dixie State University. Feb 13 through March 2016. Both paintings sold.
- Southern Utah Art Guild “Winter in the Desert” – “Snow Canyon Overlook“
- National Parks: Uniting America, 100 Years on Common Ground. January 15 through May 28, 2016. St. George Art Museum
“River of Time” – People’s Choice Award - Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational – November 2-9, 2015 – Four Purchase Awards
- Utah Watercolor Society Fall Show – October 5- 31, 2015 – “Aging Gracefully” and “Red Glow in Snow Canyon.” (Merchant Award)
- Winsor & Newton Award – for “River of Time”
- Visual Art Institute – One Man Show Sept 4 – Oct 2, 2015
- Kayenta Art Festival – October 9-10, 2015 – Display of new oils and Quick Draw
- Utah Watercolor Society – Spring Open Show – May 2015 Award of Excellence – “River of Time” plus “People’s Choice ” award
- Award for Excellence for lifetime service in the Arts – April 2015 – Presented by City of St. George Arts Commission
- St. George Art Festival – April 2015 – First Place “River of Time”
- Brigham Young University – “Every Polished Grace” – Paintings by Alumni celebrating 50 year anniversary of Harris Fine Arts Center.
- Sears Invitational – Feb 2015 – Dixie State University Eccles Museum of Art
- Dixie Watercolor Society Spring Show – February 2015 First Place “Porch at Ponte Vecchio”
- Remax Winter Show – December, 2014. Best of Show Award for Winter in Pine Valley
- SUAG Holiday Miniature Show – December, 2014 – Honorable Mention for “Big Skies”
- Three Man Show- October 2014. with Jason Bowen and Steve McGinty. Main Street Gallery, St. George UT
- Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational – November, 2014. Peoples Choice Award and four Purchase Awards
- Dixie watercolor Society – October 2014. Awarded Best of Show for Pine Valley Snowfall. Judged by Fealing Lin
- Leconte Stewart Invitational Plein Air Painters of Utah– Art Show and paint out at Alderwood Gallery October 2014
- Governors Mansion Artist Award – August 20, 2014. Awarded by Utah Governor Gary Herbert
- SUAG Spring Art Show – May 22, 2014
- St. George Art Museum – “Permanent Collection Comes Into the Light” Feb 1 – June 28, 2014
- Plein Air Painters of Utah- Art Show and paint out at Fibonacci Gallery May 2-3, 2014
- Art of the National Parks – Art Show and Book Signing at Split Rock Gallery April 25-26, 2014
- St. George Art Festival – April 18-19, 2014 “Mayors Choice Award”and “St. George Art Museum Purchase Award”
- Sears Invitational- Feb 2014 – Honorable Mention A ward “Irish Welcome”
- Arts to Zion Studio tour- Jan 17, 2014
- Sears Invitational – Feb 2013 – Second Place Watercolor “Sunrise in Snow Canyon.”
- In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran- Nov 2013, Zion National Park. Plein Air Invitational. “People’s Choice Award” 2 Presentations
- Sears Invitational at Eccles Museum – Feb 18 – March 24, 2012. “Where Two Streams Meet”, “Where the River Turns”.
- St. George Art Museum – Jan 14 – May 24, 2012. “Collections within the Collection” 11 Roland Lee paintings from the Permanent collection
- In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran – November 2011, Zion National Park.
- Mesa Verde National Park – Artist in Residence October 2011
- 2011 Springville Spring Salon- Apr 22, 2011 – July 3, 2011 Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT “Reflections of Solitude”
- St. George Art Festival – April 21-22, 2011
- UWS Two-Star/Signature Show – Feb 4 – March 24, 2011, Eccles Art Center Gallery, Ogden, UT “Reflections of Solitude” Award of Merit” and “Scotney Tower”
- 2011 Sears Invitational- Feb 18 – March 26, 2011 Dixie State College Eccles Art Gallery,
- National Watercolor Society 90th Annual – Oct 30 – Dec 11 2010, San Pedro, CA. Named Signature Member 2010 “Reflections of Solitude”
- Southern Virginia University Invitational – 2010
- Zion Canyonscapes- June 1 – July 1, 2010, One Man Show – Zion National Park Human History Museum Gallery, Utah
- 2010 Sears Invitational- Feb 1 – March 31, Dixie State College Eccles Art Gallery, “Nature’s Sculpture”, and “Autumn Lake.”
- Portrait of Saint George – St. George Art Museum Jan 29 – March 2010
- Best of Show SUWS- Mesquite Nevada Art Center, November 2009. Fall Competition Southern Utah Watercolor Society for “Scotney Castle”
- Canyon Country – New Views – Nov 12, 2009 – Dec 30, 2009 The Mission Gallery One man Show. Paintings of Lake Powell, Zion National Park, and So Utah.
- Visions of Zion – Sept 26, 2009 – January 16, 2010 Juried Exhibit . Roland Lee painting “Morning Light on the Sentinel”
- First Place Thanksgiving Point Plein Air Festival – Sept 2009 – First Place “Quick Draw Competition” with “Flowers and Stone.”
- First Place Thanksgiving Point Plein Air Festival – Sept 2009 – First Place “Quick Draw Competition” with “Flowers and Stone.”
- A New Vision for the Arts – May 1-2, 2009 – Group show sponsored by the Mission Gallery at Santa Clara Town Hall.
- In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran – April 2009 – Plein Air Invitational Zion National Park. Exhibits at Bingham Gallery, Mt. Carmel, Utah “Virgin Beauty in Zion” and Human History Museum, Zion National Park, “Watchman in Autumn.”
- St. George Art Festival – April 2009 – 2nd Place Watercolor “Icy River”
- St. George Art Museum – April 2009 – “30 Years of Festival Acquisitions.”
- 2009 Sears Invitational – Dixie State College – Second Place “Solace at Sinawava, Honorable Mention “Icy River“.
- Tonbridge Castle Museum Collection – Sketchbook Drawing in permanent collection at the Tonbridge Castle, Kent England
- One Man Show – Paintings of England and Europe 2008 – The Mission Gallery, 173 North Main, St. George UT 84770. November 6-29, 2008 The Spectrum article, invitation (pdf)
- Best of Show – So Utah Watercolor Society Mesquite NV “Banjo Man” Best of Show and “Ready to Spin” Merit Award Nov 14, 2008
- Utah Watercolor Society Two-Star Exhibit – Springville Museum of Art Sept 2008
- Best of Show – So Utah Watercolor Society Fall Juried Show – Zion’s Bank Staircase Gallery, Aug 6 – Oct 15 2008 “Cliffs on Fire“
- Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit, UWS July 2008 – July 2009 “Stone Buttress”
- Springville Museum of Art – Spring Salon, June-July 2008 – “Cliffs on Fire” Springville Museum of Art
- Desert Blossom Art Festival – Kayenta UT, Guest Artist Plein Air painting demonstration, May 3, 2008
- 2008 Spring Exhibition – Utah Watercolor Society – May 15-June 16 2008, Palmer’s Gallery Salt Lake City, Jerry’s Artarama Award “Stone Buttress,” “Banjo Man”
- St. George Art Museum – A Legacy of Woods – April-May 2008
- New Visions – Group Show, Santa Clara May 2008
- “Roland Lee’s Canyon Country” Paintings by Roland Lee with potter, Glen Blakely. St. George Art Museum, March 31 – July 7, 2007
- OTHER WESTERN ART SHOWS AND AUCTIONS
- Calgary Stampede Western Art Showcase – Canada
- Death Valley 49ers Invitational Art Show – Death Valley CA
- Ellensburg Washington National Fine Art Show – Ellensburg WA
- CM Russell Art Show and Auction – Great Falls MT
- Phippen Museum Art Show – Prescott AZ
- Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Auction – Cheyenne WY
- AICA San Dimas National Western Art Show and Sale – San Dimas CA
Transparent Watercolor Society of America
National Watercolor Society
Dixie Watercolor Society
Utah Watercolor Society
Art Society
Publications
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Catalogs
Publications
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Catalogs
- National Watercolor Society – Newsletter Spring 2015
Roland Lee NWS won Best of Show at DWS Fall Show - Watercolor West – Newsletter Jan-Feb 2015 – News of Members, Roland Lee receives Utah Governors Mansion Medal
- National Watercolor Society Newsletter Winter 2014-15 – Roland Lee receives purchase awards at Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational
- Utah Watercolor Society – Newsletter Winter 2014-15 – Member News, Roland Lee receives awards
- Utah Watercolor Society – Newsletter Jan-Feb 2013 – p. 4 Roland Lee receives”People’s Choice Award”. p. 5 plus Mini workshop article p.5 with photo of Roland Lee workshop class
- St. George Magazine – 30 year Anniversary issue Jan 2013. Article on Roland Lee’s paintings
- American Watercolor Society – Newsletter, Summer 2012 p. 14
- Utah Watercolor Society – Newsletter Mar – Apr 2012 – p. 3 “Roland Lee has 11 watercolors on Display at the SG Art Museum”
- Utah Watercolor Society – Newsletter July-Aug 2011 – “Roland Lee recently received signature membership status in National Watercolor Society”
- Watercolor West – Newsletter, Member News section, Winter 2009 p. 6, Peggy Minger-Cants
- SUWS Sept 2008 newsletter “Zion Landscape Workshop” p2, by Dick Rose
- St. George Art Museum Fall 2008 Canvas newsletter “A Century of Sanctuary” p2, 4 by Deborah Reeder
- A Century of Sanctuary, The Art of Zion National Park – Aug 25, 2008 – January 2009. Book and Catalog with 6-pg essay “Eyes of the Beholder” by Roland Lee. Painting, “Zion’s Great Arch,” and Painting “West Temple.”
- 84th Spring Salon – May 2008 Springville Art Museum Exhibition catalog, Painting: “Cliffs on Fire”
- St. George Art Museum April 2008 “Canvas” newsletter A Legacy of Woods p2, 3 by Deborah Reeder. Image: “Spring’s a Coming”
- American Watercolor Society – Newsletter. Winter 2008 p. 10 News of the Associates
- San Antonio Watercolor Group “Watermark” newsletter. January 2008
- Paint the Parks Top 100 2007-08 Exhibit Catalog, Images: “Five Minutes of Fame”, “Winter in Zion.”
- Watercolor West – Newsletter, Member News section, Fall 2007
- Arts for the Parks Top 100 2006 Exhibit Catalog – p. 130 Image: “Washington’s Headquarters Valley Forge”
- Watercolor West – Peggy Minger-McCants (Ed), Newsletter Spring & Summer 2007 issues – Member News – P. 6
- Transparent Watercolor Society of America – “Clear Choices” newsletter – Member News – Winter 2006-07, p. 6 Nia Pirnat (Ed)
- Utah Watercolor Society – Newsletter “May June 2006 – Recent Exhibits with Roland Lee
- Utah Watercolor Society – Feature in Member Newsletter “April Meeting and Workshop with Roland Lee” Utah Watercolor Society March-April 2007- By Catherine Hostetter
- The Midwest Watercolor Society – 26th Annual National Exhibition of Transparent Watercolor. Kankakee, Illinois P. 16 Watercolor painting “Kayenta Light” by Roland Lee
- American Indian and Cowboy Artists – 7th Annual Exhibition. San Dimas, CA “Lazy Afternoon” watercolor painting by Roland Lee
- Western Masters Exhibit – Scottsdale AZ. Image: “Johnson’s Barn” watercolor painting by Roland Lee
