ABOUT THE ARTIST
Justin Lee
Justin Lee 李志 Singapore
Justin Lee is a Singaporean visual artist and awarded Mont Blanc Young Artist World Patronage Project 2006, Hamburg, German. He has participated in numerous artist-inresidence progammes in Japan (Fukuoka, Studio Kura-2012/14, Itoshima Art Farm-2014, and Tokyo Youkobo-2013). After his graduation with a Diploma in Visual Arts (Fine Arts), he was one of the selected local artists trained at the Tyler Print Institute in New York. Over the years, he has participated in numerous exhibitions held in Singapore and internationally (2000-2002) Justin series of works bring a different understanding of today’s Singapore society and lifestyle with a blend of east and west cultures. Justin also seeks to record everyday lifestyle into visual art based on his cultural and questioning appearances in its surrounding. He believes that art play an important part in helping people to grow and to see the important role play and awareness of themselves. About his works The artist's background in graphic design has greatly inspired his concepts on consumerism. He is well known for his papercut inspired paintings with a fusion of eastern and western elements that highlighted how Western consumerism-culture has infiltrated the East and his ancient Eastern figurines modeling western luxury products. This series of works reflect upon the relationship between People and Nature, and how Imagination can turn into the ability to produce and simulate objects and sensations.
Most recent exhibtions:
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2022 “Celebration of Life+Style” Singapore Night Festival 2022
2022 “Dark Was the Night We Found Light”, Instinc Singapore
2021 “I Am A Con Artist” The Private Museum, Singapore
2020 “Alohomora Chimera” Taipei Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 “Polyphony South East Asia” Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, China
2019 “ASIALIVE SINGAPUR” 2019 No.3, Lublin Poland-Galeria Labirynt