About
Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee is an artist based between London and Singapore. Her work navigates the nuances and intricacies that arise out of history and memory. Themes of displacement and nostalgia weave in and out of her storytelling, whilst working upon central human issues such as belonging and loss. Drawing from the politics of identity, ethnography and linguistics, her work is an attempt to re-examine the structures of recall and perception. By negotiating the ‘Us’-and-‘Them’ dynamic through visual and textual interventions, her practice works to rethink a singular history, steering narratives toward alternate and fluid territories.
Lee also runs XING, a domain of possibilities shedding light on the trailblazing lives of East and Southeast Asian women today. XING champions the vagabonds, challenges hegemony, and celebrates a oneness through image and prose. The inaugural volume of XING (2017) explores the current landscape of women in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Education
2017—2018 First Class Honours MA Photography
University of the Arts London
2014—2017 First Class Honours BA Creative Direction
University of the Arts London
Work
Forthcoming
Photo London 2019 / A.I. Gallery / Vessels & These hands shall carry you home installation
Art Hub / Uprooted Group Show / Were you a flower to tuck away? installation
UNSEEN 2019 / A.I. Gallery / We've got the sun under our skin
2019 —
The Koppel Project Central / Xhibit 2019 / Were you a flower to tuck away? installation
Royal College of Art / Panel discussion / Women Artists and a Brave New Art World
59 Hackney Road / Deviations Group Show / The unusual powers of disposing
2018 —
London College of Communication / UMBRA Group Show / Were you a flower to tuck away? installation
Enterprise House / ; Group Show / These hands shall carry you home installation
Hackney Showroom / Ladybeard Presents: The Beauty Issue / Panel discussion On Beauty
Guest Projects / Ladybeard Presents: Hysteria / Ultraviole(t)nce moving image installation, a XING takeover
DIY Space For London / AWOMENfest / Prints display
2017 —
V&A Museum / Friday Late Sino Flux / Jin site specific installation
Hoxton Arches / Am I Making Sense Group Show / My voice will not be silent nor will it just be heard–it will be seen, lived and experienced site specific installation
21Moonstone / XING Singapore Book Launch / Prints & moving image installation
Enterprise House / XING London Book Launch / Prints & moving image installation
Old Spitalfields Market / LCFBA17 External Show / XING Book Display
LCF Lime Grove / LCFBA17 Internal Show / XING Book Display
Tate Modern / Offprint London 2017 / XING Book Display represented by STAPLE Magazine
Rich Mix / DIY Cultures 2017 / XING Book Display represented by STAPLE Magazine
Selected Press
iGNANT, It's Nice That, Dazed, i-D, The Guardian, Al Jazeera France, Huffington Post, Riposte, Slate France, Crack, ELLE Singapore, Female Singapore