Jane Lee
Jane Lee’s (b. 1963, Singapore) redefines paint and painting to produce dynamic, bold forms through assiduous processes of layering, mixing, winding, wrapping, kneading, daubing, and other acts of physical transformation. Paint, canvas, frame, orientation and dimension – all are variables in her hands. Operating in a post-colonial Southeast Asian context, the artist reexamines the significance of Western painting practices while asserting her own culture. Pushing the boundaries of the medium, her work echoes the breakdown of cultural barriers in the era of globalization, and affirms the universality of contemporary art.
Jane Lee holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a diploma in fashion from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. She first gained critical acclaim when her monumental work Raw Canvas was showcased at the Singapore Biennale in 2008. Her work was featured at Collectors’ Stage at the Singapore Art Museum in 2011, and in the Southeast Asia Platform at Art Stage Singapore in 2014. In 2015, she participated in Frontiers Reimagined, at the 56th Venice Biennale. Other notable exhibitions include Lila: Unending Play by Jane Lee, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2023; Jane Lee: Red States, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2018; Meld, a solo Sundaram Tagore Gallery presentation, Art Basel Hong Kong, 2017; and Jane Lee: Freely, Freely, STPI, Singapore, 2016.