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Lee lives and works in Sydney.
Read MoreLindy Lee's practice explores her Chinese roots through the philosophies of Taoism and Buddhism, characterised by an awareness of humanity's close relationship to nature and the universe. Employing the ideas of chance and spontaneity, she creates a galaxy of imagery that emanates philosophical meditations on nature and life.
Her works are intentionally slow to impart their secrets. Rather than singular visual statements, they are thoughtful objects where meaning emerges from sustained meditation. Conceptually concerned with the ancient universe, we are repeatedly offered ‘a grander vision of existence where the bonds of time are loosened and we are for a moment free'.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Mystical Realism: A Record of Things Experienced, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2013; Tales of Moonlight and Fire, Sutton Gallery, 2008;Birth and Death, Artspace, Sydney, 2003; Narrow Road to the Interior, Atrium Space, MITA, Australian High Commission, Singapore, 2003; and No Up, No Down, I am the Ten Thousand Things, Project Space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995.
Selected group exhibitions include: Marking Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012; Return to Sender, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2012; Element, BIAC, Beijing, 2005; Sight Seeing, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Downtown Gallery, Beijing, 2004; Photography is Dead, Long Live Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996; Prospect 93, Frankfurt, 1993; Origins, Originality + Beyond, 6th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1986; and On Location: Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1985.
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Related Press 30 Years Of Lindy Lee 22 October 2014, Art Radar / 17 October 2014 Australian artist Lindy Lee came to prominence in the mid-1980s. Critically praised since her early years, Lee continuously reinvented and developed her art over three decades. A stunning retrospective comprising 48 works from public and private collections showcases a diverse and profoundly philosophical practice. Entitled Lindy Lee: The...
