Background

June Lee Yu Juan was born in 1988 in Singapore.

Education

June Lee Yu Juan graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art (Chinese Ink Painting) from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore in 2008 and a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts from the University of Tasmania, Australia in 2012.

Career

June Lee Yu Juan has held two solo exhibitions and has taken part in several group exhibitions both locally and abroad.

Since her first exhibition in 2008, June Lee Yu Juan has been questioning her Chinese roots through the prism of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Her fascination for shapes, forms and structures has dictated her to re-interpret Chinese characters in a formalistic approach. By folding, twisting and warping texts into volumetric masses she creates solidified assemblages, which suggest various cultures and influences and refer to the combination of diverse Chinese cultures from the past and the present.

In "Other Words", her last series, pushes the boundaries of her practice even further in challenging the viewer by transgressing the usual rules of calligraphy. The texts, which are of high importance in calligraphy, are put to the side and partially hidden. In "Besides this what matters" Lee Yu Juan introduces the red colour, which traditionally is not used by calligraphers. Flat surfaces with non-diluted ink disrupt the visual aesthetic of calligraphy, while simplified characters which could be easily read by the young generations are partially hidden.

Moreover, her new artworks have a stunning three-dimensional effect, which has become Lee Yu Juan’s hallmark.

She currently lives and works in Singapore.

Achievements

• June Lee Yu Juan is a young Singaporean artist who has exhibited in Singapore, Australia, South Korea, France and Indonesia. Besides, in 2009 she won the Wood Award from NAFA Fine Art Awards in Singapore.

Works

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  • Inked Falls

    2016

  • Composite 7

    2016

  • Composite 8

    2016

  • Composite 1

    2015

  • besides this, what matters

    2019

  • Tonight

    2015

  • Lost in Translation 3

    2013

  • Lost in Translation 4

    2013

  • Composite 5

    2016

  • A Wink of Dusk

    2015

  • Composite 2

    2016

  • Composite 3

    2016

  • Composite 4

    2016

  • Composite 6

    2016

  • Void of Culture 1

    2009

  • Void of Culture 4

    2009

  • Cut in Space 1

    2013

  • Cut in Space 2

    2013

  • Cut in Space 4

    2013

  • Cut in Space 3

    2013

Views

Quotations: "I do not have a fixed plan in mind, as I am always undecided on my ideas."

"I love to challenge myself, so I do not like to limit myself to a fixed medium or genre. Dabbling in various art forms has increased my confidence in art making which has pushed and created more possibilities in my art practice."

Interests

• Artists

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