Claire Lee is a poet and visual artist working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, poetry and mixed media. She lives and works in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Her works draw on subjects dealing with psychological struggles and personal strength, and she offers in her poems and artworks a vision of a world of contrasts. The drawings, paintings and photographs explore how our souls might express a spiritual strength and purity in times of pain.
Since her first exhibition in Hong Kong in 2009, Lee has held various solo exhibitions in galleries and art spaces throughout the city, including the Fringe Club, New Gallery on Old Bailey and Mur Nomade. Her works have also been featured in museum exhibitions in Japan and the United States.
| 2017 | The Awakening, Charbon Art Space, Hong Kong |
| 2016 | Under Pressure, Art Central, Hong Kong |
| 2015 | Under Pressure, Mur Nomade, HK |
| 2013 | Tofu & Violence, PubArt Gallery, HK |
| 2012 | Sacrifice, New Gallery on Old Bailey, HK |
| Sacrifice, Cattle Depot Artist Village, HK | |
| 2011 | Calm Before the Storm, Fringe Club, Central, HK |
| 2009 | Weight of a Feather, The Studio, Central, HK |
| 2008 | Muse, Temple Bar, Central, HK |
| 2014 | Painting in the World: Reflections on Politics, Violence and Reconciliation, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Arizona, United States (shortlisted) |
| 2014 | mission [SPACExART] - beyond Cosmologies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | Chan Wing Nga & Claire Lee, Mur Nomade, Hong Kong |
| 2014 | AHAF, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Asia Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | ’Apart from Apart’, Central Plaza HK, Sino Group ‘Art in Hong Kong’ |
| 2009 | ’Bag for Better’, Charity fund raising exhibition for Chi Heng Foundation, YY9 Gallery |
| 25th Hong Kong Book Fair ‘Cultural July’ Programme, Mur Nomade, Hong Kong |
| Art @ Lunch: John Cage @ 100: Musicircus, Asian Premiere, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong |
| Unmeasured Music in association with Pro Helvetia present: A Swiss <-> Asia Exchange, Input / Output (I/O), Hong Kong |
| Monday Writer Forum, presented by Kubrick Poetry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Haven Books Publishing Live Performance of Poetry and Jazz, Box Thai HK, Hong Kong |
| Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival, The Fringe Theatre, Hong Kong |