ZAC LEE      (b.1968   Malaysia)

Lee's fluid strokes study sublime behaviors and relationships, presenting 'trace evidence' of primal instincts and interactions. Objects and forms are metaphors for individuals and community, and often involve inquiry into contemporary and extra-territorial applications of traditional folklore and national iconography.


Lee was trained in Chinese calligraphy and traditional painting genres, and enjoys experimentation. He has incorporated elements of painting, silk screening and digital imaging. After his important residency at Three Shadows Art Center, Beijing (where he was the first Malaysian), he begins to incorporate conventional photographic techniques into current works.


He continues to work with realism, abstraction, language and illustration to present psychological puzzles and make elegant social commentary. He works with numerous media including, photography, oil/canvas, brush painting and silk screen.

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Major Exhibitions

2011		Truth & Dare, Solo SGFA Truth & Fiction Are Not Strangers, Tribes Gallery/SGFA , NYC
2010		New Species C - 4, KL Pac Performing Arts Centre , Sentul, Kuala Lumpur and SGFA.
2009		What Goes Up, Shalini Ganendra Fine Art, Malaysia
2006		Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, USA
2005		Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Selangor I Think I Sketch, Elle Six Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Asian Art Festival, Sejong Art Center, South Korea Seoul International Art Festival, Seoul City Art Centre Malaysia Open 2005, National Art Gallery
2002		The Evocation of Nature - Solo, The Gallery, Starhill, KL
2000		Safe For Water.Water For Life, WWF, Islamic Art Museum, KL Philip Morris Malaysia, National Art Gallery
1999		Art Bazaar, Bank Negara, Kuala Lumpur The Way We Are, Kuala Lumpur Aspirasi 2000, Langkawi Philip Morris Malaysia, National Art Gallery

Major Awards & Residencies

2010		Three Shadows, (Caochangdi), Beijing, China
2005		Freeman Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, USA

Special Projects

2011		Peace Project : Collaborative Exploration and continuing project with NY Artist Brookie Maxwell, organized through US Embassy, Malaysia and SGFA.