Claire Lee

Born in Kuala Lumpur

Lives and works in London

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Claire Lee is an oil painting artist trained with both architectural and fine art background. Graduated from Central Saint Martins (UAL) and Sotheby’s Institute of Art; she was also a former member of Christie’s The Young Collectors Club in London. Her works had been selected to be exhibited in Saatchi Gallery (London), Mall Galleries (London) and Artio Gallery (Toronto). She was also featured in the list of ‘Selected Artists’ in Artsinsquare.

Claire draws inspiration from the Pronk Still Life genre of Dutch. Her recent works embark on a journey of responding and retelling these narratives from a feminist perspective. In Claire’s painting process she borrows various elements, from Old Masters of Still Life, to contemporary literature. She tends to arrange found objects in her studio and paint them from real-life observation. Through this recontextualization, her paintings aim to serve as contemporary reinterpretations to introspect our perception towards beauty, power, and desire.