Ness Lee

Ness Lee draws on history and personal narratives to create dreamy and surreal illustrations, paintings, sculptures, and installations. Exploring states of mind during incomprehensible stages of vulnerability, Lee’s work takes form as an effort in...

Ness Lee draws on history and personal narratives to create dreamy and surreal illustrations, paintings, sculptures, and installations. Exploring states of mind during incomprehensible stages of vulnerability, Lee’s work takes form as an effort in seeking comfort, forgiveness, and desire for an end of a self-perpetuated state. Often featuring their unique characters, Lee’s work approaches ideas of identity, culture, love, belonging, and oneness through their line work and novel use of media. Their work has been featured at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Art Gallery of Hamilton, as well as galleries in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Toronto. Lee has also participated in mural festivals in Canada and internationally in Hyderabad, India, and Cozumel, Mexico.