Joyce Yu-Jean Lee

Joyce Yu-Jean Lee is a visual artist working with video, digital photography and interactive installation. Her artwork examines how mass media and visual culture shape notions of truth and understanding of the “other.” Her project about Internet censorship, FIREWALL, garnered backlash from Chinese state authorities in 2016 and was presented at Lincoln Center in NYC and the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway. She has exhibited internationally and been written about in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Hong Kong Free Press, Hyperallergic and ArtCritical. Her work has been supported by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Asian Women Giving Circle; Franklin Furnace Fund; Maryland State Arts Council; The Walters Art Museum; and she received fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center supported by the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Hamiltonian Artists. She is based in NYC and teaches as an Assistant Professor of Art & Digital Media at Marist College.

Website: http://www.joyceyujeanlee.com/