Hong Kong and United Kingdom
Claire Lee (born 1976) lives and works in Hong Kong where she develops a multifaceted practice exploring notions of memory identity and collective or personal wounds. Her work invites a sensory and contemplative experience reflecting the tensions inherent to the postcolonial and diasporic condition of Hong Kong as well as contemporary anxieties. Claire creates often poetic and minimalist works where silence, resilience and fragments of everyday life intertwine. These include ink and charcoal paintings, photographic visuals, installations, artist’s books and poetic performances.
Claire’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, including solo presentation at Art Central (Hong Kong), the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art (UK) and the Northern Arizona University Art Museum (US). Her poetry and prose have been published in various anthologies and independent publishing and has been featured in numerous literary platforms across Asia.
In 2026, Claire’s new book On the Verge, her prose and poetry was launched and a poetry reading at Kubrick Poetry. Her artwork was also selected for a juried art fair during Art March. She subsequently participated in a gallery group exhibition in May and a month-long artist residency in France in July. Returning home she has been working on new paintings inspired by research on historic operating theatres.
EXHIBITION HISTORY - SOLO
Artist-in-Residence (2026, Walden, France)
The Fire Surround (2025, Caine Road)
The Monster (2024, Yrellag Gallery)
Being Alone Together (2019, Shin Hing Street)
The Awakening (2017, Charbon Art Space)
Under Pressure (2016, Solo presentation, Art Central)
Under Pressure (2015, Mur Nomade)
Tofu & Violence (2013, PubArt Gallery)
Sacrifice (2012, New Gallery on Old Bailey)
Sacrifice (2012, Cattle Depot Artist Village)
Calm Before the Storm/Weight of a Feather (2011, Fringe Gallery/Anita Chan Lai-Ling Gallery)
Weight of a Feather (2009, The Studio)
Muse (2008, Temple Bar)
EXHIBITION HISTORY - GROUP
Soma (2026, Contemporary by Angela Li)
Collect Hong Kong Art Fair (2026, Hong Kong Arts Centre)
ParaSite Benefit Auction (2024, H Queen’s)
Meta-moments (2023, Airside)
31 Women Artists Hong Kong (2022, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery)
Annual Open (2022, Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, United Kingdom)
Carnival (2017, Amnesty International Hong Kong, Kong Art Space)
Painting in the World: Politics, Violence, and Reconciliation (2014, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, United States)
mission [SPACExART] - beyond Cosmologies (2014, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan)
Chan Wing Nga & Claire Lee (2014, Mur Nomade)
Asia Hotel Art Fair (2014, Marco Polo)
Young Art Taipei (2013, Taipei)
Asia Contemporary Art Fair (2012, Grand Hyatt)
John Cage @ 100: Musicircus (2012, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, HK Arts Centre)
Artist Gathering (2010, YY9 Gallery)
Apart from Apart (2009, Art in Hong Kong, Sino Plaza)
Unmeasured Music in association with Pro Helvetia present: A Swiss <-> Asia Exchange (2009, Input / Output)
Bag for Better (2009, YY9 Gallery)
Maximum and Minimum (2007, YY9 Gallery)
POETRY & ARTIST BOOKS
2025 On the Verge, poetry and prose book
2023 Poetry commission, Asia Art Archive
2020 Poetry commission, Collected Writings By Artists On Artists, CoBo Social
2019 Being Alone Together, Poems on Solitude From 3 Cities, London, New York, Stockholm
2017 The Awakening, art book of artist’s titled exhibition
2017 In Between, poetry box
2014 FIST, poetry, drawings and photographs
2013 Tofu & Violence, photography, paintings and book project, crowdfunded and charity
2012 Ritual, English & Chinese bilingual poetry
2009 Not a Muse: Poetry to Seduce the Senses, The inner lives of women, a world poetry anthology, edited by Kate Rogers & Viki Holmes, Haven Books Publishing
POETRY READING PERFORMANCES
Kubrick Poetry Society, Broadway Cinematheque
Book launch and reading, Karin Weber Gallery
Poetry reading, CoBo Social
Book launch and music performance, Charbon Art Space
25th Hong Kong Book Fair ‘Cultural July’ Programme
Art @ Lunch: John Cage @ 100: Musicircus, Asian Premiere, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Unmeasured Music in association with Pro Helvetia present: A Swiss <-> Asia Exchange, Input Output (I/O)
Monday Writer Forum, presented by Kubrick Poetry, The University of Hong Kong
Haven Books Publishing Live Performance of Poetry and Jazz, Box Thai
Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival, The Fringe Theatre
The location referred to is Hong Kong, unless otherwise specified.