Eelyn Lee is an award-winning artist and filmmaker who has exhibited across UK including Barbican, Tate Modern, National Portrait Gallery and Whitechapel Gallery as well as internationally in Paris, Berlin, Bogotá and Toronto.
Her art practice combines collective research, devised theatre, screen writing and filmmaking to create frameworks for collaboration. In 2016 Eelyn co-founded Social Art Network who convened the inaugural Social Art Summit [2018], an artist-led review of socially engaged arts practice in UK and beyond.That we would see something translated so profoundly from a theatrical space to a cinematic one in just a handful of days is really extraordinary... A wonderful paradox."
Gareth Evans, film curator (Whitechapel Gallery) on Monster
Hong Kong Future Diaspora Online Roundtable 3rd Nov 7pmThursday, 27 October 2022
On Thursday 3rd Nov I'll be joining a conversation about diaspora and Hong Kongness as part of my exhibition, Hong Kong Future Diaspora at Bloc Projects.Thu 3 Nov 7-8.30pm [GMT]Free but booking required.Book... Read More...
Hong Kong Future Diaspora: 21 Oct - 19 NovThursday, 06 October 2022
I will be exhibitiing work in progress from my latest project, Hong Kong Future Diaspora in a solo show at Bloc Projects, with a special opening performance at the launch event on Thurs 20th Oct 6-8pm. Hong Kong... Read More...
'Mixed Other' - Discussing Liminal Identity with The Other Checkbox PodcastWednesday, 12 January 2022
Last year I had a chat with @theothercheckbox about how my mixed race experiences relate to equal opportunities monitoring forms - which for me generally means only being offered the option of ticking ‘other’ or ’mixed other’. Listen... Read More...
