Lee is a documentary photographer who lives and works in Canberra. She holds a degree in Anthropology and in 2010 completed a Master of Philosophy (Visual Arts) at the ANU School of Art.
Lee has exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney), the Monash Gallery of Art (Melbourne) and the National Portrait Gallery (Canberra) amongst others. She has been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize, the Head On Alternative Portrait Prize, the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Prize, the Olive Cotton Award, Critical Mass 09 and Sony/ACMP’s The Projections 09 (which she won). Lee was also the winner of the prestigious Bowness Photography Prize in 2010.
In 2012, Lee published her first book, Belco Pride. A selection of her work was also published in 10×100 as well as the Big City Press monograph Hijacked Volume 2: Australia and Germany.
Lee’s work is held in the National Library, the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery as well as numerous private collections and she has received grants from ArtsACT, CAPO/Singapore Airlines and the Australia Council.
In 2012, Lee joined the Australian photo-collective, Oculi.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Australian Photography - a Projections curated by Jody Haines. Chobi Mela Photography Festival, Bangladesh
2013 Asian Women’s Photography Showcase – curated by Yumi Goto. Chaing Mai Documentary Arts Festival, Thailand
2012 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery
2012 10×100, Fremantle Prison Gallery, Fotofreo, Fremantle
2012 Inspire, Newington College Gallery, Sydney
2012 Body, Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Unearthly Garden, The Colour Factory, Melbourne
2011 Global Backyard, Latrobe Regional Art Gallery.
2011 Australian Pavilion, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2011 National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2011 Olive Cotton Award. Tweed Heads Art Gallery.
2011 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. Gold Coast Art Gallery
2011 National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2010 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
2010 Hijacked 2: Australia and Germany, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2010 Head On. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2010 National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2009 Surfacing. Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
2009 Sony/ACMP Projections 09. Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane
2009 Head On. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney and Obscura Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Inheritance. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2009 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. Gold Coast Art Gallery
2008 Head On. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney and M16 Artspace, Canberra
2008 Parade. School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2008 Suburban Zeitgeist. PhotoSpace, Canberra
2007 Off the Wall. Art Sydney, Sydney
Curatorial Projects
2013 _On this site Bateman’s Bay (ACT). The Photography Room/Kaori Gallery, Canberra
2011 Timemachine Magazine (co-founder and editor)
2009 Light Journeys: Australian Women Working in Photography (founder and co-curator)
2008 Suburban Zeitgeist. PhotoSpace, Canberra
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Belco Pride. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
2010 Belco Pride. ANU SoA Gallery, Canberra
1996 Light Journeys: a personal odyssey. ANCA Gallery, Canberra
1991 Faces of Melanesia. Gorman House, Canberra
Features and Publications
2012 Belco Pride: published by Au.thentic Press
2012 Fuji 10×100: published by T&G Publishing and Fuji Australia
2012 The Big Issue #401: Roving Eye feature on Belco Pride
2011 Interviewed by Andy Adams on Flak Photo: link
2011 Featured in Issue 1 of TAKE: link
2011 Featured in Right Now Magazine: link
2011 Interviewed on ABC’s 7.30 ACT
2011 Featured on Verve- The New Breed of Documentary Photographers: link
2011 Interview featured on Hotels we Love: link
2011 Interviewed on ABC’s Canberrarts Take 5: link
2011 Featured on Connective-Collective: link
2011 Interview featured on Aloud: link
2011 Interview featured on Mossless Magazine: link
2011 Featured in Carne Mag: link
2010 Featured on aCurator: link
2010 Featured on Flak Photo: link
2010 Hijacked Volume 2: Australia and Germany
Grants/Awards
2013 Asian Women’s Photography Showcase (AWPS) – Winner.
2012 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award - Finalist
2012 ArtsACT Grant (Belco Pride Publication)
2011 Olive Cotton Award - Finalist
2011 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award - Finalist
2011 National Photographic Portrait Prize - Finalist
2010 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize - Finalist and Overall Winner
2010 ArtsACT Grant (Incite, FotoFreo)
2010 Head On: Alternative Portraits Prize, Shortlisted
2010 National Photographic Portrait Prize - Finalist
2010 Selected for Hijacked Volume 2 – Australia and Germany.
2009 Critical Mass 09 - Finalist
2009 Sony/ACMP Projections 09. Finalist, Category Winner (Art) and Overall Winner
2009 Head On: Alternative Portraits Prize, Finalist
2009 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Finalist
2008 Head On: Alternative Portraits Prize, Shortlisted
2007 Off the Wall Sydney, 1 of 20 selected artists Australia-wide
2007 ArtsACT Grant (Off the Wall)
1995 ACT Arts Council Grant (Light Journeys)
1991 ACT Arts Council Grant (Faces of Melanesia)
Collections
National Library of Australia
Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
Various Private Collections