Lindy Lee's latest exhibition presents an opportunity to experience this artist’s work in a more intimate gallery setting.

The latest show Lindy Lee: A tree more ancient than the forest it stands shows the artist’s new works, including sculptural forms in steel, bronze and wood, in addition to works on paper.

Exploring connections between humanity, nature, and the cosmos; her process forges an intimate collaboration with the elemental materials of fire, water, metal and wood. Her diverse works translate personal experience to the universal with references to Daoism and Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism philosophies.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Lee has been shown in over 150 exhibitions around Australia and internationally; and created more than 40 public artworks and large-scale sculptural commissions including in 2024, the artist’s immersive public sculpture, Ouroboros, which will open at the National Gallery of Australia and will be the largest commission in the Gallery’s history.

Since the early 1980s, Lindy Lee has explored ideas around connection, family, history, time and personal identity through multi-disciplinary works that draw on her Australian and Chinese heritage. Over the last decade Lee’s extensive practice has moved into the public realm creating spaces of belonging and community.

Closely connected with Australia’s contemporary art community, Lee was a founding member of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney and has held prominent leadership roles in cultural organisations including President of the Asian Australian Artists Association, Deputy Chair of the Visual Arts and Craft Fund, Australia Council, Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and a board member of Artspace, Sydney and the Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney..

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