開雲 CATHERENE LEE
Kai-Yun Catherene Lee is a Taiwan-born, Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist. Her earliest introduction to performing art was through her training as a classical pianist. In 2018, she broadened her horizons, developing her long-time and ever-growing passion for visual art by enrolling in an intensive program at the photography school, Collège Marsan, where she specialized in conceptual photography and has developed a profound interest in contemporary subjects such as identity, human nature, environmental and social issues. Upon graduating in 2019, she received the "M5 Award for Best Portfolio". Later that year she received the prize of Emerging Photographer of the Year in the 6th edition of the "Concours M5", presented by Sony Alpha and Collège Marsan. Her earlier education and career in music have allowed her to collaborate with many performing artists in various fields, thus inspiring her to expand her practice from image-based to intermedia experiments. Her visual language, characterized by a melancholy symbolism, transmits a cold sense of turmoil under the tranquil surface, and sensitively captures, depicts, and narrates the indescribable human condition, emotions, and yearning. L’Oeil de la Photographie, LoosenArt, PHmuseum, Magenta Foundation, ArtConnect, and Fast Foward: Women In Photo have featured and presented her work.
education
2018-2019 AEC diplômée en Photographie Commerciale, Collège de Photographie Marsan, Montreal, Canada
2013-2017 BFA Major in Integrative Music Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
exhibitions & accolades
2022 - "FF Conversation" - Fast Forward Women in Photography Instagram account takeover, June 6th-11th, 2022.
2022 - "2021: UN CRÉPUSCULE" Magenta Foundation Instagram account takeover, February 28th - March 6th, 2022.
2022 - "LA NEUTRALITÉ DES ESPACES", self-portraits from 2018 to 2022, collective exhibition curated by Art Cible, at Atelier Galerie2112, Montreal, Canada.
2022 - ARTISTS TO WATCH ’22 selected by an international jury of guestcurators, featured in ArtConnect.
2021 - "THE DREAMER", image from series (Un)inhabited, group exhibition curated by LoosenArt, at Spazio Millepiani, Rome, Italy.
2021 - Winner of "Wanderlust Open Call", curated by Artrepreneur, image from series (Un)inhabited.
2021 - "2021: UN CRÉPUSCULE", guest panelist and collective exhibition at Exposition PRUNELLE curated by Gallea and Festival Ciné Vert, Montreal, Canada.
2020 - Member of jury and evaluation for the undergraduate students' final portfolios, Collège Marsan,Montreal, Canada.
2019 - "SPEECH", featured on L'Oeil de la photographie (The Eye Of Photography), 2019 December 7thWeekend Edition.
2019 - "SPEECH", ephemeral exhibition at McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada. Winner of EmergingPhotographer of the year 2018-2019 in Concours M5 - 6ième Édition, curated by CollègeMarsan and Sony Alpha.
2019 - "FERMATA", undergraduate exhibition at Collège de photographie Marsan, Montreal, Canada. Winner of M5 Award for Best Portfolio.
2019 - "MEASURING FEAR", contemporary portraits and installation with projector, courtesy of Conservatoire de musiquedu Québec à Montréal, Canada.
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