What I do

I came into the arts in search of a better way to live and consider my endeavours as part of my research process. 

My literary and visual artworks present absurdist introspective reflections on purposes of life and art and other existential concerns. They suggest points of amusement or aspirational optimism amidst an ambivalent existential void. They tend to be hybridised forms of writing, installations, and ink art. 

As an extension of the above, my curatorial and community art initiatives present extrospective speculations on inter-relatedness and pluralism. They are organic social experiments that test liberal discursive and inclusive premises with dynamic collaborations. These projects have a spontaneous, ground-up sensibility, and culminate as alternative exhibitions, like publications or websites.

Bio

Lee Ju-Lyn (a.k.a. meekfreak) is a Singaporean interdisciplinary artist who works primarily with literary and visual art, with a specialisation in Chinese ink. Her works had been exhibited at the Substation and National Gallery Singapore. She has authored and self-published several fiction titles as well. She is also a curator and cultural producer, having initiated a collective art zine, Notions (since 2016), and an online space for new and past art projects, wideopenspace.online. 

Ju-Lyn read Bachelors of Social Sciences (Psychology) from the National University of Singapore and worked in the public service before studying at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), where she graduated as the Valedictorian of the Fine Art Diploma programme in 2018. She then completed a Masters of Arts in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices from the Nanyang Technological University in 2019. 

She is the recipient of several academic scholarships, including the NAFA scholarship, Hokkien Huay Kuan Cultural award, and she has won the Woon Brother Art Prize (Commendation).

Last updated: 6 May 2021

Lee Ju-Lyn 李裕鈴