2023Embroidery installation Variable dimensions This is an evolutive artwork, inspired by the tropical vegetation in Brazil. I have always been fascinated by trees and the related ecosystem. As someone who grew up on a tropical island and moved later to Europe, I rediecovered tropical trees during my stay in Sao Paulo. Based on real trees …
2024InstallationVariable dimensions In the theory of Chinese medicine, the human body is a small cosmos, and to sustain its operation requires a constant exchange with the big one. This exchange is done through the act of eating, so we can say that our “small cosmos” is composed of our daily intake: we are what we …
2024Photo collage and drawing450*110cm The notion of nourishment defines what sustains vital activity; it reveals the various energetic aspects that shape the forms and substances of the world and the human body. Meanwhile, art explores the sensory pathways through which humans conceive and perceive the universe around them.This drawing illustrates a continuity of different forms …
2024HD video 9’10” On a molecular scale, the human body is like a galaxy, a hundred times richer in stars than the Milky Way. Maintaining its balance requires an exchange of matter and energy with the vast cosmos. Food plays an essential role here: the act of eating constitutes a genuine encounter between the world, …
Temple Keeper (Red Dragon & Green Dragon)2024Installation néon70*40*5 cm Developed in the residency with Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation co-organized with French association Rempart in Shanxi, China, this short film documents the roof restoration work of an 800-year-old temple that has lived through war, riot, theft, and mass demolition of heritage during the Cultural Revolution. The …
Temple Keeper2024HD Video, 11’30” Developed in the residency with Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation co-organized with French association Rempart in Shanxi, China, this short film documents the roof restoration work of an 800-year-old temple that has lived through war, riot, theft, and mass demolition of heritage during the Cultural Revolution. The survival of the temple was …
2023Digital photography printed on satin paper30*30cm This photo is shot on the balcony of Copan, one of the iconic buildings in the center of Sao Paulo. No one knows if this tree grows on a skyscraper’s terrace by coincidence or by intentional plantation. It stands alone in a “concrete forest” in the biggest city of …
20232 Channel Video 1440*1080, 7’40” This is a 2-channel video developed for the exhibition “+ ou – 1,5 °” in Botanic Garden of Montpellier. Chia LEE explores the colonial history of orangerie (citrus greenhouse) and revisits the migration of orange from Asia to Europe a millennium ago. She invites two Taiwanese citrus fruits, “liuding” and …
Still Life : Carbon on Carbon2022Carbonized food and plastic ready-made in marble trompe-l’oeil Variable dimension The inspiration for this series came from a visit to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin (Italy), where the artist saw a reconstruction of antiquity daily life with some carbonized foods in ancient pottery tablewares. Carbonization is a process that …
Untitled Time-Space SeriesOil painting and gesso on uncoated canvas – Valley, 2020, 90*120cm– Window, 2021, 180*120cm– Tree, 2021, 150*200cm– Sunset, 2021, 90*120cm In the tradition of Chinese painting, the “emptiness” signifies a “non-existence” in space and in time. It is exactly this “non-existence” that allows everything to exist. This non-existence creates a place for interactions …