Lee Paje is a contemporary Filipino

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. She has shown her works in the

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, and

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. Her works explore themes of

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and

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, myth-making, and unique contemporary lifestyles. In 2018, she won the Don Papa Rum Art Competition. She has been in residency at Art Omi in New York and at Kapitana Gallery in

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Biography

Lee Paje was born in 1980. She graduated with a

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distinction for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, major in Painting from the

University of the Philippines Diliman The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; ), also referred to as UP Diliman, is a State university and college (Philippines), public, coeducational, Research university, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Ph ...

, Quezon City.

Works

Paje works with mediums such as painting on copper, sculpture, and video to convey visual narratives that highlight inequity in relation to gender and identity. Some of her sculptural works include ''Teriapara'' (oil on relief, 2011) and ''Sanctus Cunnus'', choclit (liqeuer-filled chocolates, 2011) both of which are reminiscent of female genitalia. Paje's series of tondos, including ''Sunday Afternoon'', oil and etching on copper, acrylic on steel wool (2014) and ''Mother and Child,'' oil and etching on copper, acrylic on steel wool (2014), depict everyday scenes of love and familial relationships among the

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, focusing not on the unconventionality of it, but its simple relationships. Her most recent exhibition, 'Diin, San-O, Sin-O (Where, When, Who)' at Kapitana Gallery featured works that she had produced during her two-month residency at the Kapitana Gallery, where she continued her exploration of the links between place and identity.

Exhibitions

2017

* 'Diin, San-O, Sin-O (Where, When, Who)' at Kapitana Gallery

2016

*'Unexpurgated' at Tin-aw Art Gallery

2014

*Art Taipei: Young Artist Discovery

2013

*Philippine Art Trek at Gallery Sogan & Art *'Bigoted' at Manila Contemporary

2011

*'Mater Potestatem' at Tin-aw Art Gallery

Features

*Artsy *Art+ Magazine *Blouin Art Info

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paje, Lee 1980 births Filipino women artists Living people People from Quezon City Artists from Metro Manila People from Antipolo Miriam College alumni University of the Philippines Diliman alumni