Biography
Lee Cai Jun
李彩君
A Multidisciplinary Visual Artist that specialises in Ceramic, Sculpture, Installation Art and Illustration. Hold a Degree of Master of Arts in Contemporary Art Practice from Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh (2012), and graduated with a Diploma with Distinction from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (2006) under Georgette Chen’s Scholarship of Art, with major study on Ceramics & minor on Sculpture.
Participated in various international exhibitions, art events & artist residencies in the UK, Scotland, Japan, Malaysia, Hungary. In Singapore, she has curated and organised a number of solo & group exhibitions including Contemporary Ceramics, 4 Elements, Clay.Sound, Sky Island & Materiality.
In addition to studio practice, Cai Jun is also committed to arts education. She is under the Ministry of Education (MOE) Instructor Registration, Art & Music Instructor Scheme (AMIS) and National Arts Council - Arts Education Programme (NAC - AEP) Art Educator, with over 20 years of experience. She has taught at her alma mater, NAFA Junior Art Department (2008 - 2010), nurturing young talents.
Between 2019 to 2021, she worked as an Art Coordinator in the Programme Development department at a Senior Healthcare organization. Working with their in-house Art Therapist, they curated and facilitated art programmes designed to enhance the psychosocial and emotional well-being of seniors.
Artist Statement
As a Multidisciplinary Visual Artist primarily trained in Ceramics and Sculpture, my works explore the limitless possibilities of materials — their raw aesthetic, mutability and intermixing ability.
My practice explores the post-medium, the medium’s multisensory and multidimensional qualities through diverse processes, and driven by a fascination with cultural anthropology, particularly traditional customs and narratives intertwined with the natural world. These influences shape a body of artworks that seek to blur the boundaries between the mediums, the reality and fantasy, where the imaginary state becomes the moment of consciousness.