Jang Lee
Abundance, 2023
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
A painting of a man in a peach-colored shirt sits cross-legged on a wooden floor, slicing cheese on a plate. A plastic-wrapped loaf of bread and a can of Coca-Cola rest nearby. A bed with floral sheets is in the background.
Biography Jang Lee (b. 1996, Seoul, South Korea) is an oil painter whose work explores his identity as a queer, Korean immigrant through narrative figuration and portraiture. He was awarded...
Biography
Jang Lee (b. 1996, Seoul, South Korea) is an oil painter whose work explores his identity as a queer, Korean immigrant through narrative figuration and portraiture. He was awarded the Arts + Social Justice Grant from the Stanford Arts Institute in 2023 and has exhibited with Roots Division, Brea Gallery, and Good Mother Studio, among others. His work is included in the permanent collections at the ASUCLA Union, the Harvard Freshman Dean’s Office, and featured in several art and literary magazines, including the Oxford Review of Books. Lee received a Bachelors in Arts from Harvard University in 2019 and a Master in Public Health from UCLA in 2022. He is a medical student at Stanford University and works in Palo Alto, California.