Jang Lee
The Magpie and the Tiger I, 2023
Oil on canvas
18” x 24”
A realistically rendered oil painting of a seated man in a white tank top posing on a bed with his legs bent and his arms crossed. Behind him, stylized tigers and birds are painted on a wall covered with large pastel rectangles and circles.
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.