JUSTIN, LEE CHEE KONG 李志 

李志是最具代表新加坡精神的视觉艺术家和设计师。他参加了日本的许多艺术家驻地计划(福冈、Studio Kura-2012/14、Itoshima Art Farm-2014 和 Tokyo Youkobo-2013)。在获得视觉艺术(美术)文凭后,他是在纽约泰勒版画学院接受培训的精选本地艺术家之一。多年来,他参加了在新加坡和国际举办的众多展览(2000-2002)

作为新加坡最重要的波普艺术家之一,其设计项目反映了当代设计的精致感和新加坡传统的精髓,李志的作品作为设计师和艺术家都值得称道。他的设计方法以当前的基本图形执行,但反映了传统技术,例如他正在进行的基于剪纸和中国木版印刷风格的系列。他解释他的委托设计作品的主题和图像强调了熟悉的亚洲文化,并以令人愉快的流行处理方式以一种可爱的舌头和面颊的方式庆祝亚洲价值观。

这位艺术家的平面设计背景极大的激发了他的消费主义观念的灵感。通过对研究物体来质疑事物的目的;目的和给定意义,文化中的可接受性,其物理形式,材料以及如何在社区环境中应用对象的使用。

Justin Lee is a visual artist and designer who represents the most Singapore esprit. He has participated in numerous artist-in-residence programs in Japan (Fukuoka, Studio Kura-2012/14, Itoshima Art Farm-2014, and Tokyo Youkobo-2013). After his graduation with a Diploma in Visual Arts (Fine Arts), he was one of the selected local artists trained at the Tyler Print Institute in New York. Over the years, he has participated in numerous exhibitions held in Singapore and internationally (2000-2002)

As one of Singapore's foremost pop artist whose design projects reflect a fine sense of contemporary design flavoured with an essence of Singapore traditions, Justin's work deserves accolades as both designer and artist. His approach to design is executed with current graphic fundamentals yet reflecting traditional techniques such as his on-going series based on paper-cutting and Chinese woodblock printing styles. The themes and imagery with which he interprets his commissioned design work underscore familiar Asian cultures with a delightful pop treatment that celebrates Asian values in an endearing tongue in cheek manner.   

The artist's background in graphic design has greatly inspired his concepts on consumerism. By questioning the purpose of things through the study of objects; purpose and given-meaning, acceptability in culture, its physical form, material made of and how the usage of object is applied in context of a community.