Lee Mok Yee
Khazanah Arts Residency
2025
Lee Mok Yee (b. 1988, Klang, Malaysia) is an artist based in Kuala Lumpur. He graduated from the Dasein Academy of Art in Kuala Lumpur and later from the Fine Art programme at the University of London in Middlesex. His practice is process-oriented, interrogating the material aspect of art-making. Working frequently with readymade or store-bought objects, he rearranges materials as an act of resistance against uniformity, testing the boundaries of mass-produced function. Through this re/arranging, he explores the complexities of moving within structures, change, and its futilities.
Mok Yee’s recent solo exhibitions include The Pyramid Series (Rissim Contemporary, 2023) and A Rhetorical Garden (Richard Koh Fine Art, 2021). In 2022, he was awarded a residency by Alliance Française in Arles, and in 2021 he undertook a collaborative project with Laura Porter, supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture grant. He is also the recipient of the Gold Award in the UOB Painting of the Year (2021).
Khazanah Arts Residency
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, in collaboration with Acme, developed the Khazanah Arts Residency Programme, a 12-week residency programme designed for emerging Malaysian artists based at Acme studios. An initiative under the Khazanah Residency Programme, the arts residency is an annual programme designed to develop and prepare young artists for the next growth phase in their professional careers. Typically, artists for this residency programme are nominated by galleries and residencies in Malaysia and subsequently selected by Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Acme.
For more information about Khazanah Nasional visit www.khazanah.com
