artists

Lee Kit

mother’s exhibitions:
Lee Kit
Banal
29 November 2018 – 26 January 2019

Lee Kit
Please wait
22 September – 31 October 2015

exhibitions:

Disco in the Museum — I’ll Take (A)
Hong-gah Museum, Taipei
17 February – 9 April 2023

Retain a desolate face
Kuandu Biennale 2022
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
25 February – 22 May 2022

Today is the Past of Tomorrow
Two-person exhibition with Kingsley Ng
Oi!, Hong Kong
29 April – 23 May 2021

Là où les eaux se mêlent
Where Water Comes Together with Other Water
15th Lyon Biennale
18 September 2019 – 5 January 2020

Resonance of a sad smile 
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
1 March – 28 April 2019

Linger on, your lit-up shade
Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Tuscany
23 June – 9 September 2018

‘We used to be more sensitive.’
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
16 September – 24 December 2018

I didn’t know that I was dead
OCAT, Shenzhen
20 January – 8 April 2018

A small sound in your head

S.M.A.K., Ghent
28 May – 4 September 2016

Hold your breath, dance slowly
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
12 May – 9 October 2016

The Mud of Compound Experience
aaajiao, Uri Aran, Chen Wei, Nina Canell, Lee Kit, Li Qing, Liu Chuang, Liu Shiyuan, Mairead O’hEocha
mother’s tankstation in collaboration with Leo Xu Projects
98 Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
21 March – 27 March 2016

‘You (you).’
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
1 June – 24 November 2013

Lee Kit Outsider skyscape-08
Spray paint on stainless steel
120 x 85 cm
2024

Lee Kit Outsider skyscape-06
Spray paint on stainless steel
120 x 105 cm
2024

Lee Kit Retain a desolate face 
Installation view
Kuandu Biennale 2022
2022

Lee Kit Retain a desolate face 
Installation view
Kuandu Biennale 2022
2022

Lee Kit Retain a desolate face 
Installation view
Kuandu Biennale 2022
2022

Lee Kit Retain a desolate face 
Installation view
Kuandu Biennale 2022
2022

Lee Kit Retain a desolate face 
Installation view
Kuandu Biennale 2022
2022

Lee Kit Sketching the Weight of Idleness and Guiltiness
Installation view
15th Lyon Biennale
2019

Photo: Blaise Adilon

Lee Kit Sketching the Weight of Idleness and Guiltiness
Installation view
15th Lyon Biennale
2019

Photo: Blaise Adilon

Lee Kit Resonance of a sad smile 
Installation view
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
2019

Lee Kit Resonance of a sad smile 
Installation view
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
2019

Lee Kit Resonance of a sad smile 
Installation view
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
2019

Lee Kit Banal
Installation view
mother’s tankstation Dublin
2018

Lee Kit (Talk about ___ again and again.)
Acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink, bronze nails and screws on cardboard
49.5 x 60 cm
2018

Lee Kit Radio
Acrylic, emulsion paint and inkjet ink on fabric and cardboard, looped video
Dimensions variable
2018

Installation view
Banal, mother’s tankstation Dublin

Lee Kit Banal
Installation view
mother’s tankstation Dublin
2018

Lee Kit A4
Acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink and pencil on cardboard
61 x 52 cm
2018

Lee Kit Blue skied and clear
Acrylic, emulsion paint on plywood, looped video, plastic boxes
Dimensions variable
2018

Lee Kit Banal
Installation view
mother’s tankstation Dublin
2018

Lee Kit Banal
Installation view
mother’s tankstation Dublin
2018

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ 
Installation view
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2018

Photo: Shigeo Muto

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ 
Installation view
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2018

Photo: Shigeo Muto

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ 
Installation view
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2018

Photo: Shigeo Muto

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ 
Installation view
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2018

Photo: Shigeo Muto

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ 
Installation view
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2018

Photo: Shigeo Muto

Lee Kit Next time when you go home, she will tell you to let go.
Digital print mounted on constructed wall, looped video
285 x 370 cm
2018

Installation view
mother’s tankstation limited, Paris Internationale 2018

Lee Kit It is what it is.
Acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink and pencil on cardboard
61 x 52 cm
2018

Lee Kit A Scene in a Movie
Acrylic on plywood, looped video
2017

Installation view
All watched over by the machines of loving grace, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Lee Kit Still life
Acrylic on plywood, projection and readymade object
2017

Installation view
The other face of the moon, Asia Cultural Center, Gwangju, Korea

Lee Kit A muted voice-over
Acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink and pencil on wood
2017

Lee Kit Something you can’t leave behind
Installation view
Kathmandu Triennial
2017

Lee Kit The more I ignore you, the closer you get.
Digital print poster for exhibition at The Cube, Taipei
2017

Lee Kit ‘This is the way, step inside.’
Acrylic on canvas, looped projection
2016

Installation view
A small sound in your head, S.M.A.K., Ghent

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Hey (the lasting care)
Looped digital video projection (colour, silent), acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink and pencil on paper, carpet, acrylic on plywood
2016

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit I can’t help falling in love
13-channel video installation (colour, sound), CRT monitors
2012

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit I can’t help falling in love
13-channel video installation (colour, sound), CRT monitors
2012

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Hold your breath, dance slowly
Installation view
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit Every color you are
Looped digital video projections (colour, silent), acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet ink and pencil on paper, storage containers, bowls, vase
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit You
Projected light, LED light fixture, table, plaster busts, carpet, chair, inkjet transfer on wall
2016

Photo by Gene Pittman, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Lee Kit We’ll never go back again
Installation view
Mirrored Garden, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou
2015

Lee Kit We’ll never go back again
Installation view
Mirrored Garden, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou
2015

Lee Kit We’ll never go back again
Installation view
Mirrored Garden, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou
2015

Lee Kit Peter (II)
Acrylic, emulsion paint, inkjet print and pencil on cardboard, looped video projection
Dimensions variable. Projection size: 175 x 233 cm, painting size: 33.5 x 16.5 cm
2015

Lee Kit Cup (detail)
Emulsion paint on lining paper, inkjet print, video, readymade objects
Projection size: 137 x 187 cm (4:3), drawing size 48.5 x 44.5 cm
2015

Lee Kit A picture
Emulsion paint, inkjet ink, pencil and correction fluid on lining paper, readymade objects
Dimensions variable. Painting size: 56 x 44.3 cm
2015

Lee Kit Like there is no tomorrow
Inkjet ink on lining paper
119 x 163 cm
2015

Lee Kit Water drops
Emulsion paint, paper, inkjet ink, correction fluid, and ink on cardboard
34.5 x 26 cm
2015

Lee Kit The voice behind me
Installation view
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2015

Lee Kit The voice behind me
Installation view
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2015

Lee Kit The voice behind me
Installation view
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2015

Lee Kit ‘You (you).
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit You (you).’
Installation view
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
2013

Lee Kit
Installation view
New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York
2012

Lee Kit Kao Bleach (II)
Acrylic, emulsion paint and inkjet ink on acid-free board
2011

Lee Kit Scratching the table surface
Acrylic on plywood, readymade objects, 300 postcards
2006-11

Lee Kit Johnson’s (Mild and)
Acrylic, emulsion paint, ink, inkjet ink and tape on cardboard
76 x 53 cm
2010

Lee Kit Hand-painted cloth used as a wiper
Acrylic on fabric, photo document
2007-08

Lee Kit Sunday afternoon: picnic with friends and hand-painted cloth at Sai Kung, HK
Acrylic on fabric, photo document
2003


mother’s exhibitions:
Lee Kit
Banal
29 November 2018 – 26 January 2019

Lee Kit
Please wait
22 September – 31 October 2015

exhibitions:

Disco in the Museum — I’ll Take (A)
Hong-gah Museum, Taipei
17 February – 9 April 2023

Retain a desolate face
Kuandu Biennale 2022
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
25 February – 22 May 2022

Today is the Past of Tomorrow
Two-person exhibition with Kingsley Ng
Oi!, Hong Kong
29 April – 23 May 2021

Là où les eaux se mêlent
Where Water Comes Together with Other Water
15th Lyon Biennale
18 September 2019 – 5 January 2020

Resonance of a sad smile 
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
1 March – 28 April 2019

Linger on, your lit-up shade
Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Tuscany
23 June – 9 September 2018

‘We used to be more sensitive.’
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
16 September – 24 December 2018

I didn’t know that I was dead
OCAT, Shenzhen
20 January – 8 April 2018

A small sound in your head

S.M.A.K., Ghent
28 May – 4 September 2016

Hold your breath, dance slowly
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
12 May – 9 October 2016

The Mud of Compound Experience
aaajiao, Uri Aran, Chen Wei, Nina Canell, Lee Kit, Li Qing, Liu Chuang, Liu Shiyuan, Mairead O’hEocha
mother’s tankstation in collaboration with Leo Xu Projects
98 Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
21 March – 27 March 2016

‘You (you).’
Hong Kong Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale
1 June – 24 November 2013

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