Lawrence Lee

Lawrence Lee (Khui Fatt) (born January 3, 1948 Sabah , Malaysia) is a Swiss artist and poet.

Lawrence Lee came to Switzerland in 1972 and made the acquaintance of Max Matter at Galerie Palette, Zurich, at whose suggestion he moved to Aarau . Since then, Lee has regularly participated in exhibitions at home and abroad. In 1977 Lee was invited by Joseph Beuys to the Free International University , Documenta Kassel. Lee received Swiss citizenship in 1997.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1984 «The Bamboo Song», Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
• 1988 "Into the mountain", Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten (catalog)
• 1993 "transaccidentaled", Zimmermannhaus Gallery, Brugg
• 1995 «plotsch», municipal gallery in the town hall, Aarau
• 1997 "it chooses you, so to paint", gallery in the Trudelhaus, Baden
• 1998 «Project 31.12.2000», Musée jurassien des arts, Moutier / Galerie im Zimmermannhaus, Brugg
• 2009 "wehen", Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten (publication)

bibliography

• Lawrence Lee: Open Opposition. Sketches, drawings and seals. Aarau 1982 (with texts by Klaus Merz and Werner Geissberger).
• Konrad Wittmer: Lawrence Lee. The bamboo song. Brochure for the exhibition of the same name at the Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, 1984.
• Lawrence Lee: Into the mountain. Publication for the exhibition of the same name at the Kunstmuseum Olten, 1988; (with texts by Konrad Wittmer, Serge Stauffer, Peter Killer).
• Klaus Merz: Lawrence Lee. From here to there. in: Tages-Anzeiger-Magazin, No. 10, March 12, 1988.
• Lawrence Lee: Sweet black. Poems. Ed. Schnöder Mammon, Aarau 1988.
• “Project 31.12.2000”, Musée jurassien des arts, Moutier / Galerie im Zimmermannhaus, Brugg. With texts by Stephan Kunz, Max Matter and Patricia Nussbaum. 1998
• Lawrence Lee Khui Fatt. Publication with poems and drawings on the occasion of the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Olten. Kunstmuseum Olten, 2009. ISBN 978-3-906651-37-8
• Lawrence Lee Khui Fatt: Baubo's earwig. Poems. ed [ition]. cetera, Leipzig 2013. ISBN 978-3-944478-04-3

Web links

• sikart