Jaee Tee is a Malaysian contemporary artist based between Kuala Lumpur and Leipzig. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, her research-based practice investigates the relationship between material and time through processes of transformation. Drawing on field research in forests, quarries...
Read MoreJaee Tee is a Malaysian contemporary artist based between Kuala Lumpur and Leipzig. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, her research-based practice investigates the relationship between material and time through processes of transformation. Drawing on field research in forests, quarries and karst landscapes, she combines geological inquiry with material experimentation to explore how matter embodies time through continual change.
Her practice begins with direct observation before evolving through material testing and studio experimentation. Rather than treating materials as passive mediums, she approaches them as active participants whose physical transformations continue beyond the moment of making. Through painting, sculpture and installation, she explores how processes such as burning, weathering, binding and carbonation reveal that what appears permanent is often only a temporary material state.
Influenced by the spatial sensibilities of Chinese ink painting while engaging contemporary material research, her work bridges traditional material knowledge with contemporary artistic inquiry. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan, the Maldives, Singapore and Malaysia. Alongside her gallery and institutional practice, she collaborates with international brands and cultural partners to bring contemporary art into public spaces, creating opportunities for dialogue beyond the traditional gallery and museum context.
