{"title":"Rhys Lee","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.333%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eb. 1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eBrisbane, Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eRhys Lee holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia. He was a finalist in the 2012 Archibald Prize, and his works have found their home in many public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank and the National Library of France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.333%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePainting has always been an intuitive process for Rhys Lee. Through a vibrant palette and playful mark-making, he draws from personal memories to create moments of cathartic release. By fusing traditional art tendencies with the graffiti influences of his youth, Lee powerfully develops a unique, experimental, and raw practice across his fractured portraits and still-life compositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThe artist blurs the boundaries between representation and abstraction, shifting his focus to colour and form. As his subjects dissolve, the rich textures and complex layers of paint take centre stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eLee has exhibited widely on a national and international scale, with solo exhibitions across New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Athens, Australia, Germany, Thailand, Belgium, and New Zealand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.333%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eWhen Frogs Eat Flies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Chins Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eRecent Paintings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eThe Importance of Pears \u0026amp; Other Things\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane, Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eBoxers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eFamiliar Faces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003eNatural Selection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e, Room57 Gallery, New York, USA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; 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