Lennie Lee was born on 4 March 1958 and is a South African conceptual artist who lives and works in London.
11 Facts About Lennie Lee
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Lennie Lee was educated at Dulwich college in London before winning a scholarship to study philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford.
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That same year, in collaboration with Ian Stenhouse and Mark Bishop, Lennie Lee set up the Rich and famous gallery in the heart of London's East End showing work by a number of artists including Martin Maloney, David Burrows, Mark Divo, Ingo Giezendanner, Graham Nicholls, Dan Jones, Tod Hanson, Lennie Lee Campbell, Daniel Fernandez, David Mccairley Ian Stenhouse, Gini Simpson, Trevor Knaggs and Stefanie Maas.
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In winter 1994, Lennie Lee moved to Berlin where he organised a series of performances in the theatre space at the Kunst Haus Tacheles in Berlin.
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Between 1996 and 2002 Lennie Lee worked together with Gustavo Aguerre and Ingrid Falk, mainly in Sweden.
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Since 2000 Lennie Lee has concentrated mainly on performance art, video art, digital photography and installation art.
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Lennie Lee has exhibited in a number of UK institutions including the Barbican Art Centre, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate gallery and the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow.
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Lennie Lee was included in an Imax film directed by "Faust" singer and painter Geraldine Swayne.
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Since 2001, Lennie Lee has made a series of performances and exhibitions in Chengdu, Xi'an and Beijing organised by the curator Shu Yang.
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Lennie Lee is a painter and performance artist working with themes of taboo, shame and fear.
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Lennie Lee's work involves extreme performance, video and digital images.