I am drawn to the process. Losing one’s sense of time and place is a welcoming experience. Often works are a reflection of my intimate thoughts and feelings in that moment. Having had extensive classical music training and being a serious pianist inevitably influences the way I perceive painting. Color of the harmonies and the brush strokes of rhythms.
Artist/Pianist Helen Lee looks to nature and music to find inspiration for her flamboyant abstract paintings. Composition and form in Helen's work are free and flowing, offering fluid shape composites with a bold usage of lines and refined colors. Her highly qualified musical background has an undeniable impact on her paintings as she strives to create visual piece of music. Helen’s creations are ethereal and intensely beautiful.
Helen has exhibited in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Melbourne in Australia, South Carolina and New York City in the USA. Her works are in private collections in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Germany, England, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand and USA.
Helen is The First Prize Winner of the United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year 2005 in the Representational Medium Category in Singapore.
Since her move to Dallas, Texas in 2017, her pieces have been represented by Bee Street Studio, Dallas, Texas. Helen’s work was also chosen for the Grand Opening of Kyo Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.
Helen has exhibited in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Melbourne in Australia, South Carolina and New York City in the USA. Her works are in private collections in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Germany, England, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand and USA.
Helen is The First Prize Winner of the United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year 2005 in the Representational Medium Category in Singapore.
Since her move to Dallas, Texas in 2017, her pieces have been represented by Bee Street Studio, Dallas, Texas. Helen’s work was also chosen for the Grand Opening of Kyo Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.
"The paintings exhibit strength in a resolute style of work, with radiant color emerging and dissolving out of equally radiant ground, and conveying an infinite number of emotions. One soon discovers that work is not about recognition and definition but about a formidable, un-definable energy that saturates perception with a sublime lyricism. Excellent work."
Angela Di Bello
Director of Agora Gallery, New York City
Editor-in-Chief of ArtisSpectrum Magazine
Exhibitions & Galleries
2018
2017
2016
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Awards
2005
The First Prize Winner in the Representational Medium, United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
2004
Awarded "Highly Commended" United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
2003
Awarded "Highly Commended" United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
Corporate Collections
SingTel, Singapore
United Overseas Bank, Singapore
Strategic Executive Search, Singapore
World Neighbors, Korea
DP Architect Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Trinity Theological College, Singapore
Sotheby's Institute of Singapore
Private Collections
Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Germany,
England, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines,
Bangkok, Dallas, California, Houston,
Charleston and New York City
2018
- Chamber Music International Exhibition at Moody Hall, Dallas, TX
- Grand Opening. Kyo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
2017
- Chamber Music International Fund Raising Concert & Exhibition
- Bee Street Studio
2016
- Art Avenue, Gallery Representation, Sarasota, Florida
- Art Center Sarasota, "Local 707" juried group exhibition, Sarasota, Florida
- Art Center Sarasota, "Blurred Lines", Juried Group Exhibition, Sarasota, Florida
- Art Uptown "Landscape Show", Juried Group Exhibition, Sarasota, Florida
- The Murphy Gallery, Juried Group Exhibition, Tucson Arizona
- La Paloma Gallery, Gallery Representation, Tucson, Arizona
2009
- Group Exhibition "A Fresh Start", Singapore Arts Festival, (represented 5 Korean Women) AndrewShire Gallery, Singapore
2008
- Solo Exhibition "Tone Poem", Rotunda Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- Solo Exhibition "…in the beginning", SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise, Singapore
2007
- ArtMelbourne07, supported by The National Arts Council, Singapore, Melbourne, Australia
- Gallery 8, Solo Exhibition, South Carolina, USA
2006
- "Fluid Visions" Collective Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York City, USA
- ArtMelbourne06, supported by The National Arts Council, Singapore, Melbourne, Australia
- Solo Exhibition "Dichterliebe-Poet's Love" commemoration of Robert Schumann's 150 Anniversary, Drama Centre, Singapore
2005
- Solo Exhibition "Variation on a Fragment", Drama Centre, Singapore
- Group Exhibition UOB Painting of the Year 2005 prize winners exhibition, The Jendela, The Esplanade, Singapore
2004
- Group Exhibition UOB Painting of the Year 2004 prize winners exhibition, The Link, The Esplanade, Singapore
2003
- Group Exhibition UOB Painting of the Year 2003 prize winners exhibition, The Jendela, Singapore
2002
- Group Exhibition, The National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Awards
2005
The First Prize Winner in the Representational Medium, United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
2004
Awarded "Highly Commended" United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
2003
Awarded "Highly Commended" United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year
Corporate Collections
SingTel, Singapore
United Overseas Bank, Singapore
Strategic Executive Search, Singapore
World Neighbors, Korea
DP Architect Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Trinity Theological College, Singapore
Sotheby's Institute of Singapore
Private Collections
Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Germany,
England, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines,
Bangkok, Dallas, California, Houston,
Charleston and New York City