About the artist:
Lee Dawson’s practice begins with intuitive mark-making, where loose gestures evolve into ambiguous, illusionistic figures that sit between abstraction and recognition. Though her compositions may appear chaotic or fantastical, they are rooted in lived experience and shaped by memory and perception rather than direct observation. In dialogue with painters like Sue Williams, Daniel Richter, and Cecily Brown, Dawson’s work emphasizes fluidity and transformation, producing images that feel both familiar and unstable while resisting fixed interpretation.
Lee Dawson (b. 1993 New York, NY) Graduated from École des Beaux-Arts (2015) and The School of Visual Arts (2017). They’ve undertaken residencies at Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Casa De Las Flores and Na Bolom. Recent exhibitions include Approximation of a Tree at Hyacinth Gallery, New York, Phantom Hand at Hyacinth Gallery, New York, Entanglement and A Study in Form at James Fuentes Gallery, New York, Silver Horseshoe at Hyacinth Gallery, New York, JUXTAPOZ Group show, New York, Unser Haus at ZK/U, Berlin, Germany, Early Man 2 at the Hole in New York, and High Stakes Exhibition during Paris Art Week 2023.
Specs:
This work develops from Lee Dawson’s intuitive mark-making, where loose gestures gradually form into distorted, semi-recognizable figures. The composition builds through layered color and dense arrangements, balancing abstraction with moments of figuration. Rather than depicting a single scene, the painting reflects how images are remembered- fragmented, shifting, and overlapping in time. The result is an open-ended image that feels both familiar and unstable, inviting multiple interpretations.More
- Unframed
3:00 PM, May 28, 2026.
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