Jubee Lee
After the big wind stops, I see gentle waves
October 4 – 27, 2019
“Before something happens in the realm of calmness, we do not feel the calmness; only when something happens within it do we find the calmness.” —Zen mind, Beginner’s Mind
Engraved glass panels reflect the surface of waving water in Jubee Lee’s After the big wind stops, I see gentle waves, as viewers take their eyes from the visible to what is invisible. The installation features 136 sculpted black and white kiln-formed glass panels that come together in layers to create a contemplative experience. With a pool of waving water underneath and light glowing from behind, the engraved images on the glass panels are reflected on the surface of the waving water which acts as an extension of the images and creates a meditative effect.
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Jubee Lee, born in South Korea, graduated with an MFA from the Craft and Materials Studies Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018. Lee earned her BFA with honors from Southern Illinois University in 2015 with a concentration in glass, where she was awarded with the prestigious Rickery Zeibold Trust Award for her thesis. Lee was awarded Best of Show at the 2018 Glass National exhibition, and was a scholarship recipient of the 45th Glass Art Society Conference in 2016. Lee was also awarded full scholarships from Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, and The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass in 2018. Lee s work has been exhibited as part of Inlight Richmond exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as the Anderson Gallery, Page Bond Gallery, and Artspace Gallery in Richmond, and in the Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia. Lee resides in Centreville, VA and is currently a resident artist in the glass program at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. This is Lee’s first solo exhibition.
