Boris Lee I am an illustrator and a story maker. My works are symbolic, metaphorical and naïve. I love picturebooks and I am obsessed with the relationship between words and pictures. I usually work with oil pastels, drawing with oil pastels reminds me of my childhood, it makes me feel that I become a child again. All my pictures are stories that are waiting to be understood. I want to create images and stories that are consoling and emotive, and to lead both adults and children to an imaginary world, where they can experience the real world with simplicity and childlike innocence. Using imaginations to reshape reality and using colours to express emotions are two main concepts of my art. I hope my works can bring peace and happiness to every reader, and set everyone’s imaginations free.
CV borischlee.com borischlee@outlook.com MFA in Illustration with Distinction, University of Edinburgh, 2017 BA in Slavic Languages and Literatures, National Chengchi University, 2012 Residency October - November 2016/ Dumfries House, Cumnock, Scotland Exhibitions June 2017/ Degree Show/ Edinburgh, Scotland March 2017/ Bookmarks: Artists’ Book and Zine Fair/ Edinburgh, Scotland December 2016/ Zine Festival with Palms and Crisps/ Edinburgh, Scotland December 2016/ House Style 2017 Calendar/ Edinburgh, Scotland November 2016/ Shaping the View: Understanding Landscape through Illustration/ Edinburgh, Scotland June 2016/ Bit Book Festival/ Bangkok, Thailand March 2016/ Bookmarks: Artists’ Book and Zine Fair/ Edinburgh, Scotland Workshops October 2017/ The Irregular Life Experience of Boris Lee/ Taipei, Taiwan April 2017/ Easter Making and Moving! (by Katie Chappell) /Berwick Upon Tweed, England February 2017/ ESAF- Narrative Illustration: Reshape Reality/ Edinburgh, Scotland August 2016/ How to Prepare an Art School Portfolio/ Taipei, Taiwan November 2015/ Get Inspirations from Our Surroundings: The Invisible Animals/ Edinburgh, Scotland
Chapter 1 'Childlike Innocence'
Chapter 2 'Picturebooks'
This is My Masterpiece I Remember They Are Real Different Our Story I Am Bored Nightmare
Chapter 3 'Sketches'