Billy Lee
Billy Lee was born of Chinese and
Dutch parentage in Uitenhage,
South Africa. As a child, his parents
immigrated to England, where he
later received his BFA, 1st class
honours, from Birmingham College
of Art and Design, and his MFA at
the Royal College of Art, London
(RCA). Upon graduation from the
RCA, he received the prestigious
award of Kennedy Scholar, to attend
the Centre for Advanced Visual
Studies at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) and was later
named a Fellow.
Thanks to the considerable and
growing international reputation,
Lee is consistently invited to exhibit
and place works throughout the
world. His sculptures are represented
in public collections across the
globe, including Yuzi Paradise
Sculpture Park, Guilin, China, The
Hakone/Utsukushi-ga-hara Open
Air Museum, Japan, Goodwood
Sculpture, UK, The Memorial Rose
Garden, Chin Pao San, Taipei,
Taiwan, Dunaujvaros Sculpture
Park, Hungary, Cementerio
Carretas, Putaendo Sculpture Park,
Chile, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and many
others in the United States.
Recently, he has been working
in China creating large outdoor
sculptures. In addition, he continues
to exhibit in the USA, UK, Europe
and the Far and Middle East. Lee
currently resides in the United States
and is a professor at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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