13 July 2026 An Interview with Eelyn Lee An interview with Eelyn Lee is featured in this month's edition of CNTRFLD.ART. '...At a time when questions of migration, identity and cultural memory feel increasingly urgent, Lee's work offers m…
23 January 2026 Eelyn Lee Selected for Immersive Development Lab Thrilled to announce that Eelyn Lee is one of ten UK-based directors, lead creatives and producers selected for FUTURE PROOF, a new development lab dedicated to innovative non-fiction cinema and imme…
21 November 2025 Saam Sing 三星 Screening & Conversation with Eelyn Lee at Nottingham Contemporary As part of 'Queer East on the Road': Saam Sing 三星 will be presented in A Sword, A Spectre, A Song, a programme of short films curated by Nottingham based artist, curator and witch, Wingshan: Tues 1…
14 November 2025 Eelyn Lee Discussing Zoefuturism Join Eelyn at this year's Imaginarium, an online festival celebrating East and Southeast Asian speculative fiction. Eelyn will be contributing to the afternoon panel entitled, Zoefuturism, A Connecte…
01 October 2025 Studio A4 Residency at Primary Eelyn will spend October 2025 at Primary, as part of the Studio A4 residency programme - an uncommon opportunity for artists to develop new work in Nottingham, and work amongst residen…
05 September 2025 Angilla Anguilla, way of the eel presenation in São Paulo Anguilla Anguilla, way of the eel will be presented as part of the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennale. Programmed as part of ‘Nhemboaty – Clash of Worlds’, an exhibition by Rafa…
19 August 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize, 2025 Four Quadrants of the Sky 四大神獸 has been selected for this year's Aesthetica Art Prize. Eelyn's film will be presented at York Art Gallery [19 Sep 2025 - 25 Jan 2026], in the Longlist area. Thank…
11 August 2025 Saam Sing 三星 selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival Saam Sing 三星 has been selected for this year's Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York, UK. It will screen in the Experimental strand in York, 5-9 November.
11 August 2025 Imagining the Forest at Orleans House Gallery Eelyn's latest film, Anguilla Anguilla, way of the eel is currently showing as part of Imagining the Forest at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London from 4th July - 21st Sept, 2025. Imagining th…
29 January 2025 New International Art Commission Eelyn has been commissioned to make a new piece of moving image work, to be exhibited at the Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival, 13-29 June, 2025; São Paulo Biennial, Sept, 2025, and the Karachi Bienni…
14 November 2024 Eelyn Lee in Conversation with Sci-Fi writer, Dr Yen Ooi An illustrated discussion with artist Eelyn Lee and writer-researcher, Dr Yen Ooi about their ongoing collaboration –a call and response creative dialogue between artist and writer. Drawing on migrat…
15 August 2024 Ancestral Futures - A Street Procession in Sheffield Ancestral Futures 源流之後 is a processional street performance in honour of the first recorded Chinese people in Sheffield –a group of magicians on tour from China who performed at the Whitsuntide F…
22 July 2024 Eelyn Awarded Primary Residency Prize Last week Eelyn was awarded the Primary Residency Prize - one of the main awards of the New Art Exchange [NAE] Open, 2024. In October, 2025, Eelyn will spend a month at Primary - an artist-led contem…
21 September 2023 Roundtable: Mythmaking & Martial Arts Film Bloc Projects are excited to host artist Eelyn Lee and martial arts and film scholar Dr Wayne Wong in a special roundtable chaired by Co-Director (Programme) Dr Sunshine Wong. Eelyn's recent work Fo…
28 August 2023 Four Quadrants of the Sky Exhibition Opens 14th Sept Four Quadrants of the Sky 四大神獸 completes the second cycle of Performing Identities, an expansive collaborative project that reimagines diasporic East and Southeast Asian [ESEA] identities through…
27 October 2022 Hong Kong Future Diaspora Online Roundtable 3rd Nov 7pm On Thursday 3rd Nov I'll be joining a conversation about diaspora and Hong Kongness as part of my exhibition, Hong Kong Future Diaspora at Bloc Projects. Thu 3 Nov 7-8.30pm [GMT] Free but booking…
06 October 2022 Hong Kong Future Diaspora: 21 Oct - 19 Nov I will be exhibitiing work in progress from my latest project, Hong Kong Future Diaspora in a solo show at Bloc Projects, with a special opening performance at the launch event on Thurs 20th Oct 6-…
12 January 2022 'Mixed Other' - Discussing Liminal Identity with The Other Checkbox Podcast Last year I had a chat with @theothercheckbox about how my mixed race experiences relate to equal opportunities monitoring forms - which for me generally means only being offered the option of…
06 June 2021 New Work at Encounter Bow I will be presenting new work in progress at this year's Encounter Bow, a one-day festival [Sat 12th June] exploring community care, spaces of joy and the importance of sharing and collecting stories…
22 April 2021 Casting Fu Manchu at Estuary 2021 Casting Fu Manchu will be showing as part of this year's Estuary 2021. Programmed as part of The Telling Image, curator Gareth Evans has collated ten short films that respond to the festival's themes…
04 March 2021 gal-dem x Kickstarer Workshop I'll be talking about Community, Care and Change at this online event hosted by gal-dem and Kickstarter. 'Arrive with an Idea Leave with a Plan' is a virtual workshop aimed at equipping people…
15 February 2021 Casting Fu Manchu Now Showing at CAN Festival 2021 Casting Fu Manchu is currently showing as part of the CAN Festival 2021 [15th Feb - 30th Apr 2021]. Following the premiere screening these were some of the comments about the film, "... a brilliant…
04 February 2021 Premiere of Where Two Rivers Meet My latest film, Where Two Rivers Meet will premiere on Feb 25th at 8pm GMT as part of the online event, Digesting History. The film is a creative documentary about Collections in Verse, a poetry proj…
01 December 2020 Resilience and Radical Care - An Online Talk Following an invitation from CAMP, I will be presenting an online talk on Thurs 10th Dec 6.30 - 8.00pm GMT as part of their guest artist's programme. I'll be talking about Resilience and Radical Care…
