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CHOEN LEE WHEN I SEE INJUSTICE, I ART IT CHOEN LEE

STORYTELLING WAS ALWAYS VITAL TO ME-I CAN'T HELP IT, COMING FROM A BACKGROUND OF CARTOONING, ARCHITECTURE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. ALL THESE DISCIPLINES INVOLVE OBSERVING LIFE AROUND US AND PROCESSING IT INTO COMMUNICABLE INFORMATION BEAUTIFULLY.

”My name is Choen Lee, which sound like the Street Fighter Chun Li. But make no mistake, I am not a video game character.

I would declare myself: Choen Lee is a robot beyond gender. Not he, not she, not they. However, due to the limitation of the English language (and most languages), all and any pronouns are acceptable.

I've done different things in the creative industry. My first published work in the 1990s was a cartoon. Later I drowned in the world of architecture and then, almost accidentally, into the world of commercial and editorial photography. All these disciplines trained me to observe the world around me, not just in what they look like but also in their intentions, actions, and meanings beyond the surface level.

”I've always been drawing

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