JJ Lee: Paintings & Drawings

Medium: digital drawing on found family tree diagram drawn by my father on graph paper with pencil. Date:2023

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Curators: Dan Conlin, Sara England. Photo credit: Justina Yu. 

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Grandpa's coat. Vine charcoal on found tracing paper, 8.5 x 11", 2022

Chapter 2: Charlie Wah Laundry. L-R: Grandpa Reading Newspaper, Historical Photograph of Charlie Wah Laundry, Story text panel

Installation View, Chapter 2: Charlie Wah Laundry, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View: Chapter 2, Charlie Wah Laundry

Installation View, Chapter 2: Charlie Wah Laundry, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, Chapter 2: Charlie Wah Laundry, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

nstallation View, Chapter 2: Charlie Wah Laundry and Chapter 3: A Family Reunited. In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation view, Chapter 3: A Family Reunited, 1950

Installation view, Chapter 3: A Family Reunite, 1950

Ang Ying and Saum Po

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Dad at Atlantic Grill

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Miranda's Reel

Mum cutting chicken, vine charcoal on found tracing paper, 2022

Installation View, Chapter 4: Miranda's Story and Chapter 6: New Beginnings

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, Chapter 5: The First Canadian Born, 1958

Film Still

Installation View, Chapter 6: New Beginnings

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, Chapter 6: New Beginnings

All of us, watercolour, graphite and mixed media on found tracing paper, 2023

Birthday

Graphite on found chart drawn by my father, 2022

Grammy birthday

Birthday cake, vine charcoal on found tracing paper, 2022

Walk Through of In My Yesterday

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.

Installation View, In My Yesterday, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax NS May 13-July 23, 2023. Photo credit: Justina Yu.