GJ Lee, 23, from New Jersey is an imagineer of visual daydreams. She uses flat, black and white images to create stark, edgy scenes of people, places, and interactions that, according to GJ, are “places to reflect in or runaway to.” I talked with Miss Lee about her involvement in Art-Bridge, a public art event in Chelsea, NYC, and her creative process. This is what she had to say:

“I take a lot of inspiration from comic art and animation. I try not to get too specific with what I want in the beginning because it gets a little restricting. My work starts with just a black blob and a vague idea, maybe an old memory or just something that happened one day, and forms from there. I just keep adding and subtracting shapes, maybe adding a turtle or taking away some clouds. Eventually, it forms into something that feels familiar.”

“The art-bridge project placed art on scaffolding, something people don’t give much thought about. It’s a way to include art into the everyday. Having art in public spaces catches people off-guard, and it gives people a chance to pause for a little bit and look at their surroundings differently.”

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