Online reservations for Portfolio Ⅲ, the third edition of Lee Kit’s series “Portfolio,” will open on Tuesday, December 16. Details and instructions on how to place a reservation will be published on this page on the day of release.
About “Portfolio Ⅲ”
When people experience intense emotions, Lee says, those feelings can sometimes become “muted” instead—subdued rather than amplified. In the second edition of “Portfolio,” released in 2023, such a sense of muted quietude permeated the images. The third edition comprises eleven images created over the past two years. In addition to images taken and collected by Lee, this edition includes digitally drawn portraits. One senses subtle signs of a person regaining humor and emotional movement even while carrying complex feelings.
The “Portfolio” series has been produced collaboratively by Lee Kit and ShugoArts since 2020. Each edition is composed of images Lee takes, collects, or draws in his daily life, selected and edited. At times, lyrics from music or words that echo in daily life are layered onto the images.
“Portfolio III” is also an essential component of the exhibition “Some broken days and broken fingers,” opening on 13 December 2025 at ShugoArts.
LEE Kit, Portfolio, 2025
inkjet print on watercolor paper, sheet: 30x25cm each
a set of 11 prints
a loose sheet including caption, text and certificate by the artist
Ed. 30 + A.P. 5
Printed by Photographers’ Laboratory, Tokyo
Published by ShugoArts
Born in Hong Kong in 1978. Currently based in Taipei, Lee has taken part in exhibitions internationally, including the US, Europe and Asia. In his art practice, Lee utilizes various media such as projector light, videos, sounds, words and found objects, and his artworks represent the artist’s desire to continuously blaze a trail for new expressions of painting. Having been born and raised in Hong Kong, a city that has been susceptible to political turbulence, Lee has been conscious of the current socio-political climate. He incorporates intricate expressions to provide an opportunity for the viewers to reconsider their relationships with society and others, and the nature of his artwork is what makes his exhibition spaces site-specific, reflecting the ambience and emotions of each location.
Selected solo exhibitions: His gaze has turned in to disdain for those who are well-intentioned yet incapable. (A quiet day), Fridericianum, Kassel, 2025; A blank stare like a gasp, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2023; Lovers on the Beach, West Den Haag, Den Haag, 2021-2022; (Screenshot), ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2020; Resonance of a sad smile, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2019; ‘We used to be more sensitive.’, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2018; I didn’t know that I was dead, OCAT, Shenzhen, China, 2018; Not untitled, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2017; A small sound in your head, S.M.A.K, Ghent, 2016; Hold your breath, dance slowly, The Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA, 2016; The voice behind me, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2015; ʻYou (you).ʼ, the 55th Venice Biennale, 2013.
