The central concern of Rozana Lee's ongoing research and practice is how to create a contemplative space where cultural dynamism can be felt as togetherness or belonging. Drawing from multigenerational family history of migration and displacement, Lee seeks different rhythms, contours, and experiences as coexisting, sympathetic, and reconfigured.

Kate Coolahan and Rozana Lee, Several degrees of attention, 2022. Installation view, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth. Photo: Bryan James

Install shot, 'Birds from Another Continent', Papakura Art Gallery, 2021. Photo: Sam Hartnett.

'Hope is the Thing with Feathers 2, People's Choice Award, the National Contemporary Art Award 2021. Photo courtesy of Waikato Museum.

'Adzan' 2018, single channel video, sound, looped, 5 min 21 sec, projected onto tsunami soiled fabric, stainless steel posts, sandbags, 1500x1800mm (screen). Photo courtesy & collection of Christchurch Art Gallery.

Install shot, 'To Begin Again' 2018, George Fraser Gallery. Photo: Dirham Gama Radityo.