Rozana Lee
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On the Manner of Addressing Chaos, 2015
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BVA (Bachelor of Visual Arts), Graduation Exhibition, Auckland University of Technology
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In the beginning, there was chaos – the whirling, unpredictable movement of forces, vibrations or oscillations that constituted the universe. Chaos here might not be absolute disorder but rather as deep structure or excess of orders, forms, and forces that could not be differentiated from each other. Then, through chance and randomness, life emerges. Life is movement, a process of becoming, and never static.

​​These works explore chaos as it relates to the painting process – how a seemingly pictorial chaos is moving toward a form of order over time, as painting responds to contingencies that are continually emerging, morphing and changing during the act of painting and the duration of making. Chaos is the feeling of uncertainty and the idea of the unknown; with savouring certain emotions, such as curiosity, desire, surprise, anxiety, and anticipation. Painting becomes a kind of pursuit, a hunt, engaging with the process to the point where one does not think about how long it is going to take to get there. The constant state of transformation and becoming throughout the painting process, and the excitement of not knowing what to expect as the final image could be one of the great stimulant to life.

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Bottom images: Studio shots and Patches of Life 2004-2014 & Lost and Remembered (2017)
Batik making art project with primary and secondary school children and touring exhibitions at Mt Eden Village Centre, Northart Gallery, Franklin Art Centre Community Gallery and Corner Window Gallery, K Road (Funded by Creative Community Auckland).  


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Wilder Mind, 2015, fabric collages and acrylic on canvas. The Wallace Arts Trust collection.
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Graduating Exhibition, AUT, November 2015
Morphosis, 2015, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 105x100mm.
Deep Calm, 2015, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 105x100mm.
Ripple Effect, 2015, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 105x100mm.
Rift, 2015, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 105x100mm.
Pandemonium, 2015, fabric collage and acrylic on canvas, 1535x1320mm.
'Strangely Familiar' Pilot4 Group Show AUT 2015. Photo courtesy of Artsdiary
Burning Brightly, 2015, fabric mosaic, Indian ink, and Acrylic on canvas 1530x1330mm.
Title : Transience (Fabric mosaic and Acrylic on canvas, mounted on ply board 820x820mm) © Rozana Lee
Sweetly, I Made You Smile, 2015, fabric mosaic and acrylic on canvas, mounted on ply board 840x800mm.
Patches of Life 2004-2014, Community Project and exhibitions funded by Creative NZ, image courtesy of Ponsonby News
Patches of Life 2004-2014, Franklin Art Centre, Community Project and exhibitions funded by Creative NZ
Patches of Life 2004-2014, Northart, Community Project and exhibitions funded by Creative NZ
Patches of Life 2004-2014, Community Project and exhibitions funded by Creative NZ
'Lost and Remembered' Corner Window Gallery, 2017.
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  • A Way of Being Free
  • Birds from Another Continent
  • Crossings
  • Two Oceans At Once
  • Home is Anywhere in the World
  • Auckland Art Fair Project
  • New Work
  • Future Flowering
  • Reconfigure(d)
  • (Be)Longing
  • AAF VIP Dinner
  • To Begin Again (MFA)
  • Unfolding
  • Excess and Difference (PGDipFA)
  • Ornament and Abstraction
  • Singapore Sensation
  • On the Manner of Addressing Chaos (BVA)
  • Tsunami Hour
  • Contact