liquid lines
the Fall 2023 Alice C. Cole '42 Studio Project Grant Exhibition
Breslin Bell '18 and Juyon Lee '18
Jewett Art Gallery
Nov. 1 - Dec. 8, 2023
liquid lines is an exhibition of new work by Breslin Bell ’18 and Juyon Lee ’18. Bell and Lee are two of the recipients of the 2022-23 Alice C. Cole ’42 Studio Project Grant.
Both artists work across disciplines, merging traditional media like printmaking and photography with architectural installations and contemporary uses of materials. Breslin Bell's practice operates across feminisms and feminized rights, and explores the act of being an artist while inhabiting a feminized body that resides within a space of political, social, or economic marginality. Juyon Lee's work explores the ideas of transience, ephemerality, and the limits and fluidity in the perception of space and time with multidimensional works that make use of ethereal materials like light and air.
The Alice C. Cole '42 Studio Project Grant provides project-based support to recent Wellesley College graduates for the development, production, and exhibition of new work in painting and sculpture, whatever those disciplines may mean to the artist. The fund enables promising recent graduates to set aside time for artistic development as well as to purchase materials, rent studio space, or access facilities for the creation of new projects.
liquid lines was on view in the Jewett Art Gallery from Nov. 1 - Dec. 8, 2023.
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Breslin Bell ’18 is an interdisciplinary visual artist working primarily in print, sculpture, and installation. Bell earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BA from Wellesley College. She has exhibited widely since 2016 in a number of group exhibitions in London, Edinburgh, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, and Japan. Highlights include Bodily Autonomy with Latela Curatorial, Tomorrow 2021 with White Cube London, and Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2021. Her solo show, St. Brigid’s Day/Imbolc, was curated by Dr. Robert Canfield for Carrickahowley Gallery. In addition to the Cole grant Bell is a recipient of the American Cities Internship Program Award with the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. She has participated in residencies at Mass MoCA, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, and In Cahoots. She is an educator and museum professional currently teaching in the department of Theory and History of Art and Design at RISD.
Juyon Lee ’18 is a South Korea-born artist from Seoul, Korea and the Greater Boston area. She has exhibited widely, including at the Tufts University Art Galleries, Emerson Contemporary, and Collar Works. Lee was an artist-in-residence at NARS foundation, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Vermont Studio Center, and more. In addition to the Cole grant she is the recipient of other notable fellowships and awards, including the Pilchuk Fellowship and the St. Botolph Club’s Emerging Artist Award. Lee received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and her BA in Studio Art from Wellesley College.
