MEE JEY

 Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Mee Jey is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores related issues of politics of immigration, ecology and resources through immersive, interactive installations, performances and community engaged art projects. Her work often employs repetition as visual and formal pattern using repurposed fabric and found materials to create points of conversation and contemplations on these issues.
In 2019, Mee Jey attained an MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She holds degrees in history, field archaeology, and art history from India. 
Mee Jey's art has been showcased in prestigious venues worldwide, including Zabludowicz Collection in London, San Jose Museum of Quilt and Textiles in California, EVAC Gallery in Athens, Greece, as well as several other renowned galleries. Known for provoking discussions on border policies, nature, and resources, Mee Jey has received accolades such as the Visionary Emerging Artist Award 2022 and the Mother Art Prize, including an International Residency in London for 2022-23.
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@mee_jey                                                                                        
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  • I am a multidisciplinary Indian artist concerned with the lived experience. Through large scale installations, durational live, video or photo performances, illustrations and paper works, I dig into the challenges and aspirations of being an immigrants which is closely connected with politics of border, ecological degradation and resources that. My changing understanding of what it means to be an immigrant is accompanied by my newfound concerns of being a mother. Thus no surprise that works deeply embedded in my cultural and personal experience are also politically charged.

    My process is organic and evolutionary. My decision to work with repurposed fabric and found material is driven by my cultural understandings as well as economic and ecological concerns. I employ Indian visual lexicons and treatment techniques using material found or procured from my community. Using repetitiveness as a visual and formal tool in my works, I play on the power of repetitiveness itself. My production technique demands intense physical labour hence bear my patina in every aspect.

  • Mee Jey is preparing for a solo exhibition as an Artist in Residence at Kranzberg Arts Foundation, set for 2025 at the Kranzberg Gallery in St. Louis.

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Mee Jey
Mother of All, Master of None, 2024. Video (snippet)

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