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September 2026 Featured Artist
Lee McLEAN
“Tied Around My Bones” , 2023, photo by artist
Lee McLean is an award-winning textile artist whose contemporary works have been juried into international exhibitions. Drawing upon a technical foundation developed over two decades as a quilter, Lee’s practice has evolved into creating predominantly abstract compositions that express ideas and emotions using cloth and stitch. She skillfully blends the physical methods of dyeing, surface printing, and gestural mark-making with digital design tools to produce her textured fiber art. Lee’s practice has been supported by grants from Canada Council for the Arts and the New Brunswick Arts Board.
Lee is excited about her solo exhibit at Centre des arts d’Edmundston from Sept. 3 to Nov. 27, 2026. Titled “Do not go gentle”, the works speak to the sense of invisibility and changes in family dynamics as we age. She also has work selected for the World of Threads Festival, open from Sept. 23, 2026 to Jan. 17, 2027 in Oakville, Ontario.
Lee has deep settler roots in New Brunswick and currently works out of her studio in New Maryland, NB, situated on the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqey and Mi’gmaq peoples. See her work at www.leemclean.ca.
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