ARTISTS
Chris Yee is an East Ryde (Sydney) based Artist, working Illustrator, Designer & Animator specialising in traditional “pen and paper” methodologies. He believes in the power of character and storytelling and is heavily drawn to constructing narratives ranging from the humorous to the monstrous and macabre.
Inspired by Comics, Wrestling, K-pop, punk and 2000’s rap – it is the Hyperreal and grey area within these genres, the blurring believability between reality and fiction that he finds most engaging. Growing up in 90’s Ryde, amongst the strong communities of Eastwood he is a proud member of the evolving Asian-Australian Creative identity. He strongly believes there is a unique character and original narrative found within this changing community.
Outside his art practice, Chris is a designer and animator who has produced work for some of Australia’s best-known brands, including Apple, Adobe, McDonalds, VIVID Festival Sydney, Sony Australia, Samsung – Opera House, Vans, Red Bull, Universal Music and Marvel Comics. Chris Spoke at Sydney’s 2019 & 2021 Semi Permanent festival on Future creative youth and industry. In 2019 he created his first Permanent Heritage Artwork, ‘Tumbalong’ for Chinatown, Haymarket, Sydney.
He is currently teaching Multi-disciplinary Arts at the University of Sydney and from 2022 is Part-Lead Producer for New York based, Global Entity – EST Media’s Australian Team. In 2023 he took the main stage as a keynote speaker for Semi-Permanent’s 2023 Festival. Chris was chosen as one of the lead figures to represent Modern Asian-Australian’s as part of the launch of the ‘Museum of Chinese Australia (MOCA) ‘ in Sydney, Australia.
