Welcome to the website of Kayee C
“Who’s listening?” (2018) inspired by “The Last Supper” of Leonardo Da Vinci
About Kayee
Kayee is a fine art photographer born and raised in Hong Kong, currently living in France. She creates works by assembling her self-portraits to explore human relationships. Her favourite subject is the paradox between our desire for a fusional bond and our need to remain an individual. She attempts to offer a critical, offbeat and sometimes poetic look on the way we relate to each other.
Characters staged in her portraits range from complete strangers, coworkers, family members to some forms of deity. They often struggle to balance between societal expectations and their desire to be themselves. Out of phase with the pursuit of an appearance of cohesion, they seem to be constantly wondering who they are supposed to be.
Her main body of work consists of an on-going series entitled “Visual Guide to Social Life.” Other series are specific spin-offs from this core theme.
Her works have been exhibited in Paris, Venice, Rome, Berlin, Glasgow and Hong Kong, as well as collected in private collections in Hong Kong, Western Europe and the US.
Highlights
Family Resemblance #1 (2019) - Inspired by Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber of Juan Sánchez Cotán
Family Resemblance #2 (2020) - Inspired by Caravaggio's 1609 painting, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
A blog post was created about this work for the curious minds.
Family Resemblance #3 (2020) - Inspired by Caravaggio's 1607/10 painting, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
I love team building #1 (2020), inspired by The Musicians of Caravaggio
The Taking of All of Us #1 (2019), inspired by The Taking of Christ of Caravaggio
Merry Christmas #7 (2021)
