I cut paper into intricate worlds tethering conceptual narratives of migration and diaspora across humanity, technology, and nature. Movement is our core instinct. From caves to cities, virtual realms to distant planets, we are always becoming, always in transit. My work asks who are we, what is home, and where do we belong?

 

In the studio…

I am currently working on a new commission while developing a fresh body of cut paper. Come hang with me!

Studio on IG

Lost & Found:

Searching for Home

Group exhibition

Wing Luke Museum
Seattle, Washington, USA
November 15, 2024 - September 14, 2026

Featured in the essay by Professor Lisa Claypool

Positions: Asia Critique

Duke University Press
May 2025 issue

“The environmental work is about our departure from nature. Our detachment from the homeland, the motherland, which is nature.”

The Magical Ts’un: Texture Beyond Strokes

Group exhibition

Grotto Fine Art
Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
June 2 - 28, 2025

Featured 3D animation with original score — Protection-Bunny Ears Cactus (Outdoor), 2021

A four-part interactive augmented reality installation by Bovey Lee

Vogue feature

Hong Kong Museum of Art
Kowloon, Hong Kong
June 30, 2023 - February 2025

Departure and Arrival

Artist’s Statement

Bio

“My cut paper work explores the concepts of departure and arrival in the context of the diasporic self and communities, and our collective divergence from nature to the urbanized world.”

The First Cuts


A glimpse into the piece that sparked it all.

I invite you to travel through its stunning details.

Atomic Jellyfish

Cut Xuan paper
27x49 inches
2007

Featured 3D animation — Human.Machine.Planets
Duration 1:14 (no audio)
Bovey Lee and Padraic Driscoll
2022

Museum Acquisitions


2023

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Toronto
Ontario, Canada

Hulu Vase–Ivorybilled Woodpecker

Hulu Vase–Northern Right Whale

Cut Xuan paper on silk
24 x 12.75 inches, each
2013