Dionne Lee is an interdisciplinary artist who explores power, survival, and personal history in relation to the American landscape. A touchstone in her practice are historical narratives that highlight survival and a conflict of belonging between people and place.

Lee is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. Lee’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Princeton University Art Museum, Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, CA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, Aperture Foundation, New York, The Locker Plant / Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX and Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK among others.

Lee is a duly appointed Assistant Professor in the Fine Arts and WGSS departments. She teaches undergraduate and graduate students with focuses in photography, interdisciplinary art, and feminist ecological thought.