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’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, CA, Aperture Foundation, New York and Light Work, New York. Recent exhibitions include Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, RE/SISTERS, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK, Bibeau Krueger, New York City, Tara Downs, New York City, Cushion Works, San Francisco, CA, and The Locker Plant / Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX.

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.