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After 6 years of experience in museum industry, Gwen Lee went on to pursue her first love for photography as the co-founder of Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF), a biennale international photography platform.
She is a recipient of Chevalier - Ordres des Arts et des Lettres (2021) and an arts award from Japan Chamber of Commerce & Trade, Singapore (2010) for her contribution to the arts and cultural exchange. In 2012, the photo festival receive arts council grants to further develop public photography education in Singapore.
In 2013, she embarked on curatorial research in Germany supported by Goethe Institut Singapore & National Arts Council and the photo festival receive grants from the arts council to further develop photography education programmes in Singapore.
In 2014, Gwen and team built an art space call “DECK” to provide all year-round platform and residency programme for photographers.
DECK received the Singapore President’s Design Award 2015 for its innovative architectural design for the arts. Currently she is busy with new built of DECK as the centre for photography arts, and planning for the next festival to open in the last quarter of 2024.
Gwen has curated & organised over 40 photography exhibitions both in Singapore and overseas. Some of the exhibitions includes Margins: drawing pictures of home Art Science Museum, Flux: Contemporary Photography from China, Steidl 101 Books(2016) at DECK, solo exhibitions of Daido Moriyama (2016) and Araki Nobuyoshi (2018).
She has served as a jury member and portfolio reviewer on international platforms FOAM Paul Huf Award, New Cosmos Japan, FORMAT UK, KL PHOTO Award, KG+, DIPE China, Houston Fotofestival, Daegul Photo Biennale, Rencontres d’Arles and Ballarat International Foto Biennale.

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