Maggie Lee Opens the Door to Her Brooklyn Studio

Whitewall visited Lee in her Brooklyn studio to learn more about her process and approach.

WHITEWALL: What’s the first thing you do when you get into the studio?

MAGGIE LEE: Listen to music and look at things laying around my room, rearrange objects and clippings to get into some kind of mood.

WW: What materials are you working with right now?

ML: I’m making collages from magazines and photocopies. Wall works for a solo show with Édouard Montassut in Paris, this spring.

WW: What are your studio hours like?

ML: I like to have a routine and start at 10am. I also like to make work until 5am.

WW: Where was the last place you traveled?

ML: I went to Mexico City and Oaxaca with my crush and we went to the beach.

WW: What artist’s work would you love to have in your home?

ML: Nam June Paik.

WW: What’s an artwork of yours that you’d never sell?

ML: There’s this artwork I made of my dad when finding him in Taiwan. The works I made while reuniting with him came to me so clearly. It is a hanging heart sculpture with pink, green, and yellow beaded wire with a photo on top. It was such a different experience making this collage. I didn’t sell this artwork and gave it to my family.

WW: Describe your studio space in one word.

ML: Trippy.