Jacqueline Rush Lee is an Anglo-Irish sculptor who lives and works in Oahu, Hawaii (USA). Rush Lee is recognized for her innovation in working with the book form. Her artworks are featured in online blogs, catalogues, books and international press, some of which include: BOOK ART: Iconic Sculptures and Installations Made from Books; PAPERCRAFT: Design and Art With Paper; The New York Times, The New Yorker, Courrier International, Sculpture Magazine, and DPI Magazine, Taiwan, among others. She exhibits her artwork nationally and internationally and her work is in private and public collections.

“As a sculptor who has worked with the book as my primary medium for over twelve years, I transform used books into works of art by scrambling the formal components visually and conceptually. I like to disrupt the original meaning and intent of the books through various modes of intervention that create narratives with subtle meaning. Many of the techniques that I employ are informed by both traditional and non-traditional artistic practices. These include utilizing the pure components inherent in the books themselves, such as inks, covers, pages, binding threads and reconfiguring them.
For me it is not important to discuss or aggrandize the relevance of the book as a medium in the 21st century as there are themes regarding these matters implicit in the work that I produce. For me great art is evocative, not didactic, and should express ideas through veiled layers of meaning.

Click here to read the Essay Excerpt from the Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists Exhibition 
and the artist’s thoughts on Process