Mercer Times

New York-based artists Juyon Lee and Simona Prives will be featured in an upcoming exhibition opening on October 30 at The College of New Jersey's Art Gallery. The event will showcase video installations and densely-layered prints by Prives, alongside sculptural installations by Lee that incorporate photographic images, resin, and light.

Prives is a Brooklyn-based visual artist whose work includes painting, drawing, and time-based media. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute and creates animated collages that explore themes such as growth and decay, examining the relationship between the organic and man-made. Her work has been exhibited in galleries throughout New York, the United States, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

In 2022, Prives was commissioned by MTA Arts & Design for a video installation at Fulton Center in Lower Manhattan. Entitled "Even While The Dust Moves," it is displayed across 52 large video screens within the complex.

Prives teaches art and design at Parsons The Newschool, New York University, and is an assistant professor at CUNY Hostos in the Bronx.

Juyon Lee is a South Korea-born artist based in Brooklyn. Growing up between Seoul and Boston, she developed an interest in dissonance in space and time. Lee explores transience through multidimensional works using architectural elements, objects, light, and air.

The exhibition opening will include an artists' talk on October 30 at 4:00 PM in AIMM 115 with a reception to follow.