Lee Grant (1973– ) is a photographer and researcher with a background in social anthropology. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology) and a Master of Philosophy (Visual Arts) from the Australian National University. Grant works on commissions and long-term independent and collaborative projects dealing with themes of community, identity and belonging. As a multi-disciplinary documentarian, her practice combines photography, video, sound and text to approach her subjects. Grant’s works have been widely exhibited, and in 2010 she was the recipient of the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.
(2020)
Exhibitions
Portrait of Monash: the ties that bind
Don Eok ‘Tony’ Choi (Korean), arrived in Australia aged 35 years from Seoul, South Korea as a dental technician in 2014 with his wife Jin-young Kim and son Jae-yoon Choi
Jin-young ‘Julia’ Kim (Korean), arrived in Australia from Seoul, South Korea in 2014
Jae-yoon ‘Jason’ Choi (Korean), arrived in Australia from Seoul, South Korea as a dependent aged three in 2014
Manal Tahir (Eritrean/Saudi Arabian), arrived in Australia from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with her sister to live with their aunties, unaccompanied aged 17 years in 1996
Bala (India – project manager) and Susila (India – childcare worker), on the street where they live, Glen Waverley
Susila Balamurugan (Chinese/Indian), English and maths teacher, arrived in Australia from India via Singapore in 2007 with her husband Bala and two sons
