Lee-Ann Haslam

Artist Statement
         Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Lee-Ann Haslam lives and works between Japan and Jamaica. She studied art at The University of ITSON, Sonora, Mexico; Fordham, NY and Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. She completed her Masters program with honors in Creative Glass at the Tokyo University of the Arts as a national Monbukagakusho scholar.

Her works are rooted in glass, transcending various media with the themes of human perspective, light, colour, nature and emotions. She believes art is never stagnant but always finding new forms of expression for connection. For that reason she shows great respect for the dichotomy of glass in her work and states, "glass is both strong and fragile, rewarding and challenging. Anything you do to an area of surface affects the whole and there is much depth in that."

Haslam’s works have been exhibited worldwide including Jamaica, Mexico, America and Tokyo. She has done many commissions while working with glass, for such reputable businesses as Jamaica’s second largest insurance company, Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC), The Embassy of Jamaica, Japan, and for notable art enthusiasts and patrons, Pat Ramsey, the former Director of the Centre for the Arts UTech ...

Education:
Tokyo National University of Art and Music, Japan March 2012
Masters Student, Glass craft major, MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship
Relevant Coursework: Creative Glass, Hot and Cold Glasswork, Ceramics, Kiln Construction, Welding and Metal Casting

Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY May 2003
Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum laude, Studio Art/ Art History Minor: Arts Management, Concentration: Graphic Design GPA: 3.78
Relevant Coursework: Visual Art and Design, Western Art History, Arts Management, Finance, Business, Economics, Marketing and Art Therapy.

Florida International University, Miami, FL January 1998 – May 2000 42 credits earned.
Relevant Coursework: International relations, Drawing and language courses

Instituto Technologico De Sonora, Obregon, Mexico August 1997 – June 1998
The American Field Service Student Exchange
Relevant Coursework: Studio Art, Sculpture, Pastels, Public Speaking in Spanish andbComputer Science.

Honors: Phi Beta Delta Honor’s Society member, Marymount College Honors Society member – 2 years, Marymount Art Scholarship 2001 – 2002, Dean’s List – 4 semesters Florida International University Honors College Society member – 2 years

Exhibitions:
Celebration of the UN international decade of people of African descent - "The Struggle, the Beauty, the Hope" featuring a special presentation of the “Say my Name” art exhibition, March 25, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3vSl2PGCGwXLJCVwlyN0J8tkiN2OOayX

We Resumed the Struggle, OLYMPIA Art Gallery, Jamaica, December - January 2020

World Art Tokyo, Vibrant Planet 2019 and
2020

Joint Glass Exhibition: Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2020

Graduation Works Exhibition: University Art Museum, Ueno, Japan 2012

Two-Person Exhibition: Shisha2, Tokyo, Japan 2011 (with visual artist Hidemi Sakihama).