L’ART S’AFFICHE
Jessica Wee
Artist Jessica Wee is currently transforming the facades of the Ubisoft studios in Mile-End with her vibrant creations as part of L’art s’affiche exhibition.
Art Souterrain is proud to present the new edition of L’art s’affiche, in collaboration with Ubisoft Montreal.
For three months, Ubisoft will host a solo exhibition of the works of artist Jessica Wee in the Mile-End, on the exterior facade of her studio at the corner of Saint-Viateur and Saint-Dominique streets.
Jessica Wee
Biography
Jessica Wee received her MFA at Concordia University in Montreal and previously studied classical realist oil painting at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at Kiaf SEOUL, Maison de la Culture NDG in Montreal, Steve Turner Gallery in Los Angeles, Latitude Gallery in New York, and Spring Break Art Show in New York, and has been featured in Hyperallergic and Artnet. In 2023, Artsy selected her work Dejeuner sur l’herbe to display across digital screens in the New York City subway system as part of a curated program highlighting artists through guest curators. That same year, Wee was an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center. Jessica Wee’s paintings are held in the RBC Art Collection, as well as the University of Toronto Missisauga’s Collection. Her work will be presented in the upcoming Pictura Triennale of Painting in Montreal, curated by Eunice Bélidor in the Fall of 2026.
Artistic Statement
Jessica Wee is a Korean American Canadian artist who grew up in Paris and Montreal. Wee’s work explores the experience of navigating life between cultures, crafting alternate worlds that connect the multifaceted layers of her identity. She weaves together personal experiences, art historical references and fantasy, with an underlying sense of mystery and playful disruption. Her paintings depict domestic scenes and quotidian moments featuring characters who appear to transform, multiply, or divide. These alter-egos exude a sense of mischief, independence and freedom, soaring through space or peering through windows as if slipping in from another dimension.
