Uncool GalleryUncool Gallery
Every open call season,
a solo show
and nine featured artists
/ fall solo exhibition slot has been awarded to:
Ailyn Lee, with Ackeem Salmon and Ru-Xuan Wang as alternates.
/ special thanks to our patrons:
Coulibaly Adama Nangui
Francesca Escoto
Michan Pour-Azar
Meghan Stanley
Moustapha Baldé
Your support directly funds artist stipend and visibility.
New Call
is now open for applications.
/presented artist: Ailyn Lee
/curator: Colleen Dalusong
Once Again My Autumn Lamp presents new drawings, sculptures, and a short film by Ailyn Lee. The exhibition explores the body and found objects as vessels of memory, vulnerability, and desire. Drawing inspiration from her grandmother’s antique shop and guided by Surrealist automatism, Lee transforms discarded materials and dream imagery into poetic meditations on transformation and resilience.
The exhibition is part of Uncool Gallery’s Solo Show Open Call program, which supports artists through curated solo exhibitions and digital features.
My solo show at Uncool Gallery was truly meaningful. I felt supported at every step, and the team trusted my vision in such a warm and generous way. I also did my first live, on-site performance at the opening — something I had always dreamed of trying. I wouldn’t have taken this step without the Uncool Gallery team’s strong encouragement.
They understood my work deeply and clearly saw what could support my next artistic approach. They viewed the space and the installation both as artists and as viewers, which made the whole process incredibly thoughtful.
Uncool Artist is an artist-run organization, so they genuinely understand artists and support them from an artist’s perspective. I’m very grateful for this opportunity, and I hope more artists can experience this kind of thoughtful and encouraging environment.
Ailyn Lee — selected artist for the Fall 2025 solo show.
Thank you to the 78 applicants who shared their proposals with us.
Grandma’s Landscape, 2019–2025
Mixed media, acrylic, and oil on gessoed panel
36 × 36 in (triptych)
Balance, 2019–2025
Mixed media collage, acrylic, and oil on gessoed panel
72 × 48 × 2.5 in
Two and the Basket, They Stare, 2019–2025
Mixed media collage, acrylic, and oil on gessoed panel
48 × 48 × 1 in
Remembering Yellow, 2019–2023
Pigment transfer, collage, acrylic, and oil on gessoed panel
72 × 48 × 2.5 in
Thats Like a Bird Using A Ladder to Get to the Sun, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Townie, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Two Daisies Sucking on a Single Tear, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Bird Wishes, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 i
Prey Tell, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Check Please, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Buterflies Need Kisses Too, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 x 1 cm
Horse Fly, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
For You, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Everybody Has Dreams, 2025, Glazed Ceramic Painting, 8 x 8 in
Jane Doe, 2025, Oil on canvas, 200 × 150 cm
Lumen Girl, 2025, Oil on canvas, 90 × 90 cm
Blue Dress Girl, 2024, Oil on canvas, 20 × 20 cm
Dull House, 2024, Oil on canvas, 20 × 20 cm
Metamorphosis, 2025, Oil on canvas, 60 × 80 cm
Behind the Mask, 2025, Oil on canvas, 85 × 65 cm
Echoes of Grace, 2025, Oil on canvas, 120 × 90 cm
White Mask, 2025, Oil on canvas, 35 × 25 cm
The Quiet Spine, 2025, Oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm
A memory of growth, regrowth, 2024
Found Wood, Alpaca Wool, Rosary, Dried Roses, Marble, Epoxy, Copper, Huayruro Seeds
64″ x 28″ x 18″
Where the blood spilled, flowers grow, 2024
Steel, Found Branch, Epoxy, Roses
24″ x 16″ x 7″
Schism, 2024
Found Wood, Alpaca Wool, Feathers, Copper, Wax, Obsidian
14″ x 42″ x 6″
Vientre y Fruta, 2024
Cast Cinchona Bark, Epoxy, Roses, Huayruro Seeds, Copper
42″ x 8″ x 4″
Dolores, 2024
Cast Cinchona Bark, Epoxy, Roses, Huayruro Seeds, Copper
29″ x 2.75″ x 3″
Amaru II, 2024
Llama Skull, Roses, Copper, Epoxy, Cinchona Bark, Polyurethane Resin, Scarlet Macaw Feathers
39″ x 13.5″ x 8.5″
Hierro Florecido, 2025
Ceramic, Roses, Epoxy
6.5″ x 6.5″ x 3″
Words before words, gnarled memories, 2024
Charcoal and Graphite on Paper
22″ x 30″
Mallqui II, 2023
Found Branch, Alpaca Wool, Copper Chain, Juniper Branches, Cast Stone, Copper Nails, Rosaries, Prayer Beads, Steel
8.5′ x 1.5′ x 10.5′
Transfer of Power, 2024
Oil on paper, aromatic cedar frames
24 x 14.75 x 3.75
You are not in trouble, 2024
Oil on paper, custom aromatic cedar frame
27.5 x 27.5 x 4.75
Eres un amor, 2024
Mason stain colored porcelain, custom walnut mount
13 x 10.5 x 4.5
Casting Shadows, 2024
Oil paint, print-block Paint collage on canvas, custom aromatic cedar frame
33.25 x 22.5 x 1
Cup of Stars, 2024
Oil paint, print-block paint, colored pencil, collage on paper, custom aromatic cedar frame
54.25 x 49.50 x 1
Duérmete Mi Amor, 2024
Oil paint collage on paper, custom aromatic cedar frame
35 x 40 x 1
The Hunt, 2024
Oil paint collage on paper, custom aromatic cedar frame
34.5 x 47.75 x 1
Inheritance, 2025
Archival Digital Print on Mat Paper
23.6 x 29.52 x 0.02
Departure, 2025
Archival Digital Print on Mat Paper
23.622 x 29.5276 x 0.019685
Disorderly Grace, 2025
Archival Digital Print on Mat Paper
23.6 x 29.52 x 0.02
Assistance, 2025
Archival Digital Print on Mat Paper
23.6 x 29.52 x 0.02
Absence, 2025
Archival Digital Print on Mat Paper
23.6 x 29.52 x 0.02
Pomegranate and Her Hand, 2024
Archival photo paper
13×16
Virtual Vacation, 2025
Archival photo paper
13 x 16
A solemn portrait of life, 2022
Archival photo paper
13 x 17
A solemn portrait of life (2), 2022
Archival photo paper
13 x 15
The Distance Unseen (1), 2024
Archival photo paper
13 x 15
The Distance Unseen (2), 2024
Archival photo paper
13 x 15
The Distance Unseen (3), 2024
Archival photo paper
13 x 15
The Distance Unseen, 2025
Archival photo paper
13 x 15
Script (2022), Digital inkjet on Canson paper, 29.7×42cm, set of 7 pieces
Auto Select (2022), Glass cups, fly specimens, text affixed to the cups, 6×12cm
overly sensitive (2024), Ceramic, pillow, magnetic stirrer. Quantity:15 (adjustable based on venue size)
Lorem Ipsum (2023). Shirt, chalk. Quantity Variable
Unreasonable (2024). Embroidered linen, music stand, fish hooks, 52×38cm
Crossing the River of Change (From the series Altered State), 2021
Oil on canvas
63 x 55 x 0.5 in
Untitled in Green, 2025
Oil on canvas
67 x 78.7 in
Untitled in Blue, 2025
Oil on canvas
67 x 78.7 in
The Night is Over, 2020
oil on canvas
29.7 x 29.7 in
The Body in Blue (From the series Altered State), 2021
oil on canvas
51 x 59 in
Remembering the Future, 2020
oil on canvas
22 x 26 in
Pink Landscape, 2020
oil on canvas
23 x 28 in
I’ve Changed My Mind, 2020
oil on canvas
72 x 58 in
Entering the Unknown (From the series Altered State), 2021
oil on canvas
23.6 x 28.3 in
Det åbne liv – Olivia fortolker, 2020
Oil on canvas
21 x 25 x 0.5 in