Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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RESUME
Japanese-born Lieh Sugai is a visual artist based in New York, specializing in photography and video. Her work explores the shared memories between people and places, reflecting on how they evolve through time, events, and cultural shifts. Drawing on her dual perspective as a Japanese immigrant living in America, she brings a distinct depth to her art.
While studying Graphic Design at Pratt Institute, Lieh discovered a profound connection to photography, which soon became her primary means of navigating and conveying diverse cultural landscapes, seamlessly blending conceptual and documentary practices.
She is the recipient of the 2025 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography and the 2024 En Foco Photography Fellowship, and was named a finalist in the Penumbra Foundation 2024 Workspace Program. Her work has been exhibited at Foley Gallery in New York, as well as internationally at Les Rencontres d’Arles in France and 10 14 Gallery in London. Her photography has also been featured in The Washington Post and Fisheye Magazine.