Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

I am an environmental artist exploring the connections surrounding human impact on islands and isolated environments. Examining through immersive residencies as artist/traveller/observer, my aim is to look beyond the travel guide rhetoric to create artworks and installations examining the impact of the Anthropocene and consumerism on the utopian destination.
I exhibit my environmentally based artworks as an ‘artist at large’ in group exhibitions internationally and various group exhibitions in Australian.
I work tirelessly to disseminate the research and resulting artworks in exhibitions and at conferences internationally and in Australia. My research has been published in peer reviewed journals and a book, I have been invited to deliver formal lectures and over 23 papers at conferences both in Australia and around the globe.
In 2023 my artworks and installations were seen in 4 solo exhibitions; in NSW ArtEst Gallery (Drawing) and Chrissie Cotter Gallery (2017 Antarctica research) ; Victoria, Bowery Gallery (2017 Antarctica research) and Montsalvat (Schmidt Ocean Institute - Artist at Sea residency from 2021)

Education/Training
I have studied, been involved with boards, training and residencies to extend my environmental knowledge:
2015-2016 Master of Fine Art Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney
My MFA research paper 'Anthropocene: human influence on evolution and the biosphere', helped me to clarify my connections to the environment.
2014 Master of Contemporary Art Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney.
2020 to present, Culture at Work – (Art/Science collaborative foundation) Board member
2019 Climate Reality Leadership Training; Al Gore Sponsored – Brisbane NSW
2005 – December 2011 Exhibition Coordinator for MAANZ (Mosaic Association of Australia & New Zealand) mentoring and assisting new exhibition coordinators
Residencies
2024 Arctic/Svalbard - Artist/traveller/observer, May 16 to 21
2024 The Arctic Circle Residency Svalbard Apr 27 to May 14
2024 BigCi Residency Bilpin NSW working with Antarctica Research. Jan 17 to Feb 12
2023 Antarctica – Artist/traveller/observer Nov 28 to Dec12
2021 Artist at Sea - SOI (Schmidt Ocean Institute) RV Falkor. Feb 6 to Mar 6
2017 CAW ‘Culture at Work’ Ultimo – Residency working with research from Antarctica - Mar 6 to May 6
2017 The Ninth Wave Residency - Antarctica (Decep...

EXHIBITIONS SOLO
2023 Antarctica: All to lose – Bowery Gallery St Albans Vic, Apr 20 to Jun 8 | Chrissie Cotter Gallery NSW, Sep 21 - Oct 8
2023 Aquatic Veridical: examining the apposition of time in undersea landscapes Barn Gallery, Montsalvat Aug24 -Sep17
2023 Absence of Line – ArtEst Gallery Hill St Leichhardt Mar 3 to 27
2022 Beyond the Bucket List – NRCG (Northern Rivers Community Gallery) May 4 to Jun 26
2021 Beyond Sight: into the microscopic world of plants – Ironbark Gallery NSW Feb 19 to Apr 18
2019 This Ain’t No Mirage - Project Space Gallery QCA (Queensland College of Arts) Brisbane – Feb 8 to Mar 2
2018 Distorted Truths - Spectrum Project Space (Edith Cowan University) WA – May 17 to Jun 1
2017 Deception – Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont NSW May 27 to June 10
2017 Gagged in Dystopia – Interlude Gallery Glebe Point Rd Glebe NSW Jan 27 to Feb 4
2015 Colliding Worlds – Hazelhurst Community Gallery – the Kingsway Gymea NSW Mar 6 to 17
2013 Coding the Future – GAFFA Gallery (Clarence St Sydney) Feb 21 to Mar 4

SELECTED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS - INTERNATIONAL
2023 Art Basel – Miami Schmidt Ocean Institute display
2022 Ancestral Echoes: ‘A Decade of Bio Art’ – SVA N.Y.
2022 Nautilus Ocean Exhibition – Explorers Club New York
2020 C...