Lee Bishop

I've been creating in various arts since I was very young, for over 50 years now. My work in drawing, photography, and video has been recognized with group shows, film festivals, and awards. My experimental short films have screened in Los Angeles and internationally. Lately I've been getting more into painting. I've recently started selling limited edition and open edition prints online. Thanks for visiting.

Bio:

Born Lee Bishop Jenkins in Monroe, NC in 1966, Lee was raised moving from town to town in the state and then spent her teen years in Winston-Salem. She is based in the Western US and currently traveling abroad.

Trained in traditional figurative styles of painting, drawing, and photography, Lee's more recent and current work focuses more on the experimental, abstract, and expressive. Her work in drawing, photography, and video / short film has been exhibited in the US and Europe.

As a young person, Lee's art and crafts were exhibited and won awards, and in her teens she illustrated zines and created punk rock t-shirts. She has written about art and film for blogs, taught elementary school kids about art history and drawing, and led Meetup group drawing and film viewing field trips and discussions. She has also created,...

Graduate studies in Positive Psychology, Arizona State University

BA in Comparative Cultural Studies (focus on Eastern spirituality and philosophy, psychology), Northern Arizona University

Art education throughout my youth including at Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem, NC

My drawing, ink, and other visual art was shown in group shows in the 1980s, and my photography and video art was in group shows and film festivals internationally in the mid 2000s.