Lee Bishop
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 US and currently slow traveling and working abroad.
Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Rome, Berlin, and other locations in the US and Europe. She has won awards for drawing, film, and crafts. Her writing about film and art has been published, and she has volunteered in teaching and leadership positions. She has also created, curated, and organized online projects of other artists' works.
​
Her arts background also includes music, acting, and modeling. She is formally educated in visual arts, music, and writing and is self-taught in filmmaking.
Artist's Statements
​
My practice for work and life involves detaching from mental processes, and sometimes even emotion, in order to allow a freely flowing and more natural experience for whatever comes up.​ This sometimes comes across in creations and communications as a reduction in words, explanations, or logic.
​
I invite people to use their own filter for experiencing art and life. Or to try a more open and judgment-free view.
​
---
​​
'Art shmart'. Sometimes we need to remember humor, lightness, and the simple joy of creating work and consuming it without trying to define what art is or isn't.
​
Selected Exhibitions
​​
2011 EgoFest, The Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd, MN, USA
​
2010 Strasbourg International Film Festival, Strasbourg, France
The Berlin International Directors Lounge, Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
​
2009 Abstracta: International Abstract Cinema Exhibition, Isola Del Cinema, Rome, Italy
ARKUFF: Arkansas Underground Film Festival, The Malco Theatre, Hot Springs National Park, AR, USA
FIFE: The International Experimental Film Fesitval Carbunari, Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania
2008 Zero Film Festival, Studio 1636 and Downtown Independent, Los Angeles, USA
OCULI Experimental Film Showcase, Bottega Gallery, Wlimington, NC, USA
Halloween Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, USA
Town of Chapel Hill Community Art Project, Carrboro Town Hall, Carrboro, NC, USA
​​
1983 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Elliot Center at University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
​​​
Selected Honors
​​
2025 Honorable Mention, arthouse category, Absurd Film Festival Monthly Jury, Italy​​​
2008 Purple Heart Award, Zero Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1983 Gold Key, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, NC, USA (regional)
Winner, yearbook cover competition, Paisley High School, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
1977 Winner, craft and costume divisions, untitled Halloween contest, Raleigh, NC, USA​​​​​
​​
​​​​​​​
​​​​