Emilie Lee
Artist
Emilie Lee has spent much of her life focused on
climbing and being outdoors. Her paintings, collage journals,
illustrations, video, and animation work explore people's relationship
to place, and the importance of wilderness in our lives. She grew up on a farm in
rural Vermont, and discovered rock climbing in the
White Mountains of New Hampshire at an early age. It didn't take long
for her to fall in with the "dirtbag" climbing community and become a
nomad of the American climbing circuit. After graduating from the Rhode
Island School of Design, she helped convert an old school bus into a
vegetable oil powered mobile home, which she traveled in for a year of
climbing out west.
Emilie's writing and artwork have been featured in Alpinist, Rock & Ice, The Access Fund and numerous other publications and organizations. Her video and animation work has been used by the band Pictures and Sound, Nau, and Patagonia's Vote The Environment campaign for Jack Johnson's summer 2008 tour.
After spending a year in Utah studying cast drawing with Kamille Corry, she moved to New York City where she is currently sharpening her skills with Jacob Collins in the rigorous core program at the Grand Central Academy of Art.
Emilie's writing and artwork have been featured in Alpinist, Rock & Ice, The Access Fund and numerous other publications and organizations. Her video and animation work has been used by the band Pictures and Sound, Nau, and Patagonia's Vote The Environment campaign for Jack Johnson's summer 2008 tour.
After spending a year in Utah studying cast drawing with Kamille Corry, she moved to New York City where she is currently sharpening her skills with Jacob Collins in the rigorous core program at the Grand Central Academy of Art.
Anne Skidmore photo
