Liza J. Lee
Co-founder (2000) of Artistrun* ArtConverge with Dr. Lycia Trouton (Doctorate in Creative Arts) and Owner (2010). Liza J. Lee (BA, English Literature) is a digital media arts specialist, internet marketer and social media strategist. Liza has 10 years administrative experience – distributing Tourism BC magazines, managing annual crown funds of over $1 million (externally-audited in good standing) and another 10 years of corporate marketing & communications; PR & web content writing, including Westworld Magazine, published by Canada Wide Media and HSBC World, published by HSBC Group.
Liza J. Lee was born and raised in Quebec City, Canada and in 1980, emigrated to Vancouver, Canada with her family. She has been creating and painting images since 2000 that reflect our online community. She researched metaphysical topics
on the internet, which lead to a series of abstract sacred geometry paintings that tell the story of our electronic evolution from the static nature of paper-source communications to the inter-connectivity of the internet medium. Her latest works references “Craftivism Art” which is aspects of craft through the lens of art to communicate about communities of care and sustainability.
ART PROMOTION EXPERIENCE:
Facebook is Social Proof for Art Submissions
One World Art Show & Haiti Fundraiser
Andy Everson, Aboriginal Artist and Performer
grace-gallery & ArtWalk Vancouver
2010 Winter Market & ArtWalk Vancouver
New Forms Festival
Creative Art Management Launch
Main Art Drift
Shooting Star Foundation
ART EXHIBITIONS WITH MEDIA:
Diane Farris Gallery Reception and Diane Farris Supports “One World”
Twitter/Art+Social Media Exhibition and
Craftivist Artist at Diane Farris Gallery
(The Courier, Georgia Straight, Vancouver Sun and The Province) – 2010
ArtWalk Vancouver 2010 (Preview Art Magazine) – 2010
CANAMADE 2010 Winter Market (Georgia Straight and CBC) – 2010
grace-gallery (The Block Magazine) – 2008
Main Art Drift (THE EXPRESS on Shaw TV) – 2008
grace-gallery, Narrow Lounge, Artistrun and Open Studios
Main Art Drift New Website and Web 2.0 Technology
Le Marrakech (THE EXPRESS on Shaw TV) – 2008
Artistrun Studio & Gallery (artistrun.org) – 2008
Chalk Art Community Project (Globe & Mail) – 2005
Main Art Drift (Vancouver Courier and Georgia Straight) – 2005
Higher Grounds (Georgia Straight) – 2002
Vancouver Art Market (Georgia Straight) – 2001
Vancouver Rowing Club (The Loop) – 2001
Envision Gallery (Georgia Straight) – 2001
Plaza of Nations (Georgia Straight) – 2000
Harrison Gallery (VTV) – 2000
Gallery 1 (Georgia Straight) – 2000
Vancouver Outdoor Exhibition (Global TV) – 1999
Baristas (Vancouver Courier) – 1998
The Jazz Cellar Gallery (CFOX) – 1998
Vancouver Outdoor Exhibition (Global TV) – 1998
The Purple Onion and The Vancouver Press Club (CFOX) – 1998
Squish’d Knish (Vancouver Sun) – 1997
EDUCATION AWARDS & GRANTS:
BA in English Literature – University of British Columbia
Marketing Communications Certificate – British Columbia Institute of Technology
Digital Media Arts Diploma – Vancouver Training Institute
Digital Production Web & Print Certificate – Corporate Communications Training
New Ventures Program for Art Promotions – YMCA / Province of BC
COMMUNITY ART STATEMENT:
Chalk Art Butterfly Symbolism of Private and Public Transformation
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New Year’s Day from “Soul Journey”, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 24″x24″, SOLD
To see more desktop images, visit http://artistrun.org/desktop.html.
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One Leaf from “Vision Quest”, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 24″x36″, $880
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Artistrun Posts I, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 16″x16″, $480
Liza’s submitted art (above) at the “Twitter/Art+Social Media Show” at the Diane Farris Gallery contains her blog posts taken from Artistrun.org, a website she co-founded with Dr. Lycia Trouton (Doctorate in Creative Arts) in 2000.
Click on image above to see and download desktop image. ”Beyond Petroleum” – Fin De Siecle 2012 Series, 2010, mixed media on canvas 8″ x 8″, $110.40
Beyond Petroleum**– Artist Statement of Liza J. Lee
For a sustainable community, we need to get “Beyond Petroleum” and implement more alternative “green” energies, such as solar, wind, hydrogen and nuclear. This would help alleviate petroleum dependencies, tensions in the mid-east and provide opportunities to contribute towards sustainable growth. To support my hypothesis, here is research where I shall leave to the audience to interpret.
The US allocated one trillion dollars in costs to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Iraq has the second largest oil reserve in the world, with known reserves of 43 billion barrels of crude oil, as well as large quantities of natural gas. The US is the world’s largest oil consumer and the second-largest energy user after China.
About 31 percent of US oil output comes from the Gulf of Mexico. The area is home to 43 percent of operable refining capacity and seven of the country’s 10 busiest ports.
On April 10, 2010, BP’s exploratory offshore drilling rig exploded after a blowout, killing 11 people. 4.9 million barrels of crude oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, making it the biggest off-shore oil spill in US history. BP had changed its name from British Petroleum and added the tagline, “Beyond Petroleum” in 2000 to highlight the company’s interest in alternative and environmentally-friendly fuels.
However, petroleum continues to receive enormous subsidies, which includes consumer tax levies at the pump, while renewable energies receive a tiny fraction of that amount from governments around the world.
Alternative energy is unlikely to meet more than 10% of the world’s energy needs for decades to come. Windmills work only when the wind blows. And each windmill needs two tons of rare earth metals for its construction. Windmills are primarily built in China. The country has recently slashed its exports of rare earths metals, as they will require them for their own windmills.
China is also buying unprecedented amounts of uranium for nuclear energy. Each new reactor requires about 400 tons of uranium to get started. The nation may purchase about 5,000 metric tons in 2010, more than twice as much as it consumes, building stockpiles for future nuclear reactors.
Meanwhile, the US has injected one trillion dollars in stimulus packages in 2010. The budget deficit for 2010 alone is $1.5 trillion. The stimulus funds have made virtually no dent in the US unemployment rate. Subsequently, consumer spending, which includes petroleum makes up 70 percent of the economy, is being held back by the highest unemployment rate since 1984. A sluggish US economy reduces crude oil demands from Canada, the largest exporter of total petroleum to the United States.
** This artist statement is an opinion by the writer-artist, with research from Bloomberg.com and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. For more information about craftivism, visit the Gallery.
ENDNOTE:
*In 2009, Artistrun (established in 2000) applied for grants for the Cultural Olympiad as a non-profit society called Artistrun Media Society. In 2010, as BC arts faces almost 92% in arts cuts, Artistrun Media Society can no longer exist. The Artistrun blog changed to a for-profit sole proprietorship model, managed and directed by Liza J. Lee. Once profitable, it was donated to The Art Party.
