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LIZ QUEZADA-LEE
b. 1991 in Dallas, TX
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2022-2024 MFA Art and Technology, California Institute of the Arts
2015-2019 BFA Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts
2018 BFA Exchange, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts des Paris
EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Beautiful Fish In A Man Made Pond”, Amity NYC, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“Air Conditioning”, New Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
“Archon Fever”, Carlye Packer, Los Angeles, CA
2022
“HYPER!”, BFI Miami/No Vacancy, Miami, FL
“The Sexy show”, The Flamingo Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2021
“Hang In They’re”, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, CA
2020
“Affect(ion)”, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA
2019
“Celebration”, Insect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Last Call”, Gallery at Micheals, Santa Monica, CA
“NEW RUINS”, Soft Opening, London, UK
“Thesis Exhibition” L-Shape Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
“Marcel Alcala, Sissy No Fool”, Sade, Los Angeles, CA
“Materiality as Gesture”, Calarts, Los Angeles, CA
“DWP Collective Show”, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Take Back the House 2018”, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA
“P2F Open Studio”, Beaux-Arts Des Paris, Paris, France
“Internationale Exposition”, Beaux-Arts Des Paris, Paris, France
“Dissimulation 101”, Galerie Frangulyan, Paris, France
2017
“Smooshed”, Mint Gallery, Solo Mid-Residency Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
CURATORIAL
2019
“Daddywood Hard Sweat”, Co-Curated with Cali Thornhill-Dewitt,Tom of Finland Foundation
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
“HERE AND NOW & THEN” Zine, Innen Books
“(Un)Pure (Beauty)Essentials”, Pylot Magazine, The Liberation Issue #10
“My Bloody Valentine”, F Magazine, Issue 6
“Reagan and Postmodernism”, F Magazine, Issue 7
“My Life As Liz”, F Magazine, Issue 8
“Siri, Siri”, F Magazine, Issue 9
Solo Publications
“Deep In the Heart of Texas”, Cassandra Press
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 Gilman Grant
Bio
Liz Lee, hailing from Texas and currently based in Los Angeles, is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by critical inquiry into gender dynamics and identity constructs. A soon-to-be alumna of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) MFA program. Lee's work embodies a rigorous exploration of societal paradigms.
Lee's video installations subvert traditional power dynamics by positioning herself as both subject and commentator, challenging viewers to confront their own positionality within the discourse of the male gaze. Her exploration of women as fetishized objects within contemporary culture, prompts introspection on the commodification of femininity.
Complementing her video work, Lee's metal sculptures alluding to the form towering high heels, serve as potent symbols of feminine empowerment and constraint, inviting nuanced contemplation on the performative nature of gender roles.
Lee's exhibitions stimulate critical dialogue surrounding power dynamics and representation. Through her practice, Lee continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art, encouraging viewers to reevaluate entrenched societal norms through a lens of institutional critique.