Born in Richmond, Virginia.
Lives and works in the Metro DC Area.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University, B.F.A. Communication Arts, Cum Laude, Richmond, VA.
Solo Exhibitions
2008The Thought that Counts, Solo Show, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA.
Group Exhibitions
2010The Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster, Connector Gallery, Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville, AL.
SLPS Chicago IV, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.
The Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster, Landslide Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Summer Open House, Red Cake Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Accommodation, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
Postcards from the Edge, ZieherSmith, New York, NY.
2009Group Show No. 31, Humble Arts Foundation, www.humbleartsfoundation.org
Autumn Open House, Red Cake Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY.
2008Civilians, Civilian Art Projects, Washington D.C.
Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?,
Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ.
Group Show No. 22, Humble Arts Foundation, www.humbleartsfoundation.org
Art Anonymous, Gallery 31, Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, D.C.
2007Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY.
Awards and Honors
Resident Artist, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA., Feb. 2010 - present
Regional Scholastic Art Judge, Fairfax, VA., 2010
100 $1 Grants, ASDF Makes, Brooklyn, NY., 2009
Bibliography
Rebekah Drysdale, "Fan Mail: Lee Gainer", Daily Serving, Aug. 30, 2010
Scott Ahn, "Lee Gainer - Exploring Open Spaces", MurmurDC, Oct. 27, 2009
Catherine Rampell, "Rocks for Refs", Economix, The New York Times, April 8, 2009
Dana Goldstein, "Two Month's Salary?", Tapped, The American Prospect, April 7, 2009
Hannah Brehm, "Lee Gainer Questions The Price of Love Myth with Two Months Salary", Digital City, April 7, 2009
Nate Archer, "Two Months Salary", Designboom, April 4, 2009
Joanne Bauer, The Thought that Counts (exhibition catalogue), Nov. 2008 (PDF)
Jennifer Mawby, "Artists Review Artists: Lee Gainer", Thinking About Art, Sept. 26, 2008
Laurel Ptak, Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?
(exhibition catalogue), April 2008 (PDF)
Publications
Lee Gainer, Two Months' Salary, Nov. 2009
Ben Alper, The Exposure Project Book, Issue No. 4, July 2009
Marlaina Read, Invisible City, Issue No. 3, May 2009
Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, "Domesticity Redux", Wassanaar Magazine, Issue No. 1, Summer 2008
Collections
Indie Photobook Library, Washington, D.C.
Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil
The Newark Public Library, Special Collections Division, Newark, NJ.
Associations
Arlington Arts Center, Member/Volunteer
Washington Project for the Arts, Member
Experience
Artist, Jan. 2007 - present
Studio Manager/Artist’s Assistant, Benjamin Edwards Studio, Dec. 2005 - Jan. 2007
Web and Graphics Designer/Owner, Operation Root Beer, Dec. 2003 - April 2005
Web, Graphics and Product Designer/Owner, Everquack.com, March 1999 - May 2002
Photographer, Disney Photographic Services, August 1997 - Sept. 1998
Photographic Technician (Forensics), Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, 1996
Photographer (Stock and Freelance), Feb. 1994 - March 2000
