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Lee Cundiff is a fine artist, illustrator and designer. In
the 1980’s, after graduating from Pratt Institute, she
freelanced illustration in NYC for several years, illustrating
two young adult books for Ariel Books/Kipling Press: Geronimo
by Russell Shorto, and Beatrix Potter by Peter Durwood; and
illustrating or designing for Disney Company Licensees, Just
4 Kids, the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexmark International, the
New York Daily News, Slosson Educational Publishing, the Village
Voice, Warner Brothers Licensing Offices, and others.
She currently works as an Internet Marketing Manager and
designer, and frequently illustrates fine letterpress books
with wood engravings or line drawings, including, The
Guesthouse, The Good Life, and Gardencourt
by Frederick Smock; A Simple Human Motion, by Jeff
Worley; and In the Country of Morning Calm, by
Richard Taylor, all published by Larkspur Press. She also
illustrated Amish Economy by Wendell Berry for
Adela Press; and Divine Right’s Trip, by
Gurney Norman and Snakehunter, by Chuck Kinder,
for Gnomon Press. She is working on writing and illustrating
a couple of children's books at present.
Education
Art Student’s League, New York City, 1986, Painting
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 1981 - 1984, BFA in Communication
Design
Centre College of Kentucky, Danville, KY, 1979 - 1981, English
Literature
Woodford County High School, Versailles, KY, 1974 - 1979
Represented by
Edenside Gallery, 1422 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Ky
(502) 459-ARTS
The Kentucky Artisan Center, just off Interstate 75 at exit
77, Berea, Ky
Art Exchange On-line Gallery: www.art-exchange.com
Member
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen
Lexington Art League
Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators
The Bluegrass Printmakers' Co-op
Exhibit History
Grace + Grit, Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, with Davie
Reneau, Berea, KY, 2004
Water Tower Annual 2004, juried group show, Louisville Visual
Arts Association, KY
Romancing Kentucky, Behringer-Crawford Museum, juried group
show, KY, 2004
Out & About, Smith-Berry Vineyard, Clifford Amyx Gallery,
with S.H. Cundiff, KY, 2004
Larkspur Press 30th Anniversary Exhibit, Smith-Berry Vineyard,
Clifford Amyx Gallery, KY, 2003, group
She On Her, University of Kentucky Art Museum, President’s
Room, Lexington, KY, 2001, group
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Showcase Exhibit,
with Gail Hartman and John Ward, Berea, KY, 2001
Balance & Swing, Kessler’s Pub, KY, March-April,
2001
Laura Lee Cundiff and Dennis Duross, Paintings and Drawings,
Artsplace, KY, 2000
Artique Gallery, OH, with S.H. Cundiff
Artsplace, Lexington, KY, two-person, two times
Blue Grass Airport Gallery, Lexington, KY, solo
Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, KY, solo, two times
Capitol Gallery, Frankfort, KY, group
Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY, solo
Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY, two-person
Heike Pickett/Triangle Gallery, Lexington, KY, group
Jack of All Arts Gallery, Madrid, NM
Joseph-Beth Café Gallery, Lexington, KY, solo
Kentucky - Ecuador Exchange, Quito, Ecuador, group
Kentucky Gallery of Fine Crafts and Art, Lexington, KY,
solo and three-person
Lexington Art League, Loudon House, Lexington, KY, group
Louisville Airport Gallery, Louisville, KY, group
Marbleous Gallery, Madrid, NM
Old Capitol Building, Frankfort, KY, group
Raintree Gallery, Versailles, KY
Tower-Cerlan Gallery, Lexington
University of Kentucky Art Museum, President’s Room,
Lexington, KY, two person
Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1989
Woodford County Library, Versailles, KY, 1988
Graphics ’88 Show, Headley-Whitney Museum, juried
group
show, Lexington, KY, won purchase award
Water Tower Annual 1988, Louisville Visual Arts Association,
group
Anthrax Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1986, group
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