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Lee Blankenship is a visual artist based in Oregon. His work explores multispecies politics and existential boundaries between living/nonliving beings. Blankenship is specifically focused on how modalities of seeing can challenge our spatial and temporal assignments to natural phenomena and processes, and the default paradigm of anthropogenic geography. Emmert is interested in how our interaction with natural forms can redefine our attributions to diverse physical, biological, and cultural features—and encourage ecocentrism as a mechanism for framing land and life.

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SELECT PUBLICATIONS

THE ATLANTIC

TIME

ROLLING STONE

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

BARRON’S

FAST COMPANY

FORTUNE

TEXAS MONTHLY

AMERICAN WAY

SPIRIT

MIX

MONEY

THE OREGONIAN

SEATTLE MAGAZINE

THE WASHINGTON POST

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

IDAHO FILM COLLECTION photography grant, 2025

STORY OF FIRE - BSU School of the Environment Community Storytelling grant, 2025

US FOREST SERVICE Outreach through Arts, 2013-2017

DIGITAL ARTS EQUITY & ACCESS education outreach grant, 2017

STORY ARC Cinematic Journalism Workshop Leader, 2015

NEA ARTWORKS grant for Geography of We multimedia project, 2014

STORY ARC Turnbull Center Cinematic Journalism Workshop Leader, 2014

CALDERA ARTS Artist in Residence, 2013

CALDERA ARTS Artist in Residence, 2012

COLLEGE BOARD Excellence & Innovation in the Arts, 2011

ADOBE® EDUCATION AWARDS – International Photo Competition, 2010

OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER Annual Photography Competition Judge, 2009

SOCIETY OF VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS 5-time recipient of DSVC Award for Excellencem 2000-2006

GRAPHIS Design Annual Award, 2004

COMMUNICATION ARTS Design Annual Award, 2004

PRINT MAGAZINE Design Annual Award, 2003

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY — CLINICAL PROFESSOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY & MULTIMEDIA / 2023-

EVERGREEN — INSTRUCTOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY & MULTIMEDIA / 2020-2008

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON — INSTRUCTOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY & MULTIMEDIA / 2014-2008

CALDERA ARTS — LEAD TEACHING ARTIST IN PHOTOGRAPHY & MULTIMEDIA / 2017-2012

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM — LEAD TEACHING ARTIST / VISUAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK / 2008-Ongoing

EDUCATION

Master of Multimedia—University of Oregon

Bachelor of Photography—Millsaps College, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Philosophy—Millsaps College, Magna Cum Laude

Summer in Sculpture—Corcoran College of Art & Design

TALKS

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CAREERS Lilly Endowment—Jackson, MS

ECOCRITICAL ART THEORY Boise State University— Boise, ID

VISUAL NARRATIVE Literary Nonfiction Masters Workshop—Eugene, OR

CLASS, POVERTY, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN ART THEORY Boise State University—Boise, ID

TECHNOLOGY & ARTS EDUCATION, US Forest Service Public Affairs—Bend, OR

ENGAGING YOUTH THROUGH THE ARTS, College Board Western Regional Forum—San Francisco, CA

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS Editorial Photography Workshop—Eugene, OR

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2025 AIRSENSE juried exhibition, Blue Gallery, Boise, ID

2025 STILLNESS solo exhibition, Sub Gallery, Boise, ID

2024 CONTEMPORARY COPING group exhibition, Neri Gallery, Boise, ID

2024 STRANGE LANDSCAPES international exhibition, Blue Gallery, Boise, ID

2024 STRANGE LANDSCAPES immersive exhibition, Stein Luminary, Boise, ID

2024 BROKEN BOTANY solo exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Boise, ID

LEE BLANKENSHIP Work