On April 7th multidisciplinary artist Leif J Lee will reveal their newest artwork and release issue #13 of their zine "Why a Queer Occult." 

Based out of Portland, Oregon's Rainmaker Artist Residency artist Leif K Lee creates new works on paper, clay sculpture, embroidery on dyed fabric, super 8 MM film, photography, and performance work surrounding the illusive concept of queer spirits and occult practices. 

Though their deeply personal, spiritual experiences, this artist enters into a trance induced creative practice, symbols, line and hand work bring about spells of drawing, sculpting and queer occult practices. 

Leif J Lee's work is a shield against negative energies in the art world, a celebration of a queer spiritual underground, and a home for the lost orphan of homophobia and transphobia. With a new compus, Leif J Lee directs their intentions towards the spiritual guide residing within the queer body, previously hidden and for one night only illuminated by the black light. 

Leif J Lee is a 2014 graduate of the Masters of Fine Arts, visual studies program at PNCA, and is a current artist in residence at the Rainmaker Artist Residency. Lee is a 2015 recipient of the Precipice Fund for their collaborative project, environmental impact statement. Their work has been shown in Portland Oregon's Duplex Gallery, Surplus Space, DISJECTA, PNCA, and in Olympia, Washington's Northern Gallery.