Hi, my name is Eric Lee. I am a contemporary digital artist born and raised in Northbrook, IL. I am well-known for my digital artworks embodying contemporary abstract and surreal designs with vibrant colors. Although I was born with a hearing and speech impediment problem and a small motor skill disability, I have always aspired to pursue excellence to my best ability and have found my place in the world through art. I began my lifelong passion for vivid and abstract imagery as a youngster with a paintbrush in an art class, where the instructor encouraged me to learn Picasso’s artistic skills. I received a B.A. in Graphic Design from Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, and a Graphic Design Certificate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

I utilize various powerful tools in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in each of my artworks to digitally paint and deliver distinctive artistic effects. My artworks are often inspired by my diverse passion for nature, animals, lyrics from favorite music bands, and rich images embodied in classic Chinese poems and Asian culture.

As a fervent animal lover, I often incorporate many endangered animals, horses, popular dog breeds, and cats into my artwork. The unique integration of beloved endangered animals in the contemporary and abstract setting has inspired art connoisseurs.

Most of my artworks are digital art in digital painting/illustration, photo manipulation, and typography. Photo manipulation works combine my own photos and stock photos from Adobe Stock, istockphotos.com, and Shutterstock.com. Most of my work takes a day or a month to complete.

 During my free time, I like to enjoy listening to music from hard rock to pop. My hobbies are listening to music, photography, keeping up with new digital art trends,  sometimes going to the gym, and collecting Funko Pop.  

Technically:
​Most of my artworks are inspired by my passion for animals, nature, or
lyrics from my favorite musicians. I create complex and vibrant abstract/surreal
digital artwork, usually starting as a digital vector drawing from Illustrator,
photo(s), or personalized custom 3-D figure meticulously developed in Daz
Studio software, then I imported them into Adobe Photoshop to be created
with twelve or more layers. My unique artworks have received high
compliments from art galleries, art connoisseurs, customers, and peer artists.

Awards:

Young Artist Awards 2022, Art for Life Chicago and Diffa Chicago

Outstanding Achievement Awards, Lincolnshire Art Festival 2022

Outstanding Achievement Awards, Arlington Heights' Promenade of Art Art Festival 2019

Honorable Mention, Lewis University's Windows Fine Arts Magazine Contest, April 2011

Past Art Shows and Exhibitions
 

Art Festival and Solo/Group Exhibition 2023:

International Digital Art Exhibition:
The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK- Loop III Jan 7-10  2023 and FIERA JAN 27- FEB 5 2023

Art Festival and Solo/Group Exhibition 2022:
Colonial Dentist and Northbrook Court Jan-June 2022
Group Shows: Art Pop, Lake Forest, IL's What's Up with That, Line and Design, Bloom Art, and Sky and Water,  Northbrook Originals April-June and Artist in Residence at Northbrook Public Library June-August 2022, and Naperville Art League's Main Street Promenade Program at Main St, Naperville, IL June-November. 

International Digital Art Exhibition:

M.A.D.S, Milan, Italy- Liquid Arsenal May 28-June 03 and NFT (New Freedom Think March 30-April 3
Florence Contemporary Gallery- New Visions September 
The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK- PleThora September 20-Oct 18

Art Festival:

Art in the Park-Northbrook, IL, May 2022
Lincolnshire Art Fest- Lincolnshire, IL, June 2022
Southport Art Festival, July 2022
 Printer's Row Art Show- South Loop Chicago, IL, and Port Clinton Art Festival- Highland Park, IL August 2022
 

Art Festival and Solo Exhibition 2021:
Solo Exhibition at C&M Auto, Glenview, IL for 3 Months (January-April 2021)
Glenview Art League Holiday Pop Store- Northbrook Court, Northbrook, IL November-December 2021

Art in the Park-Northbrook, IL and St. Charles Fine Art Show-St. Charles, IL May 2021
Lincolnshire Art Fest- Lincolnshire, IL, Wheaton Art Walk- Wheaton, IL, Bur Ridge Art Fair- Bur Ridge, IL June 2021
Southport Art Festival,  Millennium Park Art Festival, Chicago, IL, Glencoe Art Festival- Glencoe, IL July 2021
The Glen Art Fest- Glenview, IL, Printer's Row Art Show- South Loop Chicago, IL, Evanston Big Folk Art Fest -Evanston, IL, Gold Coast- Chicago, IL, Port Clinton Art Festival- Highland Park, IL August 2021
Third Ward Art Show- Milwaukee, WI, and Lakeview East- Chicago IL September 2021

2019 Art Festival Schedules:
Affordable Sales Art Show- Skokie, IL Sept 2019
Lakeview East Art Festival- Lakeview East (Chicago, IL) Sept 2019
Third Ward Art Festival- Milwaukee, WI August-Sept 2019
Bucktown Art Fest-Chicago, IL August 2019
Art in the Glen,-Glenview IL August 2019
Southport Art Fest- Chicago July 2019
Promenade of Art Art Festival-Arlington Heights June 2019

2018 Art Festival Schedules:

Friday Daley Plaza Market Days- Chicago, IL July 2018
Starving Artists-Highwood, IL Sept 2018

Solo Graduation Art Exhibit Lewis University Spring 2011