As a child with an overactive imagination growing up in a small, North Carolina city, Lee Nisbet has always been drawn to the practice of art-making. In high school, she was the recipient of a National Gold Key art award, which was inspirational and encouraged her to continue her studies and secure a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Art at East Carolina University. After graduation, she moved to the Triangle and is proud to call it home. While maintaining her art practice, she has championed and fostered art in the Triangle with her work in area arts institutions, including Artspace, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
During the COVID shutdown, photography became even more of a priority and allowed her some escape from the global worries of that era. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, publications, and she is represented by Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC.
Solo Exhibitions
2025
#merging #nightdrives, Durham Art Guild: Art@Work, NC Medical Board, Raleigh, NC
#merging #nightdrives, Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC
Group Exhibitions
2025
Street Frame, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Changing & Unchanging, Soul Sanctuary, Durham, NC
DRIVE-IN: An exhibition of and about cars, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Internal Review: NCMA Staff Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem
2024
Begin Transmission, Satellite Space, Raleigh, NC
Carousel Slideshow, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Overgrowth: North Carolina Photography, The Northside District, Chapel Hill, NC
2022
Squeeze, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC
MAKE//TAKE, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC and Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021
ECU School of Art and Design Alumni Exhibition, Greenville, NC
2019
Motion Stills, works by Emily Berns and Lee Nisbet, Morning Times, Raleigh, NC
Press
Midtown Magazine, featured artist, September-October 2024, Raleigh, NC
Publications
North Carolina Literary Review, Online Winter 2023, East Carolina University
Education
BFA Painting, School of Art and Design, East Carolina University
