Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

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Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger completed her MFA at SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) University of Sydney in 2015.
In 2014 Lea completed her second residency in New York at SVA (the School of Visual Arts) NatLab (Nature and Technology laboratory) in Manhattan she holds a Master of Studio Arts and a Diploma of Fine Art. Her recent solo exhibition Colliding Worlds at the Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, followed her work being shown in an SVA Alumni show at the Flatiron Building in Manhattan and at the NYABF at the MOMA annex PS1, New York.
Her research into evolution and tourist impact on the environments has seen Lea do onsite investigations in The Galapagos Islands 2014 and Lord Howe Islands 2014 & 2015.

Recent papers Lea has delivered include the
2017
On a Knife's Edge: exploring tourism industry and consumerism environmental effects through art. Joint paper with Associate Professor Lina Espinosa,12th International Conference on the Arts in Society - (American University) Paris, France June 15
2016
There Be Dragons: human impact on the unique environments of the Galapagos and Lord Howe Islands - Lord Howe Island Museum NSW April 13
2015
AESS (Association of Environmental Sciences and Studies) conference Confronting Frontiers, Borders & Boundaries at the University of California in San Diego CA, There Be Dragons: Human impact on the environmentally sensitive Galapagos and Lord Howe Islands
2015
AMOS (Association of Meterological and Oceanographic Studies) annual conference in Brisbane. Lightning Lecture and Poster presentation Distinction with a Difference: Exploring the Ecospheres of the Galapagos and Lord Howe Islands with controlled Tourism
2014
ANU Affective Habitus, conference From Weed to Tree: and exploration of the dandelion

KEY WORDS
Evolution
Charles Darwin
Environment
Galapagos Islands
Lord Howe Island
Evolution
Biodiversity
Plastic

Intents and Strategies
My current work deals with how plastic and it breakdown will effect the living in our biosphere.
By creating installations and video artworks that invoke a connection between us and the environment.