Lily Christiana Munn always knew she wanted to be an artist. She had been drawing, painting, and creating portraits for most of her life, and professionally since 1999. In 1993, she got her Cosmetology license and worked professionally as a cosmetologist/hair stylist and makeup & SFX artist to pay her way through art school. After graduating from the Seattle Art Institute in 1998 with a degree in Illustration, she developed her art business skills. She worked as a negative/print digital retoucher, photographer, portrait artist, and illustrator. In 2004, she was forced to retire from the art and glamour world after almost a decade of crippling wrist and hand pain and degenerating spine from a connective tissue disorder. Fortunately, after wrist surgery and a few years of physical therapy and rehabilitation, she was able to carefully work her way back to drawing and painting. Using all of her mad creative skills together, she now creates a wonderfully unique style of hyperrealistic fine art portraiture not seen anywhere else.


 

Exhibitions

2010  
NorWesCon 33 Art Show: Seatac, WA

2009  
Alumni Art Show: Art Institute of Seattle, Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004
“Dia De Los Muertos, 2” WBC, Bremerton, WA
"Circus Freaks" WBC, Bremerton, WA
"Low Brow on the High Seas: The Pirate Show" WBC, Bremerton, WA
"April Showers Bring May Flowers: Toilet Seat Art!" WBC, Bremerton, WA
“My Funny Valentine” WBC, Bremerton, WA

2003
“Dia De Los Muertos, 1 ” WBC, Bremerton, WA

2002
“Kustom Shoe Show” Kuhlman, Seattle, WA Jurors: Laurel Anderson, Kipling West

Awards and Honors

Evergreen State Fair – Best in Show, Viewer's Choice, First Place – Professional Division “Kathryn” 2000