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Lee Running
Lee Running

Sculpture that activates unseen spaces

Lee Running creates sculpture grounded in direct observation and contact with the natural world. Working in iron, enamel, glass, paper, and bone, she explores American wildness, overlooked spaces, and the boundary between human infrastructure and natural systems.

A former Arts/Industry Foundry Resident at Kohler Co., Lee has created permanent installations for The Omaha Central Library, the STEM Trail at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Kentucky.

 

Projects

Meal in the Verge

A shared meal beside the highway asks participants to bear witness to the beauty of wild spaces and the damage caused by human systems.

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Nebraska Dark Sky

Engraved glass activated by motion-sensored light and monumental astronomy murals honor Nebraska’s dark skies while exploring the balance needed for visibility and preservation.

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Opera Coat

This cast-iron tailcoat, developed in residencies with Opera Omaha and Kohler Co., transforms a garment’s hidden lining into a rugged exterior. This inversion reveals the intricacies within.

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They Too Have Wings

A public commission for Omaha Central Library, 16 monumental cast-iron milkweed seeds are suspended through three stories of flight.

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In Development

Take a closer look at Lee’s current work in the studio, the foundry, the archive, and beyond.

Omaha Library Project

Lee Running making work at Sloss Metal Arts for Omaha Library’s new Central Library. Lee is making cast iron, enameled milkweed seeds that will sweep upwards in the new building like they’re being carried by the wind.

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