Lee Shiney is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in a former school building in Arcadia, Iowa. A Kansas transplant and two-time cancer survivor, he has a career spanning approximately 25 solo shows and 50 group exhibitions — with roots in the Wichita and Kansas City areas and an increasingly active presence in Iowa.

Among his notable projects, Shiney was one of three artists selected to create InterACTIVE, an exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum that ran from 2008 to 2010, and was rooted in audience participation and hands-on engagement.

A co-founder of the annual West Iowa Artists’ Studio Tour, Shiney has a solo exhibition upcoming at Witter Gallery in Storm Lake, Iowa in 2027.

Museums

• “InterACTIVE”, a kinetic sculpture and painting exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum (with Kansas artists Christopher Gulick and Tom McGuire), Spring 2008 through Spring 2010, Wichita, Kansas.

Awards

• 1st Place, Manning Masterpiece Art Fair, Manning IA, May 2023
• ArtAid12 Buddy Greenburg Acrylic and Oil Painting Patron Award, 2005, Wichita, Kansas.

Galleries

• The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS
• The Gallery at ARTWORKS , Wichita, KS

Teaching

• Co-creator and presenter of  “The 3-Legged Stool: Blending Art & Science with Robots.“ A four- session elementary school STEM residency that blended the lines between engineering and art, the program was developed jointly by Lee Shiney and Tom McGuire with a grant by Spirit Aerospace and the MetLife Foundation, through Arts Partners Wichita. 2010–2016.

Charities, Causes, Donations, Workshops

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Hawkeye 10 High School Art Fair, Art and Engineering presentations, Atlantic, IA, May 2023
• United Way Benefit, Feb. 2014, Wichita KS
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Create for the Cure, benefit for Victory in the Valley, Oct. 2012, Wichita, Kansas.
• Board of Directors, Sing It Out, Inc., 2010–2013, Wichita, Kansas.
• The Independent School arts program benefit, 2012, Wichita, Kansas.
• Art for Arthritis, a yearly benefit for the Kansas Arthritis Foundation, Wichita, Kansas: 2010–2013
• Digital Media and Interactive 3D Advisory Board, Butler Community College, El Dorado, Kansas: 2010–2011
• Arts Partners participating artist, Wichita, Kansas, 2010–2013
• ArtAID, Wichita KS: 2005–2012
• Art4Life, Wichita KS: 2011
• SCART Sedgwick County Animal Response Team benefit auction, June 2010, Watermark Books, Wichita KS
• Red Chair Affair benefit for the Orpheum Theatre, Wichita, Kansas: 2009, 2010
• Reds, Whites and Tasty Bites, benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Wichita, Kansas: 2009, 2010
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Career Day, Val Jackson Elementary, Wichita, Kansas: 2008–2012
• Wichita Center for the Arts Annual Art Auction, Wichita, Kansas: 2008
• ALS Benefit featured artist, Postcard Planet, Wichita, Kansas: 2008
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Youthville Chalk Art Festival, Newton, Kansas: 2008, 2012
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Owner, Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, Kansas: 2000-2002
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Editor/Publisher, Teachnet.com: 1995-present

Publications

• Review Magazine, Winter 2009 “The Velvet Rope No More” by Joanna Ramondetta, a review of “InterACTIVE” at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita KS.
• ArtKC365, “Maintaining the Soft Machine: Lee Shiney at Urbana Modern Furniture Studio”, art review (out of print)
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Artstew Magazine – Issue 7
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Proteus Magazine Online, Issue 6
• Naked City Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, Dec. 2007
• Wichita City Paper, February 2007
• Art & Antiques Magazine, “Automatic Artwork”, September 2005

Solo Exhibitions

• Positive Space, The Old Fashioned Cocktail Bar, Denison IA, Dec. 2024
• Alumni Exhibition, Riney Gallery, Pratt Community College, Feb. 2014, Pratt KS
• 105 Horizons, The Gallery at ARTWORKS, 2013, Wichita, KS
• Event Horizon, Watermark Books, Sept. 2013, Wichita KS
• Grounding, 5.4.7 Arts Center, Greensburg, KS
• Sub-substrates, Watermark Books, June 2013, Wichita KS
• Secret Identities, Oct. 2012, Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
• Taut , July 2012, OfficePort KC, Kansas City, MO
• Kansas, Abstracted , July 2012, The Merc, Lawrence KS
• The HOME SHOW II, June 2012, Kechi, KS
• The  Stop Light Gallery, Wichita KS
• The HOME SHOW, Oct. 2011, Kechi, KS
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Chez Elle, May 2011, Kansas City, MO
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The Labor Party, Apr. 2011, Wichita KS
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Ars Ex Machina, Jan.-Feb. 2011, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita KS
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Horizon – August 2010, Watermark Books, Wichita KS
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Old News – Mar. 2010, Art of Healing, Wichita KS
• Water Place Explore – June 2009, Exploration Place, Wichita KS
• Colloid – April 2009, Pachamamas, Lawrence KS
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Guilt 2 – Sep. 2007, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Wichita KS
• Sofa Size – 2006, Commerce Gallery, Wichita KS
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Guilt – 2005, Winds of Change Gallery, Wichita KS
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Stop (Beating the Dead Horse) – 2005, Linesight Gallery, Wichita KS
• Detritus – 2003, Firehouse Art Gallery, Wichita KS

Group Exhibitions

• West Iowa Art Tour and open studio , Apr. 2026, Arcadia IA
• Southwest Iowa Art Tour, Sept. 2025, Mi Casa, Harlan IA 
• West Iowa Art Tour and open studio , Apr. 2025, Arcadia IA
• The Forgotten Art… The Artists, CG Therkildsen Center, Harlan IA, Nov. 2024
• Manning Masterpiece Art Fair, Manning IA, May 2023
• Southwest Iowa Art Tour, The Charles E. and Florence M. Lakin Community Center, Malvern IA, Sept. 2022
• 2 Artists 2 Weekends, Brick Wall Gallery, Harlan IA, Oct. 2021
• Southwest Iowa Art Tour, The Charles E. and Florence M. Lakin Community Center, Malvern IA, Sept. 2021
• Visions of the Flint Hills, Oct.-Nov. 2013, Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO
• Chalk Art Festival, featured artist, Aug. 2013, Old Town Square, Wichita, KS
• Automatic Art: A Gallery of Robotic Activity, Aug. 2013, Dept. Zero, Kansas City MO
• Round and Round, Mar.-June 2013, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green KS
• Fusion (with Susan de Wit), Exploration Place, Oct. 2012, Wichita KS
• Secret Identity, Tangent Lab, Oct. 2012, Wichita, KS
• 2 Wheels Cheap Thrills, July, 2012, Go-Away Garage Gallery, Wichita KS
• Transcribed Natures, May 2012, Wichita KS
• Art for Arthritis Mentor Artists Show, April 2012, Vintera Gallery, Wichita KS
• The Bomb Shelter #2, Nov. 2011, Wichita KS
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Single Serving, May 2011, Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
• Show #1 at the Bomb Shelter, May 2011, Wichita KS
• Substance of Medium, Sept. 2010, Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
• Group show with Elly Fitzig and Travis Hinnen, Jones Gallery, Mar. 2010, Wichita KS
• Urbana Furniture Studio, Sept. 2009, Kansas City, MO
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rEvolve: presented by Hack.Art.Lab at Diver Studio, Nov. 2008, Wichita KS
• The Donut Whole, Nov. 2008, Wichita KS
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ArtAid 15, Oct. 2008, Cotillion, Wichita KS
• Robot Show, Commerce Gallery, Oct. 2008, Wichita KS
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ALS Benefit, Featured Artist, Oct. 2008, Wichita KS
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Dumpster Diving, Aug. 2008, CityArts, Wichita KS
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Chalk Art Festival – June 2008, Newton KS
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Salon des Refusés – May 2008, Commerce Gallery and Redline Gallery at Lawrence Photo, Wichita KS
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ArtAid14, Oct. 2007, Cotillion, Wichita KS.
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2007 Arts Council Annual Juried Art Exhibit at CityArts – Oct. 2007, CityArts, Wichita KS
• The Geographical Center of a Shrinking Planet: Local Artists in the Global Age – March 2007, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler County Community College, Eldorado KS
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Mixed Media Mixed Message – March 2007, Gallery 414, Wichita KS
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Free (with Chris Frank) – Feb. 2007, Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
• Art Olio – Feb. 2007, Gallery PBH, Wichita KS
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Leftovers Again – 2006, Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
• ArtAid13, Oct. 2006, Cotillion, Wichita KS.
• KC Ad Club Benefit Auction – 2006, Kansas City MO
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Plane Crazy – 2006, CityArts, Wichita KS
• Honey I Love You…But it is time for you to go – 2006, Lawrence Photo, Wichita KS
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Semi-Automatic (with Jim Phillips) – 2005, Firehouse Art Gallery, Wichita KS
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Some-Art Sem-Antics (collaboration with Kenneth Boe Petersen) – 2005, Newman University, Wichita KS
• Modernism: Abstract, Non-Objective and Mid-Century Influence – 2005, Commerce Gallery, Wichita KS
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ICT Invention and Contraption Convention – 2005, The Go Away Garage, Wichita KS
• Move (with Christopher Gulick) – 2004, The Farm, Kansas City MO
• War Against Visual Pollution – 2004, Firehouse Art Gallery, Wichita KS
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Some-Art Sem-Antics (collaboration with Kenneth Boe Petersen and Kent Williams) – 2004, Newman University, Wichita KS
• Art101 – 2004, CityArts, Wichita KS
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Pushing All the Wrong Buttons – 2003, CityArts, Wichita KS