₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊Lilith Lux Batty₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊
₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊About₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊
lilith lux batty is a New England based multimedia painter and poet. Her work focuses on her personal experiences with queer identity and mental illness, with an emphasis on camp, collage, and text. She is the author of two self published poetry books entitled Uncle Mommy, Girl Sin and Calla Lilies. She is currently studying at the Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, Maine (graduating 2025) following a transfer from The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois. She is also a bimbo who loves breakfast food, the Twilight Saga, and fantasizing about horrific ways to meet a bloody demise.
₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊artist statement₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊
I’m constantly confronted by thoughts of my mortality. There is a sense of urgency that I feel needs to be confronted through the creation of paintings, collages, drawings. The art that I create acts as a way to exorcize the morbid thoughts from myself. My work utilizes imagery and motifs of bondage and religion which contribute the themes of restraint and submission. The thought of having to submit to something beyond yourself acts as an allegory to represent the emotions that come with the thoughts I’m faced with. The act of making and using these images as material works through those emotions and ground them in my reality. My work is also about sharing sympathy with the viewer and embracing them so they feel connected, even in the blinding fear of our shared thoughts.
My work utilizes collage, text, pastel colors, and hearts all as ways for the viewer to enter my work. The content of the work is heavy and these elements act as modes to counteract that and make the work feel approachable. I also often work in multiples and with repetition as this allows the viewer to build a larger narrative from the narratives that are present in the individual pieces. Formally, the decisions I make are fueled by the content and the desire to have a connection with the viewer.
Group Exhibitions
2025 May BFA Thesis Exhibition, MECA&D Portland, ME (upcoming)
2023 November Collab 49 Oak Street, Portland, Maine
2020 April - Suspension Galleries, Suspension, Chicago, Illinois
June - Clark’s Reality Gallery, The Gallery, Chicago, Illinois/online
Books|Catalogs
2023 Calla Lilies by Lilith Batty
2020 Uncle Mommy, Girl Sin by Lilith Batty
Publications
2021 Residual Believers: Issue 1 Baptism - poster design
Education
2025 Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME BFA (expected 2025)
2018-2022 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Employment
2024 Porter I - Coopershill - Peterborough, NH
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2021 Library Assistant, John M Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute Chicago, IL
Library Assistant, Jaffrey Public Library, Jaffrey, NH
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2019-2020 Office Assistant, School of the Art Institute Chicago - Chicago, IL, September
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2019 Costume Designer, Firelight Theater Workshop - Peterborough, NH, July
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2016 -2018 Library Aide, Stephenson Memorial Library - Greenfield, NH
Volunteer
2023 Library Volunteer - Chester Public Library, Chester, NH
Skills
Painting - Acrylic & Multimedia
Computer - Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, & Premiere)
Costume Design/Sewing - Theater Costume Design, Industrial and Home Machine Sewing
Work in Collections of
Henry Forcelle
Mad Hotchko