Heiki Liss Mills College Heike Liss is a visual artist mostly working in photography and video. She grew up in Germany where she studied Social Anthropology and Ethnology. In 1999 she moved to California where she lives with her husband and their two children. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate Program of Fine Arts at Mills College in Oakland. Over the last ten years her work has been shown in Germany, Austria, France, Chile and California. She has collaborated with French choreographer François Verret, Australian Composer Josephine Truman, German conceptual artist Uta Weyrich, Californian language poet Lyn Heijinian and others. Since 1999 she frequently works with video artist Ellen Lake. Under the name Liss & Lake, they utilize spy cameras and video for sight specific interventions and installations in public spaces. Liss is the recipient of a Murphy and Cadogan Award.