BIO
Lisa is an Artist, Educator, Interior Architect and Environmental Graphic Designer. Known for her biomimetic work and creative endeavors that engage in both research and practice on subjects in environmental sustainability, studio related research and design thinking, she has received national recognition for her practice. She continually nurtures a culture of discovery in her studio, while dedicating her academic career to teaching and mentoring students. For more than a decade she has taught a variety of courses in art, foundations, sustainable design, interior architecture, and furniture at universities around the country. She wants design and education to be a practice of liberation in order to make possible the kind of risk-taking and thoughtful dialogue that leads to growth on various scales in a community.
Lisa holds a Masters Degree from Rhode Island School of Design, Collegiate Teaching Certificate from Brown University, and a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Pennsylvania State University. Her work has been published in magazines including: The New York Times, Artforum, Denver Westword, Biennial of the Americas, Interior Design Magazine, The Boston Globe, and New Haven Register. She has been awarded the National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” Grant, 1st Place in the ASID Crystal Awards, 1st Place in the IIDA International Sustainable Design Competition and the Bessie Award In Performance, Installation and New Media among others.
Constantly inspired by the natural world, Lisa draws from multiple scientific fields to create works that span dimensionality and scale, and that align with the principles of sustainability. She is invested in researching and studying how the natural world can teach us through its systems, models, and elements for the purpose of solving complex human problems. Biomimicry and Botany are driving forces as she intimately studies the cellular structures, morphology, pollinating practices and adaptations of extant species from the ancient plant kingdom. Using a variety of 2D and 3D creative devices, she explores the human condition and our connection to the environment with efforts to make a significant contribution to the evolution of diverse and connected ecosystems. Lisa is interested in furthering her public and academic roles through collaborations with Botanists, Synthetic Biologists and Nanotechnologists on developing solutions for regenerative ecosystems - as temporal installations and through more permanent projects. She aspires to cultivate cross-disciplinary conversations that help to elevate people and their power to create lasting positive change.
She currently lives in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Denver with her husband and son, Sylvan. In addition to her creative work, she is also an avid cyclist, runner, outdoor enthusiast, music lover and her record collection is pretty, pretty good.