Lisa Bulawsky

Biography

Lisa Bulawsky is widely recognized for her work in printmaking and works on paper, as well as her installation and temporary public art works. Her prints are in the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp, Belgium, the House of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City among others. In 1996, she was awarded an NEA fellowship for her works on paper. Lisa has had numerous solo exhibitions and recent group shows that include the High Point Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Dalarnas Museum in Sweden where her work was included in The Falun Triennial 2007.  Lisa’s work is also recognized in Printmaking at the Edge, by Richard Noyce, a book published in 2006 about international, contemporary trends in printmaking.

In addition to unique works on paper, Lisa is also interested in the populist tradition in printmaking, in the multiple and its democratic potential. She draws from this context to create temporary public works under the umbrella of Vertigo Press, which she established in 2000, and Blindspot Galleries, which she established and directed from 2002 to 2005.

Lisa received her BA and post-graduate certificate in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her MFA in 1995 from the University of Kansas, where she graduated with honors in Printmaking.