“In my work, I offer an opportunity to examine our lives. Urged forward by the pressing dilemmas of today, the work is an interactive, tactile, and vulnerable offering to my community. I am making this for my neighbors and friends. I am making it to have the difficult conversation.”

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Lisa Wolfgang (she/her) is a queer, interdisciplinary artist whose work consists of poetry, objects, songs, and art experiences. Lisa will be pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Fall 2024. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Expanded Media from Alfred University in 2014.

Lisa’s studio practice contemplates what it means to live a good life. Perhaps every generation has felt that they live in a time of great upheaval, but Lisa finds the challenges we presently face - climate change, staggering economic inequality, and the systems of oppression - create a unique existential anxiety. How can we live a good life despite all the factors against us? Can we believe in a higher power in the face of impending disaster? How can we create comfort and joy in our lives and communities?

Contact

Place pieces in the puzzle until my brain is numb Wean myself off stomach meds only to find that I can’t sleep at night from the pain Buy an electric toothbrush and find my teeth feel cleaner than ever Glue and mica form a new line in the mende
I asked for a sign and drew the devil again It said abandon your caution Live by the dictation of dreams Do what you want if you know what that is But what do you need and say it aloud I’ve almost got it figured out
Don’t leave your witches alone on the vernal equinox For you might find the house empty and the broom burned in the wood stove Day bringer, light seeker, spring cleaner Who would have thought in our winter divinations Awakening to slip in knee
Sister I missed you fervently Snow in the spring Smiles meeting the eyes Songs I haven’t heard before Sunrise under the moon Stillness in the evening Sweetheart you’ll know someday Soon we’ll see each other again
Once, a long time ago My father said it should hurt to give something away That it meant the offering was good To mourn the parting from an object In that sentiment and regretfully unprepared I find in my pocket the only fabric I happen to bring Biti
When we slept outside in the winter I dreamed of tall grass and the sound of summer things and woke to find you Stars reflecting in the darkness Blue eyes I should have taken your picture then It’s been a decade that I’ve regretted this

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Earthworks: Tradition, Influence, Innovation; Juried Group Exhibit The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
2023 Home and How We Make It; Curator River Arts, Morrisville VT
2022 Art in a Time of Crisis; Curator River Arts, Morrisville VT
2019 Of the Earth; Curator River Arts, Morrisville, VT
2019 Out of the Fill II; Group Exhibit 2 Creative Community, Winooski, VT
2018 Members Art Show; Group Exhibit The Current, Stowe, VT
2016 To Burn a Prarie; Solo Exhibit, Barry County Arts and Eats, Dowling, MI
2015 Meditation Walks; Solo Performance Ratna Ling Retreat Center, Cazadero, CA
2014 Permanent Collection; Group Exhibit Art Farm Nebraska, Aurora, NE
2014 The Front Yard; Juried Group Exhibit Burchfield Penny, Buffalo, NY