WAITING ROOM

LISA BARENSE | Low Relief

April 23 - May 26, 2023

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Lisa Barense has worked in collage, drawing, painting, photography, textiles, and ceramics. Although her projects have ranged over multiple disciplines, she has maintained a consistent interest in grids and patterns. Her latest woven paper pieces feature food labels woven into the pages of an old thesis book, reflecting a central focus of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her more recent ceramic work is an attempt to translate her woven paper work to ceramics; this current paper-mache project is an attempt to transform her ceramic work back to paper.

Mostly self-taught, Lisa Barense attended art school at Columbia College in Chicago in her 40’s. Barense’s Loyola Condenser project involved the daily photographic documentation of a huge HVAC condenser on a Loyola University building overlooking Lake Michigan. She has previously exhibited her work at the Glass Curtain Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center and Lawrence & Clark Gallery. She currently lives and works in New York City. Her more recent projects can be found on IG as @loyola_condenser.