Artist Statement I have been interested in architectural forms and its ornament - from primitive huts to classical temples. A persistent theme has been industrial structures as containers or dwellings. The current grain elevators have a formal simplicity and starkness that remind me of a DeChirico painting where perspective and space are given a palpaple sense of foreboding. To me, these forms are graphically strong and iconic in stature. There is an unconventional beauty that draws me to these industrial forms and the urban landscape in general. I see them while riding the train, juxtaposed incongruously against beautiful ornamentation or standing alone against the horizon. Having grown up in Chicago, I have come to see these forms as our modern-day ruins, both mysterious and richly evocative.Artist Biography A native of Chicago, Lisa Harris has been a ceramic artist for over twenty years. After graduating from Grinnell College in 1975, she continued her studies at the Evanston Art Center and The Art Institute of Chicago. Lisa was an artist-in-residence at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, Illinois, and in 1985, became a studio member and instructor of ceramics at Lill Street Studios and Gallery in Chicago, where she currently maintains a studio. Lisa has pursued vessel-oriented sculpture with distinctive architectural themes. She is also a tile maker and has developed decorative bas-relief tiles for kitchen, hearth and bath, inspired by architecture and its vocabulary of ornament. Lisa has taught extensively, leading many workshops, and for the past eight years, developing and implementing mural projects in association with Chicago Arts Partnership in Education in the Chicago Public Schools.Lisa has participated in many juried and invitational exhibitions, most recently a four person show at Terra Incognito in Oak Park, Illinois where she showed her urban/industrial teapot forms. Her tiles have been featured in publications such as Elle Décor, Chicago Tribune/Home Section, and Midwest Living. Lisa works with designers and architects to develop commissions ranging from relief murals to liturgical pieces. Her work is included in private collections in the United States as well as Europe. In addition to ScanlanFine Arts.com, Lisa is represented by Lill st. Gallery, Fine Line/Tile & Stone and Mindscape/Adornments, in the Chicago area. Work Available for Sale |
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