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Lisa Bulawsky

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Lisa Bulawsky is a contemporary artist known for her works on paper, temporary public art, and printmaking.

Lisa Bulawsky
Bulawsky in her studio

Education and career

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Bulawsky received her B.A. in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1989, a graduate certificate in Studio Art in 1990, also from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and completed her M.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Kansas in 1995.[1]

Bulawsky is a Professor of Art and, as of 2020, the chair of the MFA in Visual Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University.[2][3] She also holds the position of director of Island Press[4] and is a founding member of the art collective Fifty-Fifty.[5]

Selected works

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Lisa Bulawsky is known for her exploration of the philosophical implications of the mark, the matrix, and the multiple inherent in printmaking. Books featuring her work include Printmaking at the Edge,[6] Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes,[7] American Print Makers,[8] and Disposable City.[9] In 2013, the artist Nina Katchadourian visited with Lisa Bulawsky and they discussed the collaborative experience in a 2018 article published in Art in Print.[10]

Work in permanent museum collections

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Bulawsky's prints are in the permanent collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,[11] the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp),[citation needed] the House of Humour and Satire in Bulgaria,[12] and the Spencer Museum of Art.[13]

Temporary exhibitions

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Bulawsky also presents art in the public realm.[4][14] In 2011, her prints "Four Chapters in the Present We Were" revealed people's responses to specific historical events: World War II, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, and the September 11 attacks.[15] Bulawsky participated in the 2016 show "Printmaking in St. Louis Now" which was at the Sheldon Art Galleries, a show that was reviewed by Art In Print who described Bulawsky's piece "New Paper Series".[16] In 2018, Bulawsky presented "Portable Memories in Rising Seas" with Laurencia Strauss as part of her work with the Fifty-Fifty art collective.[17] The show is a socially engaged, multi-media project about sea level rise that connects memory to climate change.[18] Bulawsky has also presented "A Clearing of Measures" at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University,[19] "Terra Tumultum" for the Art in Odd Places festival,[20] and in Florida State University's artist book press, Oyster Boat.[21] In 2012 she participated in "Printwork (2012)",[22][23] for which she won a second place Jurors' Award.[24]

In the David Bruno Gallery, Bulawsky has presented solo artist shows, including "Everything is Still Happening" which was reviewed by the St. Louis magazine in 2018.[25]

Awards and honors

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In 1996 she received a regional fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts via the Mid-America Arts Alliance.[26] Bulawsky was the Marvin Bileck Artist-in-Residence award at Bowdoin College in 2014,[27] and the Francis Niederer artist-in-residence award at Hollins University in 2015.[12] In 2021 she received an Artistic Innovations Grant from Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA).[28] Bulawsky has also been honored by Washington University with the Emerson Teaching Award in 2005,[29] and as a distinguished faculty member in 2013.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "resume from Bruno David Gallery" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Lisa Bulawsky". Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ "Transitions: U. of California System Names First Black President". www.chronicle.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. ^ a b Lloyd, Ann Wilson (2007). "Report from St. Louise Art Under the Arch". Art in America. Internet Archive. p. 47. Bulawsky, working in the public realm, has pasted her large-scale prints, which feature manipulated advertising images, onto boarded-up downtown buildings. Her bright and busy montages juxtapose painterly passages and random patterns.
  5. ^ "FIFTY-FIFTY". YBCA. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. ^ Noyce, Richard (2006). Printmaking at the edge. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-0-7136-6784-4. OCLC 62133030.
  7. ^ Grabowski, Beth (2009). Printmaking : a complete guide to materials & processes. Bill Fick. Upper Saddle River, N.J. ISBN 978-0-205-66453-5. OCLC 373478935.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Rooney, E. Ashley (2014). Contemporary American print makers. Stephanie Standish. Atglen, PA. ISBN 978-0-7643-4691-0. OCLC 902712281.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Ariza, Mario Alejandro (2020). Disposable city : Miami's future on the shores of climate catastrophe (First ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-5417-8846-6. OCLC 1123233347.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ Bulawsky, Lisa; Reed, Tom (2018). ""It's the Play Thing": Nina Katchadourian in Conversation with Lisa Bulawsky and Tom Reed". Art in Print. 7 (6): 29–33. ISSN 2330-5606. JSTOR 26495696.
  11. ^ "Works – Lisa Bulawsky – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  12. ^ a b "Lisa Bulawsky, 2015 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence". TheRoanoker.com. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  13. ^ "Collection search: Lisa Bulawsky". Spencer Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  14. ^ Friswold, Paul (May 7, 2003). "Steal This Magnet". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  15. ^ Cooper, Ivy (2011-09-02). "Review: Bulawsky captures memories". STLPR. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  16. ^ Cooper, Ivy (2016). "Prints in the Gateway City". Art in Print. 6 (4): 33–34. ISSN 2330-5606. JSTOR 26408709.
  17. ^ Drangle, Chris. "Solastalgia Tour: A Review of Mario Alejandro Ariza's Disposable City « pleiadesmag". Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  18. ^ "Hand-crafted nutcrackers, 'Portable Memories' exhibition and a photography show". Key West Florida Weekly. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  19. ^ "Lisa Bulawsky at Hollins University". Temporary Art Review. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  20. ^ O'Connor, Brendan (2017-10-17). "COMPLETE ART IN ODD PLACES: ORLANDO 2017 ARTIST AND INSTALLATION LIST". Bungalower. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  21. ^ "Vol.1 Iss.1 Lisa Bulawsky – Small Craft Advisory Press". scap.art.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  22. ^ Wasserman, Nadine. "Printworks 2012 shows the genre's newfound diversity". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  23. ^ Shaw, Kurt (December 22, 2012). "'Printwork 2012' brings together work from top artists". www.tribliveoffers.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  24. ^ "Artists - International Print Biennale". www.internationalprintbiennale.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  25. ^ Stumeier, Daniel (2018-07-17). "In "Everything is Still Happening," Lisa Bulawsky reimagines discarded pieces from her previous works". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  26. ^ Princenthal, Nancy; Dowley, Jennifer (2001). A creative legacy : a history of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists' Fellowship Program, 1966-1995. UMass Amherst Libraries. New York : H.N. Abrams in association with the National Endowment for the Arts. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8109-4170-0.
  27. ^ Weyrauch, Emily (October 3, 2014). "Visiting printmaker collaborates with students on memorial portrait installation". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  28. ^ "2021 Recipients". www.maaa.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  29. ^ "Emerson Award". Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  30. ^ Rea, Barbara (2013-10-29). "Celebrating Washington University by celebrating distinguished faculty and alumni at Founders Day - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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