participating in Grizzly Proof,
Mar 9th – Apr 12th 2007
Lisa Dillin received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and her BFA from Atlanta College of Art. She currently teaches at Pratt Institute in the ID Department, and coordinates the woodshop for the Foundation program at Parson’s. Dillin has taught courses previously at Altos de Chavon (an affiliate of Parsons School of Design), Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Baltimore City Public Schools, School 33 Art Center, and Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, she now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her sculptures investigate the presence of artificial nature in interior décor, product design, marketing, architecture, and landscape architecture as well in historical works of art. Technique, attention to detail, and working with the hands, are integral to her studio production process. The recognizable elements of her forms are squeezed through a personal aesthetic filter turning the elements into a simplified, softened version of reality. Her work has been selected for exhibition at various venues including the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills MI, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids MI, the Museum of New Art (MONA) in Pontiac MI, Signal 66 in Washington DC, Maryland Art Place in Baltimore MD, and the Creative Alliance in Baltimore MD.
