My studio practice is driven by questions about history, memory, and the continuum of time – what marks we leave behind and what marks are left on us. I use the printed image and mark to stand in metaphorically for the broader implications of memory and “impression,” creating unique works on paper in discrete series. My most recent series, The Doubt of Being, represents the beginnings of a major shift in my work away from an event-based view of time (roughly within the scope of my lifetime) to a perspective on history that extends further into the past than both human memory and the archaeological record. I’m interested in how this perspective can be communicated through the visual, and how images can work to envision our relationship, experience, and knowledge of the world, particularly at this moment in time. My work with the Fifty-Fifty art collective on the socially engaged project Portable Memories in Rising Seas has been instrumental in this shift in my thinking. This ongoing project works with community participants in different locales to connect memory and climate change, creating antidotes for climate grief that open to a long view of our time here on Earth.
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LISA BULAWSKY, born 1962, Sunnyvale, CA
Lisa Bulawsky is known for her works on paper and temporary public projects. Her work explores the reciprocal influence of culture on the individual, especially as shaped by history and memory. Her exhibitions include the Bruno David Gallery, the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Miami Dade Public Library. She is a founding member of the art collective Fifty-Fifty, working to negotiate cultural tensions through socially engaged art practices. Lisa is a Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University and is also the director of Island Press, a research-based printmaking workshop in the Sam Fox School that is committed to education and the publication of innovative prints. Lisa received her BA in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her MFA with honors from the University of Kansas.