Drawing from contemporary popular imagery and historical narrative, I create seductive images that refine the onslaught of visual clutter. My current work hacks and manipulates existing children's imagery in order to investigate prescribed notions of glamour, virtue, power, innocence, and gender.
These humorous, yet acute studies are originally drawn from an extensive variety of toy rubbing plate sets which depict familiar and influential children's characters ranging from cartoons heroes like Superman, miscellaneous monsters, aliens, Disney princesses and Barbies, or movie characters like Jurassic Park. These assorted embossed plates act as an instant graphic printmaking tool, allowing me to lift and fuse imagery and produce frottage sketches. These first draft montages are further generated into large-scale oil paintings, the scale of which, reflect the grandeur of advertising while questioning contemporary iconic or banal imagery.
Through play and mischievous exploration, I have found a venue for both amusement and conceptual creation. It is liberating to create new characters; hybrids of feminine and masculine, animal and artificial, then situate them within historical allegory, or create my own mythology.
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
"Princess Save Thyself," (New Times), May 2011
Miami Herald Tropical Living, Aug 2008
Miami Art Zine: Artist Spotlight, 2009
Broward College Juried Faculty art show, Sep 2009
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2008 2007
2006
2005 2004
2001 2000 1999 1998 Exhibitions
Curated 2010 2010 2008 2000 2000 1999 Bibliography
Awards
2011 Innovative Collaborative Grant FAB, Funding Arts Broward Inc.
Professional Experience
2010 2008 - 2010 2005-Present 2005 2005 2003 2002-2003 2002 2001 2000 1999-2000 Visiting
Artist Lectures 2001 2001 1999
CONTACT LISA at: nunsopink@yahoo.com
Education
Solo Exhibitions
(scheduled) She-Monsters: A Sideshow. The Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
TWIST: Paintings by Lisa Rockford, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Rubbing it Raw, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Works by Lisa Bulten, The Esther Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, OH
Group Exhibitions
Smash & Grab, Locus Projects, Miami, FL
Future Selves, Curated by The Big Screen Project, New York, NY
Game Play, Curated by Echotrope, Criss Gallery at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
8 Bits per Pixel, Curated by DieNADA, Meme Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Miniature Masterpiece Art Exhibition/MMAE 2010, Galeri ASWARA, National Academy of Arts, Culture & Heritage, Kuala Lampar, Malaysia
Monsters Under my Bed, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL
Hopes and Hand Grenades, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
10x10, ArtSite, Curated by Kara Walker-Tomé, Lake Worth Storage, Lake Worth, FL
Broward College Faculty Art Exhibit, Juried by Dr. Carol Damian, Frost Art Museum,
Broward College, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Darwin's (R)evolution, Museu de Ciencia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Art against the Crisis, Galleria L’ Arte Molinella, Bologna, Italy
Cat vs Dog, Shopfront Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Abracadabra, The Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Third Millennium Woman, Centro Italiano Femminile, Macerata, Italy (catalogue)
Surrealism: the Cutting Edge of Art, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto Art Museum, Modesto, CA
Peep Show: The Soffer Collective Poster Show, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Ideas for Maintaining a Healthy Planet, Foothill College Library Gallery, Los Altos, CA
Push the Envelope, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
War or Peace, Museum of International Contemporary Art, Florianopolis, Brazil
Small Works Invitational, Arts West Gallery, Elon, NC
Clash: 10 Artists, 10 Styles, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
The Ocean, Françoise Giroud Library of Castries, France
Mail Art Project III, Itami City Gallery, Ogino Itami, Japan
Transformation, 1310 Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Breaking
Ground, 1310 Gallery, Ft
Lauderdale, FL
Countdown 2012, Invasion, Villars, Switzerland
Varteum, Galeria Efimera, Puebla, Mexico
Red Eye, Art Serve, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Fun around Town, Art in Public Places, Palm Beach International Airport, Palm Beach, FL
Crash, Jakmel Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Sham to Shame, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
La Superette, Eyebeam, New York, NY (catalogue)
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IM-PRESSION 2006, Grafisch Centrum HogeDRUKgebied, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sexuality 2, an Eve Interrupted show at the Wynwood Lofts, Miami, FL
Endless Forms, Slusser gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Justice for All? Online Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
La Superette, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
Urban Gardening Show, Version Fest, 31st St., Chicago IL
NFO Expo, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
Self Portraits & Mail Art, Heimbold Art Center, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
La Superette, the Multiples Show, 37th Street storefront, New York, NY
OxBow School of Art Benefit Auction, Saugutuck, MI
Summer Show, Artrageous Gallery, (Cornerstone Festival) Bushnell, IL
The Infinite Palette, Marshall Fields 7th floor Atrium, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois*
Propaganda and Decoration: a Public Art Exhibition, Chicago, Ilinois
Works by Lisa Bulten, The Esther Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, OH*
The All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, The Pearl Conard Gallery at The Ohio State University
The Northern National Art Exhibition, LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
Our Visions: Women in Art, National Women's Art Exhibit, Smith Theatre Gallery,
Oakland Community College, Oakland, MI
47th Annual Spring Show, Artspace/Lima, OH
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, OH
Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, OH (catalogue)
Salon Des Refuses, Spectrum Downtown Gallery, Toledo, OH (catalogue)
The Scratch & Sniff Show, The New School of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Summer Open: Ohio Artists, Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, OH
22nd Annual Juried Show, The Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
The Best of Ohio Colleges & Universities Exhibition,
Maumee Valley Country Day School, Maumee, OH
Open Fall Show, The Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH
* Collleen Dougher, ÒFresh Art: Lisa Rockford,Ó City Link Magazine, Feb 10-16, 2010, 30-31.
* Jonathan Vinazza, ÒArtist Lounge: Lisa Rockford,Ó Artistocats Magazine Volume 2.2, Jan Ð Feb 2010, p 4.
* Mickie Centrone, ÒFlair to the Vday Affair,Ó New Times (BPB), Vol. 13, #15, Feb 11-17, 19-20.
* ÒSailboat Bend Artist Lofts celebrates WomenÕs History Month,Ó Sun Sentinel, Society Scene,
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, p 13.
* Mary Damiano, ÒArtist Spotlight: Lisa Rockford,Ó Miami Art Zine, Volume 4, Issue 85.
* Audra D.S. Burch, "Living Art," The Miami Herald, Tropical Life, Sunday, August 3, 2008, 3M-4M.
* Jillian Mills, "Residence for the Right-brained," Home Ft Lauderdale, Aug/Sept 2008, 72-77.
* Holly Combs, "The No Boys Issue," Peel Magazine, # 6, July 2006
* Margaret Griffis, "Girls on Film...and totally in your face," Miami New Times, May 18, 2006.
* Leah Pietrusiak, "Out There," Time Out Chicago, # 28, September 8-15, 2005, p 4.
* Dan Weissman, "Just Don't Do It, (The Artwork of Lisa Bulten)," Cover story,
The Chicago Reader, Vol 32, #45, August 8, 2003, 1, 20-22
* Lara Marsh, "The Purity Panacea," Pistil Magazine, #2, Fall 2003, 10-11.
* Katherine Mieszkowski, "Culture Shocked: Nun for You," The San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Vol 37, #32, May 7, 2003
* Sylvia Krissoff, "Scratch' Exhibit Meant to Raise Awareness of World Around Us,"
Grand Rapids Press, November 15, 1998
* Wesley Smith, "Undergrad Art Show Displays Diversity," The BG News, March 19, 1998, N-1.
2011 Mini Grant Broward Cultural Division
2008
Cultural Awards Grant Broward Community College Foundation
2008 to Present, Resident Artist, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts
2004 Honorable Mention, Reflect Lipstick: Infinite Palette Contest
1999 Studio Space Award, Bowling Green State University
Honorable Mention, Painting Undergraduate Art Exhibit, Bowling Green State University
1998 Special Talent Award: Art Bowling Green State University
First Place, Bloch/Heskitt Ethnic Arts Award
1997 Second Place, Bloch/Heskitt Ethnic Arts Award
1994 Portfolio Scholarship, Bowling Green State University
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1994-1999
Dean's List, Bowling Green State University
Art Nexus Tour Guide, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach Convention Center
Instructor, Drawing I, Broward College, North Campus, Coconut Creek, FL
Adjunct Faculty, Broward College, North Campus, Coconut Creek, FL
Instructor, Art Appreciation, Broward College, North Campus, Coconut Creek, FL
Instructor, Drawing I, Morton College, Cicero, IL
Art Teacher, San Miguel School (Gary Comer Campus), Chicago, IL
Art Teacher, Heritage Middle School, Lansing IL
Instructor, Introduction to Watercolor, North Central College, Naperville, IL
Teaching Assistantship with Doug Huston
Course: "Advanced Offset Productions," School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visiting Artist Coordinator for the Painting & Drawing Visiting Artists Program,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teaching Assistantship with Barbara Rossi
Course: "Advanced Drawing: Form Invention," School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teaching Assistantship with Andrew Winship
Course: "Drawing: Materials & Techniques," School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Services Director, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Director and Curator of the Dittmar Gallery and Supervisor of the Craft Studio
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