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Lisa Boumstein-Smalley
© Theresa Bertocci		 Lisa Boumstein-Smalley
Born in Chicago, IL, 1976, raised in Omaha, NE
Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA, 2003
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, BFA, 2001
Lives in Chicago, IL


Fascination with accumulation and fragmentation, inertia and movement are the cornerstones to Lisa Boumstein-Smalley’s mirage drawings on Plexiglas. Natural images — an iceberg; a lunar crater; a waterfall — are drawn through a fastidious network of interlocking marks. The palpable textures of her surfaces are in constant battle with her images’ seemingly fugitive appearances. Drawn marks appear to rise above her surfaces as if they were particles of dust drawn together by static electricity, suspending the viewer in a state of purgatory between terra firma and the atmosphere.

upcoming exhibitions

  • The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL, group show, July 18-August 17, 2008, Reception, July 18, 6-8p.m. For more info. call 773-445-3838

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    Aladdin Arises Anew 2008, paint marker on Plexiglass, 32 x 48 inches, $1,800



    Tornado Belt 2007, paint marker on Plexiglass, 11 x 48 inches, $950



    Tsunami 2007, colorless paint pen on Plexiglass, 4 x 21 feet, $7,500


    Forest Fire 2007, (full view and detail), enamel on Plexiglass, 4 x 5 feet, $3,500


    Frozen Falls 2006, (full view and detail), enamel on Plexiglass, 5 x 4 feet, $3,500


    Giant Bamyan Buddha 2007, enamel on Plexiglass, 5 x 4 feet, $3,400


    Small Giant Bamyan Buddha 2007, enamel on Plexiglass, 5 x 4 feet, $3,500


    Starship Snowflake 2007, enamel on Plexiglass, 4 x 5, $3,500


    Blackout Incidence 2004, ink on Denril, 4 x 5 feet



    Almost There Horseshoe Falls 2005 (full view and detail), Enamel on Plexi, 4 x 5 feet