ARTIST INFO
LISA A. FRANK
Belleville, WI
PHOTO | Digital Compositing
Penland Affiliation | Penland Instructor 2012
Artist Information | Studio artist; education: MFA in Design Studies–University of Wisconsin-Madison, BS University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduate certificate Yale School of Drama; teaching: Penland School of Craft (NC), University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI), Aldo Leopold Nature Center (WI); exhibitions: Horn Gallery (Penland School of Craft, NC), 2006 Photography Biennial (Edward Hopper House Art Center, NY), ARTspace (Madison Arts Commission, WI). Our Gardens, Inside and Out (Charles Allis Art Museum, WI)
Artist Bio | Lisa A. Frank is a Sony Alpha+ photographer and a MacDowell Colony fellow in photography. Always enthused by interdisciplinary projects, Lisa was chosen to be a Senior Research Fellow at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She was the first artist/collaborator given this distinction. With the Living Environments Lab at UW-Madison and the Visualization Lab at the U of IL, Lisa was an early developer of virtual reality content experienced as an art exhibition and since used in hospitals as a pain reduction tool for children. Lisa has an extensive professional background as a working artist in New York City where she designed textiles, wallpaper, and innovative surface treatments for residential and commercial interior projects. She painted scenery for the Metropolitan Opera, feature films, and Broadway productions as a member of the United Scenic Artists union. Lisa lives in rural Wisconsin with her partner and a menagerie of wild and domesticated animals.
Artist Statement | “Captive Splendor” was created during a period in history when a global pandemic, environmental disasters, and social unrest forever altered our sense of home, health, and safety. The country was at least partially “locked-down” throughout the period that this series was made, adding unexpected layers of meaning. As our lives were miniaturized so too were the animals that I photographed.
