Lea Basile - Lazarus

For Lea Basile- Lazarus, art is not something that she chooses to do, but rather what she must do. Says Lea, “I am attracted to colors, patterns, and shapes that I find through the lens of my camera and through observation. I am compelled to react to world events that affect the many groups of people that populate our world. There are moments in time that need to be documented. We all see the world differently and my art expresses my intimate reaction, both as a woman and a teacher. I do this through contemporary printmaking and papermaking. These are processes and techniques that I continue to explore and love.”

Lea has been a printmaker for over 40 years, taking some time off when her children were young. In graduate school she created abstract lithographs. After returning to printmaking 15 years ago, she began learning about new and innovative contemporary printmaking processes. Currently, she makes monotypes, a one of a kind print, which incorporates multiple layers of colors, shapes, images, and textures. Three years ago, she fell in love with the papermaking process and uses this process to create exciting, colorful paper pulp images. Papermaking is something she’s actively engaged in. “My entire body is always m...

Lea Basile-Lazarus received a BA in Art Education from Trenton State College and a MFA with a concentration in printmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has also taken classes in monprinting, silk screening, and papermaking at the North Shore Art League in Winnetka, IL as well at the Oxbow School of Art, affiliated with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

2018 National Art Education Association Members Exhibition, Alexandria, VA
2018 Nevertheless She Persisted: Women of Courage, Oakton Community College,
Des Plaines, IL
2018 One Person Show, The Spirit of Community, 1100 Florence Gallery, Evanston, IL
2017 Women and Anger: Resistance, Power, and Inspiration, Oakton Community College,
Des Plaines, IL
2017, 2016, 2015 Illinois Art Educator’s Show,
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2017 Two Person Show, Stories in Images and Words, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
2016 EvanstonMade - Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2016 One Person Show, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2016 One Person Show, Curt’s Café South, Evanston, IL
2015 Art Attack - North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL
2015 One Person Show, Moments in Time,
Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
2014 & 2015 Open Studios Evanston,
Evanston, IL
2014 25th National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University
2013 Guest Artist at the Cornelia Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2010 Category: Printmaking, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Mothers, Woman Made Gallery,
Chicago, IL
2010 No Place Like Home,
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
2010 Seven Who Print, ...