Lisa Swerling

Glass Cathedrals are a series of miniature worlds in boxes, each containing a sparkling parallel world reflecting the poignancy, absurdity and beauty of our own.

Many artboxes are uniquely customized, commissioned to capture special events, places, people or memories.

1991-4 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: New College Oxford University.
1994-5 Art foundation Course, Central Saint Martins, UAL, London.

Small is Beautiful
Group Exhibition of Miniature Art
2024 Brussels, Milan
2023 New York
2022 London
2021Paris

Cinerama 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019
Annual exhibition of miniature film worlds to coincide with the Telluride Film Festival
Mixx Gallery, Telluride, CO.

Here, it’s Beautiful (Perspectives of the Bay Area) 2019
An exhibition dispersed around the Bay Area, in secret spots, treasured landmarks and community spaces.
Final exhibition: Rare Device, San Francisco

The Swerling Circus of Small 2018
Glittering Circus Spectacles
The Anthropologie Gallery, Kings Road, London.

The Traveling Bookbox Show 2016
Capturing the essence of books in boxes
The Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival, London Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History