Lisa Pressman

Lisa Pressman’s career as an artist has been marked by exploration of the expressive potential of a variety of mediums, among them oil, encaustic, cold wax, and mixed-media collage. Her work is abstract, conceptually based, and process-driven, featuring marks, forms, colors, and patterns that are evocative rather than descriptive.

A New Jersey native, Lisa developed a rich visual imagination at an early age. Her father owned a lumberyard and her mother was an actress, artist, and antique dealer. Lisa grew up surrounded by building materials and immersed in multiple forms of cultural expression that nurtured her curiosity and aesthetic sensibility. A trip to Israel when she was 12 revealed to her that the world is filled with a variety of visual images, textures, and colors that contrasted sharply with her previous experiences. This recognition of her own visual acuity was the defining moment when she realized she was going to become an artist.

Lisa received her Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art from Douglass College at Rutgers University with an emphasis in ceramics and sculpture, in 1979. As a graduate student she changed her emphasis to painting, and in 1981 was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Bard C...

BA Douglass College,Rutgers University
MFA Bard College

This is Now, Mulvane Are Museum, Topeka, KS, Postponed
New Work, Tenth Muse Gallery, Maplewood,Nj 2019
The Heart of it, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA,2018
Passing Through, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY, 2015
Inside Outside, R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY, 2015
Mapping a Place, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY, 2014
Inside Matters, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
The Journey, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ, 2010
Jack Meir Gallery, Houston, TX, 2009
Ocean County Artist’s Guild, Island Heights, NJ, 2008
Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ, 2007
Present and Past, Goat Café Gallery, South Orange, NJ, 2006
Introductions, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX, 2005
From the past, Philips Lighting Gallery, Somerset, NJ, 2005
New Work, Classic Design Gallery, Maplewood, NJ, 2004
Time Will Tell, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ, 2003
Midwinter Show, Sharon Gill, Montclair, NJ, 2002
New Work, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ, 2001
Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ, 1999
Recent Work, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ, 1996
Images, Marks, Dreams and Words, MCA, Rutherford, NJ, 1995
Two Person Exhibitions
Two Person Show, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY...