Lissa Bockrath

I continually reflect on the inherent beauty of natural phenomena as well as their potentially destructive powers, and how the two seem to coexist in varying degrees of chaos. As in life, my paintings mix dark and foreboding elements with brilliance and light, which symbolize hope, positivity, rebirth and all that is good. In a sense, I see the process of painting as a meditation, contemplations on what's within our control and when to relinquish to powers greater than ourselves.

In particular, I think about the fragility of human existence and how catastrophic events like earthquakes or tsunamis can radically alter the lives of millions in an instant. At the same time, we have the human component of environmental change, how our own actions impact the world in which we live. My paintings are not judgments or verdicts on the way things are or on what our choice points might be, but rather abstract representations of events and my abiding love, respect and reverence for all that surrounds us.

1990 -1995 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Ohio
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting Major

2015 Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery Solo exhibition, Cleveland Ohio
2014 Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery Solo exhibition, Cleveland Ohio
2014 Lakeland Community College Women VII Invitational, Kirtland Ohio
2013 Valley Art Center Juried Exhibition, Chagrin Falls Ohio
2013 Bay Arts Juried Exhibition, Bay Ohio
2013 SCA Gallery Solo exhibition Solon, Ohio
2013 University Hospital’s Humphrey Atrium Gallery Solo Exhibition Cleveland Ohio
2013 Gallery West. Cuyahoga Community College ‘Extreme Nature’ Parma Ohio
2013 Art in the Falls ‘Moody Blues’ Chagrin Falls Ohio
2012 Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery ‘Infinite Unbound’ solo exhibition, Cleveland, Oh
2011 Bonfoey Gallery Group exhibition Cleveland Ohio
2007 Wooltex Gallery ‘Dissolving Nature,’ solo exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio
2001 South Wing Gallery Two Person Show, Cleveland, Ohio
2001 Gallery Nine Group Show, Cleveland, Ohio
2000 Unison Gallery ‘Smaller than a Foot’ New Paltz, New York
2000 Olga Dollar Gallery ‘Landscape, Cityscape,’ San Francisco, CA
1999 Trias Gallery ‘Group Show,’ Toronto, Canada
1999 Pentimenti Gallery ‘Smaller than a Foot” Philadelphia, PA
1999 Olga Dollar Gallery ‘Alternate Forms of Photography,’ San Francisco, CA
1999 Gallery 7 ...