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About the Artist

Lisa Bell graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, with a BFA in Painting and a History of Art minor focusing on Early Christian and Medieval Art. Her works fuse these two fields of study, combining heavy, visceral fields of color with illuminated manuscripts and texts taken from liturgy, music, and Scripture. She uses traditional scripts and color symbolism, but non-traditional materials and a heavy-handed, painterly style. These seemingly disparate elements reflect a fundamental paradox of Christian life: to be in the world, but not of it. In her work, Medieval mysticism meets blood-and-guts faith, in the present moment, where time touches eternity, where prayer and human longing touch God. Her illuminations are as deeply rooted in centuries-old manuscripts as they are in the world in which we live, move, and have our being. Lisa currently lives and works in Hartford, CT.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

1999-2003

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA Painting, with Honors

Solo Exhibitions

2016

Word Made Flesh: Illuminations in a Time of Darkness
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

January 6 – February 8, 2016
Opening Reception: January 7, 7:15 – 9:00 pm

Christchurch Pl, Dublin 8, Ireland

2015

Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery, Mercy Center, Madison, CT

2015

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, NYC

2011

St. Philip’s Church, Harlem, NYC

2010

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, NYC

2004

Valley Community Baptist Church, Avon, CT

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014

Episcopal Church Visual Arts, online exhibition

2010

Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT

2009

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT

2008

St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, CT

2008

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT

2007

Artspace, Hartford, CT

2007

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT

2006

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT

2005

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT

2003

National Arts Club, NYC

Contact

To inquire about artwork in the gallery,
or to submit a special request, send a message to:
info@lisa-bell.com

Copyright © 2015 All reserved by Lisa Bell