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Lisa Lindvay

Photographer
2011 3Arts Awards
Visual Arts

Lisa Lindvay (b. 1983, Erie, Pennsylvania) earned her MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2009) and BFA in Applied Media Arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2005). Lindvay’s photographs have been exhibited at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover (MA); Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (IL); Johalla projects, Chicago (IL); John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan (WI); Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (IL); Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh (PA); Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington (DC); Turner Contemporary, Margate (ENG); and Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro (NC); among others. Her photographs are included in the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s permanent collection as well as various private collections. She is the recipient of the 3Arts Artist Award (2011) and Chicago Artadia Award (2012). Lindvay currently resides in Chicago, IL where she teaches photography at Columbia College Chicago and is the Education Coordinator at Weinberg/Newton Gallery.

Featured Artworks

  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Hold Together Exhibition Installation

    (Left) Nick with Doritos Heart, Inkjet Print, 40"x32" (Right) My Dad Standing in the Flower Pot, Inkjet Print, 50"x40"

  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Dinner Inkjet Print, 32"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Home Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Nick in Front of the TV Inkjet Print, 32"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Hot-N-Ready Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Nick with my Husband and Mother Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork The Boys Mismatched Socks Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Brothers Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Ryan and Nick Against the House Inkjet Print, 32"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Ryan and Nick in Their Bedroom Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Mini Powdered Donuts (after Rothko) Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Scratches Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Nick in Front of the Hole in his Bedroom Wall Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Filling in the Cracks (Saltines and Peanut Butter) Inkjet, 50"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Cigarette Butts in My Mother’s Sink Inkjet Print, 30"x24"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Ryan Smoking Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Ryan in the Kitchen Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Ryan's Bedroom Door 2010 and 2016 Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Stephanie's Carved Bracelet Inkjet Print, 32"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Stephanie with Hair Dye Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Stephanie's Headboard (Pain, Without Love) Inkjet Print, 32"x40"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Living Room Window Inkjet Print, 40"x32"
  •  Lisa Lindvay artwork Two-Liters Inkjet Print, 32"x40"

Lisa Lindvay has crowd-funded a project with 3AP

  • Seven Years in the Making

    • $5,310 raised of $5,000 goal
    • 0 Days 0:00:00 LEFT
      • 3Arts matched
      • 106% funded

    "Seven Years in the Making" is a new photographic series documenting the effects of my mother's "mental health" on my family and my home, and will be part of a new solo exhibition premiering at Johalla Projects. 

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