Lisa Kellner

Lisa Kellner's work explores dimension, space, and systems of mark-making. She's interested in forging spatial relationships between the physical and the intangible. Inspired by nature, history and the spaces humans create for themselves, her paintings conflate place and structure with memory and perception. A blending occurs; consolidating all into one. The artist likes pairing odd elements together: the shape of the space under a chair with marks made by a fingernail; or a crevasse in an old tree with patterns of stains on a city sidewalk. All of these find their way into her abstractions. Kellner paints as a way of understanding how these elements can exist together; both on the canvas and in life. Her objective is to build within each work an ‘environment’; a vista formed on the basis of a synergy of contrasts embedded with human perception.

Lisa Kellner’s paintings and sculptural constructions have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.  Her work can be found in private residences and commercial spaces in the United States, Europe and Japan.  Exhibiting institutions include the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (NY), the Brooklyn Arts Council (NY), the Weatherspoon Museum (NC), the Islip Art Museum, Washington Project for the Arts and the Muscarelle Museum of Art (VA), among others.  She has created site-responsive installations for institutions including the Cornell Fine Arts Museum (FL), the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space (NY), Brooklyn Arts Council (NY), the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (ME), Lehman College Art Gallery (NY) and the Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory (VA). In addition, Kellner has worked with galleries such as Ascent Contemporary (NY), Project 4 (DC), BravinLee Projects (NY), JoAnne Artman (LA), Granite Gallery and Artemis Gallery, both in Maine.  Kellner’s work has been reviewed and mentioned in publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Sculpture Magazine.