Lisa Wright
Lisa Wright is a multimedia artist whose work explores politically charged themes through the use of unexpected and unconventional media. Though she’s always made art, she discovered an urgent sense of purpose when she turned her camera on the news crews covering the Columbine shooting at her high school. That moment—witnessing the media’s voyeurism and the shaping of public narrative—sparked a lifelong inquiry into power, control, and whose voices are prioritized in the stories we tell and consume.
Her practice challenges traditional narratives by using materials that disrupt expectations—tampons, ribbons, birthday candles—infusing politically charged themes with both weight and wit. Through sculpture, printmaking, photography, and collage, she creates work that balances curiosity and commentary, inviting audiences to engage with social and political issues in ways that are both deep and unexpectedly lighthearted.
Raised in Littleton, Colorado, she studied photography and graphic design at the School of Visual Arts before earning a BFA in Communication Design from Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she has also taught as an adjunct professor.
Artist Statement
My work exists at the intersection of politics and materiality, where unconventional media become vessels for urgent social discourse. These choices disrupt the status quo, forcing a reconsideration of both the message and the medium.
The tension between content and form is central to my practice. I aim to challenge both aesthetic conventions and expectations of art. My work is not about providing answers but about provoking engagement and conversation.
I consider material choice a political act. Using tampons, for example, isn’t arbitrary—it’s a statement on power, control, and representation. I strive to create encounters that are both familiar and disruptive, moments where the recognizable world fractures, revealing another reality beneath.
At its core, my practice is a dialogue between resistance and reinvention, where the medium itself becomes a form of activism.
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