Born 1962, Philadelphia, PA.
Education
1989
MFA Painting and Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT.
1986
Skowhegan School of Art, ME.
1985
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Upcoming, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI.
2017
Utopia Free, Miller Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY.
2015
Break It Down, Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA.
2013
Shifting Horizon, Samsøn, Boston, MA.
Riverside, LAXArt, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2005
New Drawings, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
A House of Many Mansions, Aldrich Museum, CT.
2004
House Paint, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2001
Stone to Wind, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2000
White Room, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY.
1999
Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY.
1994
Middlebury College Art Museum, Middlebury, VT.
Group Exhibitions
2022
Cul-de-sac, Cathouse Proper, New York, NY.
2018
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
2017
MTA Public Art Commission, New York, NY.
2016
Anyang Public Art Project, Korea.
2015
When You Cut Into the Present The Future Leaks Out, Old Bronx Court House and No Longer Empty, Bronx, NY.
2014
Prospect 3: Notes for Now, New Orleans International Biennial, New Orleans, LA.
Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
Walden, Revisited, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA.
2013
Dust Breeding, Churner and Churner Gallery, New York, NY.
Surface Tension, Public Art Fund, New York, NY.
2012
New New York, Essl Museum, Vienna.
Out Side, Studio 10, Queens, NY.
2011
TwoFold, The Suburban, Chicago, IL.
De-ja-vu, Regina Rex Gallery,” Brooklyn, NY.
2009
Almost Home, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
Make Room, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
2008
Six Degrees, New Museum, New York, NY.
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art and Park Street Armory, New York, NY.
2007
Orpheus Selection, PS1, Queens, NY.
2006
Gifts Go in One Direction, Apex Art, New York, NY.
Couples, Palmer Museum, Penn. State College Museum, PA.
2005
Surface Charge, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Odd Lots, curated by Cabinet Magazine, White Columns and Queens Museum, NY.
Make It Now, Sculpture Center, LIC, NY.
2004
Open House, Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Sprawl, Hudson Clearing, New York, NY.
2003
Fast Forward, White Columns, New York, NY.
Abstruction, Artists Space, New York, NY.
On and Off the Wall, New York Foundation For The Arts Painting Fellows, New York, NY.
Lean to, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, NC.
Awards
2020
Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva, FL.
2015
Anonymous Was a Woman Grant.
Joan Mitchel Foundation Artist Residency, New York, NY.
2014
Marie Walsh Sharpe Walentas Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY.
2012
Creative Capital Grant, New York, NY.
Art Matters Grant, New York, NY.
2010
Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY.
2004
Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant.
1999
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship, Ireland.
1998
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York, NY.
1998
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant, New York, NY.
1991
Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY.
1988
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.
Press
2017
Stephen Maine, “Lisa Sigal’s Cardboard Utopia,” Hyperallergic (December 16, 2017).
2015
Shawm Kurt, “Installations of All Size,” Mattress Factory (October 2015).
2014
Michael Anthony Farley, “Outside Looking In: P.3,” Bmore Art (November 17, 2014).
Phillip Pantuso, “Crossing Brooklyn: Lisa Sigal,” Brooklyn Magazine (November 5, 2014).
Doug MacCash, “Lisa Sigal’s Burning is a Worthy Blend of Blighted Houses and Theater at Prospect 3,” Times Picayune (October 28, 2014).
2013
Cate McQuaid, “Seeing a Traditional Genre,” The Boston Globe (May 1, 2013).
Chloe Wyma, “Screened In,” Modern Painters (April, 2013).
Sharon Mizota, “Review: Lisa Sigal’s layered artworks engage the eye at LAXART,” Los Angeles Times (January 24, 2013).
2012
Emily Abruzzo, Gerald Bodziak, and Jonathan D. Solomon (eds.), Making a Case (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012).
2010
Kenneth Baker, “Building, Dwelling, Thinking,” San Francisco Chronicle (May, 2010).
2009
Diana McClintock, “Karyn Olivier, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Lisa Sigal,” Art Papers (May 2009).
Glenn Ligon, “Lisa Sigal,” Art Review (2009).
2008
Gregory Volk, “Spring in Dystopia,” Art in America (May, 2008).
Peter Schjeldahl, “Lessness: the Whitney Biennial,” The New Yorker (March 17, 2008).
Nancy Princenthal, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor and P.S.1,” Art in America (March, 2008).
Kyle Bentley, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (March 2008).
2006
Holland Cotter, “Art in Review; Gifts Go in One Direction,” New York Times (July 28, 2006).
Dina Ryan, “Surface Charge,” Sculpture Magazine (June, 2006).
Megan Heur, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ARTnews (March, 2006).
2005
Nico Israel, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (March, 2005).
Faye Hirsch, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” Art in America (March, 2005).
2004
Bridget Goodbody, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” Time Out New York (December 9, 2004).
Brian Sholis, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (December, 2004).
Eugenie Tsai, “Abstruction,” Time Out New York (October 9–16, 2004).
Gregory Volk, “Big Brash Borough,” Art in America (September, 2004).
Ken Johnson, “Art in Review; Sprawl,” The New York Times (January 23, 2004).
2003
Ken Johnson, “Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms,” The New York Times (November, 2003).
Education
1989
MFA Painting and Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT.
1986
Skowhegan School of Art, ME.
1985
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Upcoming, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI.
2017
Utopia Free, Miller Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY.
2015
Break It Down, Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA.
2013
Shifting Horizon, Samsøn, Boston, MA.
Riverside, LAXArt, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2005
New Drawings, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
A House of Many Mansions, Aldrich Museum, CT.
2004
House Paint, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2001
Stone to Wind, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
2000
White Room, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY.
1999
Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY.
1994
Middlebury College Art Museum, Middlebury, VT.
Group Exhibitions
2022
Cul-de-sac, Cathouse Proper, New York, NY.
2018
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
2017
MTA Public Art Commission, New York, NY.
2016
Anyang Public Art Project, Korea.
2015
When You Cut Into the Present The Future Leaks Out, Old Bronx Court House and No Longer Empty, Bronx, NY.
2014
Prospect 3: Notes for Now, New Orleans International Biennial, New Orleans, LA.
Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
Walden, Revisited, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA.
2013
Dust Breeding, Churner and Churner Gallery, New York, NY.
Surface Tension, Public Art Fund, New York, NY.
2012
New New York, Essl Museum, Vienna.
Out Side, Studio 10, Queens, NY.
2011
TwoFold, The Suburban, Chicago, IL.
De-ja-vu, Regina Rex Gallery,” Brooklyn, NY.
2009
Almost Home, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY.
Make Room, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
2008
Six Degrees, New Museum, New York, NY.
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art and Park Street Armory, New York, NY.
2007
Orpheus Selection, PS1, Queens, NY.
2006
Gifts Go in One Direction, Apex Art, New York, NY.
Couples, Palmer Museum, Penn. State College Museum, PA.
2005
Surface Charge, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Odd Lots, curated by Cabinet Magazine, White Columns and Queens Museum, NY.
Make It Now, Sculpture Center, LIC, NY.
2004
Open House, Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Sprawl, Hudson Clearing, New York, NY.
2003
Fast Forward, White Columns, New York, NY.
Abstruction, Artists Space, New York, NY.
On and Off the Wall, New York Foundation For The Arts Painting Fellows, New York, NY.
Lean to, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, NC.
Awards
2020
Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva, FL.
2015
Anonymous Was a Woman Grant.
Joan Mitchel Foundation Artist Residency, New York, NY.
2014
Marie Walsh Sharpe Walentas Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY.
2012
Creative Capital Grant, New York, NY.
Art Matters Grant, New York, NY.
2010
Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY.
2004
Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant.
1999
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship, Ireland.
1998
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York, NY.
1998
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant, New York, NY.
1991
Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY.
1988
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.
Press
2017
Stephen Maine, “Lisa Sigal’s Cardboard Utopia,” Hyperallergic (December 16, 2017).
2015
Shawm Kurt, “Installations of All Size,” Mattress Factory (October 2015).
2014
Michael Anthony Farley, “Outside Looking In: P.3,” Bmore Art (November 17, 2014).
Phillip Pantuso, “Crossing Brooklyn: Lisa Sigal,” Brooklyn Magazine (November 5, 2014).
Doug MacCash, “Lisa Sigal’s Burning is a Worthy Blend of Blighted Houses and Theater at Prospect 3,” Times Picayune (October 28, 2014).
2013
Cate McQuaid, “Seeing a Traditional Genre,” The Boston Globe (May 1, 2013).
Chloe Wyma, “Screened In,” Modern Painters (April, 2013).
Sharon Mizota, “Review: Lisa Sigal’s layered artworks engage the eye at LAXART,” Los Angeles Times (January 24, 2013).
2012
Emily Abruzzo, Gerald Bodziak, and Jonathan D. Solomon (eds.), Making a Case (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012).
2010
Kenneth Baker, “Building, Dwelling, Thinking,” San Francisco Chronicle (May, 2010).
2009
Diana McClintock, “Karyn Olivier, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Lisa Sigal,” Art Papers (May 2009).
Glenn Ligon, “Lisa Sigal,” Art Review (2009).
2008
Gregory Volk, “Spring in Dystopia,” Art in America (May, 2008).
Peter Schjeldahl, “Lessness: the Whitney Biennial,” The New Yorker (March 17, 2008).
Nancy Princenthal, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor and P.S.1,” Art in America (March, 2008).
Kyle Bentley, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (March 2008).
2006
Holland Cotter, “Art in Review; Gifts Go in One Direction,” New York Times (July 28, 2006).
Dina Ryan, “Surface Charge,” Sculpture Magazine (June, 2006).
Megan Heur, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ARTnews (March, 2006).
2005
Nico Israel, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (March, 2005).
Faye Hirsch, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” Art in America (March, 2005).
2004
Bridget Goodbody, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” Time Out New York (December 9, 2004).
Brian Sholis, “Lisa Sigal at Frederieke Taylor Gallery,” ArtForum (December, 2004).
Eugenie Tsai, “Abstruction,” Time Out New York (October 9–16, 2004).
Gregory Volk, “Big Brash Borough,” Art in America (September, 2004).
Ken Johnson, “Art in Review; Sprawl,” The New York Times (January 23, 2004).
2003
Ken Johnson, “Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms,” The New York Times (November, 2003).