Lisa Walcott

Author: Lisa Walcott

  • Far Be It from Me

    Far Be It from Me

    Robert F. DiCaprio Gallery September 25-October 24, 2025 “Far Be It from Me” reimagines everyday load-bearing structures and utilitarian objects as stand-ins for the figure, reflecting the mental and emotional weight of playing a supporting role.  Structures are repeatedly broken and mended, creating dilapidated grids, precariously balanced forms, and unpredictable configurations.  The work embodies the…

  • Push Comes to Shove

    Push Comes to Shove

    SEERVELD GALLERYNOVEMBER 1-DECEMBER 13, 2021 Specifically feeble and precisely precarious, my work translates elements of daily life. Moods, guilt, sensations, monotony, accumulation, and change are given bodies in objects and represented in gestures. Spaces of the mind are realized in physical form and daydreams animated in real space. Up close and in combination, these pieces…

  • Subtle Installation Instructions

    Unpacking Thin Air Installation Instructions for “Maybe it’s supposed to”

  • Tight Spots

    Tight Spots

    SAUGATUCK CENTER FOR THE ARTSFEBRUARY 12-APRIL 2, 201 Artist Lisa Walcott’s mixed-media work in Tight Spots investigates moods and spaces inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. “A tight spot” refers to a particularly difficult or awkward situation—especially one that is not easy to get out of. Walcott’s work explores this idea through rigorous motion, interconnected gestures,…

  • Sink In

    Sink In

    My body of work takes on the task of locating and giving form to shapeless sensations like presence, agitation or what it feels like to be full after eating. These attempts will eventually fail because these feelings can never quite be physically manifested. There is, however, often something more desirable in the always-absent compared to…

  • This year so far

    2013 has been very full in a really good way. Solo Exhibition, A Bit Over the Top, Seerveld Gallery at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL Solo Exhibition, While Away, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN On the Verge of Failure, CultureWorks, Holland, MI Solo Exhibition, Pretty Good Shape, threewalls, Chicago, IL Solo Exhibition, Less Still, Eli…

  • Lecture at the Broad

    Last night I gave a lecture in conversation with Aimee Shapiro the Director of Education at the Broad. It was a chronological account of my work over the last 5 years which was a satisfying way for me to organize the information I presented as it shows that there has been progress and how one…

  • Less Still

    Less Still

    Eli and Edyth Broad Art MuseumJuly 19–October 20, 2013

  • Review of "Less Still" from H.A.C.K

    Thanks, Tori for your insights into these goings-ons. LISA WALCOTT: “LESS STILL” AT ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD ART MUSEUM on H.A.C.K website

  • Installing "Vice Versa"

    I don’t have final footage/images of the Vice Versa installation at the Broad quite yet. I’m hoping to have this ready soon, but in the meantime, there are a few views from the installation time.

  • Making "Swarm" at the Broad

    I have a few snapshots of Swarm in progress. The whole piece needed to be built on site because of the fragility of the hanging parts. Most of the piece was built in the education wing between July 8-15, after which time it was carefully moved through the cafe to it’s final resting place for…

  • Review of "While Away" in the Nashville Scene

    Click here to read: Lisa Walcott’s open ended installations have secret lives of their ownMy blog post about the exhibition:While Away Quoted text: Take a quick glance at Coop Gallery’s current exhibit, While Away, and you might not see much: just ultra-minimalist sculptures made from commonplace household objects. But a closer look reveals surprises: The…

  • Pretty Good Shape

    Pretty Good Shape

    March 8-21, 2013threewalls 119 N. Peoria #2c Chicago, IL Pretty Good Shape materialized from the musings and survival of an artist in residence. While making on top of life, daily sustenance blends into material and back out again, agitation swarms and looms and humor emerges from a hole in the wall; regardless it all continues…

  • Hanger Wobble

    Like someone just grabbed their coat.

  • Propped

    napkin, umbrella, two milk white vases

  • Stopped

    wood, door stopper, bar of soap

  • Still Life in Balance VI

    2 paper cups, eye lash, ketchup packet, birthday candle, rubberband, piece of straw wrapper, 2 kernels of popcorn, 4 grains of rice, crushed red pepper, honey, bottle cap, penny, sea salt, yellow string, mini marshmallow vs. piece of concrete, candle wick, match dipped in honey, mini marshmallow, duct tape, two rolled oats, napkin, windex, bagel…

  • Visiting Artist at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

    I will be coming to Watkins College of Art, Design & Film on April 1, 2013 to give a lecture about my work and do studio visits!

  • Pretty Good Shape: Artist in Research Exhibition at threewalls

    March 8-21, 2013Opening Friday, March 8 from 6-9pmthreewalls (119 N. Peoria #2c Chicago, IL 60607)An exhibition featuring work I’ve made during my residency…give or take a couple things.

  • 29 Left Over Birthday Candles

    (thrift store purchase of a pack of 29 left over birthday candles floating in water)

  • Reflection While Making

  • Views from a Home

  • While Away

    While Away

    My newest exhibition, While Away opened last night at COOP Gallery in Nashville. There was a mention in Nashville Scene preceding the event. It’s been a great weekend of installing work and meeting people! Gallery Hours: Friday & Saturday 11-3pm “While Away” includes gestural and kinetic sculptures highlighting both the charms and risks of domesticity…

  • Nashville Scene Mention

    Link to Online Article March’s First Saturday events anticipate the spring art season Crawl Space by Joe Nolan Saturday, 6-9 p.m. on Fifth Avenue Downtown March is a good month for art and artists. On March 10 we’ll all spring our clocks forward, shake off our sunlight deprivation and psychologically prepare for spring and the…

  • Trap Door

  • Twice Today

    Twice today something dropped and landed on a shoe. In line for coffee, the man in front of me dropped a nickel and it landed heads up on his shoe. He stood on one foot and brought the coin up to his hand. I thought of the slight odds that allowed this action to happen.…

  • Balancing Broom Stick

    The bungee cord is coming down as I apparently love balancing, combining and opposing objects very much. I will get back to this, but for now I have an exhibition to prepare for and that means more than balancing wood. One last act before I move on.

  • Talking about my Work

    A lecture at Trinity Christian College last night (February 21, 2013) to close “A Bit Over the Top”. It was recorded–I will see if I can make that footage available at some point.

  • Still Life in Balance IV

    sugar cubes, equal, sweet and low vs. a birthday card for a very special someone

  • Still Life in Balance III

    scotch tape, eyelash, pile of sea salt, spring clamp, ear plug, sugar cube, sponge vs. birthday card for a special someone, detergent cap, jar lid, packing peanut, wire whisk, stone, rice