Lisa Marie Barber

"The majority of my ceramic work, often formatted as figures within dense environments, portrays how I wish to understand people in the world. I strive to create worlds composed of multiple, individualized parts, meant to be celebratory, shrine-like collections. Within them, the human is presented as a passive being, aware of life's weight, yet confident in its value. Often, the figures are children. Chosen for their purity of being, I use children as models of simplistic, unalienated living. To me, they represent a connection to the world that can be simultaneously awkward and full of possibility. In addition to these large-scale sculptures and installations, I also create series of paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works in the forms of quilts and assemblage sculpture. These works explore similar themes, as well as divergent subject matter."

Education:
B.S. Northern Arizona University, Sociology
Art minor Flagstaff, AZ
M.F.A. Ceramics The University of Texas at Austin Painting minor, Austin, TX

UW-Parkside Classes:
Ceramics, 3D Design, Drawing