LECTURE: Northern Exposure: My Artist Residency 500 miles from the North Pole

Northern Exposure: My Artist Residency 500 miles from the North Pole

Thursday, February 27, 2014
UFORGE Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm
$5.00 (suggested donation)

About the Lecture:
It’s not every day you get a chance to be with 26 other artists in tight quarters on a tall ship, way above the Arctic Circle. Lisa gives a 45-minute talk and slide show in which she discusses her path to the residency, life on the boat, and her journey in the Arctic. If you ever wanted to know how the fear of polar bears would impact your painting, this is your chance!

About the Artist:
Lisa Goren was born in California and raised in NYC. And yet she has dreamed of Polar Landscapes since she was in her teens. Her first trip took her to Antarctica where she was inspired and captivated by the landscape. She has been since able to travel to Iceland and Alaska to increase her understanding of the Polar Regions. Her watercolors show an unfamiliar landscape in a new light. By using vibrant colors and taking risks with different surfaces, she makes the viewer reevaluate their understanding of both these landscapes and their understanding of the potential of the medium. Her works creates questions about the nature of abstraction and our planet as many of her pieces are representations of unfamiliar terrains. 

Lisa’s work can be found in personal collections all over the world, from Australia to Iceland, and the United States. She was awarded a place on the 2013 voyage of The Arctic Circle, an artist residency sailing near the North Pole. This “trip of a lifetime” is just the beginning of the next phase of her Polar work. Lisa has been working out of Boston, Massachusetts for the past 25 years.