Lisa
Solomon is a studio artist, educator, and graphic designer. Solomon
received her BA in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA from
Mills College. Solomon, being half Japanese and half Caucasian, is
interested in the idea of hybridization and mixed media work. Her
work revolves around themes of domesticity, craft, and archetypes
of masculinity and femininity. Obsessed with color theory, she is
naturally drawn to altering objects conceptually so that their
meanings and original intended uses are repurposed. Putting the
"wrong" things together to recontextualize their purpose is her
craft. She is also profoundly interested in bridging the gaps
between being creative, living creatively, and making a living as a
creative. Her drawings and installations have been featured at
numerous national and international venues. Currently teaching at
San Francisco State University, she also regularly teaches art at
various colleges in the Bay Area. She has exhibited and worked with
galleries both nationally and internationally, is in numerous
private and public collections, and is continually tweaking
artworks in her backyard studio. She resides in Oakland,
California, with her husband, daughter, two dogs, two cats, and
many, many spools of thread.