Join the Department of Art and the History of Art as Lisa Iglesias discusses her artistic practice.
Lisa Iglesias is an interdisciplinary artist. Born and raised in Queens, New York, she received her BA from Binghamton University (2001) and MFA from the University of Florida (2006). An associate professor in the Art Studio Department at Mount Holyoke College, Lisa's visual research materializes through an individual practice and collective projects with her sister, sculptor and assistant professor at University of California San Diego, Janelle Iglesias. As Las Hermanas Iglesias, the two make work that reflects their Dominican/Norwegian heritage, disrupts discipline categories and often encourages audience participation. In addition, the sisters independently and collectively collaborate with their mother, Bodhild Iglesias. Recent projects with Bodhild include the translation of drawings into knit paintings and wearable sculptures and suits that Bodhild knits in measure with their bodies.