Lisa Blas, Routes to Oceania, ta lave, ma mer (Your Lava, My Sea), 2022
New CHamoru Literature | University of Hawai'i Press
Editor: Craig Santos Perez
This anthology will introduce readers to the Mariana archipelago and the vibrancy of CHamoru literature, culture, histories, migrations, politics, memories, traumas, and dreams.
Cover image: © Lisa Blas 2022
Blink, solar dawn * 2020 -2023
Watercolor, gouache, pigment, metallic ink on watercolor paper, 7 x 10 inches (Framed: 12 x 15 inches),
Private collection, New York
“Seeing Is Realizing There Is Always More to See”
EFA Studios
323 West 39th St., New York, NY
January 24 – February 23, 2024
Opening Reception, January 24, 6 – 8 p.m.
Hours: Tue – Fri 12 – 5 pm
You are cordially invited to an artist organized, pre-holiday celebration and open studio — a grassroots event that sprung from conversation on our shared 4th floor. Please join us to view available works, hear about our future projects/work-in-progress and share in discussion!
Lisa Blas, Routes to Oceania (tåno’, tåsi)
Acrylic and interference paint on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2023
Lisa Blas “Pause (Play), Horizon”
April 23 - June 30, 2023
24 rue de Bosnie, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles
Photo: Philippe De Gobert
On view now: @ 76,4
Lisa Blas “Pause (Play), Horizon”
April 23 - May 28, 2023
24 rue de Bosnie, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles
Lisa Blas, Routes to Oceania, after Marthe W, Acrylic and interference paint on canvas, 57 x 45.5 inches, 2020-2022
Installation view: Lisa Blas | Fighte fuaighte > inafa’maolek | @_regroup “Fragments in Constellation” | Skibbereen, Ireland
Lisa Blas | Fighte fuaighte > inafa’maolek | @_regroup “Fragments in Constellation” | Skibbereen Arts Festival 2022, Ireland
Fighte fuaighte > inafa’maolek
Acrylic, metallic ink, dye-based ink, and watercolor on canvas 4 x 2 meters, 2022
06 | 05 | 21, 6:02 am
Watercolor, metallic ink, dye-based ink and gouache on watercolor paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2021
Dawn’s vroom
Watercolor, ink, gouache and pigment on panel, 12 x 12 inches, 2022, Private collection, Belgium
Dawn studio
Installation of paintings on paper and canvas
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 2021
Lacuna(e), v. 1, 2019
Lacuna(e), v. 2, Acrylic, watercolor pencil and interference paint on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2019
Color key, When Bram met Pieter, Metallic ink, acrylic and interference paint on Japanese card stock, 5 x 5 inches, 2020
Infinite fold, v. 1
Diptych: Acrylic, watercolor pencil and interference paint on canvas
30 x 48 inches, 2019
Infinite fold, v. 6, Acrylic, watercolor pencil and interference paint on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2019
Infinite fold, v. 2
Acrylic, watercolor pencil and interference paint on canvas
30 x 24 inches, 2019
Autoportrait, v. 3, Postcard stock and color chips on A4 music paper, 11.7 x 8.3 inches, 2011, Private Collection, Virginia
Flooded, v. 1, after Anna Atkins
Acrylic on watercolor paper on two sheets of Opalux vellum
19.5 x 25.5 inches
2017
Headline, v. 7 (New York)
Acrylic, watercolor pencil, pigment ink and interference paint on Arches paper, 50 x 38 inches, 2019
Figure Ground, Fautrier
Acrylic, pigment ink and interference paint on two sheets of Opalux vellum on Silver Momi paper | 19.5 x 25.5 inches | 2019
Headline, v. 6 (Florida), Acrylic, watercolor pencil, pigment ink and interference paint on Arches paper, 40.5 x 43.5 inches, 2019
Detail : Headline, v. 4 (Baton Rouge)
2017
Headline, v. 4 (Baton Rouge), 2017
Approximating, proximity (v. 1), American flag postcard stock on two sheets of Opalux vellum, over gold Momi paper, 22.25 x 28 x 2.25 inches, framed, 2020
Approximating, proximity (v. 2), American flag postcard stock on two sheets of Opalux vellum, over gold Momi paper, 22.25 x 28 x 2.25 inches, framed, 2020
Installation view: Lisa Blas, Four Corners, 2017
Bellingham National Exhibition : Curator / Catharina Manchanda
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
Enter Stage Left (Monday’s image, v. 1)
Dye-Sublimation on silk
55 x 41.5 inches
2018
Porcupine Studio, March - July 2020, during the Covid-19 quarantine, NYC
Lisa Blas
Manifesto (at the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown)
March 25, 2020
Happy New Year * 2023
