Paintrospective

Lisa Teasley is a Los Angeles native and UCLA graduate. Her first solo show was at the Watts Towers Art Center, curated by then director, the lauded Los Angeles artist John Outterbridge. Her group shows include the historic Brockman Gallery, the Women’s Building, LACMA, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Teasley was a member of the former art collective HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN, who debuted their first film at the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Lisa Teasley performed at the Broad Museum’s 2017 Summer Happenings as well as their 2018 co-production of Ron Athey and Sean Griffin’s “Gifts of the Spirit.”

Lisa Teasley is also an award-winning novelist, short story and documentary writer; her debut story collection Glow in the Dark won the Gold Pen and Pacificus Foundation awards; her novels Dive and Heat Signature received critical acclaim nationally and internationally from publications such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. She is the writer and presenter of BBC television documentary "High School Prom," which was in long-term rotation in the UK; and is senior editor at Los Angeles Review of Books.