bio
Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lisa Erdman grew up in a bicultural household, spending much of her life navigating between the United States and the Dominican Republic. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked in variety of multimedia-related environments as an artist, graphic designer, writer, educator, and performer. Lisa has participated in two, month-long artist residencies: one at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China (2006), and the other at the Hungarian Multicultural Center in Budapest, Hungary (2008).
Using corporate parody and satirical humor, Lisa's multimedia art explores the politics of gender, race, and cultural identity. Since 1992, her videos, installations, and performances have been presented in such venues as: The Kitchen Performance Space in New York City; The Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland; SIGGRAPH Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Boston; the IDBA Bank and Cultural Center in Washington D.C.; and the Cine Estudiantil Latino Film Festival in Enseñada, Mexico.
Lisa Erdman's academic degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Dance and Interarts & Technology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison ('94), and a Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York ('97). Currently, Lisa lives in Finland, and is studying in the doctoral program at the Aalto University School of Art and Design in the Department of Art and Media Pori.
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