Lisa Kereszi (born 1973) is an American photographer and professor from Pennsylvania.

Life and work

Kereszi grew up in Pennsylvania where her father owned a junkyard in Trainer and her mother owned and ran an antique store. Kereszi earned a BA from

Bard College Bard College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains within the Hudson River Historic District ...

working with

Stephen Shore Stephen Shore (born October 8, 1947) is an American photographer known for his images of scenes and objects of the banal, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. His books include ''Uncommon Places'' (1982) and ''American Surfaces ...

and others. After graduating from Bard, she began working as an assistant to

Nan Goldin Nancy Goldin (born 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the Bohemian style, bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing w ...

. After NYC, she attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 2000 to earn an MFA. She has been associated with the university since 2004 as a faculty member. Her work uses color photography and deals with both fantasy and the idea of home. In the realm of fantasy or "places around the cultural fringe", her projects have included haunted houses both operating and during daylight hours,

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dancers, and

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s. For work about home, she photographed her grandfather's junkyard, culminating in a book published in 2012 about which ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' remarked the junkyard was "a perfect place for an artist to be born." She has done commissions for Yale University, '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine,'' and Orion. Her commercial clients include Nike, IBM, and Capitol Records.

Publications

* ''Governors Island: Photographs by Lisa Kereszi & Andrew Moore.'' New York City:

Public Art Fund Public Art Fund is an independent, non-profit arts organization founded in 1977 by Doris C. Freedman. The organization presents contemporary art in New York City's public spaces through a series of highly visible artists' projects, new commissions ...

, 2005. . * ''Fun and Games.''

Nazraeli Press Nazraeli Press is a publisher of books of photography. It was founded in 1989, in Munich, Germany, by Chris Pichler and has been based in the US since 1996. Nazraeli publishes roughly 30 new titles each year and has published over 400 with work b ...

, 2009. . * ''Joe's Junk Yard.'' Damiani, 2012. . * ''Lisa Kereszi: The More I Learn About Women.'' J&L Books, 2014. .

Collections

Kereszi's work is held in the following permanent public collections: *

Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a Modern art, modern and Contemporary art, contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Meatpacking District and West Village neighbor ...

, New York City *

Ogden Museum of Southern Art The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is a museum dedicated to art by artists from the southern United States in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established in 1999. The building The Ogden museum is located in the Warehouse Arts District of downtown ...

, New Orleans, LA *

Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is an art museum in New Haven, Connecticut. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University. Although it embraces all cultures and period ...

, New Haven, CT *

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...

, Brooklyn, New York City

References

External links

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Lisa Kereszi Representation: Yancey Richardson
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