Lisa Sigal (born 1962) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in

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Life and work

Sigal was born in

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. She works with painting, sculpture and architecture. Her constructions insinuate themselves into the fabric of the built environment. She will take a Sheetrock wall, cut into it, pull back sections, poke a sightline through to a false or a found wall on which she has exposed or composed a painted surface. Sigal's solo and group exhibitions include: ''Factory Installed'',

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(2015) ''Prospect.3: Notes for Now'', New Orleans (2014–15); ''Riverbed'', LAX Art, Los Angeles (2013); ''Building, Dwelling, Thinking,'' NOMA Gallery, San Francisco (2010); ''Museum as Hub: Six Degrees'',

New Museum The New Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum at 235 Bowery, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker. History The museum originally opened in a space in the Graduate Center of the then-nam ...

, New York (2008); The 2008 ''Whitney Biennial'', New York; ''Tent Paintings'', Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York (2007); ''The Orpheus Selection'', PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City (2007); ''Make It Now'',

SculptureCenter SculptureCenter is a not-for-profit, contemporary art museum located in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. It was founded in 1928 as "The Clay Club" by Dorothea Denslow. In 2013, SculptureCentre attracted around 13,000 visitors.Randy Kenned ...

, Long Island City, (2005); and ''A House of Many Mansions'',

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Aldrich has no permanent collection and is the only museum in Connecticut that is dedicated solely to the exhibition of contemporary art. The museum presents the first ...

, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2005). Sigal is the co-founder and co-curator, with Nova Benway, of Open Sessions, a program for artists run by

The Drawing Center The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. History The Drawing Center was founded by former assistant curator of dr ...

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* * * * * 1962 births Living people American contemporary artists Artists from Philadelphia {{US-sculptor-stub