Lisa Kereszi

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

Lisa Kereszi
Born1973
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography
Websitewww.lisakereszi.com

Life and work

Kereszi grew up in Pennsylvania where her father owned a junk yard in Trainer[1] and her mother owned and ran an antique store. Kereszi earned a BA from Bard College working with Stephen Shore and others. After graduating from Bard, she began working as an assistant to Nan Goldin. After NYC, she attended Yale University in 2000 to earn an MFA. She has been associated with the university since 2004 as faculty.

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",[2] her projects have included haunted houses both operating and during daylight hours,[3] burlesque dancers, and strip clubs. For work about home, she photographed her grandfather's junk yard,[1] culminating in a book published in 2012 about which The New York Times remarked the junkyard was "a perfect place for an artist to be born."[4]

She has done commissions for Yale University, T: The New York Times Style Magazine,[5] and Orion. Her commercial clients include Nike, IBM, and Capitol Records.[6]

Publications
  • Governors Island: Photographs by Lisa Kereszi & Andrew Moore. New York City: Public Art Fund, 2005. ISBN 0960848835.
  • Fun and Games. Nazraeli Press, 2009. ISBN 1590052579.
  • Joe's Junk Yard. Damiani, 2012. ISBN 8862082304.
  • Lisa Kereszi: The More I Learn About Women. J&L Books, 2014. ISBN 0989531112.

Collections

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

References
  1. "American dream crushed by tragedy – CNN Photos - CNN.com Blogs". Cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. "Reviews & Articles". Lisa Kereszi. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. Maria Lokke (2011-10-28). "Lisa Kereszi's Haunted Houses". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  4. "Joe's Junk Yard by Lisa Kereszi". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. "Joshua Slideshow". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  6. "Lisa Kereszi (Artist) in New York, NY (New York) from". Re-title.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  7. "All Artists". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2015-05-01. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  8. "Take 5: Photographer and art critic Lisa Kereszi". YaleNews. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  9. "Lisa Kereszi – American, born 1973". Brooklyn Museum of Art. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
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