Lisa MacNamara

Lisa MacNamara

Lisa “MacNamara” is a multidisciplinary artist fascinated by the body and its imprinted layers of experience. With roots in biology, psychology, and photography, she explores how emotional and physical narratives are carried within us. The human figure is central to her work, abstracted into layered, molecular-like forms influenced by scientific research on the mind-body connection. Her brother’s prolonged comatose state and passing profoundly shaped her inquiry into where the body remains when the mind is unreachable, informing her exploration of the emotional imprints the body holds. Through large-scale mixed-media works and sculptures, which combine paper, fibers, fabric, photographs, adhesives, and metals, she evokes cellular structures, energy channels, and the mind-body connection. MacNamara’s work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe and is held in private collections internationally.

Driven to excel in the arts, MacNamara earned dual degrees in painting and sculpture from Arizona State University. She continued her studies with artists Lucian Christian and Enzo Marino in Civitella, Italy, and exhibited her work in the U.S. and Europe. She is the recipient of multiple academic and creative awards, including a full teaching assistantship to pursue her MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Arts at Florida Atlantic University. With over a decade of teaching experience, she has worked with students from K–12 to adults, instructing in subjects ranging from drawing and 3D design to faux finishes. Currently teaching at Florida Atlantic University, she is passionate about fostering creativity and believes that everyone has a unique story to tell through art.