Lisu Vega
Bio
Visual artist and fashion designer. Born in Miami, raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela / Lives and Works in Miami, FL. Her BA in Experimental Graphics gave her the tools for exploring printing—both on paper and fabric. She creates versatile pieces, that can be mixed and matched, and has a strong “graphic DNA”, developed through her research and art experience. She began her career in 2000 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and made her debut in the United States in 2010. In 2014, she won the Eastern Airline Flight Attendant Uniform Design Competition, and remained on board as Head Designer of that company. Her artistic and fashion work has been featured in numerous publications.
Statement
Lisu Vega is a multidisciplinary artist working with engraving, sculpture, installation, and fashion art. Her work explores ideas of sustainability, migration, memory, and identity.
Her commitment to the environment is central to her practice. She is constantly exploring recycled materials with the goal to achieve a zero-waste practice, while examining the relevance of traditional processes in the context of contemporary art.
Vega’s beginnings on experimental engraving opened for her the possibility of working on multiple materials, such as paper, fabric, and metal, becoming an incentive to move out of the canvas and going to tri-dimensional work.
