Lisa Levy Bio
Lisa Levy is a conceptual artist, comedic performer and (self-proclaimed) psychotherapist. Her visual art has been widely exhibited at many venues including The New Museum, The Bronx Museum, SRING/BREAK Art Fair, The Pulse Art Fair, The Brooklyn Academy of Music as well as many galleries and art fairs. Her artist multiples are for sale at Printed Matter, Open Editions and Fuse Works. Levy's work has been covered with feature stories in numerous publications such as the New York Times, The London Times, Time Out New York, The Daily News, The Daily Beast, The New York Post, Artnet, Hyperallergic, Whitewall and ARTNews.
As a live performer, her most popular character is Dr. Lisa, the self-proclaimed psychotherapist. Currently, she hosts a weekly show on Radio Free Brooklyn, called "Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*t" where she conducts funny, emotionally revealing "psychotherapy sessions" with a wide range of creative guests. You can listen to her show live every Thursday 2-3pm on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org.
Lisa has performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joe's Pub and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has been the subject of feature stories in numerous publications such as the New York Times and The London Times. For her send-up Marina Abromavic's The Artist is Present, which she titled, The Artist is Humbly Present, Levy sat naked on a toilet for two days, garnering international attention.
Her visual most always incorporates humor and spans many mediums and formats. Much of her text artwork has been exhibited widely at art fairs and galleries and is held in notable collections. Her most recent work has been through the voice of a sex doll. Skye Cleary who as an artist and exotic dancer is an avatar for her work reflecting on young women and sexuality.