About Lisa

Lisa Levy’s life and work blurs the lines between art and comedy—from conceptual artist to comedian and performer to host of her radio talk show, “Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh!t,” on Radio Free Brooklyn. Levy’s most notable character, Dr. Lisa, a self-proclaimed psychotherapist, emerged in 2001 in “Psychotherapy LIVE! “where she “analyzed” audience volunteers in 15 minute sessions. Levy is infamous for challenging the seriousness of art by sitting naked on a toilet for two days in a gallery satirizing  Marina Abramović’s famous MOMA performance, “The Artist is Present.” She currently curates a gallery inside the BCC Comedy Club to bring funny art by serious artists to comedians.

Levy began her art career at age 3½ when her parents enrolled her in MoMA’s children’s school. She graduated Syracuse University in illustration and had a career as an advertising art director before deciding to devote herself full-time to her art. Rooted firmly in concept and humor, her art takes can take many forms, including  performance, text, illustration and painting, as well as in any combination.

Besides fine art and performance, Levy has had some unusual notable achievements. She’s been on David Letterman’s “Stupid Pet Tricks” with her bowling hamster Bitey, beat out over 12,000 entries in a national ad contest to win $83,000 for her ad campaign for Hebrew National. In addition, Levy was crowned “Miss Subways 2017.”

Levy’s work has been exhibited in numerous art fairs and galleries and has been covered with feature stories in publications such as the New York Times, The London Times, Time Out New York, The Daily News, The New York Post, Whitewall and Dazed, as well as prestigious art publications such as Artnet, Hyperallergic, and ARTnews.