Lisa Yuskavage

Lisa Yuskavage makes color-saturated paintings of brazen, doll-like women who shift freely between playful sexuality and sullen contemplation. She renders her subjects in confrontational and pinup poses, situating them in fantastical landscapes or beneath dramatic skies. Yuskavage’s compositions recall Surrealist scenes, yet they embrace a more transgressive, contemporary edge. The artist received her MFA from the Yale School of Art and has exhibited in New York, London, Mexico City, Paris, Milan, and Los Angeles. Her work belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Long Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and has sold for more than $1 million at auction. Yuskavage also maintains an extensive printing and drawing practice.