Lisa Reider is a visionary artist whose practice intertwines the visceral power of endurance, the raw intimacy of personal narrative, and the surreal realms of myth and transformation. Her performances, installations, and multi-disciplinary works delve into the alchemy of human experience, where vulnerability and strength coexist in a constant state of flux. Drawing deeply from the physical and psychological endurance of durational performance, the confessional depth of personal history, and the otherworldly imagination of the subconscious, she creates spaces where the familiar fractures into the fantastical. The boundaries of identity are fluid, shape-shifting between the autobiographical and the archetypal. Her works conjure surreal landscapes where ancestral memories, dreamlike creatures, and fragments of reality coexist in symbolic dialogue. Internationally exhibited, she invites audiences into an uncanny realm where the body becomes both canvas and oracle, revealing stories of transformation and transcendence. Lisa Reider’s art is not just an exploration but an invocation, a call to reimagine the self through the prism of the surreal, the spiritual, and the unapologetically raw.
Solo Exhibitions,Installations & Performance
2019
Close from None, SXSW, Austin, TX
Close from None, The ROW, Los Angeles, CA
2018
LUCID , Aliona Kononova , Los Angeles, CA
2017
Sacrement, Commissioned Performance, Harry B. Chandler, Los Angeles, CA
Close from None, Chloro, Mexico City, MX
Close from None, 14th Factory, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Like Me Forward, Los Angeles Art Fair, CA
WOMB, Chainlink Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Like MEBreak me , NUIT BLANCHE, Paris, FR
Like Me Forward, Frieze, London, EN& Fiac, FR
Like Me Forward, Superfine, Miami Art Basel
"Whos Your Princess", MAMA Gallery, Miami Art Basel
CRISIS, LIKE ME & LIKE ME FORWARD, Rivoli 59 Gallerie Paris France
ephemere, Poesie des Arts, New Works, Paris, FR
PRIVATE RESIDENCE, the Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Segura Viadas presents Lisa Reider, Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles,CA
2014
‘L’Harmonie du Vide’, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fortune Connected, ‘Nuit Blanche’, Rivoli 59,Paris, France
Fortune Connected ,Frasq’, Le Generateur, Paris, France
Speaking Engagements
2019
SXSW/House of L , Performance Art and the changing image of the female artist, Austin,TX
2016
The Womb & Absence of Identity , Navel.tv, LIVE VR Sessions, Los Angeles, CA
Wild Woman Sessions, Curator, Woman & Identity, Los Angeles, CA
2015
'Social Media, Identity & Art', Keynote Speaker, Nomad Founders Dinner, Petit Ermitage, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Reserved Magazine
2019
SXSW / House of L, Austin, TX
2017
Bano D'oro, Mexico City, MX
VAC Art Crawl, Venice, CA
Beyond the sins of our existence, Pussypowerhouse Gallery, Venice, CA
2016
Authority Figure, FLUXUS, NYC, NY
Holiday Show, Wilde, Los Angeles, CA
Politically Charged, Infinity Room, Los Angeles, CA
Kaboo Music Festival, Del Mar, CA
Bombay Beach Binnale, Sultan Sea, CA (Permanent Installation Sculpture)
TURNT, Los Angeles, CA
Artlab, Los Angeles,CA
2015
‘#islip’, 1018 Gallery, Los Angeles,CA
‘East’, Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2014
‘Nuit Blanche’, Rivoli 59, Paris, France
‘Branded Arts’, TLC Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
‘Making Waves’, Art Basel, Miami, FL
‘7 Points’, 7 Points Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
‘Fangophilia’, Mack Sennett Studios, Los Angeles, CA
‘Ariel Pink Secret Release’,Top 40, Los Angeles, CA
‘Miss Me’, Top 40, Los Angeles, CA
2012
‘Branded Arts Block Party’, Branded Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2010
‘Branded Arts’, Branded Arts, Los Angeles,CA
PRESS
http://livefastmag.com/2016/03/preview-lisa-reider-womb-chainlink-gallery/
http://flaunt.com/art/lisa-reider-births-art-at-chainlink-gallery/
http://damageddigital.com/3099-2/
http://ladygunn.com/art-3/art-lisa-reider-molds-paints-and-burns-it-all-down
http://www.artgypsytales.com/2016/10/lisa-reider-bodily-drawing-performance.html
https://autre.love/journal/2016/4/11/lisa-reider-the-womb-chainlink-gallery-in-los-angeles