Lisa Occhipinti: The Process of Repurposing

October 8, 2012 by Gail
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Lisa Occhipinti is an artist, photographer, author and instructor based in Venice, CA. She creates multi-layered paintings, distinct book sculptures and poignant photos based upon books and vintage graphics. She has written and illustrated ‘The Repurposed Library’, and her bookmobiles have been included in a recent book on paper arts titled ‘Papercraft’.

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ABOUT Lisa Occhipinti

“Lisa Occhipinti’s works are abstract yet narrative in both her two-dimensional work and her assemblages. Combining digital photography on fabric with embroidery, she tells fluent stories by editing together images of and from books, as well as from life, then enhancing the surfaces with hand-stitched pattern and texture.

She also takes portrait photos of books to capture their singularities. Her sculptures, where parts of books are assembled into bespoke forms, are concerned with the inner lives and histories of books as objects. Lisa has written and illustrated ‘The Repurposed Library’ (STC/Abrams) and her Bookmobiles have been included in a compendium on paper arts titled ‘Papercraft’ (Gestalten).

Most recently she has contributed as an essayist to ‘The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything’ by Matthew E. May (McGraw-Hill). It was released this month but is not out in NZ until November.

Lisa has a BA in Fine Art and has studied in France at the Parsons School of Design and in Italy with The School of Visual Arts. She was a Faculty member at the New Hampshire Institute of Art for five years. While there she co-ordinated and taught their first summer abroad programme at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughn, Ireland.

Her work is in private and corporate collections worldwide including: Hilton Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Prologue Films, J Crew, Star City, The Dana Farber Institute and Wheaton College Permanent Collection.”

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