source: lisadillin

Stemming from an interest in human response and reaction to the built environment, as compared with that of our distant ancestors who made the natural world their home, my work aims to synthesize elements of both worlds embarking on the challenge of providing a material and experiential response to the predicament of life in the contemporary paradigm. Many of my objects and participatory experiences simulate nature and social interaction, becoming a surrogate for a given user; easing discomfort, and acting as a stopgap to temporarily fulfill the need for contact with the original. Other works point out dividing lines between individuals and/or the individual and nature. The language of product design is often used in the work as a tool to emphasize need and solution, in this case the need is for contact with the ephemera of nature and with one another. The unattainable goal of replacing our communal experiences of nature with a man made product is sardonically highlighted as works fail to live up to expectations.
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source: micaedu

Born in Silver Spring Maryland in 1976, Lisa Dillin is based in Baltimore MD after returning to the area following stints in Detroit and Brooklyn, New York. Dillin received a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Sculpture in 2006 and a BFA from Atlanta College of Art in Photography and Sculpture in 1998. Dillin is employed as an Adjunct Faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington D.C. where she serves as the Third Year Fine Art Coordinator and at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in the area of Sculpture. Her work utilizes wood fabrication techniques and digital photography, in addition to other processes to create objects or experiences that act as a surrogate for the ephemera of nature. Dillin was selected as a finalist for the 2012 Sondheim Prize and is currently participating in the Hamiltonian Fellowship program. Her work has been selected for exhibition at various venues including the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Contemporary Museum, and Gallery Four in Baltimore, MD, Washington Project for the Arts and Flashpoint in Washington, D.C., Artspace in New Haven, CT, and Nurture Art in Brooklyn, NY.