"I think about how all things are woven together, interconnected, in both the visible and invisible realms and I want to represent this in a multi-leveled way, maybe its through talking about the environment using mythological stories or building structures representing atoms and molecules while illuminating them with solar powered light, and pairing with organizations like Climate Reality to have conversations about environmental impact on our psychological, spiritual, and energetic selves."
ABOUT
"I love interacting, collaborating and making physical structures and places by binding together elements of nature and manmade, creating spaces that hide or protect like armor, but always allowing air and light to freely move.
"My work as a polymedia artist allows me to interact with materials to produce what I imagine a utopia of interconnection between all things. "
"I have used a vast amount of harvested bamboo, frisbees, rope, string, fabric, wool, cotton, steel, bronze, paper, projections, ceramic, sand, water, lighting, dowels, irrigation pipes, sand bags, solar panels and Led lights, mason jars, sea water, test tubes, seeds, moss, wood pallets, mushrooms, burlap, mp3 players, netbooks, Arduinos, motors, recorded sound, dirt and money to make structures and installations that comment on the complexity of life."
As a polymedia artist from Huntington, NY, Thea Lanzisero creates public art, community engagement through interactive sculptural installations and placemaking structures at art museums, art parks, art fairs, galleries and art in unusual spaces in the US and Abroad. She has received multiple grants and art residencies, and has produced numerous public art commissions including one for the Town of Huntington for permanent installation at Arboretum Park’s Anne Frank Memorial Garden, Dix Hills, NY., and one in NYC on 38th street between 5th and 6th Avenues. She has received grants and awards including a NYFA SOS, NYSCA, and 2 JPMorgan Chase Individual Artist grants. She has been featured in the NY Times, the ArtNews, the Brooklyn Rail, and LI Pulse Artist VIP list. Thea has shown in venues in the US including the Heckscher Museum, Sculpture Key West, Governor’s Island, the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Penn State University, Roanoke, VA, New Orleans, LA, and abroad in Rhodes, Greece, Matera, Italy, Brescia, Italy, Stavanger, Norway, and Berlin, Germany.
Thea has work in the permanent collect of the MUSMA the Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Sassi Matera, Italy. Thea holds an MFA in Visual Arts, is an adjunct professor and has taught art at CUNY Brooklyn & CUNY BMCC & SUNY Farmingdale in NY. Thea is a former President of the Sculptors Guild In NYC, an almost 100 year old artist collective and is currently on the Board of Directors.
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After studying spirituality and Vedanta at an ashram, including the Vedic Fire Ceremony, Sanskrit, Mantras and sitar, Thea Lanzisero continued her journey to receive certifications in Sound Healing, Qigong, Yoga of Voice, Advanced Gong Teacher Training, and is a Level 1 Aromatherapy Practitioner. She has studied with world renown Gong Master, Don Conreaux, and Yoga of Voice with Grammy nominated Silvia Nakkach. Thea also makes ceramic instruments for her sound journeys and has recently been incorporating sound in her multi-sensory exhibition experiences. She is currently studying Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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image on the left: eye of the moon/dior dress in the collection of the MUSMA, Museum of Contemprary Sculpture in Matera, Italy