Lisa M. LeMair
Outer Banks, North Carolina
www.lemairhandcrafts.com
lisamlemair.com
Profile
Multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, textile, collage, and wearable forms. My practice explores the relationship between making and meaning—how materials carry identity, memory, and contradiction. Recent work engages themes of environmental precarity, belonging, and the tension between individual agency and systemic forces.
Selected Projects
Eleven Words — multimedia installation exploring overwhelm, climate anxiety, and agency
(be)longing — mixed media work examining place, identity, and the contradictions of the Outer Banks
Blue in the Face — mixed media work addressing gender, voice, and systems of dismissal
The Notion of Luxury — mixed media collage interrogating value, labor, and fashion
Exhibitions (Selected)
Surface & Undercurrents: influences from Iceland, the Arctic & the Anthropocene
Dare Arts Gallery, NC — Curator and exhibiting artist
Group exhibitions at Dare Arts, College of the Albemarle, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, and Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Curatorial Work
Surface & Undercurrents: influences from Iceland, the Arctic & the Anthropocene
Multidisciplinary exhibition developed from an immersive artist retreat in northern Iceland, bringing together six North Carolina artists to explore climate change, environmental responsibility, and interconnected global ecosystems.
Awards & Honors
Excellence Award, Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show
Honorable Mention, Self Portrait Show, Glenn Eure Ghost Fleet Gallery
Artist Support Grant, North Carolina Arts Council
Excellence Award, Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show
Education & Training
College of the Albemarle — Professional Crafts Jewelry Program (Advanced Certificate)
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft — Drawing Across Dimensions; Stone Setting
Penland School of Crafts — Jewelry workshops
Georgetown University — B.S. in Russian Language
Publications
Estuaries: A Visual Arts & Literary Review (multiple issues)
Society of North American Goldsmiths — Exhibition in Motion (catalogs)
College of the Albemarle Jewelry Program (catalogs)
Professional Affiliations
American Craft Council
Piedmont Craftsmen
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Dare Arts
Related Experience
Curatorial, jurying, and leadership roles with Dare Arts and Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild
Freelance designer and consultant (graphic design, web development)
Former Art Director, National Women’s Law Center