Reno artist Lisa Kurt named her artwork display at the Nevada Legislature building “a subtle story.”
In her acrylics and mixed media, she features people, animals and creatures in mysterious settings, incorporation nature and the unexpected. Containing traces of nostalgia and melancholy, her work focuses on themes of childhood, nature, stories, allegory and dreams.
It’s available for the public to view from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nevada Arts Council’s LXS Gallery, located across the hall from the Caucus Deli on the first floor of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City.
Kurt has lived in Reno since 2008. Originally from the Boston area, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.
She served as faculty librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno, leaving to pursue her art and illustration career full time in 2013. She has taught at the Nevada Museum of Art and shown her work in Reno, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. She recently illustrated the children’s book, “Sarla in the Sky.”
Kurt’s work will remain on display through Feb. 24. She’s one of six Nevada artists who will be featured at the gallery through the end of the Legislative session in June. Others include:
Feb. 27-March 17: Photography by Christopher Tsouras of Henderson
March 20-April 7: Mixed media by Jen Graham of Reno
April 10-28: Paintings by Kathryn Grider of Spring Creek
May 1-19, Mixed media by Myranda Bair of Las Vegas
May 22-June 9: Paintings by Eyob Mergia of Las Vegas
For information or to purchase Kurt’s work, go to http://www.lisakurt.com.
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