Carmen Lizardo

BIOGRAPHY

Carmen Lizardo was born in the Dominican Republic. She is a multidisciplinary artist combining experimental processes, printmaking, and drawing, using digital media, video, and non-silver photography as foundational tools. Her artwork explores themes of metamorphosis and hybridization. 

She holds a BFA and an MFA from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York). She has received fellowships and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Academy of Arts and Letters, En Foco, Arts Mid-Hhudson, Women's Studio Workshop, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Lizardo has exhibited nationally and abroad at the Museum of the African Diaspora, Samuel Dorsky Museum, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, NARS Foundation, BRIC, and ArtsBridge. Her work has been published in academic books such as" Gum Printing: Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice" and "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes" and has been featured in Hyperallergic “Contemporary Art Underground.” Her work extends to public art projects commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority at 181st Street Station in New York City.