Lisa Yuskavage (b. 1962, Philadelphia) is an American painter known for her provocative, richly colored works that merge figurative and abstract elements and challenge traditional ideas of genre and spectatorship. She earned her BFA from the Tyler School of Art (1984) and her MFA from Yale School of Art (1986). Since 2005, she has been represented by David Zwirner Gallery, and her exhibition history includes major solo shows at institutions such as the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (2015); Aspen Art Museum (2020); Baltimore Museum of Art (2021); and a drawing exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York (on view through January 2026). Her paintings are held in prominent collections including MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, SFMOMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and others. Yuskavage lives and works in New York.
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