Lisa Crane

Lisa Crane is a sculptor living in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her years of work as a psychotherapist, primarily treating victims of abuse in Miami and the mountains of North Carolina, led her to witness the efficacy and power of art as expression and catharsis.

In 2018, Crane was awarded recognition for her work Follow Me Into Your Dreams, exhibited at the Ridley-Tree Museum of Art at Westmont College in Montecito, CA. Since then, Crane’s work has been consistently acquired by private collectors and exhibited at galleries throughout California including Grayspace Art in Santa Barbara, CA; the L H Horton Gallery in Stockton, CA; Blue Line Arts in Roseville, CA; the W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery of CalPoly University, Pomona, CA; and Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, CA. Crane became a juried member artist at 10 West Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA beginning in 2020 and her work is shown there three times per year in curated group shows. In 2020 Crane debuted her largest work to date, a room-sized installation. Her work Newborn was awarded 2nd place in the Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s 2020 tri-county juried exhibition.

Crane studied sculpture at Miami Dade College and has continued her sculptural education through workshops with fellow artists Lisa Clague, Debra Fritts, Susannah Zucker, Alison Newsome, and Natasha Dikareva. She recently relocated from Santa Barbara to North Carolina and currently lives and works at her home in Raleigh. She continues to volunteer with children who have experienced abuse and neglect in addition to her artistic practice.

Awards

Newborn - 2nd Place, 2020 Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art

Follow Me Into Your Dreams - Honorable Mention, 2018 Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art