Lisu Vega

Lisu Vega was born in Miami, FL, and grew up in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She lives and works in Miami, FL. Vega is a multidisciplinary artist who works in engraving, sculpture, installation, and fashion art. Her work explores ideas of sustainability, migration, memory, and identity. Selected Solo exhibitions include ‘Captive Body’ (2021), Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; ‘El Cuerpo de la Obra’ (2019), Laundromat Art Space, Miami, Florida, and a special guest invitation for a solo project at Pinta Miami Art Fair (2019) with her installation ‘El Nido.’ Selected group exhibitions include a two-person presentation at Kates-Ferri Projects in New York City (2024), a Special Project at Pinta Miami (2021), curated by Felix Suazo; ‘Women of Vision Exhibition: South Florida Women Artists at Large (2021), Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, Florida, and ‘Fashion Art Exhibition’ (2019) at Appleton Museum, Ocala, Florida. Vega was recognized as Designer of the Year (2014) at one Miami Art Fashion Week competition. Her work is in private collections in Florida, South Carolina, and New York.

Collect Bean: Where are you currently finding inspiration?

Lisu Vega: I currently find inspiration in my memories and how I can understand them as an adult and create connections to rethink and re-dimension them to my artistic practice.

Collect Bean: How do you approach the balance between experimentation and consistency in your art?

Lisu Vega: Experimentation creates balance in my practice; it dictates the execution of the work and keeps the pursuit of evolving ideas, so the consistency in my art comes from persistent experimentation.

Collect Bean: What does an ideal day in your studio look like?

Lisu Vega: The ideal day in my studio starts early in the morning when I begin to gather materials and take the time to contemplate the best approach to begin an art project or to continue developing one.

Collect Bean: How does where you grew up influence your work?

Lisu Vega: My native town greatly influenced how I enjoy and understand my surroundings. The palette of my memories as a child appears in projects as it is inherent to this moment in life, bringing a sense of aesthetic and appropriation of symbolism and cultural identity

Collect Bean: If you had to describe your work in only three words, what would they be?

Lisu Vega: Experimentation, memories, and identity.