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Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22

Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman

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Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover

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Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art

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Altered States
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Altered States

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The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18

The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery

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Exhibitions /  2018
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18

Exhibitions / 2018

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Exhibitions & Interview / 2017
Exhibitions, Interview Kelly Curtis 4/1/17 Exhibitions, Interview Kelly Curtis 4/1/17

Exhibitions & Interview / 2017

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Free Passage at Addington Gallery March 3
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/17/17 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/17/17

Free Passage at Addington Gallery March 3

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Lisa Pressman: ‘Passing Through’ at Causey Contemporary by John Seed
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/3/17 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/3/17

Lisa Pressman: ‘Passing Through’ at Causey Contemporary by John Seed

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Between Instances: A Collaborative Project by Lisa Pressman and Krista Svalbonas
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/17 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/17

Between Instances: A Collaborative Project by Lisa Pressman and Krista Svalbonas

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Paper at The Curator Gallery
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/23/16 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/23/16

Paper at The Curator Gallery

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Save the Date: Friday the 13th of November: Passing Through at Causey Contemporary
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 9/10/15 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 9/10/15

Save the Date: Friday the 13th of November: Passing Through at Causey Contemporary

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New Representation
Galleries, Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/10/15 Galleries, Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/10/15

New Representation

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Upcoming Exhibitions
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/1/15 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/1/15

Upcoming Exhibitions

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A TANGLED WEB: December 18, 2014 – January 22, 2015
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/1/14 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/1/14

A TANGLED WEB: December 18, 2014 – January 22, 2015

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Save the Date: September 10th
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 8/7/14 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 8/7/14

Save the Date: September 10th

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Nocturnes and Shape Shifting
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 8/1/13 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 8/1/13

Nocturnes and Shape Shifting

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Mapping Time: A Collaborative Exhibition
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 5/3/13 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 5/3/13

Mapping Time: A Collaborative Exhibition

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What’s New?
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/6/13 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 4/6/13

What’s New?

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In good company 
In Pieces: Collages
APRIL 30 - JUNE 30, 2026

Kraushaar Galleries, 15 East 71 Street, New York, 2022

 @https://www.kraushaargalleries.com/exhibitions/in-pieces-collages#tab:thumbnails
Some new work @https://www.lisapressman.net/portfolio/shape-of-memory
Fragments, edges, and the space between them.

Working with what’s worn, altered, and still present.

Part of a new installation for an upcoming exhibition at Zürcher Gallery.

#100WomenOfSpiritPlus #abstractart #mixedmedia @@zurcher_galle
I love and am thankful for Rosy this morning!
A fragment.

Part of my new series called “Acts of Small Repair.”

Painted and printed papers—torn, burned, and reassembled. Thread moves between structure and mark, holding while also revealing.

Not repaired to hide damage, but to
Spring 
Encaustic
48x36
2021
It is packed and ready to go to a new collector 

An earlier encaustic painting.
Revisiting it, I can see the beginnings of what I’m working through now—
layering, holding, fragments finding structure.

abstra
This image emerged slowly—through building, scraping, and reworking the surface.
A figure appeared, not planned, but uncovered.
It feels less like painting and more like excavation Trace(Emergence) 36 x 24 Oil and Mixed Media on panel 2026 @zur
I saw work yesterday that stayed with me.

Not as influence—but as recognition.

The way the surface could hold structure and still feel in motion—
not fixed to the wall, but shifting in space.

It clarified something I’ve been work
Torn, folded, stitched.

Not building an image—
holding a surface together. 

#stiching #artprocess #artonpaper
I’ve been looking back at some of my early sculptural work.

Not out of nostalgia—but curiosity.

Because something unexpected is happening.

The work I’m making now—the fragments, stitched elements, burned edges, pieces that