Artist Lisa Penz, known for her contemporary female portrayals, will premiere her exciting exhibition ‘Beautiful Undead’ this Friday, May 11th at FIVESIXY. Lisa will use this forum to confront the explosive trends of vampires in mainstream Pop Culture. ‘Beautiful Undead’ is an extension of Lisa’s brave, intoxicating works. This new series is the highly anticipated follow-up [...]

If you had to decorate your own Christmas tree, reflecting yourself and your business — what would you do? What would it look like? This very subject was one of my fun challenges this December. In late November Rize Alliance contacted me and asked if I would decorate my own unique tree for the Rize [...]

I’ve recently learned of Etsy-sponsored artist networking events that have started in Portland, expanded to Baltimore and now San Francisco. All following the model of “speed dating” this unique event is where art and networking directly collide. Artists with retailers and galleries join together and meet for 2 minutes only. I thought this was a [...]

Ethical Bean doughnuts at Pop Gallery’s ‘Indulgence’ show. Photo credit: Charles Zuckermann It’s no surprise that I’m really into confectionery and all things sweet. In fact, I’m so passionate about dessert, I created my ‘Indulgence’ collection around my love for sweets. Since confectionery is a part of my every day life and apparently now my [...]

Come by Pop Gallery this Sunday, October 23rd for a live painting experience! Pop Gallery presents a Live Painting Event, featuring…. Lisa Penz Megan Majewski When: Sunday, October 23th  2-4pm Where: 196 Kingsway & 10th Vancouver, (CANTU building) Come by, meet the artists, see the ‘Indulgence’ exhibition and watch LIVE ART! ‘Indulgence’ is running at Pop [...]

In celebration of the opening of POP Gallery this month — I will be giving away art prints from my provocative, new collection ‘Indulgence’. WIN a print by simply going to my facebook page ‘Lisa Penz Artworks’ and click “Like”. By “Liking” Lisa Penz Artworks, you will automatically be entered in this contest. Those of [...]

On Saturday September 10th the highly anticipated ‘Dreaming Hazel Dooney’ exhibition opened in Morwell, Australia at the LaTrobe Contemporary Gallery. My artwork was featured among other artists from around the globe! This exhibition examines the career of self-made, controversial artist Hazel Dooney; who renounced the gallery system and has used online methods to reach incredible [...]

Lisa Penz, contemporary portrayal artist today announced that she will open her own pop-up gallery for the month of October, in Mount Pleasant area of Vancouver. “POP Gallery” will be located at “The Rize” 196 Kingsway at 10th Avenue, Vancouver (Cantu building). Here, Lisa will unveil her brave new series ‘Indulgence’, a provocative extension of her [...]

Last November I enrolled in a portrait painting course at Emily Carr University. After one lesson and for multiple reasons, I decided I wanted to transfer out of the class. Luckily I was able to transfer into Lori Goldberg’s Advanced Acrylics (with the focus on Abstract), a freeing, well-needed exploration away from my ever-so structured [...]

The fall is becoming so exciting that if I don’t stop looking towards the future, I’m going to miss the summer. The first announcement I’ll make about the fall is that my work has been accepted into a high profile group exhibition in Australia! The Latrobe Contemporary Gallery in Morwell, Australia has decided to create [...]