Lisa Bartleson is a California–based interdisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, sculpture, and ceramics. Known for her exploration of materiality within the Light and Space movement, her work features repetitive, meditative mark-making and lustrous color strips. By concentrating on light, color, and luminescence, Bartleson methodically captures discrete transitions between hues, creating intense yet calming pieces that focus on a focal horizon point within each composition.She earned her B.A. in Biology from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley. Though she didn’t pursue formal art education, her transition from science to art was fueled by a fascination with light, perception, and materials—leading her to self-teach techniques involving layered resin and mixed media.After moving from Los Angeles to Petaluma in early 2016—drawn by its diffused light and open landscapes reminiscent of her Pacific Northwest upbringing—Lisa entered an intensive period of exhibition activity.In February 2017, she presented The Memory Project at the Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in Lancaster, California, followed in September 2016 by an exhibition titled Work Over School at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. Museum Exhibitions:Legacy – Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (2015)Smooth Operations: Substance and Surface in California Art – Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (2012)Circle of Truth – Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (2019)Kindred – Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (2018)The Memory Project – Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA (2017)Work Over School: Art From the Margins of the Inside – Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2016)Bartleson’s museum presence reflects her sustained engagement with major public institutions, highlighting a career that combines scientific roots with artistic inquiry into light, color, and contemplative form.