Lisa Rock was born in 1985 in Marlborough, MA, and currently lives and works in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. Rock has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center and the Black Rock Desert NCA (AIR) program. Recent solo exhibitions include In Bloom at Nick Ryan Gallery in Boulder, CO, Overgrowth at Johansson Projects in Oakland. Select group shows include Swelter, at Good Mother Gallery, Flowers at Pacific Saw Works. She recently created a two wall mural, Welcome to My Home, for the Google Art Program at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, CA in celebration of the 20th anniversary of YouTube.