| LISA STEFANELLI Melee Drawing .02, 2026 Ink and gouache on paper 11 × 8 1/2 in (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| Mark Moore Fine Art is proud to announce that Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has acquired two works on paper by artist LISA STEFANELLI for its permanent collection. Lisa Stefanelli (American, born 1966) is a painter known for her work in hardline, linear abstraction. Her “Melee” series (1998-2015) is associated with her formative years as a competitive figure skater. Made of automotive paint on panel and using a multitude of visual references, the paintings represent a conversation around the artist’s view of our relationships. They display both grace and complexity in their entanglements, trajectories, and occasional estrangements, and attempt to resolve the struggle that they depict and embody. In the 2010s, Stefanelli began a digital practice centered around concepts from the natural world. This work suggests that all human actions have natural origins. Most recent solo exhibitions include Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Penn, Pierogi Gallery, NYC, Robischon Gallery, and Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California. She has work in the collections of the United States Department of State, Washington DC, The West Collection, Oaks, PA, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA, The Mondstudio Collection at the Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland, The Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY and The Wynn Collection, Las Vegas, NV. Lisa Stefanelli is an artist living and working in New York City and Easton, Pennsylvania. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and received her degree in 1989. She has been a practicing artist for the last three decades. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is the oldest art museum in Texas. In 1917, the museum site was dedicated by the Houston Public School Art League (later the Houston Art League) with the intention of becoming a public art museum. The first museum building was opened to the public in 1924.The original building, designed by Houston architect William Ward Watkin in the Greek Neoclassical style, is the first art museum built in Texas. Today the MFAH encompasses three buildings, the Caroline Wiess Law, Audrey Jones Beck, and Nancy and Rich Kinder buildings, that house its primary collections and temporary exhibitions; two decorative arts house museums; The Glassell studio art school; a sculpture garden; a facility for conservation, storage and archives; and an administrative building with the Glassell Junior school of Art. |
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