These drawings are metaphors for how we negotiate and observe human conflict. Human fights have psychological origins and consequently visually unobservable; they are without gravity. Human altercations are often inconclusive.

Fighting Birds began in 2010 with the concept that the visual of a bird fight is akin to trying to observe smoke move.
Their battles happen where no literal or figurative gravity interferes with the chaos. Violent ariel clashes are free-form squabbles that defy examination or conclusions. Afterwards, the combatants "fly away".

Lisa Stefanelli is an artist practicing in New York City and Easton, Pennsylvania. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and received her degree in 1989.

Most recent solo exhibitions include Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Pierogi Gallery, NYC. 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.

She is represented currently by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado, Mark Moore Fine Art in California and by Joe Amrhien of Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn.

These drawings are metaphors for how we negotiate and observe human conflict. Human fights have psychological origins and consequently visually unobservable; they are without gravity. Human altercations are often inconclusive.

Fighting Birds began in 2010 with the concept that the visual of a bird fight is akin to trying to observe smoke move.
Their battles happen where no literal or figurative gravity interferes with the chaos. Violent ariel clashes are free-form squabbles that defy examination or conclusions. Afterwards, the combatants "fly away".

Lisa Stefanelli is an artist practicing in New York City and Easton, Pennsylvania. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and received her degree in 1989.

Most recent solo exhibitions include Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Pierogi Gallery, NYC. 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.

She is represented currently by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado, Mark Moore Fine Art in California and by Joe Amrhien of Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn.

These drawings are metaphors for how we negotiate and observe human conflict. Human fights have psychological origins and consequently visually unobservable; they are without gravity. Human altercations are often inconclusive.

Fighting Birds began in 2010 with the concept that the visual of a bird fight is akin to trying to observe smoke move.
Their battles happen where no literal or figurative gravity interferes with the chaos. Violent ariel clashes are free-form squabbles that defy examination or conclusions. Afterwards, the combatants "fly away".

Lisa Stefanelli is an artist practicing in New York City and Easton, Pennsylvania. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and received her degree in 1989.

Most recent solo exhibitions include Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Pierogi Gallery, NYC. 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.

She is represented currently by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado, Mark Moore Fine Art in California and by Joe Amrhien of Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn.