Lisa Perrin | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Lisa Perrin is an award-winning illustrator, hand-lettering artist, author, and educator.

After earning her M.F.A. in illustration practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013, Perrin moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as an in-house illustrator for the American Greetings card company for about five years before returning to MICA as a member of the faculty in 2018.

Perrin would appear to be from a small harbor town on the northern coast of Long Island, when really, essentially she is from a much older and stranger world. Her whole life all she ever wanted to do was make pictures and tell stories. Perrin’s work is informed by the humorous and strange world of Eastern European Jewish folk tales, dense and detailed Victorian designs, as well as nature in its many forms.

She can often be found obsessively art making with her beloved rabbit companion, Blanche DuBun. At its heart her work explores the old world in a new way, combining humor with darkness, and beauty with strangeness.