Lisa Gralnick

Lisa Gralnick is a contemporary American metalsmith, studio jeweler, and academic whose work challenges the monetary, cultural, and personal value of objects by transforming metals into objects of thought-provoking visual beauty. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2020.
A professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2001, Gralnick was previously head of the Metals/Jewelry program at Parsons School of Design. Grants and fellowships include two National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant, four artists’ fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a fellowship from the Wisconsin Arts Board. University of Wisconsin awards include the Kellett Mid-Career Award, a Vilas Associates Award, 15 faculty research grants, a Faculty Development grant, a Creative Arts Award, and the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Arts. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and more.
Lisa Gralnick, Scene of the Crime, 2018, jewelry box: wood, pink naugahyde, velvet, brass, 8 x 4 x 4 ft., jewelry: brass, ceramic, silver, pearls, glass gemstones, enamel, diamond ring: 14 in. diameter
Photo: courtesy of the artistLisa Gralnick, Scene of the Crime, 2018, jewelry box: wood, pink naugahyde, velvet, brass, 8 x 4 x 4 ft.
Photo: courtesy of the artistLisa Gralnick, Gold Standard Part I: #19 (Revolver), 2010, 18K gold and plaster, acrylic mount, 7 x 8 x 14 in.
Photo: courtesy of the artistLisa Gralnick, Gold Standard Part III: Halo, probably 14th century, 2008, recycled gold, enamel, acrylic, glass, 11 x 15 x 14 in.
Photo: courtesy of the artist