About Lisa Monahan

Lisa Monahan is a metalsmith and has been designing jewelry and sculptural metal works, or "jewelry for places" for the past 17 years. Her work is modern and is highly influenced by her 20+ year career as an architect. Lisa will consider working with almost anything; her art gives new life to ordinary, industrial and vintage materials. She typically works with silver, gold, gold vermeil, oxidized silver, copper, brass, precious and semi-precious stones and pearls. Lisa's work is available in select galleries and museum shops; and custom commissions are available directly through the artist. Lisa has studied metalsmithing coursework privately, at the DeCordova Museum School, Metalwerx in Boston and in various workshops.

Lisa's work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Globe's Sidekick publication and the Middlesex Beat. Lisa's work has been included in several DeCordova Museum School Gallery exhibits, was featured in a solo show in the Store @ the DeCordova, at Newton Open Studios and various galleries and shops. Lisa studied art and architecture in Boston, Arizona and London and practiced architecture in Boston until 2003. She has been involved in local area art and architectural initiatives for many years. In her career, Lisa has been part of award winning design teams in architectural practice and an invited guest speaker in various institutional venues. She taught architectural design studio courses for many years in Boston and taught a design inspiration course - "What's your hook?" at MA College of Art in Boston. Lisa is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Art Center in Newton, MA where she lives with her husband and 2 sons.