Francie Lyshak

Francie Lyshak began her career as a painter in New York City’s East Village in the 1970s, where she joined a community of artists, musicians, and writers including Larry Mitchell, Richard Morrison, John Lurie, David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar, and Gary Indiana. She later documented this scene in a series of interviews and images collectively titled The Bar, after one of the grouping’s regular meeting places. During this time, Lyshak developed an aesthetic that was in part a reaction against the prevailing trends of minimalism, Pop, and conceptual art, using images metaphorically to explore emotional themes from a feminist perspective. Francie has exhibited in solo exhibitions at venues around New York including, most often, La Mama La Galleria and Carter Burden Gallery. Her work is represented in the collection of the Bronx Psychiatric Center, and in private collections in the US and UK. Currently, her paintings are touring museums in the United States.