Lisa Bergh | I've Never Seen the Northern Lights

Opening January 29, 2022 in the Mardag Gallery at Franconia Commons, Bergh creates work that examines the cerebral and aesthetic weight of our internal, emotional worlds. Sitting precariously at  the intersection of painting, drawing, and sculpture, Bergh draws on a visual language rooted in figuration, abstraction, color, place, and architecture. This new body of work serves simultaneously as fragmented studies and completed works all at once, residing somewhere between the ephemeral and the tangible. 

About the Artist

Based in New London, Minnesota, Lisa Bergh holds an MFA in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University and a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Arizona. She has exhibited across the region, including recent solo exhibitions at the Kaddatz Galleries in Fergus Falls, ArtReach St. Croix, MacRostie Art Center, Rochester Art Center and Silverwood Park. Her work was featured in the critically-acclaimed “High Visibility” at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo and she has received numerous grants and awards including a 2020 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, a 2018 SMAC Individual Artist Grant and a 2015 “Public Art of the Year” award by the Public Art Network. Her art can be found in public and private collections, and she currently serves as an art instructor for Ridgewater College. 

Virtual Dinner and Discussion with the Artist

 Join Franconia Sculpture Park and Visiting Artist Lisa Bergh for a virtual “Dinner & Discussion” lecture via Facebook Live at 6pm on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 

Gallery Hours

Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Image: Pasture by Lisa Bergh