LIZZIE CONKLIN STUDIO
I am an oil painter, weaver, writer, and teacher.
My work is informed by traditional practices. I weave on a four-harness loom from the 20th century, which was given to me by an artist who was given the loom by another artist who made her promise to do the same. When woodworking, I bend oak, a hardwood traditionally used for furniture, but I make it soft and flexible to support it with structural strings. I take tradition, and I warp it.
In my paintings, woven patches interrupt painted faces, rupturing each painting to repair it and allow it to function as a painting, as humans continue to move and function as people while mending psychological tears. In my installations, wooden frames curve like ribs or limbs, held up by structural string, reversing the typical role that wood and string play. Their function is subjective, as categorizations tend to be.
Biographically, I graduated from Yale University in 2025 with a degree in Art and the History of Art, where I won the Robert Reed Award from the Yale School of Art, the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Performing and or Visual Art, and a scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch. My painting “Haircut Triptych” was collected by the university in 2025. Currently, I am the Upper School Art Teacher at the Buckley School in New York City.
ABOUT
PAINTING
EDITORIAL DESIGN
WEAVING
INSTALLATION
WRITING
TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORK
RECENT WORK
FEATURED WORK
Haircut Triptych
2025, oil on canvas with silk string
Artists Inspiration:
What does it mean to be fully present in the moment? So much of our lives are surrounded by other people’s physical presence, but is it meaningful if “you” are not truly there? We are not bodies with a soul. We are souls with a body. What does it mean for true connection when the two are not in the same place at the same time?
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