Lisa Leighton’s work in video, photography, installation, and drawing reflects her interest in re-contextualizing spaces to capture fleeting moments of personality, memory and other psychological qualities of a scene. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and is held in public and private collections in the U.S., and the Netherlands.  She received her M.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art in 2003. Currently she is Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Art + Design at Pratt Institute.
Leighton has worked as a Teaching Artist and developed art curricula for various organizations including Manhattan New Music Project, The Jewish Museum, 92nd Street Y, and in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Chicago Cultural Center, and The Old Town School of Folk Music.