Lisa Jarrett was born in Morristown, New Jersey. Growing up as a Black American who moved with her family to​​various,​​often​​conflicting​​political​​ climates in cities in Texas, Minnesota, and​​New​​York,​​the​​influences​​of​​her​​ upbringing in a post-Civil Rights and increasinglyso-called“post-racial” America are apparent in her work, which seeks to confront ideas of racial difference​​and​​perceptions​​of​​racial​​ equality.​​Though​​conflating​comparisons​ of self and Other within a racial context are surely not limited to the American Black Experience and can be examined in myriad global racial milieus, Jarrett’s work is typically centered upon deconstructing, defragmenting, and, in turn, reconstructing and reassembling her personal experiences as a Black woman in America into a visual expression that asks viewers to consider their own roles in present-day race relations.

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