digital + physical sculpting
 

Lisa Meinesz digitally sculpts speculative life forms shaped by synthetic biology, anatomy, soft robotics and material ecology. Her work looks at care between nonhuman bodies and the technological systems around them, often imagining organisms that are supported, restrained or altered by prosthetic, medical and industrial structures.

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Working across digital and physical processes, Meinesz translates these organisms into silicone, biomaterials, 3D-printed aluminium and sculptural assemblages incorporating mechanical and found industrial components. Her work questions the idea of the human as the central measure of life, and considers strange, hybrid and unfamiliar bodies as lives worthy of care.

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The structures within her work often sit somewhere between support and control. A device might protect a body while also restricting it, or become so integrated with an organism that it is difficult to separate the biological from the technological.

Alongside her fine art practice, Meinesz works as a 3D artist and designer across the film and music industries. Her credits include 3000 Years of Longing, 65 and In Vitro, as well as collaborations with artists including Anyma, Unprocessed and Lou Karsh.