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Bio
Liza Stout earned a BFA from Pratt Institute in 2016 and will complete her MFA at Arizona State University in 2025. In 2024 was selected to be a part of the Arizona Biennial at the Tucson Museum of Art from October 2024 - February 2025. On exhibit will be her piece Shell, a video performance and installation piece that speaks to the current crisis around reproductive rights. Recently, her MFA Solo thesis show was on exhibition at Step Gallery in Phoenix. As a research-based artist, in January 2024 she was selected as a panelist for Metabolic Imaginaries at the MLA conference in Philadelphia. In 2026, she will participate in the WARP Wood Residency at the Museum of Art and Wood in Philadelphia. Following this residency will be a group exhibition with the artists in residence.
Artist Statement
My art practice reimagines domestic objects and tools through eccentric and subversive designs. My sculptures explore the relationship between body and object, examining how caregiving tools, often devalued in domestic and professional spaces, are agents of resilience and transformation. At the center of my practice is the concept of tenderizing, a process that is multiform—from the quiet, unseen work of digestive enzymes to the force of a pounding gesture. Tenderizing embraces the potential of both discrete persistence and direct confrontation as liberatory modes. Through design references, domestic objects—like brooms, brushes, cooking, and cleaning tools, expand from functional objects into instruments of empowerment and defense. As hybrid accessories, the sculptural forms entangle with the body, encouraging an imaginative rethinking of cleaning and repurposing to emphasize our capacity to redefine notions of “value” altogether. Through photography and video documentation, my work explores the performative aspect of these objects. How they interact with the body as a way to engage with broader social and political structures. Through honoring domestic tasks and embodying modes of defense, the work explores resilience, transformation, and the shifting boundaries between care and protection.