Lizzie Lombardo was born October 27, 1994, in Thomaston, a tiny mid-coast fishing town in Maine, where she spent the first 18 years of her life. Craving a change of scenery, culture and bigger opportunities, she moved to New York to attend Pratt Institute as a Fine Arts major. After spending two years studying sculpture, she planted herself in Brooklyn, NY. Several years later, she relocated back to mid-coast Maine, where she continues to work, play, and create. 

Her work combines her interest in historical icons and events of popular culture, social issues, as well as experiences of her own and the people she knows. Dedicating a portion of her time to collecting personal and impersonal artifacts as both references and art-making materials (i.e. newspapers, photographs, magazines, antiques, thrift store finds), she creates (and recreates) imagery in various mediums reflective of her mental and emotional state of mind while maintaining a dry sense of humor and sentimentality. Among other things, she is interested in creating installations as "environments" of her own fantasy and guiding viewers to experience and interact with the art. Work made in recent years is a conglomerate of imagery inspired by Maine’s rural and coastal landscape, internet culture and memes, retro sci-fi and horror films, and weird found objects.

“My work feels like an embodiment of a certain kind of loneliness.

The loneliness where you feel like nobody understands you, that comes along with depression. I’m channeling this deep, residing feeling of not wanting to be here that persists despite prioritizing mental health and taking care of myself. It’s the lingering feeling that never goes away, that anyone with depression can resonate with. My work is a visual representation of collective feelings — where I always feel like I want to be somewhere else or like I am somewhere else. Like being stuck in a daydream. Through my practice I’m trying to find humor in all of this and how I relate to people and environments around me. I’m interested in how meme culture strings us together. I’m connecting all of these bits and pieces — not  always explicitly conscious of what I’m doing until I take a step back. Often, people will point out something they see in my work and I realize that it resonates — I just didn’t have the language to describe it. These are important moments in the process for me.

The end goal is always that I’ve expressed what I needed to say despite not having the verbiage to do so.”

All work (unless otherwise noted) is available to purchase, as an original or print. Two-dimensional commissions (paintings, prints, drawings, and collages) are also available. Some sculptural works are available. For inquiries, refer to Contact page or e-mail at eannlombardo@gmail.com.