About 

Felecia Chizuko Carlisle (b. 1972, Pensacola, Florida) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Appalachia, where she lives and works at Green Park Studio in Hickory, North Carolina. She received her M.F.A. in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2006. Over the past two decades, her work has been exhibited nationally through museums, galleries, and public art commissions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, the Frost Art Museum, the USF Contemporary Art Museum, Deering Estate, Riverside Art Center, and Emerson Dorsch, where she was represented for many years.

 

Carlisle's practice investigates material transformation, gravity, vibration, and the passage of time through sculpture, installation, photography, sound, and public art. Working increasingly with reclaimed materials, elemental processes, gardens, and light, her recent work explores how everyday matter can carry memory, reveal invisible forces, and cultivate a deeper relationship to place. Her projects often emerge through cycles of gathering, transformation, repetition, and accumulation, reflecting an ongoing interest in how ordinary materials become repositories of history and attention.

 

In 2022, Carlisle established Green Park Studio, a place-based studio and garden in Hickory that serves as both the center of her artistic practice and a site for seasonal open studios, exhibitions, and gatherings that connect contemporary art with gardens, design, food, and community. Her recent work reflects an intentional shift toward a slower, geographically rooted practice while continuing to pursue museum-quality sculpture, public art, and collaborative projects.

 

Her work has been recognized with a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, a Wavemaker Grant through the Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Regranting Program, a Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, the Knight Foundation Champion Award, and a 2024 Artist Support Grant from Arts Culture Catawba. She has participated in residencies at Wayne State University, Santa Fe Art Institute, Ox-Bow, and Cannonball. Her work is held in the collections of the San Francisco Arts Commission, GLBT Historical Society, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, The Margulies Collection, HistoryMiami, and Florida International University Special Collections.