Lisa Dinhofer uses representations of toy marbles to challenge our imagination by playing with illusions that alter physical perceptions. Her work spans a 32-foot-long wall and two adjacent side walls. Created in glass mosaic, the main artwork consists of a gold-colored trompe l'oeil frame surrounding a black and white tiled floor that serves as the backdrop for the marbles, which seem to roll toward the viewer. On the side walls, free-floating marbles seem to break free in space. Dinhofer comments, "Every object I paint actually exists; I work from life. The space I create is believable - but not real. Because I design my own space, I call myself an 'illusionist' painter rather than a 'realist'. The space in my work is invented. It's flattened - like the space we see on a television or a computer screen." 

Lisa Dinhofer is a painter, draftsperson, and printmaker. She earned her BA from Brandeis University and MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Dinhofer’s work explores the notion of movement in still-life painting. Her paintings portray the way light passes over and through objects, creating patterns, reflections, and illusions of movement. Using aerial perspective and high focus realism, Dinhofer juxtaposes imaginary space with carefully rendered objects. The common denominator across Dinhofer’s work is the artist’s search for the extraordinary in the order. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in numerous public and private collections, including at the Brooklyn Museum and IBM.