About Lisa Kori

Lisa Kori is an artist known for Open Fit with Kyle McDonald, open source software to design pants on the fly, and Anti-NIS Accessories with Caitlin Morris, fantastical headgear to thwart mind-reading surveillance.

During 2010-2011, she had a project called The Medium and the Mayhem, where she researched electronic art and music scenes around the world. She collaborated with ethnomusicologist David Novak to publish their combined research in the third edition of Handmade Electronic Music by Nicolas Collins (Routledge, 2020).

She has exhibited at Sónar Festival, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, Cité de la Musique, FABRICA, Lichter Filmfest, FutureEverything, Subtle Technologies, and Wearable Futures at Ravensbourne University. Lisa Kori has appeared in publications such as Vice, Vogue, Dezeen, Wired and Fast Company. Her work is documented in the books Crafting Wearables: Blending Technology with Fashion by Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon and Kate Sicchio (Apress, 2016) and Code as Creative Medium by Golan Levin and Tega Brain (The MIT Press, 2020). She is a recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.

Lisa Kori is currently preparing to release her first album, Daughter of the West, which is borne of uncovering her family's roots in the American West.

Lisa Kori has endured a lifelong struggle with chronic illness and was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia. In addition to her artistic pursuits, she is a second degree reiki practitioner and an Akashic Records reader, a type of energy work that involves discovering the soul’s purpose in this lifetime.

Lisa Kori usually uses she/her pronouns; they pronouns are also fine.

Please see lisakori.com for information about her upcoming album.