
Her History & Her Work
Lisa Fittipaldi is an internationally recognized artist having been featured in several international newspapers such as El Mundo and The London Times, on various television networks including but not limited to CNN International, BBC World and BBC World’s Arts, NBC, El Jazzera, CBS and Sky News.
Her works have been showcased in various museums and are collected by Fortune 500 companies.
She is a self taught artist who began painting after a severe loss of vision due to Cogan’s disease from MCTD and Giant Cell Arteritis. She initially began painting in watercolor. Eventually she signed with an international art gallery who encouraged her to paint abstracts in acrylics and realistic images in oils on canvas.
She is also known internationally as a sculptor and renown author. In 2025 she returned to painting full time, after a series of complex medical issues and a successful run in figurative clay work. She remains legally blind with interstitial keratitis and keratoconus, optic neuritis and vasculitis all derived from Cogan’s disease.
In her free time she is writing a new book Embracing Life, traveling and publicly speaking about autoimmune diseases and blindness.
MUSEUM OF FINE ART Austin, July 1997
FLORENCE ART GALLERY Florence, “Wonder of the Mind’s Eye” Nov 1998
FLORENCE ART GALLERY Florence, “Art Colors Life” March 1999
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART Dallas, “Beaux Art”. April 1999
PINK PALACE MUSEUM, October 1999
ART EXPO New York, March 2001
WITTE MUSEUM Austin, “Blind Ambition: The Art of Lisa Fitti
MUSEUM OF FINE ART Austin, July 1997
FLORENCE ART GALLERY Florence, “Wonder of the Mind’s Eye” Nov 1998
FLORENCE ART GALLERY Florence, “Art Colors Life” March 1999
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART Dallas, “Beaux Art”. April 1999
PINK PALACE MUSEUM, October 1999
ART EXPO New York, March 2001
WITTE MUSEUM Austin, “Blind Ambition: The Art of Lisa Fittipaldi” June/July 2001
SANDS POINT MUSEUM New York, “Blind Ambition” June 2002
STERNBERG MUSEUM New York, “Blind Ambition” July-December 2002
BRITISH MUSEUM OF ART London, 2004
ARTIST ACQUISITION GROUP McNay Museum of art
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY Northridge, “Keynote Speaker” 2006
PEOPLE MAGAZINE 15 October 2001 "In Her Mind's Eye" by Chris Coats Pages 200-202
SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE April 1999 "Best of Texas" by Kristin Bucher
ART BABY ART November 1999 "The Story of Lisa Fittipaldi" by Al James
FINE ART MAGAZINE Spring 2001 "Creating Art with the Mind's Eye" by Al James Pages 79-80
HOPE MAGAZINE Spring 2001
PEOPLE MAGAZINE 15 October 2001 "In Her Mind's Eye" by Chris Coats Pages 200-202
SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE April 1999 "Best of Texas" by Kristin Bucher
ART BABY ART November 1999 "The Story of Lisa Fittipaldi" by Al James
FINE ART MAGAZINE Spring 2001 "Creating Art with the Mind's Eye" by Al James Pages 79-80
HOPE MAGAZINE Spring 2001 / No. 26 "Trusting the Mind's Eye" by Ivette M. Yee Pages 44-47
YOU MAGAZINE September 2001 / No. 725 "Art of Darkness" (excerpted) Pages 136-137 Cape Town, South Africa
DAILY WORD October 2002 "A Journey of Discovery" by Colleen Zuck Pages 6-11
STERN MAGAZINE April 2001 / No. 19 "Gefuhlte Farben" by Stern staff Page 220
CELEBRATE AUSTIN Spring 2001 "An Artist Who Happens to be Blind" by Cynthia Maddox Page 106
AUSTIN MAGAZINE Spring 2001 "It's All in Her Head" by Kay Powers Pages 40-44
GOOD LIFE MAGAZINE December 2002 "Blind Ambition" by Diana Erbo
GOOD LIFE COACHING December 2002 / No. 44 "Living the Creative Life" by Sharon Good
ANGELS ON EARTH Sept/Oct 2003 "My Mind's Eye"
MIAMI NEW TIMES Aug 10,2000 “Artists Blind Ambition” WNYE Jan 23,2004 “Studio 360” Discussion with Artist Lisa Fittipaldi
HOUSTON PRESS Mar 10,2005 “Hello Darkness” by Julia Ramsy LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS June 2019 “Change Makers”
YOUTUBE Jan 2022 “Blind Artist Lisa Fittipaldi” by She Shans ART & TIME
MAGAZINE Nov 2024 “Push Boundaries”
Appointed to the Texas State Independent Living Council by Governor George W. Bush
Appointed to the Texas State Council on Tourism by Governor Rick Perry
Given an Invitation to The Presidential Inauguration by President George W. Bush
Presented the KEY to the City of Bal Harbour, Florida by the Mayor
‘BBC News’ “Blind Artists Painting Pa
Appointed to the Texas State Independent Living Council by Governor George W. Bush
Appointed to the Texas State Council on Tourism by Governor Rick Perry
Given an Invitation to The Presidential Inauguration by President George W. Bush
Presented the KEY to the City of Bal Harbour, Florida by the Mayor
‘BBC News’ “Blind Artists Painting Passion” Aug 10, 2000
‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ 1997 and 2002
‘New York Public Radio’ Jan 24, 2004
‘Texas Country Reporter’ Dec 22, 2012
‘Library of Congress’ June 2019
‘It’s a Miracle’ Aug 2020 ‘American Pickers’ Dec 30, 2020
‘Texas State Library PodCast’ (Nation Wide) “Guest speaker” June 19, 2025
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