Lisa Bang Hoffman is a Minnesota native, graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1991. She moved to Nebraska in 1992 to attend the University of Nebraska’s Master of Fine Art program, graduating in 1995.
Upon completing her Masters degree, she taught in an adjunct capacity at the University of Nebraska, Doane College, and Concordia University, instructing design, drawing, and darkroom photography. Traditional darkroom work, primarily gelatin silver prints and alternative processes, continues to be the focus of her personal work.
Bang Hoffman shows nationally and internationally; with honors including the Nebraska Arts Council Distinguished Artist Award, the Gaudi Medal from the Institut Municipal D’Accio Cultural, Reus, Spain, and a finalist in the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, York, UK.
She continues to reside in Lincoln, NE, with her family.