Lisa Jamhoury

Lisa Jamhoury is a Lebanese-American movement artist and software programmer creating embodied, computational experiences. Drawing on contemporary circus and mindfulness, her work includes performances, installations, and websites that encourage a consensual, complementary approach to human physicality.

As an aerial acrobat, Lisa has performed across the United States, including commissioned work for the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics and TEDx Brooklyn. In 2024, Lisa was one of four international artists selected for GLoW: Illuminating Innovation at King's College London, which showcased groundbreaking artworks by leading women artists working with cutting-edge technologies; and she contributed to the Digital Body Festival (London), Forum LAB7 (Montreal), and the Innovation, Culture, and Creativity initiative, advising the National Science Foundation on innovation investment impacting the creative sector (New York and Los Angeles).

Lisa’s computational work has been recognized by Ars Electronica, EY Metaverse Lab, Google, Meta, Conference on Movement and Computing, Contemporary Art Society, CultureHub, and others.

Lisa is a member at Onassis ONX and NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for art, design and technology. She teaches at New York University, where she completed her masters degree.

Lisa previously worked at Adobe as a senior designer for machine intelligence, integrating AI into creative workflows.