A New Orleans native, has an MFA from Tulane University. Her work explores the link between natural and manmade environments and the elegant and complex weavings of the two.

She has exhibited in Louisiana, Tennessee, N.Y., Mississippi, Washington, Czechoslovakia, Germany and France. She has received grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the SURDNA Foundation, The Cultural Economy Foundation, and The Active Element Foundation.

Varisco’s work has been published in Adbusters, USA Today, Common Ground Archeology, Cultural Vistas, New Orleans Review, Habitations among others and is included in the collections of Kimberly Clarke Corporation, Historic Restorations Inc, Loyola University, Southeastern University, Gulf Coast Bank and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris.

She teaches at NOCCA|Riverfront and is represented in Nashville by Richter Photography Gallery and in New Orleans by Heriard-Cimino Gallery.