Lisa Adams
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Lisa Adamshttp://www.lisamakesart.com is a painter
and public artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California
. Adams graduated with a B.A. in Painting from Scripps College
in Claremont, California and received her M.F.A. from the Claremont Graduate University
.
She is the recipient of a Fulbright Professional Scholar Award, a Brody Arts Fund Fellowship and a Durfee ARC Grant. Her work is in the public collections of Eli Broad
, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, the Laguna Museum of Art and the Edward Albee Foundation.
She has successfully taught in many reputed art departments throughout the Los Angeles area and abroad, including the University of Southern California
, the Claremont Graduate University
and Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles.
In addition to her practice as an artist, Adams works as an independent curator, who in 2000, co-founded Crazy Space, an alternative exhibition space, in Santa Monica. She is also the author of FM*, (Peeps Island Press, 1999) a How To book about painting, based on her teachings at the Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture
between 1997-1999.
Lisa Adams has been an artist-in-residence in Slovenia, Finland, Japan, Holland and Costa Rica. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She was also commission by BMW
of North America to paint an ArtCar. She has been included in A Day in the Life of the American Woman, Bullfinch Press, 2005, and has completed a public art commission for the new Fire Station No. 64 in Watts, Los Angeles. Her most recent public art project is the Chatsworth Station for the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line Extension to be completed in 2012.
Video interviews with Field Sells on Pretty Rough and Tough and Abel Alejandre on Atelier Visit.
In September 2010 Adams' work was included in the group exhibition at Pedersen Projects "PRELUDE TO AN APOCALYPSE: LANDSCAPE IN AN ERA OF DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS," featuring Los Angeles artists Lisa Adams, Amir H. Fallah, Wendell Gladstone and Greg Rose. In 2009, the artist exhibited at the Riverside Art Museum http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/blog/?p=452 in "Edenistic Divergence," curated by Andi Campognone http://www.andicampognoneprojects.com
In the fall of 2011, Adams' first monograph book titled Vicissitude of Circumstance published by ZERO+ Publishing will be available for advance purchase. James Scarborough's essay that will appear in the book was recently published on the Huffington Post. She will also have two solo exhibitions, the first in September, 2011 of small gouache work at Offramp Gallery and the second in December of oil paintings at CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
Some of her works are Given That All Things Are Equal 2009, In Anticipation Of Aberrancy 2009 and "A Morass Of Contradiction" 2010.
Currently she is represented by CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles and blogs on art for the Huffington Post.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and public artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Adams graduated with a B.A. in Painting from Scripps College
Scripps College
Scripps College is a progressive liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation's best women's college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College at 23rd on the list for...
in Claremont, California and received her M.F.A. from the Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...
.
She is the recipient of a Fulbright Professional Scholar Award, a Brody Arts Fund Fellowship and a Durfee ARC Grant. Her work is in the public collections of Eli Broad
Eli Broad
Eli Broad is an American businessman from Detroit, Michigan who resides in Los Angeles, California.-Life and career:An only child, Broad was born in the Bronx to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. His father was a housepainter, his mother was a dressmaker. His family moved to Detroit when he...
, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, the Laguna Museum of Art and the Edward Albee Foundation.
She has successfully taught in many reputed art departments throughout the Los Angeles area and abroad, including the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, the Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...
and Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles.
In addition to her practice as an artist, Adams works as an independent curator, who in 2000, co-founded Crazy Space, an alternative exhibition space, in Santa Monica. She is also the author of FM*, (Peeps Island Press, 1999) a How To book about painting, based on her teachings at the Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture
Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture
The Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture existed in Santa Monica, California from 1990 until 2000. The director of the school was Joan Abrahamson who is a MacArthur Fellow and the founder and president of the Jefferson Institute...
between 1997-1999.
Lisa Adams has been an artist-in-residence in Slovenia, Finland, Japan, Holland and Costa Rica. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She was also commission by BMW
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
of North America to paint an ArtCar. She has been included in A Day in the Life of the American Woman, Bullfinch Press, 2005, and has completed a public art commission for the new Fire Station No. 64 in Watts, Los Angeles. Her most recent public art project is the Chatsworth Station for the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line Extension to be completed in 2012.
Video interviews with Field Sells on Pretty Rough and Tough and Abel Alejandre on Atelier Visit.
In September 2010 Adams' work was included in the group exhibition at Pedersen Projects "PRELUDE TO AN APOCALYPSE: LANDSCAPE IN AN ERA OF DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS," featuring Los Angeles artists Lisa Adams, Amir H. Fallah, Wendell Gladstone and Greg Rose. In 2009, the artist exhibited at the Riverside Art Museum http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/blog/?p=452 in "Edenistic Divergence," curated by Andi Campognone http://www.andicampognoneprojects.com
In the fall of 2011, Adams' first monograph book titled Vicissitude of Circumstance published by ZERO+ Publishing will be available for advance purchase. James Scarborough's essay that will appear in the book was recently published on the Huffington Post. She will also have two solo exhibitions, the first in September, 2011 of small gouache work at Offramp Gallery and the second in December of oil paintings at CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
Some of her works are Given That All Things Are Equal 2009, In Anticipation Of Aberrancy 2009 and "A Morass Of Contradiction" 2010.
Currently she is represented by CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles and blogs on art for the Huffington Post.