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Nancy Lissaman
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Address: 1463 4/5 Scott Avenue, Los Angeles , CA 90026
Phone: (213)481-0142
Email: nlissaman@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
Pacific Oaks College: M.A. Human Development, MSTC Teaching Credential
UCLA Extension Program, sculpture with Claire Falkenstein
California Institute of Technology , Art and Technology, Sculpture
Pasadena City College, Applied Arts, Welding and Machine Shop Technology
Pasadena Art Museum Education Program
Monterey College Peninsula, Fine Arts
Carmel Art Institute, Painting
Stanford University, A.B. History
SOLO SHOWS
2007 SEGMENTS ONE BY ONE: Paintings and mixed media, 1st Standard Bank Art Gallery , L.A. CA .
2000 RETROSPECTIVE: paintings, Onion Gallery, Unitarian Church , North Hills , CA .
1998 2 ARTISTS: Nancy Lissaman and Zohreh Partozi, Ojala Gallery, L.A. , CA .
1976 PROGRESSIONS IN COLOR: Drawing and Sculpture, Gallery 8, Pasadena , CA .
1975 DRAWINGS: Museums without Walls, Hollywood , CA .
1974 WAVELENGTHS: Sculpture Exhibition, Shop City Gallery, Fullerton , CA. (Renamed Vanguard LA)
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2005 LOOKING AT ART: LA World Airports Exhibition, LAX Terminal 1 Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Scott Canty and
Mary Oliver, Cultural Affairs Department LA Municipal Gallery.
2005 INSIDE THE BOX: Pasadena City College , Visual Arts Media Studies, Pasadena , CA .
2004 CHROMO NOUVEAU: L2K Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
2004 LA Mart: Art Gallery Exhibition, Los Angeles , CA
2002 NATURE AND THE CITY: Echo Park Arts Festival Installations, Old Firehouse No. 6, curated by
Karen Frimkess Wolff, Los Angeles, CA .
2001 EJECTION GROUP 3RD ANNUAL INT'L FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: Guest artist: Chiang Mai , Thailand
1999 MOVING TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM: 1999 L.A. Juried Exhibition, William Grant Stills Art Center, Los Angeles
1996 THE WOMAN’S EYE: Co-sponsored by Pacific Oaks College and Pasadena Arts Council, Pasadena CA.
1994 THE CLOSING SHOW, ARTSPACE: Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dep't, Satellite Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA.
1994 CELEBRATING ART: Rondeau Invitational, El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1994 A ROOM WITH A VIEW: Rondeau Fine Arts Gallery Group Show, Los Angeles, CA.
1993 THE VERDICT: Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Loyola Law School , Los Angeles, CA, curated by Suzanne Muchnic.
1985 MANY VOICES, MANY VISIONS, SC/WCA**: Juried Exhibition, El Camino College, Torrance, CA.
1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS EXHIBITION PART II: Invitational, LACMA Arts Council, Los Angeles , CA.
1982 RARE DISCOVERIES: Gallery, Dallas Texas
1981 Los Angeles Artists/Bicentennial Celebration: Onion Church , North Hills , CA.
1980 ART AND TECHNOLOGY SHOW: 2nd Annual, Collector’s Choice Gallery, Laguna , CA.
1979 THE COLOR SHOW: Sesnon Art Gallery , College Five, U.C. Santa Cruz , CA.
1978 GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW, Pasadena , CA .
1977 ACT IV: Mixed Media, Group Show: LACMA Art Council, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1975 FIVE ARTISTS: Baxter Art Gallery , Caltech, Pasadena , CA.
1975 HARD AND CLEAR: Group Show- LACMA Art Council, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles , CA.
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Ester Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973 THE JURIED SHOW: Womanspace, Los Angeles , CA .
1968 Downey Museum of Art: First Honorable Mention, Painting, Downey , CA
GROUP SHOWS
2008-2010 360 Realty Co: Gallery Showcase, Beverly Hills, CA.
2007 HAUSGUESTS; SAVE DARFUR: The Brewery Project, Los Angeles , CA .
2004 WCA**VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS: The Brewery, Los Angeles , CA .
2001 LOFTY IDEAS, WCA** 25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, San Pedro , CA .
1998 Show – All City Open: Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1998 WCA** COMMENT AND CELEBRATION: Cal State Fullerton , Fullerton , CA .
1996 DADA (Downtown Arts Development Association), DOWNTOWN LIVES: Los Angeles , CA .
1995 FIRST DOWNTOWN ART TOUR: DADA, Painting, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1979 L.A. Artists Show: Welton Beckett Architectural Firm, Los Angeles , CA .
1978 OPEN STUDIO: Exhibitions of 5 Pasadena Artists, Pasadena , CA .
1976 6 ARTISTS: Alberto Saltzman Gallery, Hollywood , CA .
1975 THREE ARTISTS: Pasadena Artists Concern (PAC), Pasadena , CA .
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1974 WOMEN PRESENT: Pasadena Artists, Caltech Coalition, Arts and Sciences, Pasadena , CA .
1970 Art and Technology, Faculty/Student Exhibition– California Institute of Technology, Pasadena , CA .
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Current: After school art workshop, CCAC, Echo Park, CA.
2004-2006 Adjunct Faculty: Visual Arts Media Studies, Pasadena City College , Pasadena CA .
2005 Adjunct Faculty: Early Art Education, Citrus College.
2002 Permanent Collection, DION NEUTRA Showcase residence, Silverlake , CA .
1998-2002 Artist-in-Residence: Pacific Oaks Children’s School, Pasadena , CA ,
2000 Giesen Trust Grant Recipient: artist- in- residence, Hodges Children Center , Pasadena CA .
1999 Curator, ART STUDIO AT THE ARMORY, Pacific Oak’s Children’s School, in collaboration with Armory Center for
the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
1998 Adjunct Faculty: Pacific Oaks College , Art Education, Pasadena , CA .
1996-1999 SITE Gallery Exhibition Committee: 1996-1999, Los Angeles CA .
1996-1998 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ECHO PARK ARTIST’S FESTIVAL: Coordinator of Studio Tours, Los Angeles , CA .
1994 DERBY DAY AT ECHO PARK LAKE : Designed and implemented KITE-MAKING pavilion, Los Angeles , CA .
1994 Art Educator: After school youth program, Central City Action Committee (CCAC) Echo Park , CA .
1990 Art Educator: Westlake Village Art Center for Children, Westlake Village , CA .
1989 Art Educator: In Service Trainer, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles , CA .
1985 Art Educator: After- school art program, Linda Vista Elementary School , Los Angeles , CA .
1984 Artist/ Intern: Pasadena Art Workshops, Pasadena , CA (Currently Armory Center for the Arts)
1979 Public Art Installation: Paintings in State Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles , CA .
1978 Public Art Installation: Paintings at West Central Community Health Center , Los Angeles , CA .
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
1993 Presenter, MOTIVATING THE UNDERACHIEVER THROUGH ART: 10th World Congress on Gifted Education, “A
GIFTED GLOBE”, University of Toronto , Canada
1983 Lecturer: American College for Applied Arts, Santa Monica , CA .
1982 L.A. ARTIST DREAM HOUSE IN RURAL COLORADO: University of Colorado , International Women’s Week
1979 Lecturer: Southwest College , Los Angeles , CA .
1978 Graduate Seminar: California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
1978 NO FIXED DIMENSIONS: El Camino College , CA .
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
1997 Echo Park Artist’s Festival: “OUR FAIR CITY IV”, artwork selected for announcement poster, Los Angeles , CA
1996-1997 City of Los Angeles : Certificate of Appreciation for organizing the First Annual Echo Park Artist’s
Festival, Los Angeles , CA .
1990 FOREIGN CONNOISSEURS ITALIA: artwork chosen for poster and exhibited at ART EXPO, New York , NY
1987 ART MATCH: Pacific Oaks College Arts Symposium Invitational, Art Center College , Old Town Gallery,
Pasadena , CA
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Ester Robles Gallery Summer Program, Los Angeles , CA .
DOCUMENTATION-PUBLICATIONS
2002 NATURE AND THE CITY: Catalogue, Echo Park Arts Festival Installations.
1995 DADA, FIRST ANNUAL DOWNTOWN ART TOUR: Catalog.
1985 MANY VOICES/MANY VISIONS: Catalogue, SC/WCA, El Camino College.
1981 L.A. Artist/Bicentennial: Catalogue 1981. Article by Kenon Breazele.
1980 PASADENA ARTIST IS CONNECTED WITH LIFE: by Nancy Matsumoto, Pasadena Star-News, July 20th, featured
in article.
1980 Article, Altadena-Pasadena Chronicle, Vol 51 No. 41 February 14, Special Edition: featuring local artists
including Nancy Lissaman.
1979 GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW: Video tape by David Miller. Visual Dialogues with commissioned
artists during the installation of site specific sculpture for GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW at PCAC.
1977 ART RENTAL: AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPATIBILITY: Los Angeles Times Magazine, July 10, photo and description
of sculpture by artist in collector’s home.
1977 WOMAN MAKE ART 1976-1977: poster celebrating women in art in Southern California.
1974 TELEVISION/ART: Video Interview with artists from Shop City Gallery by Terry Roberts, Cal State Fullerton:
(Shop City Gallery relocated to Los Angeles and renamed Vanguard Gallery).
1974 WAVELENGTHS: by John Sotnick, Artweek, Nov 2, Review of solo show @ Shop City Gallery, Fullerton , CA.
1973 Womanspace Journal, Vol 1, No. 4 Summer 1973
FILMS
1978 Film editor: DESERT PIECE 1- Super 8mm film by Marsia Alexander.
1974 Filmmaker: documentary film about artist Silvia Salazar Simpson’s sculpture in progress, entitled NO.1
CALIFORNIA TERRACE.
HOUSE DESIGN
1981-1982 Assisted in the design and construction of passive solar mountain house in Pagosa Springs , Colorado.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The Bank Art Gallery , LA, CA.
Woman’s Caucus for Art (WCA) **
Slide Registry, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Los Angeles, CA
Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA
Phone: (213)481-0142
Email: nlissaman@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
Pacific Oaks College: M.A. Human Development, MSTC Teaching Credential
UCLA Extension Program, sculpture with Claire Falkenstein
California Institute of Technology , Art and Technology, Sculpture
Pasadena City College, Applied Arts, Welding and Machine Shop Technology
Pasadena Art Museum Education Program
Monterey College Peninsula, Fine Arts
Carmel Art Institute, Painting
Stanford University, A.B. History
SOLO SHOWS
2007 SEGMENTS ONE BY ONE: Paintings and mixed media, 1st Standard Bank Art Gallery , L.A. CA .
2000 RETROSPECTIVE: paintings, Onion Gallery, Unitarian Church , North Hills , CA .
1998 2 ARTISTS: Nancy Lissaman and Zohreh Partozi, Ojala Gallery, L.A. , CA .
1976 PROGRESSIONS IN COLOR: Drawing and Sculpture, Gallery 8, Pasadena , CA .
1975 DRAWINGS: Museums without Walls, Hollywood , CA .
1974 WAVELENGTHS: Sculpture Exhibition, Shop City Gallery, Fullerton , CA. (Renamed Vanguard LA)
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2005 LOOKING AT ART: LA World Airports Exhibition, LAX Terminal 1 Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Scott Canty and
Mary Oliver, Cultural Affairs Department LA Municipal Gallery.
2005 INSIDE THE BOX: Pasadena City College , Visual Arts Media Studies, Pasadena , CA .
2004 CHROMO NOUVEAU: L2K Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
2004 LA Mart: Art Gallery Exhibition, Los Angeles , CA
2002 NATURE AND THE CITY: Echo Park Arts Festival Installations, Old Firehouse No. 6, curated by
Karen Frimkess Wolff, Los Angeles, CA .
2001 EJECTION GROUP 3RD ANNUAL INT'L FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: Guest artist: Chiang Mai , Thailand
1999 MOVING TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM: 1999 L.A. Juried Exhibition, William Grant Stills Art Center, Los Angeles
1996 THE WOMAN’S EYE: Co-sponsored by Pacific Oaks College and Pasadena Arts Council, Pasadena CA.
1994 THE CLOSING SHOW, ARTSPACE: Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dep't, Satellite Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA.
1994 CELEBRATING ART: Rondeau Invitational, El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1994 A ROOM WITH A VIEW: Rondeau Fine Arts Gallery Group Show, Los Angeles, CA.
1993 THE VERDICT: Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Loyola Law School , Los Angeles, CA, curated by Suzanne Muchnic.
1985 MANY VOICES, MANY VISIONS, SC/WCA**: Juried Exhibition, El Camino College, Torrance, CA.
1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS EXHIBITION PART II: Invitational, LACMA Arts Council, Los Angeles , CA.
1982 RARE DISCOVERIES: Gallery, Dallas Texas
1981 Los Angeles Artists/Bicentennial Celebration: Onion Church , North Hills , CA.
1980 ART AND TECHNOLOGY SHOW: 2nd Annual, Collector’s Choice Gallery, Laguna , CA.
1979 THE COLOR SHOW: Sesnon Art Gallery , College Five, U.C. Santa Cruz , CA.
1978 GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW, Pasadena , CA .
1977 ACT IV: Mixed Media, Group Show: LACMA Art Council, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1975 FIVE ARTISTS: Baxter Art Gallery , Caltech, Pasadena , CA.
1975 HARD AND CLEAR: Group Show- LACMA Art Council, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles , CA.
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Ester Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973 THE JURIED SHOW: Womanspace, Los Angeles , CA .
1968 Downey Museum of Art: First Honorable Mention, Painting, Downey , CA
GROUP SHOWS
2008-2010 360 Realty Co: Gallery Showcase, Beverly Hills, CA.
2007 HAUSGUESTS; SAVE DARFUR: The Brewery Project, Los Angeles , CA .
2004 WCA**VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS: The Brewery, Los Angeles , CA .
2001 LOFTY IDEAS, WCA** 25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, San Pedro , CA .
1998 Show – All City Open: Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1998 WCA** COMMENT AND CELEBRATION: Cal State Fullerton , Fullerton , CA .
1996 DADA (Downtown Arts Development Association), DOWNTOWN LIVES: Los Angeles , CA .
1995 FIRST DOWNTOWN ART TOUR: DADA, Painting, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles , CA .
1979 L.A. Artists Show: Welton Beckett Architectural Firm, Los Angeles , CA .
1978 OPEN STUDIO: Exhibitions of 5 Pasadena Artists, Pasadena , CA .
1976 6 ARTISTS: Alberto Saltzman Gallery, Hollywood , CA .
1975 THREE ARTISTS: Pasadena Artists Concern (PAC), Pasadena , CA .
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1974 WOMEN PRESENT: Pasadena Artists, Caltech Coalition, Arts and Sciences, Pasadena , CA .
1970 Art and Technology, Faculty/Student Exhibition– California Institute of Technology, Pasadena , CA .
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Current: After school art workshop, CCAC, Echo Park, CA.
2004-2006 Adjunct Faculty: Visual Arts Media Studies, Pasadena City College , Pasadena CA .
2005 Adjunct Faculty: Early Art Education, Citrus College.
2002 Permanent Collection, DION NEUTRA Showcase residence, Silverlake , CA .
1998-2002 Artist-in-Residence: Pacific Oaks Children’s School, Pasadena , CA ,
2000 Giesen Trust Grant Recipient: artist- in- residence, Hodges Children Center , Pasadena CA .
1999 Curator, ART STUDIO AT THE ARMORY, Pacific Oak’s Children’s School, in collaboration with Armory Center for
the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
1998 Adjunct Faculty: Pacific Oaks College , Art Education, Pasadena , CA .
1996-1999 SITE Gallery Exhibition Committee: 1996-1999, Los Angeles CA .
1996-1998 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ECHO PARK ARTIST’S FESTIVAL: Coordinator of Studio Tours, Los Angeles , CA .
1994 DERBY DAY AT ECHO PARK LAKE : Designed and implemented KITE-MAKING pavilion, Los Angeles , CA .
1994 Art Educator: After school youth program, Central City Action Committee (CCAC) Echo Park , CA .
1990 Art Educator: Westlake Village Art Center for Children, Westlake Village , CA .
1989 Art Educator: In Service Trainer, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles , CA .
1985 Art Educator: After- school art program, Linda Vista Elementary School , Los Angeles , CA .
1984 Artist/ Intern: Pasadena Art Workshops, Pasadena , CA (Currently Armory Center for the Arts)
1979 Public Art Installation: Paintings in State Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles , CA .
1978 Public Art Installation: Paintings at West Central Community Health Center , Los Angeles , CA .
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
1993 Presenter, MOTIVATING THE UNDERACHIEVER THROUGH ART: 10th World Congress on Gifted Education, “A
GIFTED GLOBE”, University of Toronto , Canada
1983 Lecturer: American College for Applied Arts, Santa Monica , CA .
1982 L.A. ARTIST DREAM HOUSE IN RURAL COLORADO: University of Colorado , International Women’s Week
1979 Lecturer: Southwest College , Los Angeles , CA .
1978 Graduate Seminar: California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
1978 NO FIXED DIMENSIONS: El Camino College , CA .
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
1997 Echo Park Artist’s Festival: “OUR FAIR CITY IV”, artwork selected for announcement poster, Los Angeles , CA
1996-1997 City of Los Angeles : Certificate of Appreciation for organizing the First Annual Echo Park Artist’s
Festival, Los Angeles , CA .
1990 FOREIGN CONNOISSEURS ITALIA: artwork chosen for poster and exhibited at ART EXPO, New York , NY
1987 ART MATCH: Pacific Oaks College Arts Symposium Invitational, Art Center College , Old Town Gallery,
Pasadena , CA
1974 NEW TALENT INVITATIONAL: Ester Robles Gallery Summer Program, Los Angeles , CA .
DOCUMENTATION-PUBLICATIONS
2002 NATURE AND THE CITY: Catalogue, Echo Park Arts Festival Installations.
1995 DADA, FIRST ANNUAL DOWNTOWN ART TOUR: Catalog.
1985 MANY VOICES/MANY VISIONS: Catalogue, SC/WCA, El Camino College.
1981 L.A. Artist/Bicentennial: Catalogue 1981. Article by Kenon Breazele.
1980 PASADENA ARTIST IS CONNECTED WITH LIFE: by Nancy Matsumoto, Pasadena Star-News, July 20th, featured
in article.
1980 Article, Altadena-Pasadena Chronicle, Vol 51 No. 41 February 14, Special Edition: featuring local artists
including Nancy Lissaman.
1979 GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW: Video tape by David Miller. Visual Dialogues with commissioned
artists during the installation of site specific sculpture for GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL ART SHOW at PCAC.
1977 ART RENTAL: AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPATIBILITY: Los Angeles Times Magazine, July 10, photo and description
of sculpture by artist in collector’s home.
1977 WOMAN MAKE ART 1976-1977: poster celebrating women in art in Southern California.
1974 TELEVISION/ART: Video Interview with artists from Shop City Gallery by Terry Roberts, Cal State Fullerton:
(Shop City Gallery relocated to Los Angeles and renamed Vanguard Gallery).
1974 WAVELENGTHS: by John Sotnick, Artweek, Nov 2, Review of solo show @ Shop City Gallery, Fullerton , CA.
1973 Womanspace Journal, Vol 1, No. 4 Summer 1973
FILMS
1978 Film editor: DESERT PIECE 1- Super 8mm film by Marsia Alexander.
1974 Filmmaker: documentary film about artist Silvia Salazar Simpson’s sculpture in progress, entitled NO.1
CALIFORNIA TERRACE.
HOUSE DESIGN
1981-1982 Assisted in the design and construction of passive solar mountain house in Pagosa Springs , Colorado.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The Bank Art Gallery , LA, CA.
Woman’s Caucus for Art (WCA) **
Slide Registry, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Los Angeles, CA
Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA
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