Lisa Jean Allswede
412.370.9157 • lisa.allswede@gmail.com • lisajeanallswede.com • 1225 W. Morse Ave #508 Chicago IL 60626
Solo Exhibitions
2016 “Undertones,” Individual Artist of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2015 “Film Row Art Stars”, Film Row District, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 “Reading Between the Lines,” Woodland Gallery, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Superfine Art Fair, Los Angelos, CA in Oct 13—16
2021 “Nontraditional Materials Exhibition”, Juried, Dragonfly Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Superfine Los Angelos E-Fair, Online
2020 “Her Flag”, Juried, National Project curated by Marilyn Artus
2017 “Beads & Threads”, Juried by Bonnie Ann Howell, Chamber Gallery, Las Vegas, NV 2016 “FiberWorks 2016”, Juried by Kay Kahn, Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2016 “Four Your Entertainment”, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA
2015 “Retracing”, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
2015 “Elaborate Collaborate”, Individual Artist of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2015 “FiberWorks 2015”, Juried by Lindsay Ketterer Gates, Living Arts, Tulsa OK
2014 "Devoir", Fringe OKC, Istvan Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 "Me, Myself, and I", Juried by Bruce Hoffman, Some Thing Looming Gallery, Reading, PA 2014 The Paseo Arts Association 2013 Member Show, Juried by BJ White, Oklahoma City, OK 2013 “Reverie”, Fringe OKC, A.K.A. Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 “Transitions: A&D’s Annual Alumni Show 2013”, Juried, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2013 “Locus: A Journey of Culture & Cultivation”, Fringe OKC, Istvan Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2013 “Edge Art Now 2013”, Juried, Individual Artist of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 “Chandelier,”Juried, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2010 “By Example”, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Education
2011 M.Ed in Art Education, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, Summa Cum Laude
2010 Participant of the Study Tour Program to Japan, “The Making of Modern Japan: Ideas, Innovations and Technologies”, funded by National Consortium for Teaching About Asia 1997 Invited artist, Ireland, summer Watercolor Painting Program with Mignonette Cheng 1994 Invited artist, Italy, summer Watercolor Painting Program with Mignonette Cheng
1990 BFA in painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Development
2014—2016 2011—2007 2011—2007 2010
2009 2007—2003
Awards
2014 Selected Artist, Downtown OKC Initiatives Artist Invitational: Film Row Art Stars 2014 Some Things Looming Finalist Artist, selected by Bruce Hoffman
2013 Fringe Merit Award
2013 The Paseo Arts Association 2013 Member Show, Award of Merit
2013 Fellow, Artist INC Live OKC, Mid-America Arts Alliance and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Mid-America Arts Alliance Artistic Innovations Grant
2010 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, Study Tour Program to Japan, “The Making of Modern Japan: Ideas, Innovations and Technologies”, Educational Grant Recipient
Curatorial Projects
2015 24/7 Art Exhibition, The Project Box, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 The Ensuing After: An Installation by Blaine Siegel, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA
2010 A Night with No Morning, 8th grade Genocide Memorial Museum, Winchester Thurston Art
Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Lost, Loved, Remembered, 8th grade Genocide Memorial Museum, Winchester Thurston
Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Peter Calaboyias, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Never Shall We Forget, 8th grade Genocide Memorial Museum, Winchester Thurston Art
Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 WT on Mars: school-wide show inspired by Carnegie International’s Life on Mars,
Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 1+1+1+1..., 8th grade Genocide Memorial Museum, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery owner, The Project Box, Oklahoma City, OK
Visual Arts Faculty, Middle & High School, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA Gallery Curator, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA
Co-presenter, “Winchester Thurston Genocide Museum”, National Council for Social Studies Conference, Denver, CO
Co-presenter, “Satoshi Kan’s Millennium Actress in the Classroom”, Asia Unreeled Film Series, Pittsburgh, PA
Instructor, Art Camps and Classes for Children, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Luminous: Pittsburgh’s Celebration of Glass Art, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Honorarium
2014 Downtown OKC Initiatives Artist Invitational: Film Row Art Stars
Grants
2011 City As Our Campus Grant Recipient, E.E. Ford Foundation: Glass Bead Making Project with Pittsburgh artist, Darlene Durrwachter Rushing
2011 City As Our Campus Grant Recipient, E.E. Ford Foundation: Interdisciplinary Project with Pittsburgh artist, Blaine Siegel
2010 City As Our Campus Grant Recipient, E.E. Ford Foundation: Ceramic Project with Pittsburgh artist, Laura Jean McLaughlin
2010 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, Study Tour to Japan, Educational Grant Recipient
2007* City As Our Campus Grant Recipient, E.E. Ford Foundation: Eighth-grade interdisciplinary Genocide Memorial Museum (*grant was awarded again in 2008, 2009, and 2010)
Selected Publications
Nov/Dec 2015 July 2014
May 2014 Nov 2013
Apr 2011 Oct 2010 Jan 2008
Collections
2014 Downtown OKC, Inc.
ReTracing | Art Focus | Vol. 30 No. 6 | interview by Olivia Biddick
New Community Art Space in the Paseo | Look At OKC | Vol. 10 Issue 40 | interview by Ebony Iman Dallas
Me, Myself and I: Redefining the self-portrait | Reading Eagle, Reading, PA
Artist INC: Lisa Jean Allswede | Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
blog interview by romy owens
Paper Cranes to Aid Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Journey to Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
WT Eight-Graders Study Genocide, Create Moving Holocaust Museum | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Professional Affiliations
2018 Member, Los Angelos Art Association
2013 Fellow, Artist INC.
2013 Alumni, Leadership Arts Program, Oklahoma Arts Council 2009 Alumni, National Consortium for Teachers Teaching About Asia