lisa jean allswede | stitching together visual narratives out of commonplace materials to foster community
Selected 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
2016 "4 Your Entertainment", Some Thing Looming Gallery, Reading, PA
2015 “Enclave”, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
2015 “Elaborate Collaborate”, Individual Artist of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, 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
2012 “OKC Beautiful/SMO Upcycle Challenge,” Juried, Satellite Gallery, Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 “By Example,” Winchester Thurston Art Faculty, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 “Visual Art Faculty Show,” Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Education
2011 M.Ed in Art Education, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, Summa Cum Laude
2010 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Study Tour Program to Japan
1997 Invited artist, Ireland, summer Watercolor Painting Program
1994 Invited artist, Italy, summer Watercolor Painting Program
1990 BFA in painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Experience
2014—current Gallery owner, The Project Box, Oklahoma City, OK
2011--2007 Visual Arts Faculty, Middle & High School, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA
2011--2007 Gallery Curator, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Co-presenter, “Winchester Thurston Genocide Museum”, National Council for Social Studies Conference, Denver, CO
2009 Co-presenter, “Satoshi Kan’s Millennium Actress in the Classroom”, Asia Unreeled Film Series, Pittsburgh, PA
2007--2003 Instructor, Art Camps and Classes for Children, Pittsburgh, PA
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 & 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
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
July 2014 New Community Art Space in the Paseo | Look At OKC | Vol. 10 Issue 40 | interview by Ebony Iman Dallas
May 2014 Me, Myself and I: Redefining the self-portrait | Reading Eagle, Reading, PA
Nov 2013 Artist INC: Lisa Jean Allswede | Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition blog interview by romy owens
Apr 2011 Paper Cranes to Aid Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Oct 2010 Journey to Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Jan 2008 WT Eight-Graders Study Genocide, Create Moving Holocaust Museum | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Collections
2014 Downtown OKC, Inc.
Professional Affiliations
2013 Member, Leadership Arts Program, Oklahoma Arts Council
2013 Member, Fringe OKC
2013 Member, Individual Artists of Oklahoma
2013 Member, Oklahoma City Museum of Art
2011 Member, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
2009 Alumni, National Consortium for Teachers Teaching About Asia
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
2016 "4 Your Entertainment", Some Thing Looming Gallery, Reading, PA
2015 “Enclave”, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
2015 “Elaborate Collaborate”, Individual Artist of Oklahoma (IAO) Gallery, Oklahoma City, 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
2012 “OKC Beautiful/SMO Upcycle Challenge,” Juried, Satellite Gallery, Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 “By Example,” Winchester Thurston Art Faculty, Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 “Visual Art Faculty Show,” Winchester Thurston Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Education
2011 M.Ed in Art Education, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, Summa Cum Laude
2010 National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Study Tour Program to Japan
1997 Invited artist, Ireland, summer Watercolor Painting Program
1994 Invited artist, Italy, summer Watercolor Painting Program
1990 BFA in painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Experience
2014—current Gallery owner, The Project Box, Oklahoma City, OK
2011--2007 Visual Arts Faculty, Middle & High School, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA
2011--2007 Gallery Curator, Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Co-presenter, “Winchester Thurston Genocide Museum”, National Council for Social Studies Conference, Denver, CO
2009 Co-presenter, “Satoshi Kan’s Millennium Actress in the Classroom”, Asia Unreeled Film Series, Pittsburgh, PA
2007--2003 Instructor, Art Camps and Classes for Children, Pittsburgh, PA
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 & 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
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
July 2014 New Community Art Space in the Paseo | Look At OKC | Vol. 10 Issue 40 | interview by Ebony Iman Dallas
May 2014 Me, Myself and I: Redefining the self-portrait | Reading Eagle, Reading, PA
Nov 2013 Artist INC: Lisa Jean Allswede | Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition blog interview by romy owens
Apr 2011 Paper Cranes to Aid Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Oct 2010 Journey to Japan | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Jan 2008 WT Eight-Graders Study Genocide, Create Moving Holocaust Museum | Thistletalk, Winchester Thurston School
Collections
2014 Downtown OKC, Inc.
Professional Affiliations
2013 Member, Leadership Arts Program, Oklahoma Arts Council
2013 Member, Fringe OKC
2013 Member, Individual Artists of Oklahoma
2013 Member, Oklahoma City Museum of Art
2011 Member, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
2009 Alumni, National Consortium for Teachers Teaching About Asia
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