LISA SHEETS
425 376-1066
lisa@artspawn.org
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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1986 |
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1988 |
Rend |
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1989 |
Reyes Gallery, |
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1990 |
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Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN |
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1991 |
Stone House Gallery, |
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1992 |
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Avoir Gallery, |
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1993 |
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Several Thoughts (at once) Gallery, |
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Bruskin Gallery, Port |
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1994 |
Shoreline Community College Gallery, |
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Sicyon Gallery, |
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1995 |
Executive Gallery, |
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Allied Arts Gallery, |
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1996 |
Grants Pass |
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1997 |
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Ace Studio & Gallery, |
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2001 |
Atelier 31 Gallery, |
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2003 |
AT.31 Gallery, |
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On The Edge Gallery, |
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2004 |
Gallery 110, |
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2005 |
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Gallery, |
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Southwestern |
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2007 |
Soul Food Books, Redmond WA |
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Gallery 110, |
SELECTED JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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1986 |
Works on Paper, |
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The Cast Metal Image, Anderson College Gallery, |
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1987 |
43rd |
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Three-Person Exhibition, |
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Painting & Sculpture Exhibit, |
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Response '87 - Emerging Visions, |
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Dallas/Fort Worth Slide Registry Exhibit, |
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1988 |
Paper in Particular, |
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Two-Person Exhibition, Associated Artists Gallery, |
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22nd Annual National Drawing & Small
Sculpture Exhibition, Del
Mar College, |
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44th |
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Open Spectrum, Adler Cultural Center, |
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Jones 4th Annual |
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The Contemporary Figure, Sgraffito
Gallery, |
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Art in the Business Environment II, |
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Women '88 - Satellite Exhibition, |
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Artwork '88, Gallery 124, |
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Contemporary Women Artists VI, Bixby Gallery, |
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Il Bronzetto, |
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1989 |
American Women Artists, Campanile Galleries, |
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Electronic Imaging Exhibit, |
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Two-Person Exhibition, Waterfront Gallery, |
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Three-Person Exhibition, Gallery 124, |
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Annual Juried Exhibition, |
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Southside Art League Regional Show IV, Atrium Gallery, |
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1990 |
North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO |
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1st Annual Juried Exhibit, |
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Northwest Women in Art '90, Wiseman Gallery, |
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Figure - Dialogue, Interference Hologram Gallery, |
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49th National Juried Art Competition, |
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Group Exhibit - Figures, Avoir
Gallery, |
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Annual Exhibit, Gardens of Art, |
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Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, |
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Big Sky Biennial VI, |
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Mirror-Mirror/Self-Portraits, Gallery 124, |
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Primarily the Figure, Graham Horstman
Gallery, |
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Bright Visions: The Making of Myth (Traveling Exhibit), Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI; Appleton Gallery, Appleton, WI; Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
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Three-Person Exhibition, |
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1991 |
Artists View the Human Form, Clary-Miner Gallery, |
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Greater |
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Artists Live!, |
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Artists of |
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The Human Form, |
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Woman as Survivor, ARC Gallery, |
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1992 |
Image -Self -Image, Several Thoughts (at once) Gallery,
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EAFA 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, The |
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Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, |
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Bumbershoot ( |
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Nude Exhibit, |
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Women's Art Triennial, |
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1993 |
Images from |
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A Nude Affair, Avoir
Gallery, |
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Multi-Media Exhibition, Allied Arts Association, |
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EAFA 17th Annual Art Exhibit, Executive Galleries, |
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All Souls/Honoring the Ancestors
Exhibit, The Artery
Gallery, |
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8th Annual Klamath Juried Open Exhibit, |
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Showcase ‘93, |
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1994 |
Fine Art Figurative Exhibit, (3-Person Exhibit) |
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Northwest Annual Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, |
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Group Exhibition, Souveniers
of the Soul, |
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Cyberspace Exhibit, Mindpower
Gallery, |
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The Body Beautiful, Lower Columbia College Gallery, |
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Annual Art Exhibit, Urban Art Retreat, |
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Who is She to You, Two-Person Exhibition, |
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1995 |
National Computer Art Exhibition, Eastern |
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Book of Ours, an exhibition of the Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art |
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collaborative print project, Stone Metal
Press, |
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Boys ‘n Girls, Two-Person Exhibit, |
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Aesthetics Fine Arts, Postmodernism Group Exhibit, |
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Knowing Her Place, juried exhibit, Wonderful World of Art, |
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1996 |
Book of Ours, an exhibition of the Seattle Women’s
Caucus for Art collaborative print project, Phinney
Community Center Gallery, |
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Annual Juried EAFA Exhibition, Moss Bay Gallery, |
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Iconography, (juried exhibit) Art Quest
Gallery, |
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Women’s Invitational Sculpture
Exhibit, |
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1st Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition, national juried exhibit, West Chaco Gallery, Aztec, NM |
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National Juried Collage Exhibit, Bauhaus Gallery, |
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Explorations: Small World, juried exhibit Akus
Gallery, |
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1997 |
Women’s Caucus for Art 25th Anniversary
National Juried Exhibit, juried
by Faith Ringgold, Artemesia Gallery, |
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Interior Art & Frame Gallery, Annual Nude Exhibit, |
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Works from the Other Side: Art by SWCA
Members, ArtSpace Gallery, |
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The Contemporary Figure, Rathbone
Gallery, SAGE, |
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Femme Fatale, Fisher Gallery, 5-Person Exhibit, Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA |
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Let’s See Your Artist’s Books, Curated by Thess Fenner, Oculus Gallery, |
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Computer Art Exhibit,
Invitational Show. |
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Book Arts Exhibit, |
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Recent Collaborative Works, Photo based collagraph
prints by Lisa Sheets and Mark C. Petri, Interior Art and Frame Gallery, |
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1998 |
Figure It Out! Invitational show. Pratt Gallery,
Center on Contemporary Art, |
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Group Exhibit, Judith Schorr
Gallery, |
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Galex 32 National Juried Exhibit, |
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Women’s Works, 1998, |
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Künstlerinnen Machen Akte (Three American Women Interpret the Nude), Abendakadamie und Volkshochschule
GmbH, |
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Women Thinking Big, invitational, Northwest Women’s Show, Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA |
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Two Person Sculpture Exhibit, Ressman Fine
Arts, |
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New Artists Exhibit, Lead Gallery, |
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Book Arts Exhibit, |
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Birth Works! Midwives, Doulas, and the Women they Serve, |
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1999 |
New Media ’99 Photocopier Art: An
Exploration”, (juried
exhibit) |
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Transferred Image (invitational exhibit) Phinney Center Gallery, |
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Two-Person Exhibit, Collaborative work
by Lisa Sheets & Mark Petri,
Gardens & Sunspaces Gallery, |
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Close to the Bone, (invitational) Confluence Gallery, |
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Group Small Works Exhibit, Atelier 31 Gallery, |
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2000 |
7x7 Collaborative Works Exhibit, |
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The Graphic Image: Contemporary
Printmaking Practice, Shoreline
Community College Gallery, |
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Mystical/Mundane: Images of Women, Group show, Gallery One, |
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Paint Ellensburg, fundraiser event, Gallery One, |
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Art Port Townsend, (juried by Deborah Paine) Port |
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2001 |
Feminism: A Global Power, juried exhibit, Artemesia
Gallery, |
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Paint Ellensburg, fundraiser event, Gallery One, |
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Artist Trust, Annual Fundraising Auction, |
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Artspawn Studios Annual Open Studio
Show, |
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2002 |
Women’s Works, |
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Exclusively Contemporary Invitational, 11 East |
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Barbie @ Bumbershoot, (invitational) Bumbershoot Arts
Festival, |
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Mother and Child, (invitational) Phinney
Center Gallery, |
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Artspawn Studios Annual Open Studio
Show, |
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Book Arts Exhibit, |
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On the Edge Gallery, Holiday Presence Group Exhibit, La Conner, WA |
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2003 |
Artist Trust, Annual Fundraising Auction, |
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Women’s Funding |
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Artspawn Studios Annual Open Studio Show, |
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2004 |
Bare Images 2004, LARC, |
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Artspawn Studios Annual Open Studio
Show, |
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Group Exhibit, Gallery 110, |
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2005 |
P & G Speakeasy Café Exhibit, |
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Artist Trust Auction, |
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Northwest 3, (Doug Kinney, Sultan Mohamed, Lisa
Sheets), The Gallery @Studio 302, |
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2006 |
PULP, group exhibit, Gallery 110, |
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Artspawn Annual Open Studio, |
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2007 |
PONCHO Fine Arts Auction, |
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Macy’s Window Display of PONCHO Auction Art, |
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Artist Trust Auction, |
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PULP, group exhibit, Gallery 110, |
1984 |
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1986-87 |
Teaching Assistant,
Introduction to 3-D Design |
1988 |
Instructor, Art
Fundamentals & Appreciation |
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Instructor,
Sculpture for Children |
1989 |
Instructor,
Introduction to Sculpture |
1996-98 |
Mold Making Workshops, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art |
1998 |
Xerox Transfer Workshop, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art |
2003 |
Xerox Transfer
Workshop, Artspawn Studios, |
MUSEUM & GALLERY EXPERIENCE
1985-86 |
Gallery Assistant
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1987-88 |
Gallery Assistant
Southern |
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Grantswriter/Financial Committee Associated Artists
Gallery (Co-op), |
1988-89 |
Graduate
Assistant Southern |
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Exhibition
Coordinator, Vergette Gallery Southern |
1991 |
Security/Visitor
Services Seattle Art Museum, |
1991-92 |
Gallery Assistant Avoir Gallery, |
1993-96 |
Smart Art
Studio/Gallery, Owner and Director |
1997 |
Co-Curator, “Works
from the Other Side: Art by SWCA Members” ArtSpace
Gallery, |
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Co-Curator, Eastside Women Artists, Interior Art and Frame Gallery, irkland WA |
2001 |
Juror, “What a
Doll!” city wide exhibit, at Spurgeon Gallery, |
2003-04 |
Juror, Woodinville
Teen Art Exhibit, and Woodinville Community Art Exhibit, |
2004 |
Juror,
International Medallic Art Exhibit, |
2005-07 |
Museum Store/eBay,
Rosalie Whyel M useum of
Doll Art, |
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1981-83 |
Two semesters of training in sign
language, WIU, |
1985 |
College of Fine Arts Curriculum Council,
WIU, |
1987 |
Graduate Student |
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Third Chair Flute, Southern |
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Readmissions Counselor/Academic Advisor |
1988 |
Workshop/Demonstration: |
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First Chair/Solo Flute, S.I.U Symphony
Orchestra |
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Art Workshop Coordinator, |
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Participated in Crucible-Melt Iron
Casting Demonstration First National Iron
Casting Conference, |
1988-89 |
Graduate |
1989-91 |
Wax Department Coordinator |
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1991 |
Guest Lectures on the Art Casting
Process & Alternatives For Emerging Atists,Whitman
College, Walla Walla, WA |
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Piccolo & Third Flute, |
1991-1992 |
Program Assistant, Services for Students
with Disabilities, Counseling Center, Shoreline Community College,
Seattle, WA |
1992 |
Sculpture Assistant, Joan Rudd,
figurative cast aluminum and concrete
sculpture, |
1992-94 |
Client Care Technician, Carlton Group
Home for Developmentally Disabled Adults, |
1993 |
Positive Crisis Management, 3-Day
Workshop, |
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Completed Advanced Sign Language Course,
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1994-96 |
Membership Outreach/ Board Member,
Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art |
1996 |
Artsplash Purchase Awards Selection Panelist, (Monumental
Sculpture) |
1997-98 |
Vice President/Membership, Seattle
Women’s Caucus for Art |
1998 |
Sculpture Consultant, City of |
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West Coast Vice President/National Board
Member, National Women’s Caucus for Art |
1998-99 |
Duvall Arts Commissioner, |
1998-00 |
Sandblast Art Festival Juried Art
Exhibit Committee, |
1999-01 |
President, Seattle Women’s Caucus for
Art, |
2000 |
Duvall Foundation for the Arts, |
2000-07 |
Owner, Artspawn Art Studio, Community
Arts/Workshops/Special Events for Artists, |
2003-04 |
Library Page, Woodinville Branch, King
County Library System |
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Evaluator, 4Culture (King County Arts
Commission), |
2004-05 |
Independence Support Counselor, Carlton
Group Home for Developmentally Disabled Adults, |
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Arts Evaluator, (contractor)
4-Culture, (King County Arts Commission) |
2006-07 |
Three quarters of ASL (American Sign
Language) at |
2007 |
Juror, Children’s 3-D and Mixed Media
Art. Duvall City-Wide Art Exhibit |
1986 |
B.A.
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1989 |
MFA Southern |
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
City of Mountlake Terrace, Washington
City of Kirkland, Washington
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
City of Redmond, Washington
State of Washington ((Vancouver & Evergreen School Districts, Vancouver WA)
HONORS
1984-85 |
Western Illinois University Art Department Talent Grant |
1984-86 |
WIU College of Fine Arts Dean's List |
1985 |
National Dean's List |
1986 |
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society |
1986 |
Graduated magna cum laude from Western Illinois University |
1986 |
Graduated as an Honors Scholar in Psychology - completed an honors thesis on the creative process |
1988 |
Southern Illinois Arts Regranting Award for $300 to Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, IL |
1989-91 |
Included in "American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries" |
1992 |
Artist Residency: Selected to participate in a figurative sculptor's workshop at the Romcyn Atelier, Evergreen, CO. |
1993 |
Purchase Award: The City of Mountlake Terrace purchased an aluminum sculpture, “Tailetha” for their permanent collection |
1994 |
Selected to create lifesize sculpture (“Portrait of Betty Lou”) installed in downtown Kirkland, WA, March, 1994. |
1994 |
Nominated for Western Illinois University’s “Distinguished Alumnae” award. |
1994 |
Artist Residency: Kate Millett’s annual artist in residence program at “The Farm”, Poughkeepsie, NY. |
1998 |
Artist Residency: Frog Farm Press, Jean Blackburn’s printmaking residency, Sarasota, FL. |
1998 |
Finalist in City of Redmond Art in the Park Project sculpture search. Commissioned to create life size sculpture for Anderson Park in downtown Redmond, installed November 2000. |
1998 |
Artist Trust GAP Grant Award Recipient, for Mannheim Germany Exhibit. |
2000 |
Included in the Washington State Arts Commission Slide Bank |
2002 |
Artist Residency: Frog Farm Press, Jean Blackburn’s printmaking residency, Sarasota, FL |
2007 |
Selected to participate in The Edge Program, Artist Trust, Seattle WA |