Lisa Williamson

BIOGRAPHY
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LISA WILLIAMSON
1977 Born in Chicago, Illinois 
  Lives and works in Los Angeles
   
Training  
2008 MFA University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2000 BFA Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 
1999 Richmond University, London, UK
   
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Thinking Objects, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL 
  Weird Walks Into a Room (Comma), Sarah Conaway and Lisa Williamson, 
  The Box, Los Angeles, CA 
2010 The Reader in the Garden, Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy 
2009 Whisper Chipper, Small A Projects, New York, NY 
  Alex Olson and Lisa Williamson, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Tropical Island / Collection Agency, 2nd Cannons Publications Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2008 PYTHON, USC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gayle and Ed Roski Fine Arts Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Freezer is a Polar Cave, Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
   
Selected Group Exhibitions 
2012 Into the Surface, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2011 Sculpture Garden/Painting Show, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
  Quiet Like a Lake, Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
  Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY 
  The Los Angeles Initiative, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation at Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA 
  Americans and Apricots, Hilary Crisp, London, England  
  Progression Minus Progress, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
2010 Drawing, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
  Second Story, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA 
  Support Group: Kathryn Andrews, Gaylen Gerber and Pauline/Mateo Tannatt, 
  Thomas Solomon Gallery at Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
  Auteur / Amateur, Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna, Austria
  Kathryn Andrews, Heather Cook, Leslie Vance, Lisa Williamson, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  The Informant, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA
  Current Trends in Modern Painting, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Art Foundation Mallorca, CCA Andratx Kunsthalle, Mallorca, Spain
  Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY 
  Other People’s Projects, 2nd Cannons Publications, White Columns, New York, NY
  Evading Customs, Brown Gallery, London, UK
  Summer Reading, Invisible Exports, New York, NY
  Reframing, CCA Andratx Kunsthalle, Mallorca, Spain
  Kai Althoff, Justin Beal, Lisa Williamson, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
  Boofthle Booth - Booth : Deux Doox - Hollywood Biennial, Pauline Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2008 Group Exhibition, Kreiling &, Los Angeles, CA
  Fault Line, Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Boofthle - Booth Booth, Pauline Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Raise High the Roof Beam, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL 
2007 Wight Biennale, My Buddy, The New Wight Gallery at the Broad Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 
  GLAMFA 2007, California State Long Beach University, Long Beach, CA
  Tyler Britt, Wiley Hoard, Leroy Stevens, Lisa Williamson, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
  Corpus Humorous, Shatford Library Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2006 MFA Graduate Group Exhibition, Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 
  John VanWmson, DBS / DogmaticButcherShop, Chicago, IL 
2005 The Self Center, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA 
  No monument, The Guest Room, Chicago, IL
   
Awards  
2009 Artist in Residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2007 LA Studios, Inc. Sound Award (Fellowship, audio production), Los Angeles, CA
  University Teaching Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2006 University Teaching Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2002 CAAP Grant Award Recipient, Chicago, IL
2001 CAAP Grant Award Recipient, Chicago, IL