Lisa Kenion
My name is Lisa Kenion.. I was born in Charlotte, N.C. in 1959. I grew up in Charlotte and then attended East Carolina University, earning a B.F.A in painting in 1982. I moved to Ohio in that year and in 1983 started attending graduate school at Kent State University. I earned my M.F.A. in 1987 in painting, although I had started to make three-dimensional work as well.
Not long after graduate school I began working as a contractor casting bronze at Studio Foundry, a lost wax casting facility. In 1988 three associates and I bought the foundry and we’ve been managing it ever since.
The themes in my work are the result of a great love for nature, a keen interest in art and cultural history, my yoga practice, and an enduring interest in the intersection of science, philosophy and spirit.
Work Experience
2004 –2007 Adjunct Art Instructor, Lake Erie College
1988 - 2007 Co-owner of Studio Foundry (fine art bronze casting facility)
2003 Painting Instructor, Arthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
1994 Painting I Instructor, Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio
1992 - 1993 Urban School summer outreach program, Cleveland Ohio
1991 Techshop in conjunction with the International Sculpture Center
1987 - 1988 Associate of Studio Foundry, Cleveland, Ohio
1986 - 1987 Akron Art Museum, mounting and packing exhibitions
1985 - 1986 Teaching Assistant, Kent State University, taught Drawing I, four semesters
Education
1986 MFA in painting, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1985 Blossom workshops with Sylvia Mangold, April Gornik (scholarship awarded)
1982 BFA in painting and drawing, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
Exhibitions
2007 Three Person Show, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2007 Solo Exhibit, Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Group Show, Beachwood Community Center, Beachwood, Ohio
2006 Group Show, Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2004 Solo Exhibit, Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2004 Group Exhibit, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio
2003 Two person show, Deadhorse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2000 Group Exhibit, Deadhorse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2000 Four Takes on the Figure, Deadhorse Gallery, Cleveland,Ohio
1994 Faculty show, Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio
1988 Five from the Midwest (invitational), 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Three person show, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
1986 Animals in Art (invitational) Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio
1986 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1985 May Show (honorable mention), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
