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
1988 - present co-owner of Studio Foundry (fine arts casting facility)
2004 –2007 Adjunct Art Instructor, Lake Erie College
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
2019 The Skull And Skeleton In Art - Lakeland Community College - Invitational
2019 From The Light Of The Silvery Moon - Evansville Museum Of Art And Science - Juried
2019 Environmental Impact - Artists Archives Of The Western Reserve - Invitational
2019 From Woman XIII - Invitational - Lakeland Community College
2018 From Woman XII - Invitational - Lakeland Community College
2018 9th May Show, Lakeland Community College
2018 Spring Show, Erie Museum Of Art
2017 Invitational, 30th Anniversary Show, Harris Stanton Gallery, Cleveland, OH1
2017 The Skull And Skeleton In Art - Lakeland Community College - Invitational
2017 8th May Show, Lakeland Community College
2016 Two Person Show - Harris Stanton Gallery, Cleveland OH
2016 Featured Artist Charlotte Fine Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2015 Juried Show, (Sustenance) Aerists Archives of the Western Reserve
2015 Juried Show, Morgan Paper Conservancy, Cleveland, Ohio
2015 Juried Art Show, Fairmont Center For The Arts, (honorable mention)
2014 Juried Art Show, Fairmont Center For the Arts (1st Place, 3D)
2014 5th May Show, Lakeland Community College
2014 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, Maryland
2013 Three Person Show, Harris Stanton, Akron Ohio
2013 Juried Show, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve (best in show)
2012 Anniversary Invitational, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2012 Arts District Show, Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio
2011 May Show (juried), Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio
2011 Four Person Show, South Wing Gallery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
2011 Four Person Show, River Gallery, Rocky River, Ohio
2010 Three Person Show, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2009 Group Show, Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
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
