Born:

1971, St. Petersburg, FL

Education:

2001 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Master of Fine Arts

1997-99 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA

1992 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2007 "Something Borrowed," Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005 “Haunted,” The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

2004 “Closer,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002 “New Work,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also 2000)

1998 Isabel Percy West Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2006 “See Jane Run,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

2004 -scope Miami, TownHouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

2003 -scope Miami, TownHouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

-scope New York, Dylan Hotel, New York, NY

2002 “Register This,” Z Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Behind Closed Doors,” The Works Gallery, San Jose, CA

2001 “The Inaugural Exhibition,” Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Best of Show,” Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

“Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2000,” Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

“Master of Fine Arts Commencement Show,” Fort Mason Center,
San Francisco, CA

2000 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburgh, TX

Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX

“Juried Annual Exhibition,” Pro Arts, Oakland, CA; Larry Rinder, Juror

1999 “Tender,” Juried Group Exhibition, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“A Vision Honored,” Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA;
Linda Connor, Juror

“New American Talent – The Fourteenth Exhibition,” Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX

J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX

1998 “Rockies to the Pacific,” Site Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Awards:

The Photo Review annual juried show, University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

Selected Collections:

Permanent Collection, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Adobe Systems Inc., San José, CA

Permanent Collection, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Art Collection, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY

Bibliography:

2007 Farr, Kristin, “Liséa Lyons: Something Borrowed,” KQED Arts & Culture Online, April 23

Martini, Tiffany, “These are not your ordinary family photos,” San Francisco Examiner,
April 10, p. 19

Nataraj, Nirmala, “A Girl's Life,” SF Weekly (Night & Day section), April 4, p. 20

2006 Nataraj, Nirmala, “‘See Jane Run’ at Bedford Gallery,” Artweek, July/August,
p. 15-16

2002 Cash, Stephanie, “Report from San Francisco: Surviving and Thriving,”
Art in America, No. 11, November, p. 67

Keats, Jonathon, “Liséa Lyons,” ARTnews, September, Vol. 101, No. 8, p. 160

Berry, Colin, “ 'The Inaugural Exhibition' at Heather Marx Gallery,” Artweek, February, Volume 33, Issue 1, p. 25

Fischer, Jack, “Documentary Photographers Find Intimate Moments of Truth,” San Jose Mercury News, February 12, p. 1F, 3F

Name and Contact:

Liséa Lyons
New York, NY
LiseaLyons@hotmail.com