Biography

Born in Levittown, Pennsylvania, Adams moved frequently during her childhood, and she lived in Miami Beach; Trenton, New Jersey; and San Diego. Adams earned a B.A. in painting from Scripps College in Claremont, California and received her M.F.A. from the Claremont Graduate University. She studied painting during an era dominated by the rise of performance and new media art. Her early work was influenced by Claremont Graduate University faculty Roland Reiss and Tom Wudl. From 1981-1985, she lived in New York, where she was exposed to the work of Susan Rothenberg and Julian Schnabel.  Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at numerous venues including the Riverside Art Museum, California; Art in General, New York; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has taught the Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture; the University of Southern California; the Claremont Graduate University; and Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Professional Scholar Award, a Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, and a Durfee ARC Grant. Adams has been an artist-in-residence in Slovenia, Finland, Japan, Holland, and Costa Rica. Her work is in the collections of Eli Broad, Los Angeles; the Frederick Weis-man Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu; and the Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California. (SJMA Collections Committee, 2011)


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With a B.A. in painting from Scripps College in Claremont, California and an M.F.A. from the Claremont Graduate University, Lisa Adams is the recipient of numerous awards including a Fulbright Professional Scholar Award, a Brody Arts Fund Fellowship and a Durfee ARC Grant.

She has successfully taught at many renowned art departments throughout the Los Angeles area and abroad, including the University of Southern California, the Claremont Graduate University and Otis College of Art & Design. In 1999 she authored “FM*,” a how-to book about painting based on her teachings at the Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture between 1997-1999.

In addition to her studio practice, Lisa works on public art projects, which have included the Chatsworth/Orange Line Metro Station, Fire Station No. 64 in Watts and the West Valley Branch Library in Reseda.

In 2000, she co-founded Crazy Space, an alternative exhibition space, in Santa Monica, California where she curated both local and international exhibitions.

She has been an artist-in-residence in Slovenia, Finland, Japan, Holland and Costa Rica and was commission by BMW of North America to paint an ArtCar.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in the public collections of Eli Broad, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, the Laguna Museum of Art and the Edward Albee Foundation.

Lisa's first monograph book, Vicissitude of Circumstance, published by ZERO+ Publishing was released in Fall 2011.

Lisa’s work is represented in Los Angeles by CB1 Gallery and she currently blogs on Los Angeles art for the Huffington Post.

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