Lisa M. Beard
lisabeardart@gmail.com | www.lisambeard.com
Solo Exhibitions:
2021: Nizhniy Tagil State Museum of Fine Arts, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia.
2021: SpacePlace Gallery, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia.
2019: St. Xavier University, Photographs from The Yellow Glove Series, Chicago, IL. USA.
2019: Perspective Gallery, Phantom Limb, Evanston, IL. USA.
2019: Old Courthouse Arts Center, Phantom Limb, Woodstock, IL. USA.
2018: Perspective Gallery, UnOccupied, Evanston, IL. USA.
2017: McHenry County College, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Crystal Lake, IL. USA.
2016: Center on Halsted, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Chicago, IL. USA.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023: RIT City Space Gallery, Homecoming 2022/2023, Rochester, NY. USA. Jurors: Alanna Airitam, Dana Stirling, Eric T. Kunsman, Michael Chovan-Dalton, and Yoav Friedlander.
2023: The Curated Fridge Summer Show, Culture LabLIC, NY, NY. USA. Juror: Orestes Gonzalez.
2023: Jackson Junge Gallery, Scapes, Chicago, IL. USA.
2023: The Curated Fridge Winter Show, Somerville, MA. USA. Juror: Brian Piper.
2022: Maine Media College, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rockport, ME. USA.
2022: Troy University International Art Center, Huo Bar Zhu Gallery, Troy, AL. USA.
2022: Kress on Dexter, Montgomery Photo Festival, Montgomery, AL. USA. Juror: Anna Walker Skillman.
2020-21: International Center of Photography (ICP), #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, New York, NY. USA. Curator: David Campany.
2020: Center for Fine Art Photography, Female in Focus, Fort Collins, CO. USA. Juror: Lisa Volpe.
2019: PhotoPlace Gallery, Childhood, Middlebury, VT. USA. Juror: Anne Berry.
2019: Old Courthouse Art Center, Bridge*s, Woodstock, IL. USA.
2019: Midwest Center for Photography, Human Representation, Wichita, KS. USA. Juror: Linda Robinson.
2018: Praxis Photographic Arts Center, Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Minneapolis, MN. USA. Juror: Carl Corey.
2018: A Smith Gallery, Forgotten, Johnson City, TX. USA. Juror: Blue Mitchell.
2018. Perspective Gallery, #metoo, Evanston, IL. USA. Curator: Jane Fulton Alt.
2018: SE Center for Photography, Home, Greenville, SC. USA. Juror: Aline Smithson.
2018: Bucktown Gallery, CounterCulture: Hidden Stories of Chicago Past and Present, Chicago, IL. USA.
2018: Midwest Center for Photography, Domesticity, Wichita, KS. USA.
2018: Bridgeport Art Center, 6th Annual Art Competition, Chicago, IL. USA.
2018: Las Laguna Gallery, Women in Art, Laguna Beach, CA. USA.
2018: Old Courthouse Arts Center, 31st Annual Women's Works, Woodstock, IL. USA.
2017: Ashton Gallery in Art on 30th, Orange is the New Black, San Diego, CA. USA.
2016: North Main Studios, Rockford Fall Art Scene, Rockford, IL. USA.
Curatorial Work:
2024: Co-Curator, Distant Dialogues, Float Magazine.
Public Collections:
Various Photographs. The Family Health Community Partnership. Crystal Lake, IL. USA. Donated 2017.
Private Collections:
"The Wedding March" from The Yellow Glove Series. Private office of The Wachowskis. Chicago, IL. USA. Acquired 2016.
Publications, Media, and Talks:
The Hand: The Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art. Print. Fall 2023. Issue 42. Page 16.
#ICP Concerned: Global Images for Global Crisis. International Center of Photography. Print. November 2021. Page 227.
Ten Year Anniversary Book. Perspective Gallery. Print. June 2020. Pages 6-7.
Artist Talk, Photographs from The Yellow Glove Series, SXU Gallery, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL. October 2019.
Artist Talk, Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, USA. July 2019.
“Highlighting What’s Been Left Behind: D-200 Library Director Writes ‘Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces.” The Northwest Herald. Print and Online. https://www.nwherald.com/2019/03/01/highlighting-whats-been-left-behind/adjjxxe/. March 2019.
Ten Years of Photographs. Midwest Center for Photography. Print and Online. http://www.mwcponline.com/ten-years-of-photographs.html. February 2019.
Abandoned America: Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces. America Through Time, Arcadia Publishing. January 2019.
“Secrets Behind Spaces: 12 Chilling Photographs of Abandoned Places in Illinois and Their History.” Wanderlust Travel Magazine. Online. https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/photo-gallery-abandoned-spaces-illinois/. February 2019.
Meet Lisa Strout Beard. Online. http://voyagechicago.com/interview/meet-lisa-strout-beard/. September 2018.
Orange is the New Black: A National Juried Art Exhibition. October 2018. Pages 9-10.
"Artist of the Month Profile: October." McHenry County Magazine. October 2015. Page 35.
Honors and Awards:
Honorable Mention. “Real People.” Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL. USA. 2018.
Honorable Mention. "Orange is the New Black." Ashton Gallery at Art on 30th, San Diego, CA. USA. 2017.
Honorable Mention. "Conception Arts Show," Dovetail Brewery, Chicago, IL. USA. 2017.
Best of Show. "Rockford Fall Art Scene," North Main Studios, Rockford, IL. USA. 2016.
Education:
MFA (Photography, Media Studies), Nov. 2022, Maine Media College, Rockport, Maine, USA.
MS.Ed, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
BFA (English/Psychology), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA.
Member of the Following Organizations:
Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery, 2017-2021.
Illinois Artist List, Joined 2017.
Filter Photo, Joined 2017.