Artist’s Website: www.lisagibsonart.com
Artist’s Biography
Lisa Gibson studied design by squinting at values and patterns in many locations throughout her life. Montana has been her classroom for well over half of it. She explored creativity through photography, quilt making and pine needle basketry before learning that painting combines all of the elements she loves – color and design with a hands-on approach. Besides, she is a lousy seamstress. Her home is shared in Lincoln, MT with her family and spoiled house rabbit.
EXHIBITIONS:
August 12-13, 2017 – Lincoln Art Festival, Lincoln, MT (juried)
July 28-30, 2017 – Bellevue Festival of Arts, Bellevue, WA (juried)
March – April 2017 – Lewis & Clark Library solo exhibit, Helena, MT
February 2017 – “Communicating Nature” duo exhibit, E3 Convergence Gallery, Missoula, MT (juried)
January – February 2017 – Holter Museum of Art Store Held Hallway solo exhibit, Helena, MT (juried)
November 15 – December 2016 – solo exhibit at Real Foods Store, Helena, MT
November 11-12, 2016 – MT Artists Gathering, The Radisson, Helena, MT (juried)
November 4, 2016 – Fall Art Walk, Dancing Lotus Center, Helena, MT
September 30, 2016 – solo exhibit at Rusty Relics, Lincoln, MT
August 2016 – Art in the Park, Lincoln, MT (juried) Awarded “Best in Show”
June 6 – July 7, 2016 – East Helena Branch of the Lewis & Clark Library solo exhibit
June 3 – July 30, 2016 – “Reflections” juried group show at the E3 Convergence Gallery, Missoula, MT (juried)
May 13, 2016 – Helena Spring Art Walk at Dancing Lotus Center, Helena, MT
May 3 – 30, 2016 – Art Center of Helena group exhibit at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena (juried)
March 15 – April 9, 2016 – Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art 19th Annual Art Auction Exhibition, Great Falls, MT (juried)
December 2015 – June 2016 – Seeley-Swan Medical Center group exhibit, Seeley, Lake, MT
November 2015 – Helena Fall Art Walk at Sole Sisters, Helena, MT
October 2015 – MT Watercolor Society Watermedia Show, Helena, MT (juried)
October 2015 – Civic Center Fall Art & Craft Show, Helena, MT (juried)
August 2015 – Art in the Park, Lincoln, MT (juried)
PRESS:
November 3, 2016 Your Time Article in the Helena Independent Record: “Fall Art Walk showcases six Artrepreneurs at Dancing Lotus Center”
September 1, 2016 Blackfoot Valley Dispatch Article: “Lincoln Artist Taps Into Unexplored Talent as the Result of Injury”
August 2016 Feature on RedDot Blog: RedDot Reader Profile | Lisa Gibson
July 2016 Feature on Empty Easel: Lisa Gibson: Mixed-media Florals and Landscape Paintings
RELATED EDUCATION:
2016 – Montana Art Council, MT Artpreneur Program
2014 Dream Watercolor Workshop under Karen Leigh
2012 – 2013 Drawing & Painting workshops under Annie Allen
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
March – May, 2017 – intern with education coordinator at Holter Museum of Art, Corks & Canvas class
November 4, 2016 – coordinated group show for Fall Art Walk, Dancing Lotus Center, Helena, MT
September 2015 & 2016 – volunteer with school group at Sculpture in the Wild
Spring Semester 2015 – taught Beginning Drawing, Helena Home School Enrichment Co-operative
2013 – 2014 Lincoln Art Council’s Art in the Park Committee and Juror for Art in the Park
COLLECTIONS:
Works held in private collections in Montana, South Carolina, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona and Tennessee, USA
Artist’s Statement Regarding Horse of a Different Color
I’m sure that like me, you’ve had times when you’re consumed by the bummers in life.
A vital practice for me has been in deciding where to place my focus each day. Is it going to be on the sad or infuriating elements? Or on the lovely, life-giving elements that are also always there?
Every day we have that choice and decision to make – some days are harder than others! It’s through this intentional focus that my art is created. We all need connections to each other, to our inner selves, and to nature and beyond. These are beautiful things on which to focus – I invite you to join me!
Artist’s Concepts Regarding Horse of a Different Color
Artist’s Dunrovin Equine Artistic Partner: Chinook
