Denise Lisiecki Resume
Education
Miami University, B.F.A.
State University of New York, M.A.
Selected Exhibitions
2007 "Kalamazoo Collects", Group Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art
2007 "Contemporary Still Life", Group Show Crooked Tree Art Gallery, Petoskey, MI
2006 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005 "Watermedia", Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2004 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
"Sea to Shining Sea", Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA and traveling throughout the United
States
2001 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1999 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
"Large Format Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection", Kalamazoo Institute of
Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Solo Exhibition, Spiritual Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
1998 "Celebration of Color", Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, New York
1997 Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1996 Solo Exhibition, Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"Women in the Visual Arts", Hollins College, Roanoke, VA
"In Full Bloom", Mansfield Museum, Mansfield, OH
"Large Scale Watercolor", Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
1995 Anniversary Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1994 "Still Life from the Permanent Collection", Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
1993 "Still Life in Motion", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Arts Midwest Fellowship Recipients 1989-1992", Michigan Council for the Arts and
and Cultural Affairs Gallery, Detroit, MI
"SUNY Oswego Selected Alumni Art Exhibition", Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY
"Realists" Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, NY
1992 Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Solo Exhibition, Statesville Art Museum, Statesville, NC
"Recent Watercolors", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Arts Who Teach", J. Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fifteenth Anniversary, Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI
Arts Miami '92, Miami Convention Center, Miami, FL
"Realism", Wilson Art Center, Wilson, NC
1991 Solo Exhibition, Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"Preview '91", Greenville Museum of Art, Greenille, NC
"The Flower in American Art", Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Art Chicago '91, Expo Center, Chicago, IL
1990 Solo Exhibition, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
"Reflections and Mirror Images", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"In the Garden", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Gallery Artists, Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI
1989 Solo Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Solo Exhibition, Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
11th Annual Michigan Biennial: Recent Trends in Painting", Kresge Art Museum
and traveling throughout Michigan
"Still Life', J. Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Il
"Waterworks", Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Realism", MCA Gallery, Detroit, MI
1988 Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Solo Exhibition, Grand Gallery, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI
"Contemporary Still Life Painting, Drawings and Prints", Nawara Gallery, Detroit, MI
Women Artists Invitational, Albion College, Albion, MI
1987 Solo Exhibition, Park Gallery, Louisville, KY
3rd National Watercolor Exhibition, Madison, WI
"Artful Flowers", Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA
1986 "Watercolor U.S.A.: Monumental Image Invitational, Springfield Art Museum,
Springfield, MO
"Water of Another Color", Sande Webster Gallerey, Philadelphia, PA
"A Print and a Painting", Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Small Works", Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1985 "Waterworks" 39th Annual National Watermedia Competition, Midland Art Center and
traveling throughout Michigan
National Print and Drawing Competition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
"Crosscurrents in Composition", Gallery G, Pittsburg, PA
1984 Solo Exhibition, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH
"Images in Nature", Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983 "Ceramics '83", Selo'Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
"New Talents in Ceramics", Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, KY
"The Print", Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
1982 Solo Exhibition, Krasel Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Solo Exhibition, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Solo Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
"It Can't Be Done on Canvas", University of Michigan Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1981 Solo Exhibition, Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC
Selected Prints, Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Solo Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Solo Exhibition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
Silvermine National Print Competition, New Canaan, CT
North Dakota National Print Competition, Grand Forks, ND
Michigan Printmakers Competition, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1979 Solo Exhibition, Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, MI
Solo Exhibition, Olivett College, Olivett, MI
Solo Exhibition, Albion College, Albion, MI
Washington Art '79, National Armory, Washington, DC
1978 Footprint National Print Competition, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1977 Solo Exhibition, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
1975 Solo Exhibition, Tyler Art Gallery, Suny Oswego, Oswego, NY
1974 37th Annual Artists of Central New York Competition, Munson-Proctor Museum,
Utica, NY
Finger Lakes Art Competition, Rochester Museum, Rochester, NY
1972 Ball State National Drawing Competition, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1971 Solo Exhibition, Davidson College Art Gallery, Davidson, NC
Collections
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickoery, NC
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Dunnegan Museum of Art, Bolivar, MO
Jesse Besser Art Museum, Alpena, MI
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
Albion College, Albion, Mi
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Minot State College, Minot, ND
State University of New York, Grant Arnold Collection, Oswego, NY
University of Pittsburgh
National 4-H Convention Center, Washington, DC
Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, DC
AT&T
IBM
Pfizer Corporation
McDonald Corporation
Owens-Corning
K-Mart Corporate Headquarters
General Motors, Washington, DC
Hearst Corporation
Michigan Bell
Hartford Insurance
Illinois Bell
Insurance Company of North America
Grummam Aerospace Corporation
Planning Research Corporation
Riggs National Bank, Washington, DC
First National Bank, Denver, CO
Butler Corporation
Pittsburgh National Bank
Carnegie Gas Company
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
First National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Equitable Life Insurance Company
St. Anne/St. Elizabeth Hospital, Chicago
Prudential Insurance
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte, NC
Tower Club, Washington, DC and Charlotte, NC
Nordstrom Department Store
Seidman BDO
United Food and Commerical Workers International Union, Washington, DC
Transamerica Insurance Company
First Michigan Bank, Holland, MI
Price Waterhouse, Charlotte, NC
R.J. Reynolds Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC
Guidance Clinic, Kalamazoo, MI
National City Bank, Kalamazoo, MI
Newspaper Association of American, Washington, DC
Westinghouse
Holiday Inn
Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo
Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
Selected Awards
1988 National Endowment for the Arts-Arts/Midwest Fellowship
Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artist Grant (1981)
1987 Honorable Mention, Southwestern Michigan Art Competition, Krasel Art Center
1985 Best of Show, Waterworks 39th National Competition of Watermedia,
Midland Art Center
Purchase Prize, 15th National Print and Drawing Competition, Minot, ND
Cash Award, 6th Michigan Artists Competition, Battle Creek Art Center
1984 4th Prize, 5th Michigan Artist Competition, Battle Creek Art Center
1983 Juror's Merit Award, Ceramics '83, Ann Arbor, MI
References
Haggin Museum, From Sea to Shining Sea, A Reflection of American, 2004, Haggin Museum
Doherty, Stephen, "Painting from Sea to Shining Sea", American Artist Magazine, June 2004
Who's Who in AMerica 2002
Moss, E. Lynn, Daily Life in Still Life", catalogue from American Artist Magazine, 1998
Doherty, Stephen, Easy Solutions: Color Mixing, 1998, Rockport Publishers
Doherty, Stephen, "Denise Lisiecki: Choosing Still Life Objects for Their Meaning", Watercolor
Magazine, Winter 1996
Thompson, Ruthe, "From Screen Printing to Painting and Back", American Artist Magazine,
July, 1992
Thompson, Ruthe, "Denise Lisiecki: Serigraphs of Female Sensibility", Screen Printing
Magazine, July 1992
Kenneth Freed Resume
Education
Western Michigan University, MFA
State University of New York, MA
Davidson College, BA
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Faculty Exhibition, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2009 Maurice Sternberg Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2008 "The Figure Revealed", group show with: Steven Assael, Kent Bellows, Jack Beal,
William Beckman, Suzanne Coffey, Janet Fish, Martha Erlebacher, Gregory Gillespie, Sidney
Goodman, Susan Hauptman, Julie Heffernan, Holly Lane, Alfred Leslie, Richard Maury, Jane
Lund, Philip Pearlstein, Stone Roberts, George Tooker, James Valerio, Christian Vincent,
others at Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 Solo Exhibition, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI
2008 Christa Faut Gallery Anniversary Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
2007 "Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection', Kalamazoo Institute of Art,
Kalamazoo, MI
2007 "Mural Commission and Installation, CIR of Battle Creek, MI
2007 "Contemporary Still life", Group Show, Crooked Tree Art Gallery, Petoskey, MI
2007 "Kalamazoo Collects", Group Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2006 "About the Landscape", Group show Water Street Gallery, Saugutuck, MI
2006 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005 "The Garden is Art", Group Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 "The Art of the Portrait", Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2004 Navy Pier International Exposition, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
2004, 1990 Muskegon Annual State Exhibition, Muskegon, MI
2004, 2001, 1993, 1990 Carnegie Center for the Arts, Regional Exhibition, Three Rivers, MI
2004, 1990 Ella Sharpe Museum State Competition, Jackson, MI
2004 Michigan Annual Exhibition, Mount Clemens, MI
2003 Solo Exhibition, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003, 2001, 1998, 1991, 1990, 1889, 1986, 1984, 1983, 1976 West Michigan Area Exhibition,
2003 Navy Pier International Exposition, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Navy Pier International Exposition, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Group Exhibition, "Gallery Artists", Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2001 "Art of Healing", Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
2001 Navy Pier International Exposition, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Solo Exhibition, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Faculty Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Solo Exhibition, Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
1996 Group Exhibition, "Significant Others", Shelbyville, MI
1996 Holland Area Arts Council Competition, Holland, MI
1995 Faculty Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1994 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1993 Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1993 "Realist", Group Exhibition, Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, NY
1993 "Artists Who Teach", Group Exhibition, J. Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 "Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition", Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1991 Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1991, 1990, 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1983 Krasl Art Museum State Competition, St. Joe, MI
1983 Solo Exhibition, Barbara Fiedler Gallery, Washington, DC
1983, 1981 Rockford International Biennial, Rockford, IL
1981, 1979 North Dakota National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Grand Forks, ND
1980 Solo Exhibition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
1980 Solo Exhibition, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
1978 Kansas 4th National Small Painting Exhibition, Kansas State University, Ft. Hayes, KS
1978 Invitational Exhibition, Southeastern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
1978 Solo Exhibition, Albion College, Albion, MI
1978, 1975, 1974 Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL
1977 Boston Printmaker's National Competition, Needham, MA
1976, 1973 Battle Creek Art Center State Competition, Battle Creek, MI
1976 Potsdam National Print and Drawing Exhibition, SUNY Potsdam, NY
1976 Fredonia National Print and Drawing Exhibition, SUNY Fredonia, NY
1976 "A Selection of Recent Prints", Group Show, SUNY Oneonta, NY
1976 "Miami University Prints", Group Show, European Center, Luxembourg
1976 9th Michigan/Indiana Art Competition, South Bend, IN
1975 5th International Biennial Exhibition, Dickenson State College, Dickenson, ND
1974 Artist's of NY 37th Annual Exhibition, Utica, NY
1974 "Traveling Exhibition", Group Show of Permanent Collection, Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte NC
1974 First Annual Colorado Print and Drawing Exhibition, Boulder, CO
1974 Davidson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Davidson, NC
1973 Southeastern Gallery of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Winston Salem, NC
1973 1970 Mint Museum of Art, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
1972 Ball State National Drawing and Sculpture Competition, Muncie, IN
1971 New Mexico National Print and Drawing Competition, Raleigh, NC
1971 Solo Exhibition, Herman Art Gallery, Statesville, NC
1970 North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Competition, Raleigh, NC
Collections
Davidson College
Michigan Art Collection, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
SUNY Oswego
Colorado State University, Boulder, CO
Binghamton Art Center, Binghamton, NY
Regional Gallery of Art, Boone, NC
North Dakota State University, Grand Forks, ND
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Pfizer Corporation
First Michigan Bank, Holland, MI
Transamerica Insurance Co.
Seidman and Seidman BDO
The Kalamazoo Foundation, Kalamazoo, MI
Huntington National Bank, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Rose Arbor, Kalamazoo Hospice, Kalamazoo, MI
Wachovia Bank, Charlotte, NC
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Hearst Corp., Charlotte, NC
Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
National City Bank, Cleveland, OH
Albion College, Albion, MI
Community Inclusive Recreation, Outdoor Mural, Capital Ave. Battle Creek, MI
The Fountains, Kalamazoo, MI
Resume for Kenneth Freed and Denise Lisiecki