LISA C. ALLEN 11 Bea Lane, Cumberland, ME 04021

207.829.9380

EDUCATION 1979 M.F.A. IN PRINTMAKING (Lithography), University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

B.F.A. IN PAINTING (Phi Kappa Phi), University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

GRANTS/ 2000 MAINE STATE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT

AWARDS 1994 PERCENT FOR ART COMPETITION WINNER, University of Southern

Maine Library, Portland, ME

1991/90 ROSWELL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, 6-month Grant,

Roswell, New Mexico

1988/87 ROSWELL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, 12-month Grant,

Roswell, New Mexico

1983 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Individual Artist Grant

ONE-PERSON 2000 LISA ALLEN: PAINTINGS ON PAPER, Greenhut Gallery, Portland,ME

EXHIBITIONS 1993 LISA ALLEN: WORKS ON PAPER, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina State University, Greenville, South Carolina

1989 PERSPECTIVES: LISA ALLEN, Portland Museum of Art, ME

1989 LISA ALLEN: PAINTINGS; Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM

1985 LISA ALLEN: PAINTINGS; University of Maine at Orono, ME

1981 MOVE # 2, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

SELECTED 2002 THE PORTLAND SHOW, Greenhut Galley, Portland, ME

GROUP 2001 MAINE STATE FELLOWS, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME

EXHIBITIONS 2001/98 ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM, U.S. Embassy in Chile

1993 GROUP SHOW, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME

1993/92 ON THE EDGE: FORTY YEARS OF MAINE PAINTING, Maine Coast

Artists, Rockport, ME and the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

1989 TEN YEARS AFTER, Yuma Art Center, AZ

1989 THE LANDSCAPE, REAL AND IMAGINED, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery,

New York, NY

1988 INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME

1988/87 NEW ENGLAND NOW, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SIX STATES,

Traveling exhibition throughout New England: Decordova and Dana

Museum, Lincoln, MA; Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI;

Fleming Museum, University of VT, Burlington; New Britain Museum of Art,

NH; Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

1988 NEW TALENT, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY

1986 DRAWING BIENNIAL, Portland, Museum of Art, ME

1984 MAINE BIENNIAL INVITATIONAL, Colby College Museum of Art,

Waterville, ME

BOOKS 1992 ON THE EDGE; FORTY YEARS OF MAINE PAINTING,

1952-1992, Theodore P. Wolff, 23, plate 91

1990 MAINE ART NOW, Edgar Allen Beem, The Dog Ear Press, XVII, 22, 105, 109, 100, 111, 115, 170, 203, 204, 230, 235, 236, 276, Plate 16

CATALOGUES

1999 MAINE LIGHT, Art in Embassies Program, The

Ambassador’s Residence, United States Embassy,

Santiago, Chile

1989 PERSPECTIVES: LISA ALLEN, Portland Museum of Art, ME

1988 LISA ALLEN, NEW PAINTINGS, Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM

1987 NEW ENGLAND NOW, CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SIX STATES, Library of Congress Cat. # 87-72641

1982 FALL INVITATIONAL, Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM

ILLINOIS PAINTERS III, Visual Arts Touring Program Illinois Arts Council, Chicago

1980 THE LIVING MUSEUM, Illinois State Museum,

Springfield, IL, Vol. 42, Nos. 2,3

COLLECTIONS

PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, ME

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD, CA; INDIANA STATE MUSEUM, IN

CONTINENTAL BANK, IL; ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, IL

KEMPER INSURANCE CO., IL; MINOT STATE UNIV., ND

TEXAS FINE ARTS ASSOC., Austin,TX

WRITING AND Books for adults: THE BLIMP NEAR MARFA, TEXAS

ILLUSTRATION and NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS

Books for children: DRAMATIC FEVER, RULING THE ROOST

All original works, as yet unpublished, written 1994-97

VISITING ARTIST

2001 Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME

1989 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

1988 Yuma Symposium #3, Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ

1988 Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

1987 Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, 2-day lithography

workshop

1986 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

1985 Colby College, Waterville, ME