Curriculum Vitae

Lisa Visser
341 Delaware Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6H 2T7
visser.lisa@gmail.com

Born: 1983, Newmarket, Ontario
Resides: Toronto, Ontario


Academic Achievements

2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours; Queen’s University, Kingston
2011 Interdisciplinary Master in Art, Media, and Design, OCAD, Toronto


Exhibitions

2009 Hard Twist, New Twist, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
  verge, OCAD Grad Gallery, Toronto
  stimulate-us, Tinto, Toronto
  Visi>Cue-Cue: Our Semi-Literate Love Child, Canteen, Ottawa
  Bear Witness, The Grad Club, Kingston*
  Solo Studio Watch, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
   
2008 Exposures, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
  Is it All in My Head?, Ban Righ Centre, Kingston*
  and though you die, bird, you will have a fine view, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria*
  Jewels and Binoculars, The Artel, Kingston
  Love me! or leave me Alone, exhibition; screening, The Artel, Kingston
  Self-Induced; I Will Always Love You, No Matter What, The Grad Club, Kingston*
   
2007 Love Will Tear Us Apart, The Sleepless Goat café, Kingston*
  and though you die, bird, you will have a fine view: a sort of prayer for some sort of rare grace, verb gallery, Kingston*
  (W)ringing the Sponge, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  a very imperfect rendering, The Artel, Kingston*
   
2006 Confessions…, Swamp Ward Window Gallery, 448 Bagot St., Kingston*
  In House, The Artel, Kingston
  BFA on View, Graduating Class exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
  How much would you say this weighs? BFA Graduating class, Ontario Hall, Kingston
  Out of Site: negotiating Art in Neglected Spaces, The Project Room, Union Gallery, Kingston
  The Next Time I See You, The Grad Club, Kingston*
  Confessions of a 22-year old female on a concrete wall, off-site project, Union Gallery, Kingston*
  (Notations), The Sleepless Goat Café, with Sarah Smith and Samantha Mogelonsky, Kingston
  Disconnected: Redefining terms of Artistic Success, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center, Kingston
   
2005 (Citations), Union Gallery, with Sarah Smith and Samantha Mogelonsky, Kingston
  Construct, The Project Room, Union Gallery, Kingston*
  Recent Work: BFA III sculpture, Stauffer Library, Kingston
  Women’s Centre Art Show, John Deutsch University Centre, Kingston
  Exposure Art Festival, John Deutsch University Centre, Kingston
   
2004 Parking Art in Parking Lots, Noise Pollution, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Art in the Streets, Kingston*
  Hot!, Union Gallery, Kingston
  Exposure Art Festival, Queen’s University, Kingston
  Short Cuts: 7 videos by 26 people, Union Gallery, Kingston
   
2003 First Impressions, Ontario Hall, Queen’s University, Kingston
  Mirror: BFA I, Union Gallery, Kingston
   
  *   Indicates solo exhibitions


Collaborative Projects

2008 We Know Where We Are, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, State of Flux, with Julia Mensink, Kingston
  To Catch a Baby: the Community Midwives of Kingston, The Artel, Kingston
   
2005 Designing Integration: Engineered Art, Integrated Learning Centre, Kingston
   
2004 Parking Art in Parking Lots, Car Collective with Adrian Blackwell and Jane Hutton, Kingston


Selected Collections

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Southlake Regional Medical Centre, Queen’s University Art Collection, Queen’s University Print Collection, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario archives, and private collections.


Awards

2009 OCAD Graduate Scholarship
   
2008 Community Foundation of Greater Kingston, project grant
   
2007 Recipient of the Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development for Emerging Artists, Kingston
  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance recipient


Professional Experience

2010 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto
  Research Intern, V tape, Toronto
   
2009 Gallery Assistant, Gallery TPW, Toronto
  Research Intern, V tape, Toronto
  Guest Artist, Salon Round-table for Solo Studio Watch, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
  Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto
  President, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Program Assistant, Union Gallery, Kingston
  Guest Artist Lecturer, Senior Professional Practices Seminar, Department of Art, Queen’s University
  Workshop Leader, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, bookmaking and text in art, Kingston
  Poster Designer, Flying V Productions, Kingston
  Participant, Canzine, Toronto; Expozine, Montreal
   
2008 President, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Distribution Manager, Voicespondence and Cut-it-Out Films, Kingston
  Program Assistant, Union Gallery, Kingston
  Guest Artist Lecturer, Department of Art, Queen’s University. For Interdisciplinary Studio Course.
  Guest Artist Lecturer, Department of Art, Queen’s University. For Performance Art Course.
  Workshop leader, Artreach: DIY bookmaking, zine’s and collage, Boys and Girls Club, Kingston
  Workshop leader, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, bookmaking and text in art, Kingston
  Poster Designer, Flying V Productions, Kingston
  Participant, Canzine, Toronto; Expozine, Montreal
  Member, Made4You artist’s co-operative, Kingston
  Member, Semi-Precious Promises collective, Kingston
   
2007 Acting President, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Fundraising Chair, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Distribution Manager, Voicespondence and Cut-it-Out Films, Kingston
  Program Assistant, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston
  Administrator, Cinema Kingston, Kingston
  Production and Planning Assistant, Then + Then Again exhibition, Clive Robertson with Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Guest Artist Lecturer, Senior Professional Practices Seminar, Department of Art, Queen’s University
  Member, Made4You artist's co-operative, Kingston
  Community Member, The Artel Arts Accommodation & Venue, Kingston
  Founding Member, Semi-Precious Promises collective, Kingston
   
2006 Program Assistant, Union Gallery, Kingston
  Production and Planning Assistant, Then + Then Again exhibition, Clive Robertson with Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Programming Committee Member, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Organizer, The Great 24 Hour Art-a-thon: Artist-Run Relay for Survival, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Administrator, Cinema Kingston, Kingston
  Artist Participant, mentorship with Vera Frenkel and Julie Fiala, Queen’s University
  Student Advisory Council member, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
  Founding Member and Tenant, The Artel Arts Accommodation & Venue, Kingston
   
2005 President, Union Gallery Operating Board, Kingston
  Programming Committee Member, Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Group Leader, Engineered Art collaborative project, Queen’s University, Kingston
   
2004 Vice-President, Union Gallery Operating Board, Kingston
  Artist Participant in mentorship with Adrian Blackwell, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
  Group Leader, Engineered Art collaborative project, Queen’s University, Kingston


Curatorial Projects

2010 Just Act Natural, Studio22, Kingston, with conference: Animals and Animality Across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Kingston
   
2009 Misinformed Informants, Emerging Performance Artist Series, FADO, Toronto
  Curator and Programmer, The Grad Club gallery, Kingston
   
2008 Curator and Programmer, The Grad Club gallery, Kingston
   
2007 Objects of Significance, co-curated with Talie Shalmon, Union Gallery, Kingston
  Curator and Programmer, The Grad Club gallery, Kingston


Self-Published Bookworks

2009 By a Thread, novella
  Holding Hands and Loading Guns, collection of short stories and poems with Julia Mensink
  Animal Band Names, 'zine collection
   
2008 Cat and Bird, comic series of 100, also available at www.catandbird.blogspot.com
  Hot Turkey Sandwich No.1, Wolfe Island Ferry Story Cabal
  Embark, Wolfe Island Ferry Story Cabal, January 2008; Spring 2008; Summer 2008
  Authentic Interaction, semi-precious promises collective
  Continuing Conversations Between Cat and Bird: The Violence of My Affection
  Continuing Conversations Between Cat and Bird: Truths
  This Isn’t About You
  Rinse and Repeat, semi-precious promises collective
   
2006 Dear Established Artist: Correspondence from an Emerging Artist


Exhibition Reviews

Margo, Deborah. "Ottawa", Akimblog review, http://www.akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=311, August 2009.
Guy, Stephen. "This is Sort of About You", Apple Crisp 'Zine, art interview, March 2009. Republished in "Untitled", Union Gallery newsletter, August 2009.
Burliuk, Greg. “Midwives Tale Inspire exhibit”, Kingston Whig-Standard, art preview, pg 2. Friday, April 18, 2008.
Uyeda, Amy. “Tearing Love Apart to take a Closer Look”, The Queen’s Journal, art review. Issue 21, Volume 135, pg 17, 20. Friday, November 16, 2007.
Barclay, Adèle. “Visser’s Art and Ideas Flow Together”, The Queen’s Journal. Issue 7, Volume 135, pg 12. Tuesday, September 18, 2007.
Burliuk, Greg. “Artist does some Soul-Searching”, the Kingston Whig-Standard, art review. The Ticket, pg 8. Saturday, August 4, 2007.
Barclay, Adèle. “Objectified Art Tells Local Stories”, The Queen’s Journal. Issue 1, Volume 135, pg 9. Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
Spencer, Lauren. “Union’s noteworthy (Citations)”, The Queen’s Journal, art review. Issue 21, Volume 133, pg 23, 26. Friday November 18, 2005.


Bibliography

2009 "Preface to the Performance", curatorial essay, Misinformed Informants, FADO Performance Art.
  Solo Studio-Watch Series, catalogue, essay by curator Jan Allen, Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
  Visi>Cue-Cue exhibition catalogue, Canteen, Ottawa.
  Queen's Feminist Review, Queen's University, Kingston, pg 20, 21.
   
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts 2004-08, Queen’s University, catalogue foreword.
  The Undergraduate Review, Queen’s University, Kingston, Vol. 20, pg 13.
  Lighthouse Wire Magazine, Queen’s University, Kingston, pg 3.
   
2007 Lighthouse Wire Magazine, Queen’s University, Kingston, pg 4.
   
2006 Lighthouse Wire Magazine, Queen’s University, Kingston, pg 4.
  How Much Would You Say This Weighs?, Queen’s University Department of Fine Art, catalogue.
  Out of Site: Art Negotiating Neglected Spaces, Union Gallery, interview with Lisa Figge. catalogue.
   
2005 Parking Art in Parking Lots, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre and Union Gallery, catalogue.