LISA MAJER
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EDUCATION
2008   MFA - Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2004   BFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1999   AA - The College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011   Curator: Swimsuit Edition at Swimming Pool Project Space
2008   Figure drawing instructor: Turn off your brain and draw at SAIC’s Studio Preview Workshop for incoming freshmen
2006-08  Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University:
              Intermediate Sculpture (Michael Rakowitz); Digital Art (Steve Reinke); Beginning Drawing (James Valerio);
              Beginning Painting (Mark Murphy); Beginning Photography (Melanie Schiff & Pam Bannos)
2006   Juror: 32nd Annual Wells Street Art Fair
2005   Director/Curator: Chicago Art Open Student Exhibition

EXHIBITIONS
2011   Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, IL; Small(er) Works Show
2010   310 conTEMPORARY GALLERY, Chicago, IL; Fantastic Landscapes
2010   Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival, Chicago, IL; Danny Think Tank
2009   California State University, Long Beach, CA; Shock and Awe
2009   Abryant Gallery, Chicago, IL; Technically, It’s Art
2009   Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL; AbsWACKtion
2009   Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL; Solo Exhibition: New Works
2009   Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; Artist Run Chicago; Swimming Pool Project Space
2009   Thirteen Pocket Gallery, Chicago, IL: Fight or Flight
2008   Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL: Clothesline
2008   Vega Estates, Chicago, IL: Vega Caucus
2008   Block Museum, Evanston, IL: MFA Thesis Exhibit
2006   Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT: Particular Places
2006   33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL: She
2005   Christopher Gallery at Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL: Contemporary Realism
2005   Gallery 350, Chicago, IL: Structures
2005   Morton College, Cicero, IL: Solo Exhibition
2005   Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT: Close To Home
2004   The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL: Chicago Art Open
2004   Gallery 2, Chicago, IL: BFA Thesis Exhibit
2003   Gallery 2, Chicago, IL: Chicago Art Open

COLLECTIONS
2010   Northwestern University Office of the Provost
2009   Pamela and Richard Kramlich
2008   Northwestern University Graduate School

REVIEWS
2009   December, Shock and Awe essay by Joan Mace: http://artgrads.com/abjectandsublime/index.htm
2005   April 17: New Haven Register, Judy Birke

PUBLICATIONS
2008   MFA Thesis Catalogue, Northwestern University

HONORS
2006-08   Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship
1999   Magna Cum Laude, College of Lake County
1998   Glass Dictionary Club Scholarship
1998   Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society