Solo Exhibitions:

2010: The Secret Life of Plants, Garden Gallery of the Hudson River Health Care, Peekskill, NY

2009: Artswalk, LKS Gallery, Hudson NY

2008: Waves and Windows, LKS Gallery, Hudson, NY

2006: Private showings of sculpture to special interest groups, Kyoto, Japan

2003: Clive Christian English Furniture, Ridgewood NJ

1988: Hudson River Museum, Palisades Gallery, Yonkers,NY

1983: Lisa Breznak, Columbus College, Columbus, GA

In-Tile, One-Person Exhibit, Elliot Pratt Center, Plainfied VT

1982: Lisa Breznak, Ballard's Mill Center for the Arts, Malone, NY

Public Art:

2009: Saunders Farm Project, Collaborative Concepts, Garrison, NY

City Spaces, Peekskill, NY

2008: Saunders Farm Project, Collaborative Concepts, Garrison, NY

Two Person Exhibitions:

2009: World Views, Park Row Gallery, Chatham, NY, with Laura Cannamela

2001: Myougei Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, with Jo-Ann Brody

2000: Zogei Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, with Jo-Ann Brody

Artist Exchange: Nishijin & Peekskill, Consortium Student Center, Kyoto, Japan, with Jo-Ann Brody

1989: Lisa Breznak/Howard Goodman, Alligator Gallery & Performance Space, SF, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2009: Marking Time, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY

Off the Beaten Track, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY

2008: Playing With Fire, (part of Clay Art Center's All Fired Up consortium exhibition)

Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY

Primordial Considerations Maxwell Fine Art, Peekskill, NY

2007: Hat Factory Guerrilla Gallery, Peekskill, NY

A.I.R. Invitational, NY, NY

2004: Generation .04, A.I.R. Gallery Invitational, NY, NY

2002: Generation III, invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY

Essential Art, Cooperstown Art Association Galleries, Cooperstown, NY

2001: The Size Show: Abstract Art on a Sliding Scale, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY

2000: Art in Nishijin, Machiya Club, Kyoto, Japan

Westchester Arts Workshop of Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY

1998: Mid Atlantic Contemporary Tilemakers Invitational, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA

Face to Face, Artist's District, Peekskill, NY

1997: Framed, Westchester Arts Council, Neiman Marcus, White Plains, NY

1996: Cachepot Cache, Westchester Arts Council, Neiman Marcus, White Plains, NY

1995: "Mirror Mirror", Paramount Center for the Arts Gallery, Peekskill, NY

1993: Arts Alive Celebratory Vessels, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains

1992-1994: Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT

1990: Martha Stewart/Paul Newman Benefit Show House, Westport, Ct.

1989: Art Adventure No. 219, South Norwalk, CT, mailer and poster image

1987: Seasonal Celebrations, Group Show, Alligator Gallery & Performance Space, SF, CA

1986: Celebration, White Light Gallery, NYC, NY

Small Works, Somerstown Gallery Somers, NY

1984-1986:Faculty Exhibitions, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

1983: New York State Ceramics Invitation, Arts Guild of Old Forge, NY

Parsons School of Design, Faculty Exhibit, Lake Placid, NY

The Sculpted Edge, 'I Love NY' Invitational Series, SUNY Galleries

Selected Publications:

New York Times, NY Region 2009; Arts Alive, CCSCOOP webzine 2009;

All Fired Up Website, 2008; Kyoto Shimbun, 4/6/06; Ecolo Newsletter 5/20/06, Japan;

Making & Installing Handmade Tiles, by Angelica Pozo, 2005, Lark Books; 2 projects.

It's Your Kitchen, by Joan Kohn, 2003, 2 projects;

Westchester County Times. (photo) 2001; NY Times Footlights, 2001;

Mainichi, Asahi, and Yomiuri Newspapers, Kyoto 10/15/2000; Kyoto Shimbun 10/24/2000, Japan;

Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter, by Peter King, 3 Photos, 1999; NY Times, March 1996;

Martha Stewart's New Old House, 1992. Clarkson Potter Publishing, NY; Martha Stewart Living , 1990;

New York Times, 1989; House & Garden, 1989; Country Living, 1988; Ceramic's Monthly,1985,1988;

Westchester Spotlight , 1986; Journal News, 1985, 1987 (photo); NY Times, 1986; Lewisboro Ledger 1986:

Selected Collections:

Ivan Lendl, CT; Eric Roberts, NY, David Bowen, Caracas, Venezuela; Martha Stewart, CT; The Wise Collection, NH;

Jean Chalopin, Nassau, Bahamas; Smallbone Inc., Devizes, UK, & US; Sano Jyushyo, Myorenji Temple, Kyoto;

Etta Boot, Chicago, Il; Janet & James Kloppenburg, NY; Anti-Hydro Inc, NJ; Allie Nemerov, NY, NY ;

Zaiki Kouta, Mon Design Institute; Hiroshi & Megumi Oishi; Hiroshi Wantanabi, Kyoto, Japan

Lectures and Panels:

2010: Artist Presentation, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT

Work included in "From Marble to Vaseline: Sculptors and Their Materials" a lecture by art historian, Marcy B. Freedman,

Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

2009: Hudson Opera House "Marking Time" Gallery Talk

2008: New York Foundation for the Arts: Mark Program,

Hudson Group Presentation and Individual Artists' Talks, Exit Art, NY, NY

NYFA- Mark, Presentation of Hudson Mark Artists ' Talks, Hudson Opera House, Hudson , NY

2001: Panel: The Japan Experience, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY

Panel: Abstract Art on a Sliding Scale, Westchester Art Council

2000: Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan Art Dept. Masters program, Ceramics

Kyoto International Group, Inspiration and symbolism in work during residency.

Kyoto Prefectual University, Kyoto Prefectural University, Dept of Environmental Design, at Consortium Student Center, Topic: Redevelopment and historic preservation in Peekskill using urban planning, artists and the arts.

1997: Featured Speaker, Women’s Artists Series, One Station Plaza, Peekskill, NY

1985: Invited Guest Artist, Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, NY

1984: Artist Talk Series, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, NY

1983: Gallery Talk, Elliot Pratt Center, Plainfield, VT

Residencies:

2006: Kyoto Japan, Guest Artist, Machya Club. 9 weeks,

2000: Artist-in-Residence, 8 weeks, Network Nishijin, Kyoto, Japan

1984-1987: Artist-In-Residence, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY.

Grants and Scholarships:

New York Foundation for the Arts, Special Opportunities Stipend, 2010

New York Foundation for the Arts Mark Program, One of 66 artists chosen statewide, Columbia Council on the Arts, Hudson NY 2008

New York Foundation for the Arts, SOS Grant, 2000

Parson's School of Design, 3 workshop scholarships

Utica College, 2 week private study with sculptor Henry DiSpirito

Curatorial:

2009: "Meditations: Sculpture by Sarah Haviland" The inaugural exhibition in the Garden Gallery at the Hudson River Health Center, Peekskill, NY a pilot project for City Spaces, (Art in Unlikely Places), an alternative gallery that will place exhibitions in underutilized public spaces to bring the arts to the community at large.

2008: "Playing With Fire, 12 Approaches to the Ceramic Process", Co-curated with Sarah Haviland, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, part of the Clay Art Center's All Fired Up exhibition consortium of 60 ceramic arts and programs. Supported by the Westchester Arts Council, Nat'l Endowment for the Arts, NYS Council on the Arts, Chase, Entergy, The Arts and Business Council of NY.

1996: "Now Showing", a retrospective exhibition documenting the history and architecture of the 1938 Paramount Theater and the grassroots efforts to save it from demolition and turning it into the Paramount Center for the Arts.

1994: Installation design for a traveling exhibit, "The Lost Expedition, Photographs by Ruth Robertson," documenting the 1949 journey to survey Angel Falls in Venezuela, as the highest waterfall in the world. Also included were Robertson's writings of the journey, artifacts and information on her coordinating the expedition for her article in National Geographic. First showing at the Harry Ramsom Center at the University of Texas, then traveled to Harvard University, the University of the South, Sewanee, TN , and the National Library in Caracus Venezuela.

1987: "Fire and Light", a major grouping of internationally recognized ceramic sculptors and potters, coupled with a photography segment of like quality. Somerstown Gallery, Somers NY

1986: "First Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition" Conceived, coordinated and administered the project which resulted in a major exhibition of 118 hand pulled prints from over 900 entries from 11 countries and 37 states; produced an accompanying catalogue, extensive press coverage including the NY Times. Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY

Education:

Master of Arts, Ceramics, Goddard College

Graduate Study, Parsons School of Design, Ceramics

Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Associate in Applied Science, Illustration & Design, Rochester Institute of Technology

Studied Ceramic Arts with Don Reitz, Dorothy Hafner, Chris Gustin, Judith Salomon, Charlotte Potok, Bill Klock.

Technical & Teaching Assistant to Rick Hirsch, Andrea Gill, Dorothy Hafner, Geoffrey Meek & Vanessa Carder

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