Lisa Bennett
lisa@lisa-bennett.com

education

2002
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
BFA degree with emphasis in photography

2000
Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, PA)
Associates Degree - Visual Arts - Photography

exhibitions

2008

Designers and Agents (NY, NY) knit letters part of KnitKnit installation

2006

Cinema-Scope Best of the Best in collaboration with Gen Art and Perpetual Art Machine (Miami, FL)
video screening curated by Christina Vassallo

La Superette at Eyebeam(New York, NY) Knitted items for sale

The Mantis Collective (Harrisburg, PA) "Sewn: a modern take on fabric art" group exhibition

2005

New Museum of Contemporary Art Bookstore (New York, NY) Knitted items for sale alongside KnitKnit 6 release

2004

Ladyfest*East 2004 Festival (Brooklyn, NY) group exhibition

VI Salon y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital [Sixth International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium] (Havana, Cuba) online exhibition

Freeform Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) "June Show" group exhibition

the tank / spaceworks / spit and duct tape collective (New York City, NY) “The Day Job” group exhibition

Spring 2004 semester
Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, PA)
artist-in-residence

2003

Yellow Wall Hall (Harrisburg, PA)
"Cell Phones and Christmas Lights: electronic devices used to communicate
(either symbolically or literally) but don't always work properly"
installation

Yellow Wall Hall (Harrisburg, PA)
"The First Show"
group exhibition

2002

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
“Site Specific: An Online Exhibition of New Media Works”
curated by SAIC MA in Arts Administration students
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/sitespecific

Ryerson Art Library, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
"Migration"
collaborative performance part of La Montage

2002 Undergraduate Exhibition
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Gallery 2 (Chicago, IL)
group exhibition

L.I.P.A. (Chicago, IL)
“Fusion-Lab”
collaborative project with Adelheid Mers

Women in the Director’s Chair
21st Annual International Film & Video Festival (Chicago, IL)
screened video “Entry No. 9 “

2000

Encore Book Store (Mechanicsburg, PA)
“Woodchuck”
group photography exhibition

Rose Lehrman Arts Center
Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, PA)
Spring 2OOO Photography Honor Show

1999

Rose Lehrman Arts Center
Harrisburg Area Community College
Fall 1999 Photography Honor Show (Harrisburg, PA)

Open Stage of Harrisburg (Harrisburg, PA)
“Curious Indicators of Reality”
group photography exhibition

Rose Lehrman Arts Center
Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, PA)
Spring 1999 Photography Honor Show

1998

Rose Lehrman Arts Center
Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, PA)
Fall 1998 Photography Honor Show

The Gallery at Dixon University Center (Harrisburg, PA)
“The Patriot-News Scholastic Art Awards 1998 National Winners” group exhibition

MetroArts (Harrisburg, PA)
group photography exhibition

Strawberry Square (Harrisburg, PA)
Scholastic Art Regional Awards Exhibition

1997

Everhart Museum (Scranton, PA)
National Art Honor Society
group photography exhibition

Encore Book Store (Mechanicsburg, PA)
group photography exhibition

awards

2002
Honorable Mention
BFA Fellowship Competition
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1999-2000
Recipient of the David W. Barratt Memorial Photography Scholarship
Harrisburg Area Community College

1999
Finalist, Best of College Photography Annual 1999
Photographer’s Forum Magazine
published photograph, page 186

Second Place Award
Harrisburg Area Community College
Fall 1999 Photography Honor Show

1998
First Place Award
Harrisburg Area Community College
Fall 1998 Photography Honor Show

Silver Award for Photography Portfolio
National Scholastic Arts

Gold Award for Photography Portfolio
Regional Scholastic Arts

William R. Pierce Academic Achievement Award for Photography
Cumberland Valley High School
Recognition for Excellence Award - Photography
Cumberland Valley High School

publications

2005
3rd Floor Issue #2
published project "Will You Talk to Me?"

2004
KnitKnit #4
Contributed knitted letters

2000
Wildwood Literary Journal
Spring Edition
published photograph

1999
Finalist, Best of College Photography Annual 1999
Photographer’s Forum Magazine
published photograph, page 186

Central Penn Business Journal Vol. 15 No. 32
August 6, 1999
published photographs pages 10 and 18

work experience

October 2005 - July 2007
Digital Collections Editor
WireImage Creative
New York, NY

January 2005 – October 2005
Archivist's Assistant
Byrd Hoffman Foundation, Inc
Robert Wilson Archive
New York, NY

July 2004 to December 2004 / January 2005 - March 2005
Aperture Images Intern / Assistant
Aperture Foundation
New York, NY

May 2003 to July 2004
Store Manager and Gallery Coordinator (Yellow Wall Hall)
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Harrisburg, PA

Fall 1999 & Spring 2000
Photo Lab Assistant
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA

June 1999 to September 1999
Photography Intern
Journal Publications, Inc.
Harrisburg, PA

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