The Fall 2024 Graduate Art guest lecture series, organized by Kelly Akashi

Lisa Williamson

This event is free & open to the public. RSVP’s are not required.

See the full Fall 2024 Seminar schedule here.

Born in 1977, Lisa Williamson lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She graduated with a MFA from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (2008) and received her BFA from Arizona State University, Tempe (2000). Williamson’s current solo exhibition, Hover Land Lover, is on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, through November 8th. She has previously had solo exhibitions at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; The Finley, Los Angeles; Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome; as well as a two-person exhibition with Sarah Conaway at The Box, Los Angeles. Willamson’s work has been included in group exhibitions including the 2010 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA; Made in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2012); Variations: Conversations In and Around Abstract Painting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (2014); PROSPECT 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA. In 2019, a permanent installation, Obstruction, Reflection, Transition was installed at the University of Illinois, Springfield and in 2024 a second iteration from the series was installed at the The Embassy of the United States in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as part of the U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies program. Permanent collections include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; and the CCA Andratx, Mallorca. Her work has been reviewed in publications such as Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, The Wire, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, among others.

Image credit: Katie Shapiro, courtesy of the artist.

Support for this series is generously provided by the following: Jack Shear, Brenda R. Potter, Brendan Dugan, Lisson Gallery, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Sprüth Magers, BLUM, Alan Hergott, and David Kordansky.

ArtCenter’s Graduate Seminar lecture series is a forum for graduate students, members of the ArtCenter community and the general public to enter into dialogue with internationally recognized artists, critics, and art historians. Unless otherwise indicated, lectures are free, open to the public and take place most Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the L.A. Times Auditorium. Check out the Graduate Art website to confirm dates, times and locations for the lecture series and for more information about the Graduate Art program.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio, which provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres of film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.