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Lisa Boumstein-Smalley
Born: Chicago, IL 1976

Education
2003 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fiber and Material Studies
2001 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994-95 University of Nebraska at Omaha, Painting and Drawing
1994 Millard North High School, Omaha Nebraska

Solo Shows
2007 Lisa Boumstein-Smalley: Calamity, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago


Selected Group Shows
2008 The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2006 Forecast, with Shannon Stratton, Gallery 40,000, Chicago
2006 Strange Fictions, NIU Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 It's Your Fault, Fraction Workspace, Chicago, IL
2005 Allegorical Landscape, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2005 Strange Fictions, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2004 Yard Sale, Track House, Oak Park, IL
2004 The New Collusion, The Cultural Center, The Contemporary Arts Council Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Curated by Hixson/Dillon, Chicago, IL
2004 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Juried by Monique Meloche and Dominic Molon, Evanston, IL
2004 The Nature of Reduction, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2004 Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Art Projects, A Middle Management Production, Chicago, IL
2003 Anti-Space Suit: the Dirty Future, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
2003 Salon Show, NIAA, juried by Michael Rooks, Munster, IN
2003 "Three Walls Benefit", former Fassbender space, Chicago, IL
2003 Master in Fine Arts group exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Winter Carnival, silent auction, 1926 Exhibitions Study Space, Chicago, IL
2002 One Night Stand; the Pick-Up, 1926 Exhibitions Study Space, Chicago, IL
2002 Accreditation exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 Skin Embroidery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 BFA Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2000 Collect/Recollect, Gallery X, Chicago, IL
2000 Bliss, Inside Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 13, Fiber and Material Studies Group Show, Chicago, IL
1999 2 Hour Thing, Fiber and Material Studies Group Show, Chicago, IL
1998 First Fridays, Equinox, Chicago, IL


Collections
Britton Bertran, Chicago, IL
Linda Searl and Joseph Valerio, Chicago, IL
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Rafael and Rachel Vera, Chicago, IL
Jonathan Rhodes and Shannon Stratton, Chicago, IL
Justine Jentes and Dan Karuna, Chicago, IL


Bibliography
2004 The Allegorical Landscape and Emerging Artists, By John Brunetti, Chicago Artists' Coalition Artists' News
2004 Review, New Collusion Show Just Another Muddle, by Allan Artner, Chicago Tribune


Awards and Honors
2005 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Emerging Artists Nominee
2003 Exit Fellowship recipient, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003 Selected graduate student representative for admissions to the Fiber and Material Studies Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago