EDUCATION
1990 — 1993
San Francisco State University M. F. A., Painting, 1993
1968 — 1970
San Francisco State University B. A.,  Psychology 1970
1959 — 1963
San Francisco Art Institute
Studied under Richard Diebenkorn, Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Manuel Neri, and James Weeks.
1959 —1960
University of California, Berkeley
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2007
Shorenstein—50 California Street, , Paintings: Lisa Esherick, San Francisco, CA
2006 — 2007
Fresno Art Museum , Lisa Esherick: Paintings,
Fresno, CA
2005
Monterey Bay Aquarium, People Looking at Fish Looking at People Looking , Pacific Grove, CA
2002

The Bonnafont Gallery, Paintings & Works on Paper, San Francisco, CA

Fort Mason Coffee Gallery, Drawings & Paintings, San Francisco, CA

1999
Carl Cherrry Center for the Arts, Traveling, recent paintings, Carmel, CA.
1997 

Pro Arts 1997 East Bay Open Studios, Open Studio, Berkeley, CA.

Fig Garden Gallery, Paintings & Prints of Puppets/Masks, San Anselmo, CA.        

Frants Albert Associates, The Urban Landscape, Oakland, CA.

1996

Studio For, Casino Paintings, Oakland, CA.

YWCA,  Paintings & Prints of Puppets/Masks, Berkeley, CA.

1992-93
Amerika Haus Stuttgart,  Industrial Landscape of San Francisco, Stuttgart, Germany
1992
Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forshchung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld,  The Urban/Industrial Landscape, Bielefeld, Germany
1991

Renzo, The Figure, San Francisco, CA

The Branson School Gallery, Mask and Puppet Imagery, Ross, CA.

1990

Climate Theatre, Puppet Imagery, San Francisco, CA.

The American Institute of Architects Gallery, The Urban Landscape, Oakland, CA.

1981 — 1990
Open Studio, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA.
1979

Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Group Shows
2006

SomArts Cultural Center, ReShow: Two Decades of SOMA Artists 1960–1980,, San Francisco, CA.

SFMOMA Artists Gallery , Lee Adair, Lisa Esherick, Mathew Silverberg, Jill Strohn, San Francisco, CA.

John Natsoulas Gallery , LBay Area Figuration, Then and Now, Davis, CA.

2005

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Warehouse Show & Sale , San Francisco, CA.

Charles Campbell Gallery, Looking Back and Seeing Forward, San Francisco, CA.

2004

Oakland Art Gallery, Small Work: Holiday Anniversary Auction Event , Oakland, CA.

The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Rendering & Articulation: A Drawing Exhibit, Carmel, CA.

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Warehouse Show & Sale , San Francisco, CA.

North Berkeley Gallery & Frame, Black & White , Berkeley, CA.

2003

Artisans, 2003 National Juried Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA.

North Berkeley Gallery & Frame, Puppet & Figure, Berkeley, CA.

2001
BACCA 1010, Landscape, Berkeley, CA
2000
North Berkeley Frame &  Gallery, Bathers, Berkeley, CA.
1999

Monterey Museum of Art, At the Millennium:  Contemporary Paintings from Northern California, Monterey, CA.

Tryon Center for Visual Art, Residents:  The 1999/2000 Artists @ Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC.

Geroge Krevsky Gallery, An Exhibition of our Historical and Contemporary Women Artists, San Francisco, CA.        

San Francisco State University, The Art Gallery at the Cesar Chavez Student Center, Puppet Extravaganza, San Francisco, CA.    

1998

750 Gallery,California National 1998, Juror:  Phil Linhares, Sacramento, CA.

San Jose Art League, 25th Annual 2-D Competition, Juror:  George Rivera, San Jose, CA.

George Krevsky Fine Art, Contemporary Bay Area Artists, San Francisco, CA.

Sanchez Art Center Gallery, San Francisco State Art Alumni Celebrate 10 Years,. Juror:  Tony May, Pacific, CA.

Sanchez Art Center Gallery, Arts on Fire, II.  Juror:  Terry St. John, Pacifica, CA

The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Rendering & Articulation:  A Survey of Drawing, Carmel, CA.

1997

Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame,  Staying the Course:  Lisa Esherick, Lynn Faus, Deanna Forbes, Jill Strohn.  Belmont, CA.

Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 55 & Up, Juror:  Karen Tsujimoto, Walnut Creek

1996

SFMOMA Rental Gallery,  Artist's Warehouse Sale,  San Francisco, CA.

George Krevsky Fine Art, Art, Baseball & all that Jazz, San Francisco, CA.

Nexus  Institute Gallery, 4 Berkeley Painters, Berkeley, CA.

1995
George Krevsky Fine Art, Group Show/ Gallery Artists, San Francisco, CA.
1994

ACCI Gallery, Visual Traditions, Berkeley, CA.

ACCI Gallery, Images & Objects 1994, Berkeley, CA.  Juror: Philip Linhares

1993

ACCI Gallery, Markings & Ideas:  Drawings, Berkeley, CA.

South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Figure It Out, Torrance, CA.

San Francisco State University Art Gallery, M.F.A. Exhibition 1993, San Francisco, CA.

1991

ACCI Gallery, Expressive Form, Berkeley, CA

Gallery Arcade,  Bali Offerings, Oakland, CA.

Mendocino  Art Center, Life Lines, Mendocino ,CA.  Second Prize  & Honorable Mention.  Juror:  Philip Linhares

Kaiser Center Art Gallery, ACCI Gallery - 20 Artists, Oakland, CA.

1989

SFMOMA Rental Gallery, (3 person show), Fort Mason San Francisco, CA.

ACCI Gallery, The Mythic Impulse, Berkeley, CA.

1988
Sacramento Fine Arts Center,  Northern California Arts Thirty-third Open Show.   Carmichael, CA.  Second Prize.  Juror:  Kristina Branch.
1987
Pacific Basin Building Gallery, Open Studio, Berkeley, CA.
1985
Hall of Flowers, The Bay Area Seen, San Francisco, CA.
1984
Hearst Gallery, St. Mary's College, Contemporary Bay Area Still-Life Painting, Moraga, CA.
1983
Hayward Art Annual, Hayward, CA.
1982
Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA
1981

The Gallery, Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz, CA.

Concourse Gallery, Bank of America, San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Work, San Francisco, CA.

Palo Alto Cultural Center, Gift of the Magi, Palo Alto, CA.

1980

Intersection Gallery, Collage, Montage, Assemblage, San Francisco, CA.

Intersection Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1979
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Second Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, , Ellensburg, WA.  Curated by Elmer Bischoff.
1978

The Art Works, Fair Oaks, CA.

Solano Community College Art Gallery, Gail Chadell  Nanao & Lisa Esherick, Suisun City, CA

1977

Stuart Gallery,  Lisa Esherick, Jill Light, Margaret Olwell, Berkeley, CA

Marin County Fair, 32nd Annual Art Exhibition, Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA.

Oakland Museum, Bay Area Artist's Exhibition and Sale, Oakland, CA.

E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 52nd Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Sacramento, CA.

Discovery Gallery, Marketplace, Emeryville, CA.

1976
Art Co-op, Instructor's Show, Berkeley, CA.
1975

College of Notre Dame, Wednesday Drawing Group, Belmont, CA.

Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA.

1974
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Bay Area Figure Painters, Palo Alto, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Fresno Art Museum , Lisa Esherick , Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum. Exhibition Catalog. Introduction by Jacquelin Pilar, curator. Includes Time Passing Through Passing Through Time, by Lisa Esherick; At the Threshold by Robert Reese; and The Canvas as Stage by Michael Healy.
2000
Muller Price, Debra; Photographs:  Dalton, Cheryl, A Sanctuary for the Arts, Southern Accents, March-April 2000, pp208-S20 - S26
1999

Haight, Kathy, Artsy inaugural:  Renovated church's first artists bring varied talents, Arts & Books, The Charlotte Observer, 7/11/99

Curry, Kathleen, Event to let public view artists' lairs on Tryon, The Charlotte Observer, 11/?/99

Lisa Esherick, Baths - Germany #7, 1993-97, Artists-In Residence (AIR) Program at the Tryon Center for Visual Arts, Art Now, Southeast, Gallery Guide, p.2 SE, 9/99,

1998

Coleman, Sarah, Contemporary Bay Area Artists, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 32, #28, 4/15/98

McKenzie Nichols, Kathryn, Don't Overlook the Fine Point of Drawing at the Cherry Center, Monterey County Herald, Art Scene 2/5-11/98

1997

Miller, Alicia.,'Staying the Course' at Wiegand Gallery, Artweek, Vol. 28, No. 11, 11/97

Dimond, Mag, Staying the Course, Lisa Esherick, Lynn Faus, Deanna Forbes, Jill Strohn, (catalogue), Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA. 

1996

Phillips, E. Barbara, City Lights, Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society, pp. 10-11, Oxford University Press, 1996           

Sardar, Zahid, A Winchester Garden, San Francisco Examiner Magazine,  9/22/96

1995

When you think about making your city a better place...think about art, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, 1995

Creative Arts Events, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, Spring 1995

1994
de Uriarte, Miriam, Berkeley's "Hidden" Women Painters, Berkeley Insider, 3/94        
1993

Berg, M. H., Body Language, "Figure It Out" offers several ways of looking at the human form, Los Angeles Times,  6/4/93

Sardar, Zahid, State of the Arts, Image, San Francisco Examiner,  4/18/93

Esherick, Lisa, CCSF Older Adults Art Instructor Exhibits Paintings in Germany with Assistance from AB1725 Funds, City College of San Francisco - News & Views,  Vol. 3, #1, Spring '93

1992

Greeß, Gabriele,  Automobile Apokalypsen, Stuttgarter Zeitung Nr. 280, Feuilleton,  12/3/92

Schumacher, Karin, Die amerikanische Künstlerin Lisa Esherick stellt im ZiF aus Der Reiz des Verborgenen, Neue Westfälische, Nr. 145, 6/25/92

1991
Sardar, Zahid, Ode to Mexico, Image, The San Francisco Examiner, 2/10/91
1990
Bullock, Joegh, Paintings & Monotypes of Puppets & Marionettes by Lisa Esherick, Climate Theatre Presents Festival Fantochio 1990, San Francisco, CA. 11-12/90
1980
Joseph, Tom, Big Art - Little Art, Artists' Forum, The Center for Contemporary Art, Beverly Hills, CA. issue #1, April-May 1980
1979

Lieber, Louise, A Conversation with Lisa Esherick, SFAI Alumni Association Newsletter, Vol 2, #2, 8/79

Albright, Thomas, At the Galleries - Rainbow Butter Frosting on a Mud Pie, San Francisco Chronicle, 6/26/79

Stillman, George, Second Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, (catalogue), Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, 2/79

1978

Kirby, Sally Lane, Noteworthy Newsmakers - Lisa Esherick, The Katharine Branson School/Mont Tamalpais School Newsletter, Ross, CA. April, 1978

Johnson, Charles, An Art View - The Muse Takes a Post-Holiday Nap, The Sacramento Bee , 1/21/78

Clements, John, (photo) Lisa Esherick, Artweek, 1/28/78

Simon, Richard, It's a 3-for-1 attraction, The Sacramento Union, Fine Arts, 1/14/78

1977

Extension of Show - Stuart Gallery, The Independent & Gazette, East Bay, CA. 12,12,77

Shere, Charles, Three Solutions to the Same Painterly Problems, Oakland Tribune, 11/6/77

LECTURES/INTERVIEWS/PANELS
Slide Lectures
2004
Café France, Casino Series, Private Audience, Berkeley, CA
2003
City College of San Francisco, Café Musée, San Francisco, CA
2002
Latitude Cultural Institute,  La Toulzanie, France
1997
SFMOMA Tours & Travel, studio tour, Berkeley, CA.
1995

Zhejiang Art Academy, Hangzhou, P.R. China

Chinese Central Art Academy, Beijing, China

1994
University of California, Berkeley Extension, Art Educ. Dept., Berkeley, CA.
1991

San Francisco State University, Art Department, San Francisco,.CA.

University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Arch., Berkeley, CA.

1982

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

Briarcombe Foundation, Stinson Beach Art Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA.

1981
Esherick, Homsey, Dodge & Davis, Architects, San Francisco, CA.
1978
Solano Community College, Art Department, Suisun City, CA.
1976
San Francisco State University, Art Department, San Francisco, CA.
Interviews
1991
KPFA Radio, Women's Magazine: Heritage,  On experience as a woman painter.
1981
KUSP Radio, State of The Arts, On own work/exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA.
1979
San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Bulletin, On own work, San Francisco, CA.
Lectures
2006
Fresno Art Museum , Conversation with Lisa Esherick , Fresno, CA
1977—1978
The Heritage Health Center, & San Francisco Center Convalescent Hospital, Goals &Values of Drawing /Painting Class for Convalescent Patients, San Francisco, CA
Panels
1992
Wiegand Gallery,  College of Notre Dame,  James Weeks as Teacher - Panel of former students, in conjunction with exhibition -  James Weeks:  A Selection from the Caliornia Years
1971
San Francisco State University, Children's Art, for course on the Teaching of Art to Children, San Francisco, CA.
Grants/Awards
1999
Tryon Center for Visual Art, Artist-In-Residence Fellowship, Charlotte, N.C.,
(Sept. 1 - Nov. 20, 1999)
1991
Mendocino Arts Center, Second Prize & Honorable Mention.  Juror:  Philip Linhares
1988
Northern California Arts, Second Prize.  Juror:  Kristina Branch.
1982
Briarcombe Foundation, Artist-In-Residence Fellowship, Bolinas, CA. (Feb.-Mar.)
ASSOCIATIONS
1995—2003
Wiegand Gallery, Board of Directors, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA.
1989—1984
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
1988—present
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
1988
Pro-Arts, Open Studios Committee, Oakland, CA.
1978—1985
San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Assoc., Exhibitions Committee, San Francisco, CA.
1977—1985
Amargi Studios, Inc., Artist's Co-op, San Francisco, CA
1983—1984 
Briarcombe Foundation, Selection Committee (Visual Arts), Bolinas, CA.
COLLECTIONS

BankAmerica Corporation

Standard Oil

Several law and architecture firms and numerous private collections

TEACHING BACKGROUND
2002
Latitude Cultural Institute,  La Toulzanie, France
1991
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.: Teaching Assistant - Drawing Class
1976—present 
City College of San Francisco,  Mission Campus (Older Adults Dept.) and Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco, CA.;  Instructor - Drawing and Painting
1978—present
Own Studio:  Amargi Studios, 2325 Third St., San Francisco, CA. ('78-'85); 1810 Blake St., Berkeley, CA. ('85-present); Drawing and Painting Classes
1984
LEAP (Learning through Eduction in the Arts Project); San Francisco, CA.; Intern with LEAP's National Endowment for the Arts Special Projects; Art classes in Elementary Schools
1983
University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Architecture, Berkeley, CA; Visiting Lecturer - Life Drawing Class
1980—1981
Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts, 1659 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA.; Instructor - Drawing Class
1978—1980
The Heritage, Health Center, 3400 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA.; Instructor - Drawing and Painting
1975—1979
Art Co-op, 1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA.; Instructor - Drawing Class
LANGUAGES
Fluent in French; some knowledge of Italian, Spanish & Mandarin
 
 
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