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Cindy Lisica

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art history, University of the Arts London
  • M.A., art, California State University, Long Beach
  • B.A., integrative arts, The Pennsylvania State University

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor, art history, 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct professor, art history, 2018–19, Houston Baptist University, Houston
  • Adjunct professor/affiliate faculty, art history, 2015–17, University of Houston, Houston

Accreditations and short courses

  • On-site course in Japanese woodblock prints, International Society of Appraisers, Chicago, 2015
  • Gawain weaver conservation and consulting services in the care of historic and fine art photographs, The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, 2011
  • Developing educational practice, Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art & Design, London, 2010

Professional experience

  • Owner/director, Jan. 2016–present, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston
  • The Museum System Specialist, Aug. 2015–June 2016, Collections Management, The Menil Collection, Houston
  • Owner/director, Jan. 2014–March 2016, Revision Space, Pittsburgh

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • 50 contemporary exhibitions as independent curator/gallerist, 2011–19

Organizations

  • College Art Association (CAA)
  • Advisory board, Fotofest International Biennial Exhibition
  • Houston Art Gallery Association (HAGA)
  • PoNJA-GenKon (Post-1945 Japanese Art Historians)
  • Society of Contemporary Art Historians (SCAH)

Publications and presentations

Publications as author

  • "Juror’s Statement," exhibition catalog, Visual Arts Alliance 35th Juried Member Exhibition, 2017.
  • "The Unknown Andy: Cracking Open Warhol's Time Capsules," PaperCity Magazine, Oct. 2017.
  • "Pop Presence," exhibition catalog, Cindy Lisica Gallery, 2017.
  • "Deborah G. Nehmad: Targeted Dissonance," exhibition catalog, Cindy Lisica Gallery, 2017.
  • "We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art at the Asia Society Texas Center."
  • "Cindy Lisica and Lucy Mulroney on Listening to Artists," Art Libraries Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, ARLIS UK and Ireland, 2015.
  • "Cy Gavin: Fugue States," exhibition catalog, Revision Space, 2014.
  • "The Enduring Skull," exhibition catalog, Revision Space, 2014.
  • "Cast of Characters," exhibition catalog, Clarion University Art Gallery, 2012–13.
  • "Window on the Work: Bakufu Ohno," Gateway to the Arts, Pittsburgh, 2011.
  • "Generation Superflat: Fashion Fusions and Disappearing Divisions in the 21st Century," Imaginary Japan: Japanese Fantasy in Contemporary Popular Culture, ed. Eija Niskanen, Turku:International Institute for Popular Culture, Finland, 2010.

Publications as contributor

  • "Hold Close Our Fallen Star: Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Book Maquette," Reading Andy Warhol, Nina Schleif, Matt Wrbican, et al. Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany, 2013.
  • Pop Life: Art in a Material World, Jack Bankowsky, Nicholas Cullinan, Catherine Wood, et al. Tate Modern, London, 2010.
  • Under Construction: The Architecture of Marmol, Radziner + Associates, Mary Kay Lombino, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA, 2004.
  • Possession Obsession: Objects from Andy Warhol's Personal Collection, John W. Smith, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2002.

Speaking engagements

  • "From Pop to Present: Warhol in the World," presented at The Printing Museum, Houston, 2018.
  • Visual Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition Awards Presentation at Spring Street Studios, Houston, 2017.
  • "The Warhol Connection in Aspen and Art Now," presented at Art Aspen, Aspen, CO, 2017.
  • BLOCK Program guest speaker and visiting critic at Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2017.
  • "Pop Art Gallery Talk," with Sandra Zalman and Cindy Lisica, presented at Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, 2017.
  • "Ai Weiwei in Contemporary China," presented at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2016.
  • "Andy Warhol: Time Capsules," presented at Le Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France, 2014.
  • Mattress Factory 500 Tour, hosted by Mattress Factory Museum at Revision Space and Radiant Hall, Pittsburgh, 2014.
  • Contemporary Circle Bi-Annual Curator Talk, given at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, 2014.
  • VIP exhibition tour for Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal, facilitated at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2014.

Curated institutional exhibitions

  • Texas Eclectics, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, 2018
  • Visual Arts Alliance 35th Juried Member Exhibition, Spring Street Studios, Houston, 2017
  • Time Capsules in Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2014
  • Time Capsule 109, Archives Gallery, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2014
  • Time Capsule 522, 2nd Floor Galleries, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2013
  • Time Capsule 51 and Time Capsule 237 in Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2013
  • Cast of Characters, 709 Gallery of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, 2013
  • Artists' Books from the Tate Library and Archive, Tate Britian, Hyman Kreitman Reseach Centre, London, 2008