LISA LESNIAK
Los Angeles, CA USA
lesniak.studio@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/lillepin/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504221/
BORN
Springfield, MA USA
EDUCATION
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, MFA Fiber; (Jack Lenor Larsen Scholarship)
University of MA, Amherst, MA, BA Art; (Ford Foundation Award 2D Design)
EXHIBITIONS
2025 “California Dreaming,” Group Show, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica , CAJurors: Meghan DeRoma. Amelie Laurice
2025 “Fashionistas 2025,” Group Show, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA; Juror: Manon Thiboot, Curatorial Projects Officer, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2024 “10th Anniversary Group Drawing Show, Gallery SADE, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Daniela Soberman, Editor/Publisher, Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles
2024 “Spectrum Gestalt 2024,” bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2024 “Art With A Message” Group Show, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA;Juror: Nicholas Orozco- Valdivia, Independent Curator, Los Angeles, CA
2024 “Pattern and Design” Group Show, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Kristine Schomaker
2024 “Perceive Me,” Artist Participant, The Other Art Fair, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA; Curator: Kristine Schomaker
2023 “Open Call, Apophenia,” Group Show, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Curators: Hugo Cervantes and Nancy Meyer
2022 “Community Lab: Threads of Connection,” community participant in a group quilt (inspired by the exhibition, ‘The New Bend’ curated by Legacy Russell,) Hauser & Wirth
2021 “Artist & Researcher 4,” https://sites.usc.edu/heal/hoyt-gallery/artist-and-researcher-4/ Group Show, Keck School of Medicine HEAL Program, USC, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Ted Meyer
2021 “Reflection,” Group Show, LAUNCH & KCCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Jurors: Sunook Park/ Terrell Tiller
2019 “Pulse of LA,” 2019, SOLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Holly Tempo
2019 “Putting It Back Together,” Group Show, UCR Palm Desert, CA; Juror: Terry Hastings
2018+ 2019 Creatives working in the Theme Park division Group Show, Lower Lot Sound Stage, Universal Studios, Universal City, CA
2012 “Among You: Drawn to Compassion,” Solo Show, All Saints Church, Beverly Hills, CA; to benefit the church’s unhoused and food-insecure guests
2011 “Monster Drawing Rally,” Group Show and participant in sketching in-situ, to benefit Outpost for Contemporary Art, Eagle Rock, CA
2006 “Group Exhibition,” Risk Press Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2005 “Dyeing Light,” Solo Show, Risk Press Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2003 “Open Show 2003,” Group Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Karin Higa
2001 “Art/Text,” Group Show, Gordon Gallery, Boston Arts Acad., Boston, MA
1999 “Alumni IV,” Group Show, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1995 “Clothing / The Self,” Caldwell College, 2-Person Show, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ; Juror: Kendall V. Baker
1995 “It’s Right Here In Black and White,” Solo Show, Gallery 57, Cambridge, MA; Jurors: James Cuno, J. Paul Getty Trust Emeritus
1995 “Reading the Image,” Group Show, Tufts Univ. Art Gallery, Medford, MA
1994 “Cambridge Art Council’s 5th Annual Exhibition,”Group Show, Gallery 57, Cambridge, MA;
1994 “The Studio Show,” Group Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1993 “Eighteenth Biennial Regional Art Competition,” Group show South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN; Juror: Susanne Ghez, Dept. Visual Arts, University of Chicago, IL
REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
2012 http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/03/portraits-of-the-homeless-in-beverly-hills/
2001 “Hollywood in Cambridge,” by Ali Crolius, UMass Alumni Magazine, Amherst, MA
1998 “Two tasty, filling premieres from Caitlin Corbett,” by Christine Temin, Globe Staff, Boston, MA
1995 “Reading the Image,” by Susan Musky, Art New England, Brighton, MA
1994 “Best of Boston,” by Cate McQuaid, South End News, Boston, MA
PRESENTATIONS
2004 Visiting Artist: Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Visiting Costume Designer: Women in Film, Boston, MA
1998 Visiting Artist: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
1995 Gallery Talk: Tufts Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1995 Visiting Artist: Caldwell College, Caldwell NJ
1994 Panelist: College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
“Word as Image or Object in Contemporary Art,” (Word as Material)
COSTUME DESIGN/: FILM + TELEVISION + WEB + VR (Select)
Awake, VR Short, Screen Australia/Microsoft Mixed Reality CaptureStudio Seattle, WA Dir: Martin Taylor Principals: Jake McDormand, Lio Tipton
The House Sitter, Lifetime Dir.: Jim Issa Principals: Kate Ashfield, Ashley Dulaney
Latter Days, Feature Dir.: C. Jay Cox Principals: Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Kay Place
Paris, Feature Dir.: Ramin Niami Principals: Karen Black, Bai Ling, Chad Allen
Made Up, Feature Dir.: Tony Shalhoub Principals: Brooke Adams, Gary Sinise
The Blue Diner, Feature, HBO Dir.: Jan Egleson Principals: Lisa Vidal, William Marquez
COSTUMER AGER/DYER: FILM
The Crucible, Feature Dir.: Nicholas Hytner CD: Bob Crowley
The Cider House Rules Feature, Dir.:Lasse Halstrom CD:Renee Kalufus
Good Will Hunting, Feature Dir.: Gus van Sant CD: Beatrix Aruna Pazstor
COSTUMER: FILM + TELEVISION + WEB
Ten Cent Pistol, Feature Dir.: Michael C. Martin CD: Mynka Draper
Empire Falls, Feature, HBO Dir.: Fred Schepisi CD: Donna Zakowska
Mona Lisa Smile, Feature Dir.: Mike Newell CD: Michael Dennison
Grace and Glorie, Feature, Hallmark Dir.: Arthur A. Seidelmann
Passionata, Feature Dir.: Christopher Shelton CD: Rudy Dillon
The Cider House Rules, Feature Dir.:Lasse Hallstrom CD: Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Amistad, Feature Dir.: Steven Spielberg CD Ruth E. Carter
Meet Joe Black, Feature Dir.: Martin Brest CD: A. Bronson-Howard
What’s the Worst That Could Happen, Feature Dir.: Sam Weisman
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Dir.: Joe Dante, Disney Theme Park
WARDROBE
Vogue China, Conde Nast 12/14 Issue Los Angeles, CA, Asst. Wardrobe Stylist
Cher at Ceasar’s Palace, EC2 Costumes North Hollywood, CA, Seamstress
Pat Benatar Music Video Malibu, CA, Seamstress
Aerosmith “Verbootie Ball” Boston, MA, Wardrobe Supervisor
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