LISA SOLOMON
Lisa Solomon is profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization and her works revolve thematically around domesticity, craft and masculinity/femininity. In her view, in this digital age, using ‘antiquated’ materials and techniques such as embroidery is, in fact, subversive. Solomon’s work is in dialogue with contemporary art and the history of painting, but by using thread and craft materials she feels that she is simultaneously in conversation with an aesthetic artistic sphere that is inherently more interior and domestic. As a half Japanese, half Jewish [Eastern European] Caucasian woman, hybridization shows itself often in her practice. Influenced by her paternal grandmother, she often chooses to incorporate crochet, embroidery, felt, pins, etc. The history and connotations of these materials intrinsically add another dimension. For Lisa Solomon, it is a labor of love, in many different ways.
LISA SOLOMON
EDUCATION
2003
MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
1995
BA, Practice of Art, University of California, Berkeley.
SELECTED SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
Color Meditations, Long Weekend, Oakland, CA.
hinan/evacuation, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2017
Special installation project, ARTMARKET SF with Walter Maciel Gallery.
snippets and miscellania, EBMUD, Oakland, CA.
2016
mata sen, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
CHROMA, with Christine Buckton Tillman, Rare Device, CA.
many hands with Courtney Cerruti, Atelier, Truckee, CA.
Bench Projects, Stanford + Market Street, Oakland, CA.
2015
the keepsake project, Irving Street Projects, San Francisoco, CA.
CHROMA (with Christine Buckton Tillman), Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD.
where do you stand, with Rodney Weiss, wcurated state / avenue SF, San Francisco, CA.
2014
sen, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
hanging by a thread, NIAD, Richmond, CA.
Underground Artist in Residence, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.
2013
sen, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA.
2012
Migratory Patterns, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Pressed at the Seams, Clayman Research Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Fleeting Beauty with Donatella Spaziani, at Nicoletta Rusconi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2010
Where Have All The Trees Gone? Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA.
Domestic Bliss, Kearny Street Workshop Artist Gallery.
2008
Pigmentary Portraits, with Lisa Congdon, Art Stream Studios, Rochester, NH.
Intersections with Marin Camille Hood, Cesar Chavez Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA.
couplets, with Aurora Robson, SQFT gallery, Nashville, TN.
2007
over the river and through the woods, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Lisa Solomon & Kerri Rosenstein, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2006
The Point of Loose Ends : Lisa Solomon & Wendy Kawabata, MiraCosta College, San Diego CA.
2005
Project Room, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2001
hand made by, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA.
SELECTED THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010
newness with Heather Smith Jones + Jen Garrido, Art Stream Studios, Rochester, NH.
2009
Binding Constant with Diem Chau + Marina Luz, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Pattern reDefined -with Jill Weinstock, Freddy Chandra, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Becoming (In)Visible, Overcoming Asian Hate, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel-by-the-Sea,
Carmel, CA.
2020
A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA.
Unspoken, The San Francisco Foundation, CA.
2019
The New Domestics, Finding Beauty in the Mundane, curated by Gail Enns, LH Horton Jr Gallery, SHIMA 144, Delta College, Stockton, CA, Catalog available.
side by side / in the world, curated by Kathy Zarur and Jacqueline Francis , San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA.
Woven Stories, MOAH, Lancaster, CA.
Plant Life, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2018
The New Domestics, Finding Beauty in the Mundane, Curated by Gail Enns, Monterey Museum
of Art, Monterey, CA; catalog.
Pretty Big Things, Curated by Brenda G. Williams, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Home, Jackson Street Gallery, University High School in San Francisco, CA.
Imprint: Time, Memory, Identity, and Place, Works, San Jose, CA.
All Together Now, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA.
Art & Activism Drawing the Line, CMA, New York, NY.
Art on Paper, Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY.
2017
Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, SFAC, San Francisco, CA.
Art On Paper, Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY.
Spectral Hues, Curated By Sharon Bliss, Palo Alto Art Center, CA.
Awakening, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2016
Six Years at Incline, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Palette, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA, catalogue available.
Threads, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA.
not a lemon, Scott Ellsworth Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
connect & collect, San Jose ICA, CA.
SF Art Market, Walter Maciel Gallery, CA.
A Star is Born – Ten Years Later, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art On Paper, Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY.
Win win for NIAD, Emerville, CA.
2015
Enormous Tiny Art #18, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Strike away, Paxon Gate, San Francisco, CA.
Look and Listen, Trames, Gallerie St. Chamas, France.
artMRKT, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Win win for NIAD, Emeryville, CA.
Artemis, San Francisco, CA [curated by unexpected projects].
2014
good mail day, Art Stream Studios, Rochester, NH, * curatorial project..
artMRKT, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Optic Chiasm: The Crossing Over of Art and Science, Oglethorpe University of Musuem of Art, Atlanta, GA.
fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Illusions of a Perfect Utopia : Contemporary Landscape, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
annual auction, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA.
Win win for NIAD, Emeryville, CA.
2013
Connect & Collect, San Jose ICA, CA.
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
Origin and Geographie in the Digital Era, Italian Culteral Institute, San Francisco, CA.
NOISE, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA; Patrick Frank, curator.
edition art fair, Walter Maciel Gallery, Chicago, IL.
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA.we customize, Oakland Museum of Art, CA.
installation shots here timelapse video of friday night
ArtPad, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Instant Noun: Person/Place/Thing, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA * curatorial project.
2013
Auction, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA.
Ten, Artstream Studios, Rochester, NH.
2012
Threading the Needle, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
connect and collect, ICA, San Jose, CA.
ETA, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth NH.
artMRKT, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA.
ArtPad, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Kala Benefit Auction, Berkeley, CA.
Inspired By, Art Stream Studios, Rochester, NH.
Transcendental Vision, curated by Gail Enns. Collaboration between Celadonarts, the JACL
and Sand City, The Independent, Sand City, CA. Catalog.
2011
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Seoul, South Korea.
mapping affection, Umpqua Community College, Roseberg, OR.
20 in 2011, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Size Matters, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
super i-am-8bit, i am 8-bit, Los Angeles, CA.
Chase the Tear, NIAD, Richmond, CA.
Thread, Nachotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
installation – artMRKT, [Fouladi Projects].
Pulse Art Fair, New York,[Fouladi Projects].
Habitat, Bank of Commerce, Lafayette, CA [curated by Carrie Lederer, Steve Pon, Christine Murray].
2010
Valley of the Dolls, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Identity Based Vertigo, Walter Maciel Gallery, Showroom B261, Pacific Design Center, West
Hollywood, CA.
Inspiration Unlimited, Walter Maciel Gallery, Showroom B261, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA.
San Francisco Fine Arts Fair, Walter Maciel Gallery, and Richard Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
AAF, Elizabeth Dugan Gallery, New York, NY.
52, curated by Calm Air Ice, Room 212 Gallery, Bristol, UK.
Surface Design, San Francisco State Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA {with Julie Chang, Victor
De La Rosa, Jennifer Ferré, Dustin Fosnot, Taraneh Hemami, Andrea Higgins, Ernest Jolly, Katie Lewis,
Mung Lar Lam, Victoria May, Ali Naschke-Messing, Francesca Pastine, Anthony Ryan, Jeremy Chase.
Sanders, Lisa Solomon and Jina Valentine}.
enormous Tiny Art Show, Nachotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
by a thread, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA {with Jody Alexander, Susan Taber Avila, Diem Chau,
Laren DiCioccio, Robin Hill, Nina Katchadourian, Lisa Kokin, Beili Liu, Kate Lewis, Emil Lukas, Victoria.
May, Al Naschke-Messing, Lisa Solomon, Habi Tabatabai, Nicol Vruwink, Alison Watkins}.
Robots, originally at San Jose Museum of Art 2008 traveling to, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.
Dogs in School, Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland, OR.
2009
glow, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
stitched, looped, and knitted,sMills Building, San Francisco, CA [curated by art source consulting]
29th Annual Fall Art Auction, San Jose ICA, CA.
2009
auction, intersection for the arts, San Francisco, CA.
affordable prints, curated by Suzanne Shade of The Beholder, Sunset Magazine, Menlo Park, CA.
pop noir, Southern Exposure at Electric Works, San Francisco, CA.
the incredible print show, artstream studios, Rochester, NH.
A domestic life, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID {with Julie Blackmon, María A. Lopez,
Jim Richard, Martha Rosler, Megan Wilson} installation shots here.
Auction 100, Laguna Art Museum, CA.
Political Draw, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA install shots.
Celebration- New Year New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ontario, Canada.
Robots,, originally at San Jose Museum of Art 2008 traveling to, Sonoma County Museum of Art,
Sonma, CA and Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.
2008
Art Miami, Miami, FL [Richard Levy Gallery].
Gifts from the Studio, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY.
Crossing the Line – a drawing show, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, CA.
Craftism: Reclaiming Craft and Creating Community, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin
installation shots.
Unusual Twist, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY.
noise, Anton Gallery, Monterey, CA.
28th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA.
APAture, Kearny Street Workshop’s Emerging Asian American Artist Exhibition, Space 180, San Francisco, CA installation shots.
who gets what, David Weinburg Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Tattered Cultures, Mended Histories, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI.
small wonders, Garrison Baker Fine Art, NYMay 17- June 14, 2008,
Devotion To Thread, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI.
Intricacies, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA.
Robots, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
optical illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
pulse art fair, New York, NY [Richard Levy Gallery].
LA art Show, Baker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA [Richard Levy Gallery].
Facutly Show, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL [Richard Levy Gallery].
Pattern, Pattern, Pattern, Women and their Work, Austin, TX.
workADay, Blankspace, Berkeley, CA.
27th Annual Auction, ICA, San Jose, CA.
pulse art fair, London, UK.
Jupiter Hotel Art Fair, Portland, OR.
Currently West, Koumi Museum, Nagano, Japan.
Stitched II : Memory Imprinted, Richmond Health Center, Richomond, CA.
No Need to Touch, Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL.
Stretching the Threads, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Momento Mori, the artist network, NY.
LA Art Show, Baker Hanger, Santa Monica CA.
I Want Sugar, Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland, CA.
Faculty Show, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA.
2006
pulse art fair, Miami, FL [Richard Levy Gallery].
embroidered stories/knitted tales, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
bedtimestories, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
geographic premonitions, Richmond Art Center, CA.
Nostalgia, After Modern, San Francisco, CA.
26th Annual Fall Art Auction, San Jose ICA, CA.
Art 212, New York, NY (Richard Levy Gallery)
OK City for sale, Ego Park, Oakland, CA.
exposition de ete, Bickett Gallery, Raliegh, NC.
Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Wall Works, Traywick Contemporary , Berkeley, CA.
momentum, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
505 Montgomery, San Francisco, CA
FancyMag Auction/Benefit for Megan Dooley, Williamsburg, NY.
Art LA, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA.
Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, CA.
2005
Pulse-Art, Miami, FL..
Aqua Art, Miami, FL.
AAF, New York, NY.
Patriot Show, Cricket Engine, Oakland, CA.
Southern Exposure 30th Anniversary, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Artists for Tibet, Juice Design, San Francisco, CA, www.juicedesign.com.
Stuff & Things, City of San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA.
Group Show, Graystone, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco International Art Fair [Richard Levy, Graystone].
2004
13, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
EMERGE 2004, Gen Art, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA; jurors: John Weber,
Paule Anglim, Squeak Carnwarth, Martha Angus
pink week, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Dangerous Playthings, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Alumni Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, UCB, CA.
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY [Richard Levy Gallery].
Toranto Art Fair, Canada [Richard Levy Gallery].
Hidden Treasures, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA.
SF Artists for moveon.org, I.C.A.N. Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Scope LA, Los Angeles, CA [Richard Levy Gallery].
36th Annual Textile Exhibition, Oliver Hyde Art Gallery, Freemont, CA.
Spring Fever, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, San Francisco, CA.
Scope NY, New York, NY (Richard Levy Gallery).
Valentine Show, Den, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco International Art Fair, CA (Richard Levy Gallery).
small works, Graystone, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Night Moves, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Threads, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
affordable art fair, New York, NY (Richard Levy Gallery).
making ends meet, Lucky Tackle, Oakland, CA.
Scope LA, Los Angeles CA (Richard Levy Gallery).
M.F.A. Exhibition 2003, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
web project: surveilling surveillance.
Sewn Together, curated by Laura Richard Janku, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Art Institute Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
San Francisco International Art Fair, CA (Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Graystone).
2002
Miniatures, Graystone, San Francisco, CA.
Black and White, Juice Design, San Francisco, CA www.juicedesign.com.
So-Exquisite, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Register This – 10 Artists from the Gen Arts slide registry, StudioZ, San Francisco, CA.
2001
That Girl, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Luminous Wonders of The Electric World, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Wendy Sussman Memorial Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA.
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI.
2000
Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA
1999
tree, nika gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Lure, Caesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA.
postcards, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Horizons Unlimited Auction, San Francisco, CA.
1998
postcards, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
1995
Painting Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA.
Left to Right, Right to Left, SUNY College at Fredonia, NY.
Honors Studio Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA.
Kitty Club, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA (performance piece and exhibition).
Watchful Eyes, Optometry Center, UC Berkeley, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, SFAC, San Francisco, CA.
Art On Paper, Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY.
Spectral Hues, Curated By Sharon Bliss, Palo Alto Art Center, CA.
Awakening, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2016
Six Years at Incline, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Palette, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA; catalogue.
Threads, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA.
not a lemon, Scott Ellsworth Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
connect & collect, San Jose ICA, CA.
SF Art Market, Walter Maciel Gallery, CA.
A Star is Born – Ten Years Later, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art On Paper, Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY.
Win win for NIAD, Emerville, CA.
2015
Enormous Tiny Art #18, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Strike away, Paxon Gate, San Francisco, CA.
Look and Listen, Trames, Gallerie St. Chamas, France.
artMRKT, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Win win for NIAD, Emeryville, CA.
Artemis, San Francisco, CA [curated by unexpected projects].
2014
good mail day, Art Stream Studios, Rochester, NH, *curatorial project.
artMRKT, Walter Maciel Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Optic Chiasm: The Crossing Over of Art and Science, Oglethorpe University of Musuem of Art, Atlanta, GA.
RESIDENCES
2017
little paper planes, San Francisco, CA with Lea Redmond.
2016
Palo Alto Art Center / Artist’s Activating Communities – California Arts Council Grant, CA.
2015
the keepsake project Irving Street Projects, SF, CA. catalogue available
2015
Kala Sustainable Fellowship, Berkeley, CA
2014
Underground Artist in Residence, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.
2013
we/customize – artist in residence, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA.
2007
artist in residence, Koumi Machi Museum, Nagoya, Japan.
GRANTS/AWARDS
2016
Eurka Fellowship Nominee.
SECA award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Artists Activating Communities via Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA.
2013
Travel Grant for 2013. Creative Capacity Fund.
2010
Angels Gate comissioned exhibition, San Pedro CA.
SECA award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2007
travel award, Komi Machi Museum, Nagoya, Japan.
2005
SECA award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2004
Herringer Family Foundation Grant.
2003
Mills Mini Grant.
2002-03
Sara Lewis Fellowship.
2001-03
Mills Graduate Assistantship.
1995
Eisner Prize for Excellence in Fine Arts.
Honors Studio, UC Berkeley, CA.
1993
Edmund G. Scholarship.
1991-95
Alexander Bee Grant, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA.
Madewell since 1937.
PN Hoffman, Washington DC.
Four Seasons, Palo Alto, CA.
Denver Hyatt, Denver, CO.
Dallas Hilton, Dalas, TX.
SeaWorld, Orlando, FL.
Ballinger Gold, New York, NY.
PUBLIC COMMISSION
Starbucks Coffee, Seatte, WA.
Bench Projects, Stanford + Market Street, Oakland, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CATALOGUES/BOOKS
2017
Doh, Jenny, Creative Lettering for Kids: Techniques and Tips from Top Artists, Sterling, ISBN 978-1454920052, 1/17.
2016
Inouye, Kelly, Lisa Solomon, The Keepsake Project, MagCloud, 10/16.
Inouye, Kelly, Theodora Mauro, Lisa Solomon, Palette, Blurb Books, 9/ 2016.
Solomon, Lisa, Draw 500 Everyday Things, Quarry Press, September 2016, ISBN 9781631592553.
2015
Schwake, Susan, Art Camp, Two Little Birds, 2015, ISBN 978-0991293568.
Solomon, Lisa, 20 Ways to Draw a Chair, Quarry Press, 9/ 2015, ISBN 978-1631590610.
Pitcher, Joe and Sam, 3D Mixed Media Textile Artists, Textileartist.org, 2015 ASIN: B00U0OEAFW.
Rodabaugh, Katrina, The Paper Playhouse, Quarry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-592539802.
Congdon, Lisa, Art Inc., Chronicle Books, 2014, ISBN 978-1452128269, interview on pg. 23.
James, Rosie, Stitch Draw : Design and Technique for Figurative Stitching, B.T. Batsford, 2014 ISBN 978-1849941570.
2014
Schwake, Susan, Art for All Seasons, Two Little Birds, 2014, ISBN 978-0-991293599.
2013
Lorsung, Eireann, Marshall Astor, Carol Roundtree Jones and JoAnne Northrup, Hand/Made, MIEL, 2013,
ISBN 978-0-95718959-8-7.
2012
Solomon, Lisa, Knot Thread Stitch, Quarry Press, 2012 ISBN- 978-1592537723.
Frank, Patrick; Enns, Gail, Transcendental Vision, Exhibition Catalogue, MagCloud.
Schwake, Susan and Rainer, Art Lab for Kids, Quarry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1592537655.
2011
Cheongju, International Craft Biennale, Exhibition Catalogue, Seoul Korea 2011, ISBN 978-89-6053-213-7.
2010
Depth of Surface, Exhibition catalogue, San Francisco State Fine Arts Gallery, 2010.
Ricketson, Kathreen, Whip Up Mini Quilts, CHRONICLE BOOKS, 2010 ISBN 978-0811868730.
2009
Nuenfeldt, Erin, Arroyo literary review, CSU East Bay, Spring 2009 ISBN 1945-3949.
Perkins, Stephen, Faythe Levine, and Betsy Greer, Craftivism, Exhibition Catalogue, Lawton Gallery,
University of Wisconsin, Greenbay, WI.
2008
Monem, Nadie, Contemporary Textiles, Black Dog Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-1906155292.
featured in Illustration Play – Craving for the Extraordinary, Victionary Press, 2007 ISBN 978-988-98229-3-4.
Hayashi, Yoshimi & Minoru Nakashima, Currently West, exhibition catalogue, Koumi Museum, Nagano, Japan, June 2007.
Janku, Laura Richard, Sewn Together: Graphic uses of Thread, exhibition catalogue {Gregory Lind Gallery}, 2003.
SELECTED ARTICLES
2016
Kost, Ryan, Collection of Junk Asks You to Step Closer, Sf GATE, 8/31/16.
Morris, Elise, Lisa Solomon Site Visit, THE STUDIO WORK, 8/22/16.
August Can’t Miss…, 7×7 MAGAZINE, 9/16.
Event Spotlight, Chroma color theory art show at Rare Device, HOODLINE, 8/16.
Anderson, Lamar, Playing CPA with MFAs, SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINEMagazine, 5/16..
feature in WORKBOX MAGAZINE, May/June 2016.
Mak, Alex, Artists taking over bus benches in Oakland, broke ass stuart, 3/16.
2015
Frock, Christian, the keepsake project, SF ARTS MONTHLY, 11/15.
Solomon, Lisa, On being a working artist mother, (pro)create Anthology, 9/7/15.
Santarina, Leslie, Inside the Artist Studio: Lisa Solomon, SPOTTED SF, 8/20/15.
Santarina, Leslie, Unexpected Guests: Lisa Solomon, SFGIRLBYBAY, 8/20/15.
Congdon, Lisa, Chroma Show: Lisa Solomon and Christine Buckton Tillman, interview on her blog, 8/7/15.Boon-McCreesh, Amy Life in Color, BMORE ART, 7/18/15.
Morris, Elise, Studio Visit with Lisa Solomon, THE STUDIO WORK, 5/15.
Keegan, Arianne, Interview with Lisa Solomon, SHE-FOLK.com, 2/15.
2014
Devries, Lindsey Herkommer A Dazzling Spectrum of Floating Color, kmuw 89.1, Wichita, KS, 7/23/14.
Dilts, Jason, Ulrich Artist in Residence to Create Installation of 1000 doilies, The Wichita Eagle, 7/10/14.
Bergan, Brenda, Get Fueled with Lisa Solomon, fuelyourprocess.com, 6/14.
Pitcher, Joe, Interview with Lisa Solomon, part 1, part 2, textileartist.org, 2/14.
2013
Le, Ahn-Minh, Embroidery + Crocheting Bind, Lisa Solomon’s Work, San Francisco Chronicle,12/5,/13.
#1000 doilies @lisasolomon and the crocheters of Instagram, Instagram Blog 12/12/13
Held Jr., John, review of Lisa Solomon solo exhibition sen at Fouladi Projects, SFAQ,12/13.
Pitcher, Joe, spotlight on 5 textile artists, textileartist.org, 12/9/13.
Art Business.com Fouladi Projects, 11/15’13.
Inouye, Kelly review of Lisa Solomon solo exhibition sen at Fouladi Projects, SFAQ, 12/13.
Dragovich, Sarah, Lisa Solomon at Fouladi Projects, ART-NERD, 11/26/13.
Delaunay, Monica, Lisa Solomon, Sen at Fouladi Projects, Art Enthusiast, 11/24/13
Feature in Seasons Magazine [Russian], September 2013.
Solomon, Lisa + Linda Blinn, Industrial meets Vintage in a freestanding studio, Studios Magazine, Spring/13.
Image used on pg. 43, SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH, 3-413/13.
2012
Lam, Lee Tran, Lisa Solomon, INSIDEOUT blog, 9/24/12.
Arneson, Brittany Kallman, Lisa Solomon’s Infectious Crocheting, AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL BLOG, 9/3/12.
interview on Rebecca E. Parson’s Artistically Speaking Blog Radio show, 7/22/12.
interview on craftfoxes.com, 5/29/12.
interview on BALANCING THE TIDE , April 2, 2012.
Ryce, Walter, Trancendental Vision Inspires Ambiguity, Contemplation and Quiet, MONTEREY WEEKLY.
COUNTRY WEEKLY, January 26, 2012.
2011
Bellio, Fabiana LIsa Solomon/Donatella Spaziani, FLASH ART [Italian], 6/11.
Buijis, Caroline, Creatief met blog, FLOW MAGAZINE [Dutch], 6/11.
Bria, Ginerva, Bellezza a tempo. Doppio, Artiribune, 4/11.
Bottani, Silvia, Fleeting Beauty Mostra Donatella Spaziani and Lisa Solomon, New Cult Frame ArtiVisive, 6/11.
Williams, Nathaniel the ‘Between States’ of Art and Craft, PALO ALTO PATCH, February 1, 2011.
2010
Handmade Embroidery Network, By a Thread puts a Contemporary Spin on a Centuries Old Medium, 2/10.
Design Milk, Lisa Solomon, 2/10.
McQuade, Martha, Lisa Solomon, Uppercase Magazine 4, 2/10.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Presents ‘By a Thread’, TAXI: the Global Creative Network, 1/12/10.
By a Thread Puts a Contemporary Spin on a Traditonal Medium, Artdaily.org – the First Art Newspaper on the Net, 1/12,/10.
mix and match creation, a 8 page spread/interview in Art + Design [Chinese Publication], 6/2010.
2009
jpegs HERE pdf avail. upon request [large file].
cover of MIATA Zine, 6/09.
2008
Chau, Mary, Handmade Landscapes [review of APAture], NY Arts Magazine, 11/08.
Morse, Marcia, ‘Tattered Cultures’ at Academy Art Center, Artweek, 11/08 jpeg HERE, pdf HERE.
Community and Cultural Events, Green Bay Cities, October/November 2008 – image of my work featured on page 12
Craftivism, pack rat magazine, online 10/27/08.
ruzik_tuzik, Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon, Huliq News, 6/3/08.
Blexrun-Strigens, Betty, Commentary forms fabric of textile exhibit, The Milwaukee Journal Sentenial, 6/3/08.
Moriarty, Judith Ann, Devotion to Thread at Woodland Pattern, Vital Source, 5/08.
KTVU channel 2 news segment on Robots : a cultural icon, my work featured in the visuals.
McCollum, Charlie, Robots invade museum, the MERCURY NEWS.Mercury News, 4/17/08.
San Jose Museum of Art in conjunction with the Robots Show, Podcast/video interview of Lisa Solomon.
Hughes, Justin, Violence and Softness ‘Intersect’ at Gallery, Golden Gate Xpress, 3/20/08..
Tong, Sophia, CSUEB Annual Faculty Show, Pioneer, 1/31/08.
Aurora Robson + Lisa Solomon, Juxtapose Online, 1/14/08.
Maddox, David, Domestic Terrorism, NASHVILLE SCENE, 1/10/08.
Mitchell, Charles Dee, Report from Austin, Art by Southwest, ART IN AMERICA, 12/7 [image on pg. 59].
2007
Batey, Charla, Work That Makes Art, NovoMetro, 10/20/07.
Buckwalter, Timothy, Critic’s Pick – workAday, THE MONTHLY, 10/07.
Solomon, Lisa, Give me a C [and interview’ conducted with Lacey J. Roberts for], KITCHEN SINK MAGAZINE, vol 16, Fall/07.
Currently West, SHINANO MAINCHI SHIMBUN, 6/9/07.
Cagina, Renee & Richard Shack, No Need to Touch, Gallery Diet, SOUTH FLORIDA SOUTH magazine.
no need to touch / art center south florida, MAG – MIAMI ART GUIDE, 6/07.
ABOUT LISA SOLOMON
Lisa Solomon was born in Tucson, Arizona. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley and M.FA. from Mills College. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Palo Alto Art Center, The Oakland Museum, Irving Street projects in San Francisco, Angels Gate Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, Kansas, The Komi-Machi Kougen Museum, Japan and the Museum of Quilt and Textiles in San Jose. Ms. Solomon’s drawings and installations have been exhibited in numerous national and international venues including the Walter Maciel Gallery, LA; ARTMARKET SF, Rare Device SF; Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD; Art on paper, NY, NY; The Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum, ID; and Nicoletta Rusconi Gallery in Milan, Italy. She is the author of A Field Guide to Color (Roost Books), Crayola: A Visual History of the World’s most Famous Crayon (Black Dog and Levinthal) as well as Knot Thread Stitch (Quarry). She has a new companion prompt deck to FGTC entitled the Color Meditation Deck that will be released in June 2022. Her illustrations are featured in 20 Ways to Draw a Chair and Draw 500 Everyday Things (Quarry). Ms. Solomon has been an educator for almost 20 years teaching art – currently at San Francisco State University but she has also taught at UC Berkeley, Mills College, California College of Arts and Cal State East Bay. She also teaches online on CreativeBug and worldwide for various workshops and lectures.
