Lisa Diane Wedgeworth
EDUCATION
2014
MFA, Studio Art, California State University, Los Angeles
2002
BA, Studio Art, California State University, Los Angeles
1995
Study Abroad: Spanish, IDEAL Language Institute, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
AWARDS, GRANTS and RESIDENCIES
2019
C.O.L.A. [City of Los Angeles] Fellowship
2018
Artist in Residence. Camera Obscura, Santa Monica, CA
Artist Retreat. The Hermitage, Englewood, Florida.
2017
Animating the Archives: the Woman’s Building, A Metabolic Studio Project Fellowship.
2016
Georgia Fee Artist | Writer Summer Residency, Paris, France.
Nominee. Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant.
2014
Black Artist Retreat [B.A.R.], Chicago.
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Woman | Woman: Victoria May and Lisa Diane Wedgeworth. Louis Stern Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2017
Apparently Random: Lisa Diane Wedgeworth and Stacey R. Wexler. ArtSpace Gallery. Fresno City College, Fresno
2016
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth: In Between. AWOL, El Sereno, CA
2015
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth: Star Tracking. Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
C.O.L.A. Exhibition. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA [upcoming]
Beyond Embodiment. Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2019
Some Blakkity Black Stuff. PØST, Los Angeles
2018
How We Run. Over The Influence, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of Surrender. Spilt Milk, Edinburgh, Scotland
Spell Check. PØST, Los Angeles
The Great Experiment, Volume 1. Cubist Spinoff!, Inglewood, CA
Diversity and Inclusion: The Influence of African-American Art in Southern California. The Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario
2017
Legacies. CSULA Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Simple Passion, Complex Vision: The Darryl Atwell Collection. Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC
Animating the Archives: the Woman’s Building. Avenue 50 Gallery, Los Angeles
Everything Is Coming Up Roses, LAVA Gallery, Los Angeles
Echo Location. Eastside International [ESXLA], Los Angeles
The Hunt at Cape Royds: A Collaborative Group Exhibition with AWOL. stARTup Art Fair, L.A.
2016
The Hunt at Cape Royds: A Collaborative Group Exhibition with AWOL. Satellite Art Fair, Miami
This Wicked Tongue. Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
The Necessity of French Cafés: Lisa Diane Wedgeworth with Joseph Langely & GweSaTo. Galerie Couteron, Paris, France
Here and Now. DaVinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles City College
2015
Colored Girls. Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles
Hard Edged: Geometrical Abstraction and Beyond, CA African American Museum, Los Angeles
American Survey Pt: 1. Papillion Art, Los Angeles
2014
Question the Projection. L.A. Freewaves at Sidestreet Projects, Pasadena
GLAMFA. CSU Long Beach Fine Art Gallery, Long Beach
Each Other [in conversation with CamLab]. Luckman Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
When There is No Sun. Graduate Thesis Exhibition, CSULA Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2013
New Arrivals: CSULA Graduates Take on L.A. Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles
2012
BAILA con Duende. Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles
Group Show. Toranoko, Los Angeles
Graduate Walk-Through. CSULA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles
2011
The 45 Show. 20 Miles East Gallery, Pomona
Graduate Walk-Through. CSULA Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
Pixx. Watts Towers, Watts, CA
Kink. Dysonna, Los Angeles, CA
Art Attack. Zimart Galleria, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Women of the World. The Visual Candy Shoppe, Los Angeles. CA
Open House. Hollywood Digital, Hollywood, CA
1997
What the Body Remembers. Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
1995
Untitled. Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
Downtown Lives! DADA, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Downtown Lives! DADA, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Untitled. Imani Gallery, Leimert Park, CA
PERFORMANCE
2019
Four. Northwestern, IL
2018
Marylouise's Beauty Regimen for Black Girls with Dark Knees and Melanated Gums. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts [1.5 hours]
2017
Sister Wedgeworth's Hand-Written Love Letters for Everyday Folks. Corner of LaBrea and Rodeo, Los Angeles. [7 hours]
PUBLIC ART
2013
Out The Window. L.A. Freewaves, 2,000 LA County Metro buses
CURATORIAL
2016
The Cosmic Trinity: Ritual Portals at the Mezzanine. Project Space 2920, Los Angeles
2015
Glen Wilson: Gate Keeping. Project Space 2920, Los Angeles
¡Samplista!: Monster Mash. Project Space 2920, Los Angeles
LECTURES, SYMPOSIA and PANELS
2018
Artist Talk. An Intimate Conversation with Umber Magazine. Oakland and Los Angeles [upcoming]
Judge. 2018 Georgia Fee Summer Artist | Writer in Residence, Paris, France
Panelist. Persona: A Conversation with E. Patrick Johnson and Lisa Diane Wedgeworth. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2017
Artist Talk. Artist Series: Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, Daniel Marlos. Los Angeles City College
Judge. 2018 Georgia Fee Winter Artist | Writer in Residence, Paris, France
Panelist. The Site As Memory. LA FilmForum Screening. The Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, CA
Judge. 2017 Georgia Fee Summer Artist | Writer in Residence, Paris, France
Moderator. Student Invitational 2017. Wingal Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga
Artist Talk/Creating an Artist Website Workshop. Digital Imaging. Jamaal Hasef Tolbert, Professor. Chapman University, Orange
2016
Artist Talk. Art and Text. Karin Lanzoni, Professor. Chapman University, Orange
Panelist. Abstraction, A Conversation. California African American Museum, Los Angeles
2015
Artist Talk. Conversations by Artists for Artists: Glen Wilson and Lisa Diane Wedgeworth. Soto Studio, (Beacon Arts Building), LA
Artist Talk. Lisa Diane Wedgeworth: Star Tracking. Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University
Artist Talk. Art and Text. Karin Lanzoni, Professor. Chapman University, Orange
Artist Talk. Painting 3. Holly Tempo, Professor. Otis College of Art & Design. Los Angeles
2014 Guest Lecturer. Mining The Family Narrative. National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], Franklin County, Ohio
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Wondering Woman: ‘Animating the Archives’ Channeled the Energy of Feminist Activity in L.A. from 1975 to 1991.” Art News. June 27, 2017. Online.
2015
Stevens, Anise. "Hard-Edged: Geometrical Abstraction and Beyond: An Important Show Featuring Works by Artists of African Descent Who Look to Abstraction as a Vehicle for Expression." Aeqai. October 21,2015. Online.
CATALOGUE
Greenfield, Mark Steven, Curator. Legacies. Los Angeles: California State University, Los Angeles.
TEACHING
2015 - 2017
Adjunct Professor. Los Angeles City College
Art Appreciation, Introduction to Painting, Watercolor I
2015 - 2016
Adjunct Professor. East Los Angeles College
Beginning Digital Photography, History & Appreciation of Photography.
2011
Teaching Artist. California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Commissioned project for the exhibition, IndiVisible.
2004-7
Teaching Artist. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2004
Teaching Artist. Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.