Lissa Hunter
(http://www.lissahunter.com/lhresume.html 4-17-08)
EDUCATION
1971 MFA, Textile Design, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
1967 BA, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
HONORS
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Board of Directors, 1995-2004, president 2003-2004
Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellow, 1996
Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs NY, 1995, 1996
Maine Crafts Association Board of Directors, 1988-95, president 1991-93
CORPORATE AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR
Museum of Art and Design, New York NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia PA
SOHIO Petroleum Headquarters, Houston TX
Copley Venture Capital, Federal Reserve Bank Building, Boston MA
Wabash College, Crawfordsville IN
MAJOR COMMISSIONS
Covalent, Inc., Woburn MA, 1992
Harvard Business School, Boston MA, 1987
Phillips Petroleum, Tulsa OK, 1987
SELECTED ONE-PERSON SHOWS
2007 Life Stories, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride CO
2006 Uncommon Things, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2006 Constructions, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland ME
2005 Pastimes, Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge CO
2004 dis/appear, Nancy Margolis Gallery NY
2004 Random Acts, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale AZ
2003 Histories, Erie Art Museum, Erie PA
2003 A Place of Beauty, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland ME
2002 Wabash College, Crawfordsville IN
2002 The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2001 Botanica, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York NY
2000 The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2000 Gallery Materia, Scottsdale AZ
1999 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis MO
1999 The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1998 The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1998 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York NY
1996 The St. Botolph Club, Boston MA
1995 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York NY
1994 Okun Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1993 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York NY
1993 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1992 Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot CT
1991 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1991 Maine Coast Artists, Rockland ME
1989 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1989 University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
1988 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos NM
1988 American Craft at the Armory, New York NY
1987 The Elements Gallery, Greenwich CT
1987 Artworks Gallery, Seattle WA
1987 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1986 Netsky Gallery, Coconut Grove FL
1985 Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland ME
1984 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1984 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos NM
1983 Netsky Gallery, South Miami FL
1983 Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington WV
1983 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1982 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos NM
1981 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
1980 Gallery on the Green, Lexington MA
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2007 Craft in America, various venues, continuing to 2009
2007 Tiny, Whitney Art Works, Portland ME
2006 The Portland Show, Greenhut Gallery, Portland ME
2006 Baskets: No Boundaries, Thriteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2006 Basket (R)evolution, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
2006 Fiber Biennial 2006, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA
2006 Not-So-Still Lifes: An Invitational Still Life Show, Greenhut Gallery, Portland ME
2005 Baskets Around the World: Elemental Techniques--Artistic Vision, University of Southern Maine, Gorham ME
2005 Intertwined: New International Baskets from the Collection of Sara and David Lieberman, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe AZ
2004 20/20 Envision, Art Gallery at the University of New England, Portland ME
2003 At the Edge of the Field: Contemporary Basketry in America, Northern Michigan University, Marquette MI
2002 Past-Present-Future, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2002 Baskets Now: USA, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AK
2002 Natural Elements: Sculptural Expressions, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
2002 Survey Fiber 2002, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA
2001 Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
2001 Contemporary Baskets 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2001 Haystack: Pivotal Transformations, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
2000 The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
1999 Fabric and Fiber '99, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
1999 American Basketmaking: Tradition and Innovation, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
1998 Modus Operandi: A Survey of Contemporary Fiber, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1998 Five Points of View: Baskets by Contemporary Artists, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco CA
1997 Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis MO
1997 New Baskets: Expanding the Concept, Craft Alliance, St. Louis MO
1997 Eighth Annual Basketry Invitational, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1996 Seventh Annual Basketry Invitational, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1996 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1995 Exploring Along the Outer Edges, Craft Alliance, St. Louis M
1995 The New Basket, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AK
1994 Contemporary Basketry, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe AZ
1994 Fifth Annual Basketry Invitational, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1994 Ceramic and Fiber: A New Generation, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI and Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee WI
1993 Makers '93, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
1993 Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston ME
1993 New Fiber: Five Artists, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL
1992 Basketry Japan '92, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Recent Acquisitions, American Craft Museum, New York NY
1992 Focus: American Baskets, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek CA
1992 Outer Skin/Inner Space, Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis MO
1992 3rd Annual Basketry Invitational, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1991 2nd Annual Basketry Invitational, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
1991 Basketry: From All Directions, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
1990 The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1990 Baskets Circa 1990, Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge CO
1990 Collage of Papers, St. Botolph Club, Boston MA
1989 Southwest Exposure, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton NY
1989 Maine Basketry: Past to Present, Colby College, Waterville ME
1989 Paper Valley: A National Exhibition Celebrating Color and Pattern in Handmade Paper, Moyer Gallery, Green Bay WI
1989 Focus: American Basketry, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek CA
1988 Focus: American Basketry, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee WI
1988 Basketry '88: Evolution Into Sculpture, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego CA
1988 12th Biennial National Crafts Exhibition, ISU, Normal IL
1988 The Fiber Vessel, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes CA
1987 Craft Alliance, St. Louis MO
1986 The Works, Philadelphia PA
1986 Basketry Visions, Rome NY
1986 The Basket: Form and Function, International Gallery, San Diego CA
1985 Within and Beyond the Basket, Pacific Basin Gallery of Textile Arts, Berkeley CA
1985 Fiber Images: I.U. School of Fine Arts Alumni, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
1983 The Descendants, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"The Fiber of Our Lives," Masterworks, New England Home Magazine, May 2007
Review, ArtNews, February 2007
Lissa Hunter Histories Real & Imagined, Abby Johnston, Upala Press, 2006
"Review: Lissa Hunter," Erie Art Museum, PA, Richard A. Schindler, American Craft, Vol. 64, No. 2, April/May 2004
"Lissa Hunter: Stories," Review, Fiberarts, March/April 2001
"Lissa Hunter: On Being Human," Profile, Fiberarts, November/December 1998
Review, Janet Koplos, Art in America, July 1996
Craft in America, Phyllis George, The Summit Group 1993
"Commentary," Fiberarts, Summer 1992
"Handmade Paper and the Bowl," by Roxane Orgill, Fiberarts, Summer 1992
"Inviting Vessels," Threads Magazine, October/November 1989
"Design for Basketry", The Newsbasket, October 1988
Papermaking for Basketry, edited by Lynn Stearns, Press de LaPlantz, 1988
The Downeast Guide to Maine's Outstanding Craftspeople, L. Anderson, Down East Books, 1988
"The Successful Artist," The Newsbasket, December 1987
"Lissa Hunter," The Newsbasket, August 1987
The Basketmaker's Art, edited by Rob Pulleyn, Lark Books, 1987
"Contemporary Archeology: The Baskets of Lissa Hunter," by Jessica Scarborough, Fiberarts, September/October 1982
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2007 Object and Meaning Conference, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
2007 Northern Ontario Crafts Conference, Elliott Lake ON
2006 Peters Valley, Layton NJ
2006 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
2005 One-year appointment to develop graduate degree program, Maine College of Art, Portland ME
2005 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
2005 Los Angeles Basketry Guild, Los Angeles CA
2003 North Country Studio Conference, Bennington VT
2000 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
1999 Textile Study Group, New York NY
1999 Artist in Residence, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA
1998 The Renwick Museum, workshop and lecture, Washington DC
1998 Guest Artist, University of Missouri, Columbia MO
1998 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
1997 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Studio Based Learning, Deer Isle ME
1997 Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association Conference, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA
1996 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
1996 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Studio Based Learning, Deer Isle ME
1996 Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe NM
1995 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME (and 1985 and 1989)
1995 Tempe Arts Center, Tempe AZ
1994 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
1993 Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth MN
1993 Peters Valley, Layton NJ
1993 New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton NB, Canada (and 1986)
1992 Visiting Artist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS
1991 Textile Arts Center, Chicago IL
1991 Basketry from All Directions, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
1991 Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe NM
1991 Basketry Network, Harbourfront, Toronto ON, Canada
1991 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT (and 1989)
1991 Council of American Embroiderers, Santa Fe NM
1989 Midwest Weavers Conference, Cincinnati OH
1988 Guest Artist, Arizona State Univesity, Tempe AZ
1987 Basketry Focus '87, Harbourfront Craft Studios, Toronto ON, Canada
1987 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Door, Deer Isle ME
1986 Telluride Basketry Symposium, Telluride CO
1971-9 Mansfield University, Mansfield PA, Assistant Professor (tenured) 1974-79, Instructor 1971-74