Lisa Medlen
Education
2002-2004 MFA Degree: Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, MI
1996-2000 BA Degree: San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
1994-1996 AA Degree: Orange Coast College; Costa Mesa, CA
Professional
Experience
2011-present Part Time Faculty: Miramar College; San Diego, CA
Currently Teaching: Contemporary Crafts I,II,III
2007-present Part Time Faculty: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
Currently Teaching: Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Jewelry Design.
2010/2011 Art Faculty: Gateways Summer School; San Diego, CA
Taught: Drawing and Painting to children grades 1-4
2009 Part Time Faculty: San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
Taught: 3 Dimensional Design
2008 Part Time Faculty: San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
Taught: Two Beginning Jewelry and Metals classes.
Part Time Faculty: San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
Taught: Two 3 Dimensional Design Classes
2007 Part Time Faculty: San Diego State University; San Diego, CA
Taught: 2 Dimensional Design & Color
2006 Part Time Faculty: San Diego State University: San Diego, CA
Taught: 2 Dimensional Design & Color
Leatherworker: Custom Saddlery; San Marcos, CA
Produced Custom English Riding Saddles.
2005 Ceramics Workshop: Clay Art Center; Port Chester, NY
Taught ceramics to children.
Art Instructor: Port Chester Council for the Arts; Rye Brook, NY
Taught general art classes to children grades K-6.
Ceramics Instructor: Kids Art Space; Rye, NY
Taught ceramics to children.
Residencies
2005 Artist In Residence: Denkmalschmiede Hoefgen; Grimma, Germany
Created a new body of work.
2004 Artist In Residence: Oregon College of Art and Craft; Portland, OR
Created a new body of work and mentored jewelry students.
Selected Group
Exhibitions
2011 Taboo Studio: Contemporary Art Jewelry: Play By Ear, San Diego, CA
Mesa College Art Gallery: Faculty Plus One, San Diego, CA
2010 Silvia White Gallery: 2010 National Juried Exhibition; Ventura, CA
Greater Denton Arts Council: Materials: Hard & Soft; Denton, TX
Hyde Gallery: Annual Faculty Exhibition: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
2009 Metal Arts Guild of Canada: Nuit Blanche 2009; Toronto, ON Canada
Hyde Gallery: Annual Faculty Exhibition: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
Hyde Gallery: Forms In Metal: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
Escondido Arts Municipal Gallery: Eyesight is Insight; Escondido, CA
2008 Spacecraft Gallery: The Bailout Project; San Diego, CA
Georgia Museum of Art: The Ring Show: Putting the Band Back Together;
Athens, GA
Savannah College of Art & Design: The Ring Show: Putting the Band Back
Together, Savannah, GA
Fort Point Art Center: Drift; Boston, MA
Hyde Gallery: Annual Faculty Exhibition: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
Museum of Contemporary Craft: Touching Warms The Art: Portland, OR
2007 Hyde Gallery: Annual Faculty Exhibition: Grossmont College; El Cajon, CA
2nd City Council Art Gallery: Art & Science; Long Beach, CA
2006 University Art Gallery: Faculty Exhibition; San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Studiogalerie Kaditzsch: Speed and Sound; Denkmalschmiede Hoefgen
Grimma, Germany
2005 Online Juried Art Exhibition: artkudos.com
Hoffman Gallery: Artist In Residence Exhibition; Oregon College of Art & Craft:
Portland, OR
Contemporary Crafts Gallery: North Window Space Exhibit; Contemporary
Crafts Museum & Gallery; Portland, OR
2004 Cranbrook Art Museum: Graduate Degree Exhibition; Cranbrook Academy of
Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cranbrook Art Museum: Summer Exhibition; Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Forum Gallery: Metallica: Cranbrook Academy of Art: Bloomfield Hills, MI
University Gallery: SDSU: 925 Silver Exhibition; San Diego State
University; San Diego, CA
Space 273: Metals 2003; Bowling Green State University: Toledo, OH
Velvet Da Vinci Gallery: SNAG Juried Exhibition; San Francisco, CA
2002 Slocumb Gallery: Metal Invitational; East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
2001 Virginia Commonwealth University: SNAG Juried Exhibition and Slide Show;
Richmond, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Gallery 305 A: Derivations; Illinois Central College: Peoria, IL
2007 Agitprop Gallery: Derivations; San Diego, CA
2000 Private Gallery Showing: Seven Virtues; San Diego, CA
Permanent Collections
2008 Museum Of Contemporary Craft: Teaching Collection: Portland, OR
2008 Illinois Central College: Peoria, IL
Publications
2007 JPG Magazine: online publication
2006 Best of California Artists: Kennedy Promotions
2006 500 Necklaces, 2006: Lark Books Publishers
2005 500 Bracelets, 2005: Lark Books Publishers
2004 Exhibition in Print, Fall 2004: Metalsmith, Volume 25, #3
Honors
2010 Niche Magazine: Niche Award Winner: Holloware Category
2003 Cranbrook Academy of Art: Merit Scholarship
2000 San Diego State University Award Finalist: Senior Exhibition 2000
San Diego, CA
