ABOUT LISA MARIE THALHAMMER

Lisa Marie Thalhammer
O Street Artist Studios, Washington DC 20001

lm@lisamariestudio.com www.lisamariestudio.com

With her bold use of color and exaggerated, geometric portraiture, Lisa Marie Thalhammer creates artwork that engages the viewer on a visceral, nearly tangible level. The majority of her work focuses on the female form with distorted proportions that challenge conventional ideas of the empowered, modern woman. Her figures’ expressive eyes, angular jawline and limbs, posed with masculine objects, combine to convey the sharp, tough femininity of her characters.

Lisa Marie grew up around travelers while working at her family-owed St. Louis East Truck Plaza. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Lisa Marie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting with Honors with double minors in Women Studies & Art History from the University of Kansas in 2003. Selected awards included the Amsden Award, the Hollander Family Foundation Award, the Daniel Macmorris Scholarship, the Warner Ferguson Service Scholarship and the Jacobs Prize.

After relocating to Washington DC, where she currently lives and works, Thalhammer created numerous portrait paintings, and is well known for her Girls with Guns series. Funded by the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Lisa Marie created her first major public art work in 2009, Boxer Girl, located at 1st & W Streets NW in the nation’s capital. The piece sparked a significant amount of controversy, which was covered in numerous local and national publications, such as MSNBC Washington and ARTNET NEWS.

Solo exhibitions include Welcome to Lizard County at G Fine Arts (reviewed by The Washington Post and The Washington City Paper) and Intimate Network at The Fridge (reviewed by The Washington Post), both in Washington, DC, and Lizards Live at The Butcher’s Daughter Contemporary Art in Ferndale, MI. Recent showings in international art fairs & festivals include PULSE and No Soul for Sale in New York City and Aqua Art at Miami Art Basel. She has also shown her artwork with Transformer and Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC and at Manifest Equality in Los Angeles, CA. Lisa Marie has appeared on the cover of the Washington Blade and recently received a Ponies Choice Award for Best Visual Artist, voted on by the readers of Washington DC’s Brightest Young Things.

LISA MARIE THALHAMMER ARTIST C.V.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Open Studio: 52 ‘O’ Street, NW, Washington DC
May 18 & 19, 2013

Cash, Cans & Candy, organized by Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
May to September 2013

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Intimate Network. The Fridge: Washington, DC
2009
Lizards Live. The Butcher’s Daughter Contemporary Art: Washington, DC
2007
Welcome to Lizard County. G Fine Art: Washington, DC
2005
Fully Loaded. Studio One Eight: Washington, DC
2003
Stop Looking. University of Kansas Union Gallery: Lawrence, KS

MURALS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2012
Affirming the Female Gaze, created with Albus Cavus for Women’s History Month:  NW Unit Block of Florida Ave, Washington, DC
2010
Butterfly Speeches, created in collaboration with Sheila Crider. Sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the Washington Convention and Sports Authority:  Washington, DC
2009
Boxer Girl, funded by the Public Art Building Communities Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities:  73 W Street NW,  Washington, DC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Blended. Albus Cavus: Washington DC
Call+ Response. Hamiltonian Gallery:  Washington DC

2010
Manifest Equality. Los Angeles CA
Cream. Curated by Mera Rubell. Washington Project for the Arts at American University’s Katzen Arts Center:  Washington DC

2009
No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents. X Initiative: New York City NY
Postcards From the Heartland (How I learned to stop worrying and love the RED state). Curated by Paul Ha, Director, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Art Production Fund Lab: New York City NY
Lifeguard: Lisa Marie + Decoy. The Pink Line Project: Washington DC
Manifest Hope: DC. Organized by Shepard Fairey and MoveOn.org during President Obama’s inauguration: Washington DC

2008
Younity Heart & Soul. Alphabeta: Brooklyn NY
Time Machine. Curated by Amelia Winger-Bearskin for the Perpetual Art Mechine [PAM],
Meat Market: Washington DC
Paper Trail. Heineman Myers, Transformer’s Flat File Program: Bethesda MD
DCCAH Fellowship Show. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center: Washington DC
5th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party. Halcon House: Washington DC
Flatmates. Arlington Arts Center: Arlington VA
Wall/paper. Transformer: Washington DC

2007
Aqua Art Miami Beach. exhibited with Project 4, Aqua Hotel: Miami Beach FL
SASS. Transformer: Washington DC
4th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party. Halcon House: Washington DC
ANONYMOUS III. Washington Project for the Arts Corcoran & Flashpiont Gallery: Washington DC
ArtDC. exhibited with Transformer: Washington DC
Don’t Fear for the Future Sweetness. curated by SunTek Chung, Gallery 5: Richmond VA
PULSE Art Fair. exhibited with G Fine Art: New York City NY
Primed: Washington Projects for the Arts\Corcoran 2007 Annual Art Auction & Gala. Corcoran Gallery of Art: Washington DC

2006
E3: Exercises for Emerging Artists. Transformer: Washington DC
3rd Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party, Edison Place Gallery: Washington DC
Art of War. Studio One Eight: Washington DC

2005
NoMa Open Studios. O Street Artist Studios: Washington DC

2004
Venus Envy. Southside National Bank Building: St. Louis MO
Janus Two. Art Coop: St. Louis MO

2003
Eros Rising. Art Coop: St. Louis MO
Installation Annual, A & D Gallery: Lawrence KS

ARTICLES, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

2009
Washington Post; Sweet Sixteen: Churning through D.C’s Studios to find the Cream by Jessica Dawson: Friday December 18, pictured on pg C8
The Detroiter; Truck Stop and 17th Century Painter Influence Thalhammer by Dale Sparage:  November 19
ARTNET NEWS; Public Murals, Public Controversy:  October 22
NSNBC Washington; Boxer Girl Ready for a Fight by Michael Flynn:  October 20
DCist; ‘Boxer Girl’ Controversy Just Won’t Die by Sommer Mathis:  October 19
Washington City Paper; ‘Ghetto’: Just What Do You Mean by That? by Erika Niedowski:  August 27
Washington City Paper; Where Will the Next ‘Boxer Girl’ Turn Up? by Ruth Samuelson:  July 22
Washington City Paper; Boxer Girl Controversy Continues! by Ruth Samuelson:  July 9
Washington City Paper; Why All the Fuss About Bloomingdale’s Boxer Girl? by Ruth Samuelson:  July 7
Greater Greater Washington; When a ‘ghetto’ is not a ‘ghetto’ by Lynda Laughlin:  June 16
ABC Channel 7 News; Community Outraged Over Mural Painted on D.C. House:  July 3
Washington Examiner; The Eye by Chris Klimek: Sunday, June 28 pg 27
Hoogrrl.com; Va va voom in Bloomingdale by Philippa Hughes, May 25
WAMU All Things Considered; Sacrificing More Than Art Schools by Stephanie Kaye:  April 16
Radio CPR 97.5; Gender Fatigue hosted by DJs Bent & Mothersheister:  March 13
Washington Examiner; Artists Talking Art: Lisa Marie Thalhammer on Simone Leigh by Chris Klimek: February 11
The U.S. News & World Report; Barack Obama as Honest Abe by Maura Judkis:  February 5
Washington Blade;  Queery: January 23, 2009
MTV.com; Manifest Hope: DC Gallery posted by Daniela Capistrano of MTV News:  January 18

2008
Washington Blade Cover; 30 Under 30:  June 13
Cultureserve.net; Featured Artist:   January issue online
Washington Life Magazine; New School in Session by Beth Farnstrom:  February issue pg 82

2007
The Washington Post; Dark Displays of the American Dream by Jessica Dawson:   June 9th pg C2
Washington City Paper; Trucker Up by Joe Eaton:   June 15 pg 42
DC Modern Luxury Magazine; Calendar Social Arts:  November issue pg 44
The Washington Post; Style of the Go: Catch These Shows While You Can by Lavanya Ramanathan: October 19 pg C11
Washington Post Express; Sight Scene: ‘Sass’ Is Anything But by Kriston Capps:  October 17

2006
Washington City Paper; City Lights: E3 Painters by Kriston Capps:  July 21, pg 77

2005
Washington City Paper; The Naked, Gun by Rebecca Corvino:  December 23, pg 40

AWARDS/HONORS

2009
Young Artist Program grant award; DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities: Washington DC

2008
Public Art Building Communities Grant; DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities: Washington DC
Young Artist Program grant award; DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities: Washington DC

2007
Young Artist Program grant award; DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities: Washington DC

2006
Small Projects Program grant award; DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities: Washington DC

2003
Jacobs Prize; University of Kansas: Lawrence KS
Hollander Family Foundation Award; University of Kansas: Lawrence KS
Amsden Award; University of Kansas: Lawrence KS

2002
Daniel Macmorris Scholarship; University of Kansas: Lawrence KS
Academic Support Scholarship (awarded twice); KU Memorial Corporation: Lawrence KS
Warner Ferguson Service Scholarship; KU Memorial Corporation: Lawrence KS

EDUCATION

2003
University of Kansas; Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors, Women Studies Minor: Lawrence KS
2001
Staffordshire University; Fine Art Exchange Study Abroad Program: Stoke-on-Trent, England
1998
Art Institute of Chicago; Summer Institute Residency Program: Chicago IL