Shimko Art
Lisa M. Shimko
b. December 13, 1971 York, PA
BFA Painting & Art Therapy Minor University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1994
SOLO Exhibitions
2023 Lush Boat Sugar Hill Arts Sugarhill, GA
2023 Shimko Abstracts Making Space Greenville, SC
2022 Real Make Believe Mitchell Hill Charleston, SC
2022 Multi-Paths Fork and Plough Greenville, SC
2021 Lisa Shimko Paintings Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
2021 Pick a Lane Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
2018 Bridge Mitchell Hill Gallery, Charleston,SC
2017 SOLACE Mitchell Hill Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016 Lowcountry Water Halos Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2016 TOTEM Mitchell Hill Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016 Air and Water City of North Charleston Gallery, North Charleston, SC
2011 Water Tables The Flagship Gallery, Charleston, SC
2011 Stop Making Fence Scoop Contemporary, Charleston, SC
2009 Environment Variations Plum Elements, Charleston, SC
2007 An Apple a Day Plum Elements, Charleston, SC
2007 New Artwork Lana, Charleston, SC
2004 Portals Catch 22, Hilton Head Island, SC
1994 BFA Thesis Exhibit (Mixed Media Installation) University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
SELECT GROUP Exhibitions & Representation
2023 Showers Spring Summer Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
2022 Collective Imagination Chauvet Arts Nashville, TN
2022 Walts Waltz Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
2021 Art in Bloom Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
2021 Balance: Order & Chaos Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
2021 46th Annual Juried Show Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, SC
2021 New Faces Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2020 Art of Unity Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
2020 Nothing Has Changed, Everything Has Changed Upstairs Artspace Tryon, NC
2020 Annual Juried Show, Artist Collective Spartanburg, SC
2020 Twenty Distinctive Women Changing the Art World, Chauvet Arts, Nashville,TN
2020 45th Annual Juried Show Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, SC
2020 Annual Juried Show Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
2019 In Our Nature Mitchell Hill, Charleston, SC
2019 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibit City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2019 Fortunate The Vendue, Charleston, SC
2019 44th Annual Juried Art Exhibit Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC
2019 Menagerie-Wild and Wonderful Contemporary Art Exchange, Washington, NC
2018 Dialogue in Black and White City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2017-18 Cats vs. Dogs Gallery at the Vendue, Charleston, SC
2017 Homage Gallery at the Vendue, Charleston, SC
2017 45th Annual Juried Group Show Brownsville Art Museum, Brownsville, TX
2017 ArtFields Southeast US Juried Show Lake City, SC
2016 National Annual Juried Show Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, Pennsylvania
2016 Small Works Group Show Gallery at the Vendue, Charleston, SC
2015 Charleston Supported Art Juried ensemble, Charleston, SC
2015 Drawn to Water Michael Mitchell Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014 Three Ring Circus Michael Mitchell Gallery, Charleston, SC
2013 Vagal Tone Michael Mitchell Gallery, Charleston, SC
2013 ArtFields Southeast US Juried Show Lake City, SC
2012 Holzwege Michael Mitchell Gallery, Charleston, SC
2012 Once Upon a Time City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2012 Buxiejo Gallery, Denver, CO
2011-12 Teal Gallery, Roswell, GA
2011 To Catch a Sparrow or Net a Fox Oak Barrel Tavern, Charleston, SC
2011 Antartica Revisited Scoop Contemporary, Charleston, SC
2008-2011 Kulture Klash 1-7 10 Storehouse Row, North Charleston, SC
2010 Black vs. White Robert Lange Gallery, Charleston, SC
2008-2010 Fotopop Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2008 Operation Recycle Lime Blue, Charleston, SC
2007 Redux Artists Group Show @ 10 Storehouse Row, North Charleston, SC
2006 2 Person Paintings Theatre 99, Charleston, SC
2005-06 53 Cannon Gallery, Charleston, SC
2003 Calhoun Street Art Gallery, Bluffton, SC
2001-05 Picture This, Hilton Head Island, SC
1998 First Friday Exhibits Upstairs at the Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Masks Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Site-specific installation S.S. White Building, Philadelphia, PA
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SELECT AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 Flora, Fauna and Fine Art, feature article, June 2023 Greenville, SC
2016 Lowcountry Artist of the Year, Griffith-Reyburn Award, Charleston, SC
2016 ART MAG Fall issue cover image/story, Charleston, SC
2016 North Charleston Art Festival Featured juried artist for marketing, N.Chas., SC
2014 DESIGN vol:435 (article) South Korea
2014 Charleston Food + Wine Festival Featured artist for event marketing, Charleston, SC
2011 Charleston Scene May cover image, Charleston, SC
2009 “Watermelon Sky” Juried marketing image Charleston Farmer’s Market, SC
2008 “Tomato Half” Juried marketing image, Charleston Farmer’s Market, SC
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2018 Development and Instruction- Special Art + Science + English workshops, Palmetto Scholars Academy, N. Charleston, SC.
2014-17 Co-founder, CULTIVATE Art + Science Workshops, Charleston, SC
2017 Coordinator, Awakening V-King Tide, community education event, Charleston, SC
2012-17 Non-profit Fundraising & Event Planning; Sustainability Institute, Redux, Planned Parenthood, TEDxCharleston, Enough Pie, Charleston, SC
2007-11 Painting Workshop Instructor; The Citadel, Redux Contemporary Art Center, & Murray Lasaine Elementary, Charleston, SC
2007 Community Mural Project Director, Union Heights Community Center, N.Chas., SC 2004-06 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Stanfield in the Works Hilton Head Is., SC
1994-2004 Freelance Theatre Scenic Painter/Designer, Philadelphia, PA - HHI, SC
1998-2000 Fabric Design Production Assistant, Kevin O’Brien Studio, Philadelphia, PA
1997-1999 Art Workshop/Activities Assistant, Village of Arts and Humanities, Phila., PA