Lisa Cralle lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Davis in 2011 and her BA from Sarah Lawrence Collage in 2004 after also studying at the New York Studio School and the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited in the US and abroad, including exhibitions at Field Projects (New York, NY), The Lab (San Francisco, CA), Roots & Culture (Chicago), Proof Gallery (Boston, MA), The Dublin City Gallery (Dublin, IRE), and the 2011 Bay Area Currents exhibition (Oakland, CA). Lisa has been an Artist in Residence at Ox-Bow School of Art (Saugatuck, MI), the People’s Gallery (San Francisco, CA) and ART342 in Ft. Collins, CO. She is the recipient of the Robert Arneson Award, the Nelson ARTfriends Award, and the UC Davis Graduate Scholars Fellowship. For more information please see below and visit: www.lisaRcralle.com

EDUCATION

2011 MFA in Studio Art: University of California, Davis, CA

2004 BA: Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

2003 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2001 Drawing & Painting Marathons: New York Studio School, New York, NY

1999 Summer Program: RISD, Providence, RI

SOLO & 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011

Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL: Duos (with Chris Hammes)

2009

Proof Gallery, Boston, MA: Workus: First There is No Mountain (solo)

Painted Bird, San Francisco, CA: Good News (with Jessalyn Aaland)

2007

Mini Dutch, Chicago, IL: Sensory Deprivation Swamp (solo)

Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL: Malleable Sky (with Maria Perkovic)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

Field Projects, New York, NY: "First Contact"

Root Division, San Francisco, CA: "Through That Which is Seen"

The Dublin City Gallery/ The Hugh Lane, Dublin, IRE: "Ethical Toe Rusks"

Queens College Art Center, New York, NY: "Amulets, Nazars & Evil Eyes"

ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA: "East Bay Preview Exhibition"

2011

Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA: Bay Area Currents (curated by Julio Cesar Morales).

The Lab, San Francisco, CA: Triad Towers (with Suzy Poling & Wesley Weaver).

Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA: House of Others, MFA Exhibition.

RVCA, San Francisco, CA: Lux, Rodriguez, Rybovich Cralle New Works

SpaceCamp, Indianapolis, IN: TPS Reports: Performance Documents

2010

Gallery 479 at UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA: Spatium Sets

Cabinet Magazine HDQ, Brooklyn, NY: An Exchange with Sol LeWitt

University Club, Davis, CA: Great Expectations

Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA: Margenalia

2009

MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK: Margenalia

2008

G126, Galway, IRE: Sacred/Profane

Tricycle Gallery, San Francisco, CA: FTWAKAPMA: The Reality of Life

2007

Three Walls, Chicago, IL: Cannon Ball Fundraiser

Gallery One, San Francisco, CA: Works on Paper

Harrison Gardens, San Francisco, CA: Breidablik

Studio Z, San Francisco, CA: Art for Politics� Sake

2006

SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA: SF MoMA Scavengers

Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA: Terror?

2005

Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA: A Store

Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA: The Most Powerful Sound

2004

A*Space (Sarah Lawrence College) Bronxville, NY: Numerous Shows

2003

A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY: Wish You Were Here

Experimental Video Festival, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2011

Robert Arneson Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Davis

Artist in Residence, ART342, Ft. Collins, CO

Artist in Residence, People's Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Nelson ARTfriends Award, University of California, Davis

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Nominee

Headlands Graduate Fellowship Nominee

2010

Dedalus MFA Fellowship Nominee

Graduate Studies Fellowship, University of California, Davis

Freemond P. Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis

2009

Freemond P. Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis

2008

Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI

Visiting Artist, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA