Education

MFA in Sculpture, The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, 2006

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Bennington College, 1993-1995

Solo Exhibitions

2009

Force of Things, V&A Gallery, NY, NY

2007

Fabled Agents, Moti Hasson Gallery, NY, NY

2003

Accretions, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX

Group Exhibitions

2012

Cheat Chains and Telephone, Kansas, NYC

Waivers, curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Brooklyn, NY

Wide Field, Queens, NY

2011

Have You Seen This Guy’s Work?, Softspot/University of Massachusetts Amherst Museum of Art

Taking Shape, Standpipe Gallery, NYC

Temporary Antumbra Zone, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Black Sunday, curated by Saira McLaren, Art Book Club, St. Cecilia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Iced, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY

small.black.show. Small Black Door, Brooklyn, NY

2010

Born to Die, Curated by Jay Henderson, Secondhome Projects/Temp IX, Berlin

World’s Greatest, Daily Operation, NYC

Time Bandits III, POI, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Yard Art, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY

No Plans for Today, Fun Times Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Folksmusic, Daily Operation, NYC

Friends in High Places, Christopher Henry Gallery, NYC

2009

Crotalus Atrox (or fat over lean), Curated by Liam Everett, Mike Rollins Fine Arts, NYC

I Wanna Be Somewhere, Curated by Jon Lutz, Daily Operation, NYC

Time Bandits II, POI, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

2008

Tensegrity, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Time Bandits, POI, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

2006

You Are Not Here, V&A Gallery, NY, NY

New American Talent, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX

VA4398UV, curated by Virginia Overton, Memphis, TN

2005

Holiday Pageant, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

Breaking and Entering, Four Artists, Tyler Estate, NY, NY

Paper Tigers--Exquisite Corpse, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, NY

Bushwick Sketchbook Biennial, presented by Tanabe Tanaka, Brooklyn, NY

2004

Win Back Respect, OK Harris Gallery, NY, NY

2003

Sunny Side Up, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

2002

La Virgen de Guadalupe, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

Lite-Brite for McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Expo Lounge, Dallas, TX

Sleeve, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

Home Sweet Home, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Selected Awards

Albee Fellow, 2011

NYFA Artist’s Fellowship Finalist, Sculpture, 2011

Santa Fe Art Institute Fellowship, 2009

Lower Manhattan Cultural Center Swing Space Residency 2008

Bard Fellowship Grant 2004- 2006 Artist’s Grant

The Vermont Studio Center, 2003

The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, Dallas Museum of Art 1999

College of Fine Arts Dean's Travel Fund Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin 1998

Studio Art Scholarship for Study in Italy, University of Texas, Austin 1997

Studio Research Award in Sculpture, University of Texas, Austin 1997

Studio Research Award in Painting, University of Texas, Austin 1997

DeGolyer Fund Grant, Dallas Museum of Art 1993

Marie Walsh Art Foundation Summer Scholarship, Colorado Springs, CO 1992

Publications

Paddy Johnson. There’s no Place like Kansas. The L Magazine. February 1, 2012

(http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/theres-no-place-like-kansas/Content?oid=2207301)

Painter’s Bread, Visual Sustenance, Elisa Lendvay: Painting, Sculpture, and No Boundaries. http://www.paintersbread.com/2011/11/elisa-lendvay-painting-sculpture-and-no.html,

November 12, 2011

Gorky’s Granddaughter, November 2011,

(http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2011/12/elisa-lendvay-nov-2011.html)

Julia V. Hendrickson. Review Uncrumpling This Much Crumpled Thing/The Exhibition Agency. New City Art. August 30, 2010(http://art.newcity.com/2010/08/30/review-uncrumpling-this-much-crumpled-thingthe-exhibition-agency/)

Nora Griffin. Tensegrity. artcritical.com. August 2008. (http://www.artcritical.com/griffin/NGTensegrity.htm)

James Kalm. Tensegrity. Wagmag. July 1, 2008.

(http://wagmag.org/reviews.php)

James Wagner. Elisa Lendvay at Moti Hasson. JamesWagner.com. April 13, 2007. (http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/006194.html)

Amanda Douberly. From Stuff. Austin Chronicle. July 14, 2006.

Jean Claire Van Ryzin. Diverse Show of New American Talent. Austin American-Statesman. June 29,2006. pg.16

Sunny Side Up, Exhibition Catalogue, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX 2003 Silo Publication, Bennington College, Bennington VT 1993, 1994

Student Portfolio, Art in Focus. NY: Glencoe, 1994, pg.335

Lectures/ Academic Presentation

2011 - 2012 Montclair State University


2011 - Studio visit, University of Minnesota Graduate Studies NYC Program


2010 - Visiting Artist, Form Study, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2010 - Noguchi Museum, NYC, Visiting Artist, Family Literacy Program

2008 - Studio presentation for visiting Painting/ Drawing students of California College of the Arts