Artist Biography

Lisa Graf is a ceramic sculptor. She creates abstract, organic, biomorphic forms in clay. She is also a graphic & UI designer who works in print, web and mobile.

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Education

2009
School for American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY
MFA, Ceramics

1991
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Printmaking

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Awards & Honors

2014
NHIA Ceramics Biennial Grand Prize

2012
The State of Clay Merit Award

2011
Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship

2010-2011
Artist in Residence, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA

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Professional Experience

2013 - present
UI Designer

2010 - present
Studio Artist, Mudflat Studios

1997 - 2012
Freelance Graphic Designer

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Publications

2012
Clay Times (cover), Summer/Autumn 2012

2007
Philadelphia Magazine, December 2007

Exhibitions

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Solo

2009
Soliloquies, MFA Thesis Exhibition, NTID Dyer Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2006
Selected Works, DS Gallery, Old City, Philadelphia, PA

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Group

2015
State of Clay: Pushing Boundaries, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

NCECA Celebrating Mudflat's Artist Residency Program, Mudflat Studios, Somerville, MA

2014
NHIA Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, Amherst Street Gallery, Manchester, NH
Juror: Kathy King

State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Juror: Linda Arbuckle

NCECA RIT Ceramics Alumni Show, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2013
Covenant House Art Salon, Philadelphia, PA

2012
State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Juror: Doug Casebeer

Altitude IDSA, Somerville, MA

2011
Mudflat Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2009
Chapterhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008
NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Jurors: Alleghany Meadows and Kristen Kieffer

Gallery R, Rochester, NY

Chapterhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Two Person Show, Show of Hands, Philadelphia, PA

Chapterhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2006
Fine Craft Exhibition, Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Juried Exhibition

Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Chapterhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

The Clay Studio Store, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Vessel Gallery, Huntingdon Valley, PA

Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA