Lisa M. Beard 

lisabeardart@gmail.com | www.lisambeard.com

Solo Exhibitions: 

2021: Nizhniy Tagil State Museum of Fine Arts, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia.

2021: SpacePlace Gallery, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Nizhniy Tagil, Ural, Russia.

2019: St. Xavier University, Photographs from The Yellow Glove Series, Chicago, IL. USA. 

2019: Perspective Gallery, Phantom Limb, Evanston, IL. USA.

2018: Perspective Gallery, UnOccupied, Evanston, IL. USA. 

2017: McHenry County College, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Crystal Lake, IL. USA. 

2016: Center on Halsted, Selections from The Yellow Glove Series, Chicago, IL. USA. 

Selected Group Exhibitions: 

2024: ArtDoc Photography Magazine, Human Stories. Online. https://www.artdoc.photo/online-exhibition/human-stories

2024: Nice; 02, Midwest Nice Art, JFAC Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD. USA. Jurors: Epiphany Knedler and Tim Rickett.

2024: The Curated Fridge Spring Show, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA. USA. Jurors: Alexa Cushing and Connor Noll.

2023: RIT City Space Gallery, Homecoming 2022/2023, Rochester, NY. USA. Jurors: Alanna Airitam, Dana Stirling, Eric T. Kunsman, Michael Chovan-Dalton, and Yoav Friedlander.

2023: The Curated Fridge Summer Show, Culture LabLIC, NY, NY. USA. Juror: Orestes Gonzalez.

2023: Jackson Junge Gallery, Scapes, Chicago, IL. USA.

2022: Maine Media College, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rockport, ME. USA.

2022: Troy University International Art Center, Huo Bar Zhu Gallery, Troy, AL. USA.

2022: Kress on Dexter, Montgomery Photo Festival, Montgomery, AL. USA. Juror: Anna Walker Skillman.

2020-21: International Center of Photography (ICP), #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, New York, NY. USA. Curator: David Campany.

2020: Center for Fine Art Photography, Female in Focus, Fort Collins, CO. USA. Juror: Lisa Volpe.

2019: PhotoPlace Gallery, Childhood, Middlebury, VT. USA. Juror: Anne Berry.

2019: Midwest Center for Photography, Human Representation, Wichita, KS. USA. Juror: Linda Robinson.

2018: Praxis Photographic Arts Center, Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Minneapolis, MN. USA. Juror: Carl Corey.

2018: A Smith Gallery, Forgotten, Johnson City, TX. USA. Juror: Blue Mitchell.

2018. Perspective Gallery, #metoo, Evanston, IL. USA. Curator: Jane Fulton Alt.

2018: SE Center for Photography, Home, Greenville, SC. USA. Juror: Aline Smithson.

2018: Bucktown Gallery, CounterCulture: Hidden Stories of Chicago Past and Present, Chicago, IL. USA. 

2018: Midwest Center for Photography, Domesticity, Wichita, KS. USA. 

2018: Bridgeport Art Center, 6th Annual Art Competition, Chicago, IL. USA. 

2018: Las Laguna Gallery, Women in Art, Laguna Beach, CA. USA. 

2017: Ashton Gallery in Art on 30th, Orange is the New Black, San Diego, CA. USA. 

Honors and Awards: 

2024: Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist.

2024: Klompching Fresh 2024 Finalist, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. USA.

2017: Honorable Mention. "Orange is the New Black." Ashton Gallery at Art on 30th, San Diego, CA. USA.

2017: Honorable Mention. Conception Arts Show, Dovetail Brewery, Chicago, IL. USA.  

Curatorial Work:

2024: Co-Curator, Distant Dialogues, Float Magazine.

Public Collections: 

Various Photographs. The Family Health Community Partnership. Crystal Lake, IL. USA. Donated 2017. 

Private Collections: 

"The Wedding March" from The Yellow Glove Series. Private office of The Wachowskis. Chicago, IL. USA. Acquired 2016. 

Publications, Media, and Talks: 

The Hand: The Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art. Print. Fall 2023. Issue 42. Page 16.

#ICP Concerned: Global Images for Global Crisis. International Center of Photography. Print. November 2021. Page 227.

Ten Year Anniversary Book. Perspective Gallery. Print. June 2020. Pages 6-7.

Artist Talk, Photographs from The Yellow Glove Series, SXU Gallery, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL. October 2019. 

Artist Talk, Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, USA. July 2019. 

“Highlighting What’s Been Left Behind: D-200 Library Director Writes ‘Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces.” The Northwest Herald. Print and Online. https://www.nwherald.com/2019/03/01/highlighting-whats-been-left-behind/adjjxxe/. March 2019. 

Ten Years of Photographs. Midwest Center for Photography. Print and Online. http://www.mwcponline.com/ten-years-of-photographs.html. February 2019. 

Abandoned America: Abandoned Illinois: Secrets Behind the Spaces. America Through Time, Arcadia Publishing. January 2019. 

“Secrets Behind Spaces: 12 Chilling Photographs of Abandoned Places in Illinois and Their History.” Wanderlust Travel Magazine. Online. https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/photo-gallery-abandoned-spaces-illinois/. February 2019.  

Meet Lisa Strout Beard. Online. http://voyagechicago.com/interview/meet-lisa-strout-beard/. September 2018. 

Orange is the New Black: A National Juried Art Exhibition. October 2018. Pages 9-10. 

Education: 

MFA: Media Arts, Nov. 2022, Maine Media College, Rockport, Maine, USA. 

MS.Ed w/ Administrative Licensure, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.

BFA: English/Psychology/Secondary Education, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA.

Member of the Following Organizations: 

Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery, 2017-2021. 

Illinois Artist List, Joined 2017. 

Filter Photo, Joined 2017.