Humming Along III, Oil on Panel, 16 x 12 Inches, is one of a series of paintings, watercolors, mosaics and prints by Lisa Houck, a very established artist from Boston with a large following devoted to her exceptional work reminiscent of Matisse and Aborigine art, with gorgeous color and a sensibility both playful and quite serious that is uniquely her own.
Houck hat auch viele große öffentliche Kunstaufträge für sowohl Innen- als auch Außenbereiche in Boston und landesweit ausgeführt. Dabei handelt es sich um anspruchsvolle Wandmalereien in Öl oder Mosaik in Krankenhäusern, Bibliotheken, Spielplätzen und anderen öffentlichen Gebäuden.
LISA HOUCK
Education and Professional Affiliations:
Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: M.F.A. 1989.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: B.F.A. 1975.
Boston Printmakers
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA 2017
Cambridge Arts Council, Gallery 344, “A Long Walk with No Destination”, Cambridge, MA 2016
Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, MA 2015
Patricia Carega Gallery: “White Line Woodcuts,” Center Sandwich, NH 2014 Rivers School, Weston, MA 2008
Bentley College: “All About the Square,” Waltham, MA 2003.
Barton-Ryan Gallery: "Improbable Botanicals and Landscapes", Boston, MA 2000. Randall Beck Gallery: Boston, MA 1993, 1991.
Barbara Singer Fine Art: Cambridge, MA 1991.
Coyote Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1989.
Tufts Universität: "MFA-Abschlussausstellung", Cohen Arts Center, Medford, MA 1988. Modestino Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1987, 1986.
New England School of Art and Design: Boston, MA 1986.
Mott House: "The Comet and Other Phenomena", Washington, DC 1986.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Arsenal Center for the Arts, “Big Print”, Watertown, MA 2016
FPAC Gallery, Fort Point Channel, “Mosaic Muse”, Boston, MA 2016
Art of Mosaic: Piecing it Together, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2013 National Mosaic Exhibit on Cape Cod, 2011
Fancy Plants: Bentley University, 2010
Contemporary Mosaics: Attleboro Arts Museum, 2010
Boston Children’s Museum: “I See Trees,” 2009.
Somerville Museum: "Art of Mosaic", 2009.
Milton Academy: "Design/Build", 2009.
Danforth Museum: Members Show, 2007
Boston Printmakers: North American Print Biennial, 2005.
Peabody Essex Museum: "In Nature’s Company", Salem, MA 2004.
Cambridge Art Association: "Hot Colors" (Auszeichnung für die beste Arbeit), Cambridge, MA 2002. Tufts Universität: "Ausstellung ehemaliger Studenten", Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA 2001.
Acacia Gallery: Gloucester, MA 2000.
Wiggin Gallery: "Women in Watercolor", Boston Public Library, Boston, MA 2000.
New Art Center: "Lasting Impressions: Looking at the Land", Newton, MA 1997.
Bernard Toale Gallery: "The Pet Show", Boston, MA 1996.
Albers Gallery: Memphis, TN 1994, 1992, 1991.
Pritam & Eames: East Hampton, NY 1992.
Boston Center for the Arts: Boston, MA 1989.
DeCordova Museum: "Explorations in Handmade Paper", Lincoln, MA 1989.
Fuller Museum of Art: “Ehemalige Studenten des RISD in Boston,” Brockton, MA 1989.
St. Botolph Club: Boston, MA 1988.
Danforth Museum: “Symmetry and Pattern in Art and Nature,” Framingham, MA 1986.
Brunnier Museum: “Images of the Universe,” Ames, IA 1986.
New England School of Art and Design: “A Celebration of the Return of Halley’s Comet,” Boston, MA 1985. Rose Art Museum: "Boston Printmakers", Waltham, MA 1985.
Fuller Museum of Art: “Triennial Exhibition,” Brockton, MA 1983.
Cambridge Arts Council: “Lofty Views and Heightened Perspectives,” Cambridge, MA 1983.
The Boston Company
The Boston Public Library Brigham and Women’s Hospital Brunnier Museum, Ames, IA Coopers & Lybrand
Fidelity Investments
Fogg Art Museum
Goodwin Procter
Harvard Business School Harvard Community Health Plan
Selected Public Collections, Numerous Private Collections
The Boston Company
The Boston Public Library
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brunnier Museum, Ames, IA
Coopers & Lybrand
Fidelity Investments
Fogg Art Museum
Goodwin Procter
Harvard Business School
Harvard Community Health Plan
Herman Miller
Lahey Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Mutual Corporation Montgomery Watson Harza
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Neiman Marcus
New England Medical Center
State Street Bank and Trust
Valley Hospital, NJ
Education and Professional Affiliations
Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: M.F.A. 1989.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: B.F.A. 1975.
Boston Printmakers
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA 2017
Cambridge Arts Council, Gallery 344, “A Long Walk with No Destination”, Cambridge, MA 2016
Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, MA 2015
Patricia Carega Gallery: “White Line Woodcuts,” Center Sandwich, NH 2014 Rivers School, Weston, MA 2008
Bentley College: “All About the Square,” Waltham, MA 2003.
Barton-Ryan Gallery: "Improbable Botanicals and Landscapes", Boston, MA 2000. Randall Beck Gallery: Boston, MA 1993, 1991.
Barbara Singer Fine Art: Cambridge, MA 1991.
Coyote Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1989.
Tufts Universität: "MFA-Abschlussausstellung", Cohen Arts Center, Medford, MA 1988. Modestino Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1987, 1986.
New England School of Art and Design: Boston, MA 1986.
Mott House: "The Comet and Other Phenomena", Washington, DC 1986.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Arsenal Center for the Arts, “Big Print”, Watertown, MA 2016
FPAC Gallery, Fort Point Channel, “Mosaic Muse”, Boston, MA 2016
Art of Mosaic: Piecing it Together, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2013 National Mosaic Exhibit on Cape Cod, 2011
Fancy Plants: Bentley University, 2010
Contemporary Mosaics: Attleboro Arts Museum, 2010
Boston Children’s Museum: “I See Trees,” 2009.
Somerville Museum: "Art of Mosaic", 2009.
Milton Academy: "Design/Build", 2009.
Danforth Museum: Members Show, 2007
Boston Printmakers: North American Print Biennial, 2005.
Peabody Essex Museum: "In Nature’s Company", Salem, MA 2004.
Cambridge Art Association: "Hot Colors" (Auszeichnung für die beste Arbeit), Cambridge, MA 2002. Tufts Universität: "Ausstellung ehemaliger Studenten", Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA 2001.
Acacia Gallery: Gloucester, MA 2000.
Wiggin Gallery: "Women in Watercolor", Boston Public Library, Boston, MA 2000.
New Art Center: "Lasting Impressions: Looking at the Land", Newton, MA 1997.
Bernard Toale Gallery: "The Pet Show", Boston, MA 1996.
Albers Gallery: Memphis, TN 1994, 1992, 1991.
Pritam & Eames: East Hampton, NY 1992.
Boston Center for the Arts: Boston, MA 1989.
DeCordova Museum: "Explorations in Handmade Paper", Lincoln, MA 1989.
Fuller Museum of Art: “Ehemalige Studenten des RISD in Boston,” Brockton, MA 1989.
St. Botolph Club: Boston, MA 1988.
Danforth Museum: “Symmetry and Pattern in Art and Nature,” Framingham, MA 1986.
Brunnier Museum: “Images of the Universe,” Ames, IA 1986.
New England School of Art and Design: “A Celebration of the Return of Halley’s Comet,” Boston, MA 1985. Rose Art Museum: "Boston Printmakers", Waltham, MA 1985.
Fuller Museum of Art: “Triennial Exhibition,” Brockton, MA 1983.
Cambridge Arts Council: “Lofty Views and Heightened Perspectives,” Cambridge, MA 1983.
The Boston Company
The Boston Public Library Brigham and Women’s Hospital Brunnier Museum, Ames, IA Coopers & Lybrand
Fidelity Investments
Fogg Art Museum
Goodwin Procter
Harvard Business School Harvard Community Health Plan
Selected Public Collections, Numerous Private Collections
The Boston Company
The Boston Public Library
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brunnier Museum, Ames, IA
Coopers & Lybrand
Fidelity Investments
Fogg Art Museum
Goodwin Procter
Harvard Business School
Harvard Community Health Plan
Herman Miller
Lahey Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Mutual Corporation Montgomery Watson Harza
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Neiman Marcus
New England Medical Center
State Street Bank and Trust
Valley Hospital, NJ
Grants/Projects
Herman Miller
Lahey Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Mutual Corporation Montgomery Watson Harza Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Neiman Marcus
New England Medical Center
State Street Bank and Trust
Valley Hospital, NJ
“City Square with Reflecting Pool,” 6’ X 6’ mosaic for Iron Street Park in Boston. An der Ecke von A Street und Iron Street in Boston gelegen, 2014 von einem privaten Kunden für diesen neuen Park in Boston in Auftrag gegeben.
Children's Hospital, Waltham, MA: Öl-auf-Holz-Gemälde mit elf Tafeln für die Lobby, 2005.
Zuschuss vom Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. Für ein Keramikprogramm an öffentlichen Schulen, das vom Dedham Cultural Council gefördert wird.
John Hancock Finanzdienstleistungen: Frieda Garcia Park. Auftrag zur Gestaltung von zwei Mosaik-Wandbildern mit Kinderkunst aus der Gemeinde, 2004. Die Wandbilder sind 8' x 10' und 8' x 22' groß.
Broward County Cultural Affairs Office/Public Art Department, Florida: Kommission für öffentliche Kunst zur Erstellung von Gemälden und Druckerzeugnissen für vier Bibliotheken in Broward County, 2003.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund Clinic, Boston, MA: Mosaik mit acht Platten für den Empfangsbereich. Architekt: Miller, Dyer, Spears, 2003.
Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan International Airport, Terminal E, Boston, MA: Sechs digitale Reproduktionen von Gemälden. Project Coordinator: Urban Arts Institute, 2001.
”The Rare Tropical Cod,” part of the Cavalcade of Cod, a school of 5’5” fiberglass fish sculptures which were displayed throughout the city of Boston in the fall of 2000. Gesponsert vom Bostoner B2K-Ausschuss.
Poster, Buttons und Banner für die First Night Boston, 1998.
Zuschuss der Stadt Cambridge zur Erstellung von Wandmalereien für das Cambridge Senior Center, 1995. Verwaltet vom Cambridge Arts Council.
Stipendium für visuelle Künste, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 1994. Verwaltet von der New England Foundation for the Arts.
Zuschuss von Arts on the Line, Cambridge, MA für temporäre Kunst in der U-Bahn, einschließlich eines 36-Fuß-Gemäldes für die U-Bahn-Station Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 1988.
Zuschuss des Cambridge Arts Council für ein Wandgemälde für das Cambridge River Festival, das 1987 am Inman Square installiert wurde.
Plakat für die Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1987.
Publications
Providence Journal, “Artists Put a Modern Face on Mosaics”, by Bill Van Siclen, May 2010 Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front,” volume 56, January 2008
Harvard Review 32, Spring 2007
Boston Athenaeum, Annual Report, 2006
Making and Decorating Stylish Screens: Cover Art, by Katherine Duncan Aimone, Lark Books, 2003. Cambridge Zentrum für Erwachsenenbildung: Katalogumschlag, Frühjahr, 2000.
Paper Art: “Working From Pulp", von Michael G. LaFosse, Quarry Books, 1998.
Arts Media: “Lasting Impressions: Looking at the Land,” Mary Behrens, Juni, 1997.
Boston Globe: “Perspectives,” Christine Temin, 9. April 1997.
American Craft: “Commissions,” August/September, 1996.
Art Plan: “Cambridge’s Multi-Purpose Senior Center,” Cambridge Arts Council, 1996.
Boston Phoenix: “The Weekend,” November 2, 1990.
Art New England: “Lisa Houck: A Long Walk to View Some Petroglyphs,” Meredith Fife Day, Juli/August 1989.
Boston Sunday Globe: “A Happy Case of Life Imitating Art,” Anthony Tommasini, 8. Januar 1989. Boston Globe, Kalender: “Exhibits: Other Dimensions,": Kritikerempfehlung, Christine Temin, 21. April 1988. Boston Globe, Kalender: “Exhibits: Views From the West,” Kritikerempfehlung, Christine Temin, 22. Oktober 1987. Art New England: "Lisa Houck, Kendall Square Station", Abstrakte Werke, Thomas Frick, Oktober 1987.
Boston Globe, Kalender: "Exponate: Bright Universe", Kritikerempfehlung, Robert Taylor, 18. Juni 1987.
Boston Globe: "Perspectives", Christine Temin, 27. November 1986.
Boston Globe, Calendar: “Exhibits: Cosmic Happenings,” Critic’s Tip, Robert Taylor, May 8, 1986.