Lynn Sisler is an American artist working in New England. Born in 1969, she received her MFA at Maine College of Art and Design in 2021 and completed a BFA in painting with a minor in Art History from Northern Illinois University in 1991. She was an assistant professor in the Visual Arts Department at Springfield College but now resides in Portland, Maine, and is represented by the Elizabeth Moss Gallery.
Sisler works in oil paint and pencil over a colorful ground, which reflects the underlying emotion of the painting. Recent works borrow color from Werner’s Nomenclature, a collection of 19th century swatches found in nature. Interested in the idea of collective memory, Sisler often turns to her own childhood to talk about animals in various contexts. Captivated by the interconnectedness of ecology, her figures overlap, revealing new spaces. Sisler’s interpreted narratives feature animals, plants, and humans, often blended as one entity, in a magical, folkloric construct.
Representation at Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth and Portland, ME
https://www.elizabethmossgalleries.com/artists/153-lynn-sisler/works/
2021 M.F.A. Interdisciplinary Studies. Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2018-19 Art Assessment, Choice-Based Learning, Differentiation, and Studio Drawing. Online platform for 30+ graduate-level credits. Art of Education, Osage, IA
2018 Children’s Book Illustration. Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
2006 MS-Ed., Reading and Literacy. Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
2001 BS-Ed., Elementary Education. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1991 B.F.A., Painting. Minor, Art History. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2023 Menagerie Fine Art Studio. Fine art prints, paintings, and ceramics online
2022 Adjunct Professor of Art and Design, Springfield College, Springfield MA
2021 Professor of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Adjunct Instructor, Art of Education University, online platform
2020 Teaching Assistant. Online platform, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2016-20 Art Teacher. Mosier Elementary School, South Hadley, MA
2016 Art Instructor. IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, MA
2015 Art Instructor. The Yellow House. Palmer, MA
2014-15 Summer Camp Art Director and Instructor. Venetian Swim Club, Decatur, GA
2014-15 English-Language Arts and Social Sciences Teacher. Midtown International School. Atlanta, GA (5th grade and Middle-School)
2013 Art and Writing Instructor. Wild Oats and Billy Goats Folk Gallery, Decatur, GA
2010 Art Instructor. Color Wheel Studio, Decatur, GA.
2005-13 Academic Elementary School Teacher. City Schools of Decatur. Decatur, GA
2002-2005 Academic Elementary School Teacher. Gwinnett County Schools. Lilburn, GA
2024 Hale Artist Residency, Artist Association of Nantucket, Massachusetts
2023 La Meridiana; The Shape of the Earth with Eddie Curtis ceramic workshop. Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy
2021 Artist Association of Nantucket; Artist in Residence. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
2011 Cook in France; Artist in Residence. St. Amand de Coly, France
2021 Above and Beyond Grant, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2020 Hildreth Family MFA Endowed Scholar, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2020 Wild Roof Journal, Issue 2, May 2020
2019-20 Albert K. Murray Fine Art Educational Fund. Six-time recipient. Adamsville, OH
2020 Cover Art; Coyote Song. Silkworm 13: The Annual Review of the Florence Poet’s Society. Florence, MA
2013 Animals Art Exhibition, Special Merit Award. www.lightspacetime.com
2023 Squirrel Shrine. Tiny Art for All Gallery, Northampton, MA
2017 Ocean Life-Force; An Artist’s Exploration of Halcyon Days. Elusie Gallery,
Easthampton, MA
Migration Stories, revisited. Art Stop, New England Public Radio,
Springfield, MA
2016 Migration Stories and Other Curious Lore. ECA+ Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2013 The Book of Saints. The Cube Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Portraits. Farm to Loft Gallery, Decatur, GA
1999 Café Montmartre, Madison, WI Ground Zero, Madison, WI
1989 Solo Student Work, Northern Illinois University Student Union, DeKalb, IL
2024 Beautiful Remnants. Lynn Sisler and Sarah Steedman. Elizabeth Moss.
Gallery, Falmouth, ME
2023 Sourced: Origins of Inspiration. Springfield College Fine Arts Gallery,
Springfield, MA
As Luck Would Have It. 13 Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
Collect. Maine College of Art and Design. ICA Gallery, Portland, ME
Littles. Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, ME
2022 Part-time Faculty Show. Zuckerman Museum, Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, GA
Winter Works. Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition. ICA Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Urgent Unity, Unprescidented Healing Reflections from Covid. You and Me
Gallery, Greenfield, MA
2020 Post-Pause. Curated by Maggie Nowinski. Easthampton City Arts,
Easthampton, MA
Collect. Maine College of Art and Design. ICA Gallery, Portland, ME
2020 Project Project: Be Seen Initiative. Congress Square Park, Portland, ME
Love Your Beautiful Neighbor. Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2019 Northampton Arts Council Biennial. Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2018 If Water Could Speak. Hope and Feathers Gallery, Amherst, MA
2017 Changing Shape. MAEA Member’s Exhibition. Student Union Gallery,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2017 While Art is Still Legal; Art in the Age of Trump. Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2016 IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires Faculty Show. Williamstown, MA
2015 7th Annual Small Works Show. ECA+ Gallery, Easthampton, MA
Open Studios. One Cottage Street Studios, Easthampton, MA
Grand Opening. Greenfield Gallery, Greenfield, MA
A Celebration of Birds. MAC 650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
Passages. Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
Telephone. Satellite Collective, Online Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Animals. Light, Space, and Time Online Gallery
2012 Recent Paintings; Kelly Enzor and Lynn Sisler. Atlanta, GA
1996 Local Artists. Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1989-90 Northern Illinois University Student Show. Visual Arts Building, Jack Olson Gallery. DeKalb, IL
Artist-in-Business certificate. Arts Extension Service through the Arts Entrepreneurship Initiative. Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
College Art Association (CAA). New York, NY
Easthampton City Arts (ECA+). Easthampton, MA
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE). Columbus, OH Massachusetts Art Education Association (MAEA). Boston, MA
National Art Education Association (NAEA). Alexandria, VA
Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Los Angeles, CA
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