Yelizaveta Nersesova

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  Born in Iran
Raised in Africa and Russia
Working and residing in Dallas, Texas (July 1996 - present)
lisanersesova@gmail.com

Education:

M.A. 2008 Art History, University of North Texas

M.F.A. 2007 Drawing and Painting, Southern Methodist University

B.F.A. 2005 Studio Art and Art History double major, University of North Texas (Magna Cum Laude)



Teaching:
2010 - Adjunct Faculty, Drawing I and Beginning Painting, University of Texas at Dallas

2010 Fall - Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Brookhaven College

2010 Spring - Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Drawing, Beginning Painting, University of Texas at Dallas

2010 Spring - Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Collin County Community College

2009 Fall - Adjunct Faculty, Drawing II, Collin County Community College

2009 Summer – Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Collin County Community College

2009 Spring – Adjunct Faculty, Drawing II, University of North Texas

2009 Spring – Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation and Drawing I, Collin County Community College

2008 Fall – Adjunct Faculty, Art Appreciation, Collin County Community College

2008 Fall – Adjunct Faculty, Drawing II and Figure Drawing, University of North Texas

2007 Fall – Adjunct Faculty, Drawing II, University of North Texas (classified as TA because of in-school status)

2007 Summer – Drawing Teacher, Dallas Theater Center

2007- Drawing Teacher, Continuing Education, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

2006- Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

2006- Art Teacher, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas


Internships and Residencies:

2009 – Vermont Studio Center, Summer Fellowship

2008 – Research Assistant for Dr. Jennifer Way, University of North Texas

2007 – Research Assistant for Dr. Jennifer Way, University of North Texas

2005 – Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas

2004 – Texas Fashion Collection, Denton, Texas

2004 – Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas


Grants/Awards:

2007 University of North Texas Blogger Scholarship

2007 Katherine Rigsby Dougan Scholarship, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU

2006 Claud Vance Memorial Award, Texas Christian University

2006 Kimbrough Grant, Dallas Museum of Art

2005 Meadows School of the Arts Artistic Scholarship, Southern Methodist University

Solo Exhibitions:

2009 Modal/Motile, Centraltrak Gallery Unit 5, Dallas, TX

2008 Cool as Moon, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

2005 Pine Divide, Union Gallery, Denton TX

Group Exhibitions:

2010 Small Abstract Painting, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2010 Unraveling Tradition, 516 Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2010 Summer Selections 2.0, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2010 Times Twenty Plus 2010 video exhibition, Curator: Mary Benidicto, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2010 Years of Living Dangerously, UTD Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.

2008 Geomorph: Rethinking Landscape, Centraltrak Artist Residency, Dallas, Texas

2008 Lisa Nersesova, John Miller, Angela Thornton, Brooke Berman Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2008 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2008, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, Juror: Dr. Kevin Salatino, Department Head and Curator of Prints and Drawings
Los Angeles County Musuem of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2008 A Room to Breath, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas TX

2007 Artist Auditions 2007, Boss Works Gallery, Portland, OR

2007 Parallels, Mockingbird Station Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007 Master of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2007 31st Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois, Juror: Judith Brodsky, Professor Emerita, Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

2007 Folks From the Meadows, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2007 Coming Together/Pulling Apart, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.

2006 9x12 Works on Paper Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas

2006 Art in the Metroplex 24th Annual Exhibition, University Art Gallery – TCU, Fort Worth, TX, Juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

2006 5X7, Dunn and Brown Gallery, Dallas TX

2006 Annual Member Show, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX

2006 Chris Ferris, Lisa Nersesova, Jason Gaspar, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2005 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2005, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, Juror: Dominic Molon, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago, IL

2005 Amarillo Biannial 600: DRAWING, Amarillo Museum of Art, Curator: James Elaine, Amarillo, Texas

2004 Annual International Exhibition, Union Gallery, Denton, Texas

2004 29th Annual Union Art Exhibition, Union Gallery, Denton, Texas Curator: Diane Walker

2004 Lisa Nersesova and Andrea Canalito: Every Painting Contains a Fiction, Doesn’t it? Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas Curator: Kristen Butler

2003 Lisa Nersesova and Andrea Canalito: Group Show at Uncommon Ground Coffee Shop, Denton, Texas.

Bibliography:

Titus O’Brien, "Despite tight quarters, ‘Art in the Metroplex’ delivers a few insights," Star Telegram, September, 2006, D5.

Public Presentations

2008 Origins, 8th Annual Humanities Forum Conference, University of Pennsylvania: Origins of "Narodnost," definitions of Russianness and East-West hybridity in art

2005 University Scholars Day: Third World Artist: The Performance Art of Alexander Brener

Publications:

2005 The Eagle Feather: Third World Artist: The Performance Art of Alexander Brener