Cindy Lisica with artwork by Catherine Colangelo. Photo by Jan Rattia, 2017.
ABOUT:
Cindy Lisica is a curator, art historian, professor, and gallery owner with an eye for collaboration and design, currently dividing her time between the US east and west coasts, with regular trips to Europe, Japan, and Taiwan. She holds a PhD in History and Theory of Art from the University of the Arts London, an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art from California State University-Long Beach, and BA in Integrative Art with a sculpture and graphic design emphasis from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She has successfully owned and operated two commercial art galleries: Revision Space in Pittsburgh from 2014 to 2016 and Cindy Lisica Gallery in Houston from 2016 to 2019. She has curated over 50 exhibitions and participated in art fairs in Miami, DC, Houston, and New York.
In addition to operating her retail gallery space in the Museum District of Houston, she served as a speaker on Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami at the Printing Museum, juror for the Visual Arts Alliance 35th Juried Members Exhibition, portfolio reviewer for the Fotofest Biennial 2018, and was a founding officer of the Houston Art Gallery Association. She has given talks at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, MAC Marseille (Le Musée d’Art Contemporain), The House of World Cultures in Berlin, University of Helsinki, The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, and CAFA Shanghai, among other institutions. She has held museum positions at The Andy Warhol Museum, MOCA Los Angeles, The Menil Collection, Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She has set up exhibitions internationally in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo and published several exhibition catalogs, articles, and reviews. Her most recent publication is a ten-chapter book, Global Perspectives in Modern Art: Turning Points of the Twentieth Century (Kendall Hunt: 2024). Her new account of the last century acknowledges the “big hits” and established traditions — and the groundbreakers who challenged them.
Dr. Lisica is currently Professor of Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). She also combines her love for travel and art by sourcing unique items and collectibles to make available online.