2002 – 2005          Master of Fine Arts, Michigan State University
1997-2001             Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Louisville

Honors         
2003/2005            Department of Art and Art History Research Fellowship, Michigan State University


2002-2005            Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University


2001                    Individual Artist Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
                          Winthrop Allen Prize, University of Louisville

2000                   Student Assistantship, Torre Del Palma Archeological Excavation/Monforte, Portugal
                          Student Travel Award, University of Louisville

1998-2000            Allen R. Hite Scholarship, University of Louisville

 
Teaching

Fall 2007 – Present            Adjunct Faculty, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky
                                       2D Design, Drawing I, 3D Design, Art Appreciation

2008 – 2009                    Lecturer – University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
                                      Foundation Drawing I, Foundation Drawing II

Summer 2006                 Studio Assistant – Ceramics – Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY

Fall/Spring 2005-6           3D Design - Visiting Assistant Professor - Department of Art, Michigan State University

                                    Ceramics  - Instructor - Evening College, Michigan State University

                                    Advanced Wheel Throwing - Instructor – Hannah Community Center, East Lansing, MI

April 2006                      Substitute Instructor – Painting 340 & 440/ Prof. Alisa Henriquez, Michigan State

                                    *Demonstration – Building, stretching and priming canvases

                                    *Group and Individual Critiques

February 2006               Visiting Artist, Waverly High School/ Deb Pysh, Art Instructor, Lansing Michigan

Fall 2005                      Adjunct Instructor - 2D Design - Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI

                                    Substitute Instructor – Ceramics 1 - Michigan State University

                                    Visiting Instructor - 2D Design with Prof. Jae Won Lee - Michigan State University

                                     *Optical color mixing demonstrations

2003–2005                    Instructor of Record- Department of Art and Art History, Michigan State University

                                    2D Design and Color Theory – Spring 2003, Summer 2004

                                    3D Design – Fall 2004           Drawing 1 – Summer 2005

                                    Painting 1 – Spring 2005

  1997–2009                  Studio Workshop Instructor (Create and implement art workshops for all ages in all manner of media)
                                   Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
                                   Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, Kentucky
                                   Carnegie Center, New Albany, Indiana
                                   Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky

                                   Mattingly Center, Louisville, Kentucky
                                   Bernheim Arboretum, Clermont, Kentucky

1997-1998            Instructor/Art Specialist, Adath Jeshuran Sunday School,  Louisville, Kentucky

Service

2005-2006          Steering Committee- Michigan State University Ceramics Club

                         Graduate Committee - MSU Department of Art and Art History

                         Ceramic Faculty Search Committee - MSU Department of Art and Art History 

1999-2000            Student Art League Gallery Director - University of Louisville 

Related Experience

2010                 Facilitated and implemented Children’s Shabbat Art Camp, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, Ky

2009-Present     Contract Art Reviewer – See writing samples HERE

2009                 Visiting Artist – 3D Design Workshops, Kentucky School of Art

                        Visiting Artist – Polymer Clay Workshop – Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

                        Visiting Artist – 3D Creature Creation Camp, Speed Art Museum, Louisville Kentucky

                        Visiting Artist – Family Workshops, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

2008               Visiting Artist - Painting Like the Masters Art Camp, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

2007                Gallery Assistant, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2005-2006        Ceramic workshop/group project, Cedar Street Elementary, Mason, Michigan

                       Woodshop Assistant, Kresge Art Center, Lansing, Michigan

2001-2002        Curatorial Assistant, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky

2001                Mural Design and Fabrication  

                        *Jacob Lawrence Exhibition, Speed Art Museum , Louisville, Kentucky

                        *Jewish Heritage Festival, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, Kentucky

2000-2001         Art Library Assistant, University of Louisville Bridewell Art Library, Louisville, Kentucky

1999-2000          Office Assistant, University of Louisville                                                     

                        Visual Resource Center Assistant, University of Louisville

1997-2000          Preparator, Belknap and Covi Galleries, University of Louisville                                               

1997-1999         Gallery Assistant, Art Sparks Interactive Gallery, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions

2010                        New Work from the Eleventh Hour: James Doiron and Lisa Simon, Galerie Hertz

2008                        New Works, Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2004                        Lisa Simon: Precious Objects, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2002                        Lisa Simon: New Works, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010                        Gallery Artist, Studio Slant, Owensboro, Kentucky

                               Creativity Rising Public Art Project, Louisville, KY

                               Late Seating, Actor’s Theater, Louisville, Kentucky

                              Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

2009                       Palmer, Simon, Smith: New Work, JCTC Kranz Gallery, Louisville, KY

2008                       University of Louisville Hite Art Institute Faculty Exhibition, The Krempp Gallery,

                              Jasper Arts Center, Jasper Indiana

                               O.K. Group Invitational, Engine 22 Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2007                      1900 Drawings, Rouge Noir Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

2006                      Summer Show, Chautauqua Center for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York

2005                      Graduate Exchange, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

                              Cantor Set, Resurrected Vintage Gallery, Saginaw, Michigan

                              MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan

                             MICH-ART (Juried), Detroit College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan

2004                        It Started With An Idea, Gallery 114, East Lansing, Michigan

                             Group Exhibition 2004, Delta College, Bay City, Michigan

                            11 Artists, Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Flint, Michigan

2003                     Visiting Panicale, Gallerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

                             Consumption, Jane Speaks Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

                             Second Overture, Detroit College of Law, Lansing, Michigan

2002                      Michigan Open, Michigan Institute for the Arts, Detroit, Michigan

                             LVAA Art Auction, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky

                             Winter Show, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

                             Repeat Offenders, Gallery 114, Lansing, Michigan           

2001                     BFA Thesis Exhibition, Hite Art Institute, Louisville, Kentucky

                            Mattingly Center Benefit Exhibition, New Vision Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

2000                     Collaborative Installation,  953 Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

                            Group Show, 953 Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

                            Juried Exhibit, SAL Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

                            Line, Mark and Edge, Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky

1999                     Menorahs, Mistletoe, Miscellaneous, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

                            Summer Show II, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky

1998-2000            Allen R. Hite Scholarship Recipient Exhibition           

                            Belknap and Covi Galleries, Louisville, Kentucky

Collections

                            Kentucky Fund for the Arts

                            University of Louisville Print Collection

Publications

                        Christensen, Jesper. “The Captivating Dreamworld of Lisa Simon”.
                        Parnassus: University of Louisville, December 2002.

                        Ball-Hambric, Julie. “Dolls”  Louisville Magazine, March 2004