Lisa M. McLymont
lisammclymont-at-gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 – Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts , Board Member (3 year term starts 2024)
2023 – Columbus Arts Commission, Commissioner (started 2020)
2022 – Upper Arlington Arts Festival Juror
2022 – The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Arts Festival Juror (round 2)
2021 – Bryn Du Art Show, Juror
2020 – Deliver Black Dreams Public Mural Project, Lead Artist & Project Manager
2020 – The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Arts Festival Juror
2017 – Upper Arlington Arts Festival Juror
2015-Present – The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Art Makes Columbus Campaign, Featured Artist
AWARDS
MAY 2023 – Equitas Health | Arts & Culture Champion Award
JUNE 2022 – Stonewall Columbus | Community Honoree Award
DECEMBER 2021 – Columbus Underground’s Top 10 Artists
OCTOBER 2021 – Artist in Residence, Bryn du Mansion
DECEMBER 2019 – Columbus Underground’s Top 10 Artists
AUGUST 2015 – Second Place Winner, Columbus Invitational Arts Competition
OCTOBER 2013 – Winner, Best in Show, Chalk the Block
SELECTED PRESS
NOVEMBER 2020 – Columbus Dispatch, Artists of Color Lead Art Campaign for Equality
NOVEMBER 2020 – Columbus Dispatch, Black Artists Lead Public Art Campaign to Advocate for Racial Justice
OCTOBER 2020 – Columbus Alive, Lisa McLymont Draws Deep Connection With Her Portrait Work
AUGUST 2020 – HooDoo Series
JULY 2020 – Columbus Underground, Art Commissioners Reflect on Statue Removal, Flag Redesign & More
JUNE 2020 – Columbus Alive, When Murals Matter More Than Lives
APRIL 2020 – Ohio Arts Beacon Interview (Video)
MARCH 2020 – PBS American Portrait, What Gets Me Out of Bed Every Morning
NOVEMBER 2019 – Columbus Alive, Profile on Two Piece Portrait Show with Cat Sheridan at Streetlight Guild, 2019
OCTOBER 2019 – The Ohio Channel, Previous Featured Artist at the Ohio Governor’s Residence
OCTOBER 2019 – In Between Everywhere, Adam Brouillette
FEBRUARY 2019 – All Sides Weekend, Aminah Robinson & Art Discussion
JANUARY 2019 – Columbus Underground: Lisa McLymont opening reception & artist talk
OCTOBER 2018 – ArtsOhio Blog, Governors’ Art Exhibit
MAY 2018 – Interview with Sketch Butler (Video)
JANUARY 2018 – Columbus Monthly: Who’s Next
DECEMBER 2017 – ArtsyWomen614 (Audio)
AUGUST 2017 – Professional Artist Magazine (Buy Print or Digital Issue)
APRIL 2017 – The Lantern, Faculty Club, Spring Exhibition
OCTOBER 2016 – GCAC/Art Makes Columbus Spotlight
SEPTEMBER 2016 – ABC promo spot for Art for Life (Video)
JULY 2015 – GCAC Front Row Blog
JULY 2013 – Art Unbound Interview (Video)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
FEBRUARY 2023 – The Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH | Signs of Life Within the Substratum (milestone solo)
MARCH 2022 – 934 @ CMH, Columbus, OH | Signs of Life in the Substratum
OCTOBER 2021 – Marietta College’s Gallery 310, Marietta, OH | Signs of Life in the Substratum
OCTOBER 2020 – Secret Studio, The Rest in Resistance
APRIL 2017 – The Ohio State University, Faculty Club, Columbus, OH
OCTOBER 2013 – Urban Acupuncture Center, Columbus, OH
APRIL 2013 – Homeport Gallery, Columbus, OH | Cascades (milestone solo)
AUGUST 2012 – Image Optical, Columbus, OH
MAY 2004 – Studio 16, Columbus, OH | Earthbound (first solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
OCTOBER 2024 – Art Unbound, Carnegie Gallery, Main Library, Columbus, OH
NOVEMBER 2023 – Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH | Biennial
OCTOBER 2023 – Art for Life, Live Auction, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
JUNE 2023 – Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH | Water is Life, curated by April Sunami
MAY 2022 – 934 @ CMH, Columbus, OH | With April Sunami
APRIL 2020 – Streetlight Guild, Columbus, OH | BLACKlining
FEBRUARY 2020 – Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH | Ohio Diaspora
SEPTEMBER 2020 – All People Arts, Columbus, OH | In This Time
AUGUST 2020 – Springfield Museum, Springfield OH | Member Exhibit – Honorable Mention
NOVEMBER 2019 – Streetlight Guild, Columbus, OH | Two Piece
JULY 2019 – The Big Table – Conversational Tablecloths, Columbus, OH
SEPTEMBER 2018 – Art for Life, Live Auction, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
JUNE 2018 – Modern Madonna, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, OH
MAY 2018 – Futures For the Rest of Us, Blockfort, Columbus, OH
SEPTEMBER 2017- Blockfort, Black Power Mixtape, Blockfort, Columbus, OH
MARCH 2017 – HOLLER, Second Sight Studios, Columbus, OH
JANUARY 2017 – Newark Arts Center, Columbus in Denison, Newark, OH
DECEMBER 2016 – Woman As, Creative Arts of Women at Tacocat, Columbus, OH
SEPTEMBER 2016 – Art for Life, Live Auction, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
JULY 2016 – Dare to Be Heard, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
NOVEMBER 2014 – Vanderelli Room, Columbus, OH | The Dreamer & the Dream
AUGUST 2015 – OSU Urban Art Space, Surthrive in the Heartland
JUNE 2015 – Sign Your Art, Columbus, OH
JANUARY 2015 – Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH | Fellowship Reunion Show
MAY 2012 – S.Dot Gallery, Columbus, OH | SpringFlowerLoveShow
APRIL 2012 – Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH | Creating Our History (CAW)
AUGUST 2010 – Wholly Craft, Columbus, OH | Rights & Representation (CAW)
JUNE 2010 – Wholly Craft, Columbus, OH | Birds of CAW
Private Collections throughout Ohio & the US
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
2023-Present – The Returning Artists Guild
2021-Present – The Columbus Public Art Commission
2021-Present – Deliver Black Dreams
2020-Present – Maroon Arts Group
2017-Present – Black, Out, & Proud
2014-2017 – Columbus Open Studio & Stage Co-Founder
2013-2017 – Art & Artists of Ohio, Co-Founder & Online Moderator
2010-2016 – Creative Arts of Women, Steering Committee Member
2010 – The Ohio State University Arts Institute Fellowship for Emerging Artists
EDUCATION
1994 – Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design – Visual Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Self-Taught Visual Artist