Curriculum Vitae

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
JANUARY 2019 – Contemporary Art Matters, Opening Reception & Artists Discussion 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

OCTOBER 2019 – Art Unbound, Carnegie Gallery, Main Library, Columbus, OH 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