LISA LODESKI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lisa Lodeski Art Appraisals, Aliso Viejo, CA.

1/05 – present: Fine Art Appraisals and valuation consultation services for paintings, sculpture, and works on paper with specialties in 19^th and 20^th century works of art and artwork created by women artists. USPAP compliant; trained by the American Society of Appraisers through University of California, Irvine, CA.

Lisa Lodeski Fine Arts, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA.

3/97 – present: Fine art services company offering art advisory, search, selection, placement, installation and custom framing services for corporate and individual clients from beginning to experienced collectors.

Founder, Salon 6, a division of Lisa Lodeski Fine Arts, Aliso Viejo, CA.

5/01 – 12/03: A private educational program for fine artists focused on career development and management for artists; self-representation; and art marketing in lecture and workshop formats offered through university, civic, and nonprofit institutions and by private consultation.

Exhibition Coordinator, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.

9/98 – 9/00: An independent curatorial association for Intrepid Women: Victorian Artists Travel, an exhibition scheduled to open pending funding.

Director/Curator, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA.

8/92 - 6/97. Full responsibility for operations of a nonprofit, community art gallery reporting to the Board of Directors of the Danville Area Cultural Alliance as an independent contractor.

Curator, Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA

1/96 - 12/97. Curatorial responsibility for a civic gallery reporting to the city's Cultural Arts Coordinator and Arts Commission as an independent contractor.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Aliso Viejo Public Library, Aliso Viejo, CA

3/05 – 4/05: Instructor/Leader of a workshop series for fine artists funded by a grant to prepare artists for entering the marketplace.

Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

9/99 – present: Instructor for "Professional Skills for Fine Artists", a class on the fundamental business basics for fine artists and "Artists at Work: Exhibitions and Sales”, an advanced course in business skills and artist issues.

Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA.

1/02 – 12/02. Instructor: Modern and Contemporary Art History; Ancient to Medieval Art History; Renaissance to Contemporary Art History Spring & Fall, 2002 semesters.

Lecturer, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA.

6/01: Instructor: Professional Skills for Fine Artists, a class on the fundamental business basics for fine artists.

Lecturer, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.

2/01 – 5/01: Instructor for “From Studio to Gallery”, an art marketing course offered through Extended Education.

Instructor, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

9/98 – 5/01: Instructor for " Professional Skills for Artists", a class on the fundamental business basics for fine artists and "Artists At Work: Exhibitions and Sales" an advanced course in business skills and artist issues.

PUBLICATIONS

"The Harem as a Site for Sexual Fantasy in the Work of Vera Willoughby". San Jose: Women's Caucus for Art, Southbay Chapter, September, 1997.

With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art History in the West. Annotated bibliography. San Francisco: San Francisco State University, 1995.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Artful Home, Designer Profile: Lisa Lodeski, Sept. 29, 2009.

Laguna Beach Magazine, Fall/Winter 2007, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pgs. 106-107.

Aliso Viejo News, June, 2004.

Smith, Constance. Art Marketing 101, Artnetwork (revised), Nevada City, CA, 2002.

College Art Association News, 2001; 2002.

Aliso Viejo News, 2000.

San Ramon Valley Times, 1996.

RESEARCH

2/00 – 3/00: Exhibition research for the National Museum for Women in the Arts in preparation of a checklist for Intrepid Women: Victorian Artists Travel at The Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and in the U.K. at Victoria & Albert Museum, London; British Museum of Natural History Museum, London; Girton College, Cambridge; Walker Art Galleries, Liverpool; Royal Photographic Society, Bath; Joint Services Command, Bracknell; Hastings Museum, Hastings; Hastings Library, Hastings; East Essex County Records, Lewes; British Library, London.

1997: Graduate research assistant to Dr. Whitney Chadwick on the topic of Victorian Lady Travelers, part of which was applied to the second edition of Chadwick's Women, Art, and Society, 1997.

1996: Graduate reader for Dr. Whitney Chadwick for Women in Art History course.

1995: Graduate research assistant to Mark Johnson, Director of San Francisco State University Gallery on the topic of Asian-American artists. Bibliographical and analytical research used for exhibition and catalog, With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art History in the West, 1995.

EDUCATION & ASSOCIATIONS

Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts, Certificate Program, University of California, Irvine, November, 2004.

M.A. Art History, San Francisco State University, May, 1997.

B.A. Art History, minor Business Administration, California State University, Fullerton, 1991. Foreign language: French.

Art Table, Member, 2001 – 2009.

American Society of Appraisers, Student Member, 2004 – present.

College Art Association, Member, 1992 – 2003.

College Art Association, Mentor for CAA Fellowship Program, 2002.