Lisa's News and Updates
Winner of 2017 American Art Award
Winning Photograph: Memory's Telephoto Lens
Screenshot of Winning Announcement in the Huffington Post
Award -Winning Artist Lisa Fanning
Interior Spaces (Sold - Private Collector)
Selected for the "In My Mind's Eye" group exhibtion co-presented by Black Artists of DC and the Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC (Feb 2018).
A Streetcar Named Dakar: Transatlantic Memories and Portraits of a Distant Past
Selected for the "In My Mind's Eye" group exhibtion co-presented by Black Artists of DC and the Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC (Feb 2018).
October 2017
Lisa takes part in the historic Now Be Here #4 DC/MD/VA photo. 465 Women Artists in the DC, Maryland and Virginia region showed up to represent the amazingly vibrant and woman-powered DMV artistic community the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, DC. The event was covered in the Washington Post.
Photo by Kim Johnson
2017’s Best Manipulated Photos / Landscape Or Still Life / Awarded To Lashkov, Edmundson, Fanning And Parker Owens. - Huffington Post
Lisa won a 2017 American Art Award. She was named one of 300 of the Wrold's Best Contemporary Artists. She competed with artists from 56 countries and placed 5th in her category of manipulated photography landscape or still life. Her award and photograph were featured on the Huffington Post.
See the article here.
Africa was Born in Me
2017
Lisa’s photographs “Memory’s Telephoto Lens,” “Moonlit Skies,” and “Africa was Born in Me” were selected for the Colors of Life: The Exposure Group juried exhibition, The Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas/Prince William County: Manassas, VA
Memory's Telephoto Lens
2016
Lisa’s photograph “Memory’s Telephoto Lens” was selected for A Point of View: Contemporary Photography, juried by Mitra Abbaspour, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Folklife in Deanwood
2015
Lisa's photograph "Folklife in Deanwood" won second place in The Historical Society of Washington's For The Record: Artfully Historic DC, juried by Theo Adamstein, Founder and Director, FOTODC; Renee Braden, Manager, Archives & Special Collections, National Geographic Society; Brandon Brame Fortune, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery; Jane Freundel Levey, Consulting Curator, Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum; Kerry McAleer-Keeler, Program Head, Art and the Book Graduate Program, Associate Professor, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, The George Washington University; Martin Moeller, Jr., Senior Curator, National Building Museum; Richard O’Connor, Ph.D., Chief, Heritage Documentation Programs, National Park Service; Klaus Ottmann, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large, The Phillips Collection: The Historical Society of Washington, Washington, DC
See Nordic Style magazine link to the right for full article
2013
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isa is now published! See her coverage (a 360 multimedia project) of the DC Nordic Jazz Festival in Nordic Style magazine. (Click on Nordic Style magazine to read the article)
Two of Lisa's photos won awards at the National Auctioneers Association/USA TODAY Marketing Competition in the categories of Estate & Personal Property and Auction Crowd. She photographed an auction for Chad Metzger, CAI, Metzger Property Services, North Manchester, Ind., last year and he entered the photos in the competition. Here is the press release announcing the winners. It was a juried competition of marketing and advertising panelists with backgrounds in branding, promotion, public relations, and graphic design.
Lisa's photograph "Dream Lounge on H Street" has been selected by the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series for the Washington, DC competition. The Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series in partnership with Russell and Danny Simmons' RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation Washington, DC regional event will be held at International Visions Gallery on October 13th from 6 - 9pm. More information and the official invite can be found on the International Visions
Lisa's work is featured in the volume (2) edition of Mambu Badu with 40 female photographers of African descent.
Lisa is in a group exhibition titled "Taking It To The Streets: DC Through Three Lenses" with Edward O. Savoir and W. Bruce Fagin at A. Salon Gallery in Washington, DC. See the exhibition video trailer and artist talk from my You Tube channel.
2012
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isa's photograph "Gradation of Wealth" has been selected by the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series for the Washington, DC competition. The Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series in partnership with Russell and Danny Simmons' RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation Washington, DC regional event will be held at International Visions Gallery on October 13th from 6 - 9pm. More information and the official invite can be found on the International Visions
Lisa was selected as one of 40 female photographers of African descent to be featured in the upcoming Spring/Summer volume (2) of Mambu Badu
2011
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isa has been selected as 1 of 70 photographers from around the world to exhibit her work ("Blessed Be The Ties That Bind" and "Sweet Like Bitter Chocolate") in the "Street Stories" Exhibition at the Kiernan Gallery in Lexington, VA - November 2011 (Juror - Debbie Hagan)
2010
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isa has been selected as 1 of 45 photographers from around the world to exhibit her work ("Kinship") in the International Photography Competition Exhibition at the Artists Haven Gallery in Ft. Lauderdale, FL - October 2010 (Juror - Thomas E. Craig)
Lisa's work ("Sweet Like Bitter Chocolate") is SOLDat the ?Glimpses in Time ? An International Juried Photography Exhibition in Honor of Imogen Cunningham? at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA. Her work has been selected for this exhibitiom for the past four years. (Juror - Linda Connor)
Lisa has 1 image ("Generations") chosen for the "Culture and Agriculture" juried art exhibition at the New Visions Gallery in Marshfield, WI - July 2010
- Lisa has 3 images ("Sweet Like Bitter Chocolate" "Resting Place" "The Edge Up") chosen for the juried "Urban Realism" exhibition at the C Art Gallery in Seattle, WA - April 2010 - 2 People's Choice Awards
- Lisa has 5 images ("Sweet Like Bitter Chocolate" "Kinship" ?Tuesday" "Interlude" and "Rendezvous") chosen for the juried annual Exposure Group's show titled "30 Exposures? at the Art Institute of Washington, in Arlington, VA - May 2010 (Jurors - Lisa Farrell, Leena Jayaswal, and Wisson West)
- Lisa has one image ("Blessed Be the Ties That Blind") chosen for the juried "Nostalgia" exhibit at the PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont.The show will hang from April 6 - May 1, 2010 - (Juror - Lariss Leclaire)
2009
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isa has 3 images ("I am Obama" "Town Crier on Inauguration Day" and "The Edge Up") selected for the juried Exposure Group's "King to Obama" exhibition at the Museu Afro Brasil in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The show will hang in the museum from Nov 2009 - March 2010.
Lisa has 3 images chosen for the juried Smithsonian Folklife Festival's ?Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture in Washington, DC from June - July 2009.
Lisa's image "Sacred Ground" is chosen for the ?Glimpses in Time ? An International Juried Photography Exhibition in Honor of Manuel Alvarez Bravo? at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA for the third year in a row. Over 160 images from 5 countries were submitted for the juried exhibition and 61 were selected by juror Rene De Guzman. The image will hang in the gallery for the month of July and be included in the color catalog. Books can be purchased on ww.blurb.com
Lisa has 3 images ("Sacred Ground" "Park Stories" and ?The Dreamer") chosen for the annual juried Exposure Group's show titled "28 Exposures? at the Art Institute of Washington, in Arlington, VA - May 2009
Presidents Bush and Toure in the Oval Office
2008
Lisa fulfills assignment of a lifetime working as the official photographer for the President of Mali during his visit to Washington. She covered all meetings and events, including his meeting in the Oval Office at the White House with President George W. Bush and at the Pentagon with Deputy Secretary Gordan England.
Resting Place
2008
Lisa's has four photographs in the juried International Peace Day Exhibition at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, Il. They will hang in the center from September 15-26, 2008
Lisa is selected for a juror award for her image "Resting Place" for the Glimpses in Time: An International Juried Photography Exhibit in Honor of Gordon Parks at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA. The show was juried by Stephen Wirtz of the prestigious Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco, CA. Over 350 images from 9 countries and 29 states were submitted for the exhibition and 82 were selected. She will fly to Oakland for the Opening Reception where she will receive her award.
Lisa has four images selected for the juried ?Riots are the Language of the Unheard? Exhibition at Historical Society of Washington in Washington, DC. Her work will hang in the exhibit from June - December 2008.
Lisa's image "Resting Place" has been selected for the juried member exhibition Exposure: A Vision of Places and Faces at the Art Institute of Washington. Opening Reception will take place on May 17th from 2:00-5:30pm. The show will run from May 10 - May 30, 2008.
2007
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he Opening Reception for Lisa's first solo exhibition "The Language of Light: Photos by Lisa Fanning" takes place at Earlham College's Leeds Gallery in Richmond, Indiana today.
Lisa's photographs are chosen to launch the website of the new Photography Gallery at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA.
Lisa attends the opening reception of Glimpses in Time: An International Juried Photography Exhibit in Honor of Gordon Parks at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA. "Water Dance", Lisa's signature photograph, was selected for the competition juried by Stephen Wirtz of the prestigious Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco.
Lisa's photo "Passin' Through" is selected for the relaunch of TVOne Online. It can be found with 16 other photos in the "I See Black People"section of the website(# 12).
Lisa appears in two newspapers. The Palladium-Item newspaper in Richmond, Indiana wrote an article about her life and the Exposure Group Photography Exhibit. A group photo and article about the photography exhibit appeared in theMetro Elite section of The Washington African-American newspaper.
Five of Lisa's portraits were selected for the juried Exposure Group: African-American Photographers Exhibition at the Art Institute of Washington from May 5 - mid-June. The opening reception is May 5, 2007 from 3-6pm.
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