EDUCATION
Yale University, Graduate School of Architecture, M. Arch, 1992
Stanford University, B.A. with Majors in Studio Art and in International Relations, 1988
SOLO EXHIBITIONS and INSTALLATIONS
2013
Lexington Arts League, Lexington KY. The installation Inside Out has been created for the exhibite Site
Artspace, New Haven CT. The installation Drawn Out was created for the exhibition Flat/Not Flat
2012
516 Arts, Albuquerque NM. The installation “Soledad” in the exhibit Time Pieces : Wendover Landing
2011
Catherine Dianich Gallery, Brattleboro VT
BCA Center ( formerly Firehouse Gallery), Burlington City Arts, Burlington VT, Alisa Dworsky: Drawing Strength (Installations and prints)
2010
Cynthia Reeves Projects, Newport Mills, Newport NH, InTension in “Fabrications”
Bennington Museum, Bennington VT, Transfer/Transform Commissioned for the exhibit “the State of Craft”
2009
Quadricentennial celebration of Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont. On the Level/Under Water,
2008
Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland VT.Alisa Dworsky
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT, InTension , a commissioned interior installation.
2007
Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington VT. A Time to Rend and a Time to Sew in “Material Pursuits”
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction VT. Between the Lines: Prints by Alisa Dworsky & Rachel Gross
2002
Castleton State College Gallery, Castleton VT. Luminous Fields and Beyond: Drawings, Prints and Installation
AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH. Squall Lines and Other Observations: Drawings, Prints, Sculpture
Chandler Gallery, Randolph VT. Development Drawings for “Luminous Fields: Longitude in Time”
2001
Luminous Fields: Longitude in Time , a mile long installation, RT 4 , Castleton VT. Vermont Agency of Transportation
Norwich University, School of Art and Architecture Gallery, Northfield VT. Drawings for “Luminous Fields
1998
Main St. Museum of Art, Hartford VT. Alisa Dworsky: Sculpture and Drawings
GROUP EXHIBITIONS ~ select ~
2013
Artspace, New Haven CT. Flat/Not Flat, curated by Jeff Bergman, associate curator at Pace Prints
2012
Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ. Arcadia Now, curated by Tom McGlynn ( catalogue)
2011
Castleton State College Art gallery, Castleton VT. Arcadia Now curated by Tom Mcglynn
Gallerie Maison Kasini, Montreal Quebec Canada. Hello From Vermont
2010
Nave Gallery, Somerville MA. Elements: Line, Color, Form, 3 person show.
Silvermine Arts Guild Gallery, New Caanan CT. Art of the Northeast
Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier VT. To Life: Celebrating Vermont’s Jewish Women
2009
Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston MA. 10 years of the Boston Drawing Project
2008
The Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA. MGNE national exhibition
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA. Etch and Sketch
2006
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, VT. Momenta II
2004
Flynn Dog Gallery,Burlington VT. AXA: architects by art, art by architects.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum,New York, NY, National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now.
2002
AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH. Prints by Members of the Two Rivers Print Studio
Sculpture Fest, Woodstock VT. Endless Column with Counterweight I
Burlington City Arts Competition, Finalist (1 of 5), public art installation, pocket park, Lakeview Avenue, Burlington
2001
CU Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder CO. Designs on the Front Range: Architecture Here and Now.
1999
AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH. Juried Summer Exhibition
1997
Norwich University Division of Art and Architecture Gallery, Northfield VT.Vermont Women in Design
1995
Yale University, Schools of Art and Architecture Gallery, New Haven CT. Ten Years Out
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York NY. Pages from: Time Capsule, a Concise Encyclopedia of Women Artists
GRANTS and AWARDS
Berkshire Taconic Foundation, A.R.T. Fund Grant, 2013
Sustainable Arts Fund, Promise Award, 2013
Arts Endowment Fund Grant, Vermont Community Foundation, 2013
Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2012
Arts Endowment Fund Grant, Vermont Community Foundation , 2010
Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2009
Arts Endowment Fund Grant, Vermont Community Foundation, 2007
Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2007
Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2006
Juried Choice Award, Momenta II print competition, 2005
Vermont Community Foundation Grant, 2001
Standard Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2001
Incentive Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2001
Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, 1998
International Small Home Design Competition, winning design entry, 1996
Samuel Jay Fogelson Award, Yale University, School of Architecture, 1992
Golden Grant, Stanford University, 1987
Hannenberg Award, for outstanding graduate in printmaking, Stanford University, 1987
CURATING
Shelburne Museum, Constructions for Tools, Shelburne VT, 2005
ARTIST’S RESIDENCIES
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2015
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, west rutland VT. 2003
The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT. printmaking 1998
The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, vermont Artists Week, 1996,1997,2009
BIBLIOGRAPHY ~ select ~
Chloe Winegar-Garrett, Clock Work, LOCAL IQ, Albuquerque NM, May 17 2012
Adrian Gomez, Three exhibits add up to look at time, Sunday Journal, Albuquerque NM,May 20,2012
Marc Awodey, Balancing Acts, SEVEN DAYS, January 19, 2011
Coverage of Alisa Dworsky: Drawing Strength,WCAX-TV Channel 3 News, January 6 , 2011
Alex Hanson, A vast Space and Art to Match , VALLEY NEWS, section C front pg, July 15, 2010
Louis Postel, “Poetry in Pictures”, NEW ENGLAND HOME, pgs 76-83, Nov/Dec, 2008
MGNE National Show: Attleboro Museum of Art (catalogue), Blurb, 2008
Marc Awodey, Cones, Crochet and Counterweight, SEVEN DAYS, pg 32A, July 02-09, 2008
Anne Galloway, “Crafty Conceptual Art at the Fleming Museum”, TIMES ARGUS, pg D1 arts section, October 26, 2007
Robin Caudell, “Material Pursuits”, PRESS REPUBLICAN (Montreal), pgs C1-C2, Oct 25, 2007
Pamela Polston, “New Fleming Museum Exhibit Finds Thread Between Art and Craft”, SEVEN DAYS, Aug 22, 2007
Jack Thurston, “Public Art Pops up in Burlington”, WCAX-TV Channel 3 News, Aug 16, 2007
Sarah Tuff, “Second Homes that put Ecology First”, THE NEW YORK TIMES, pg D1 (escapes section), June 2, 2006
Marc Awodey, “Art-chitects” , SEVEN DAYS , pg 55a , September 22, 2004
Duo Dickinson, The House You Build,Taunton Press, 2004
Angela Dean, Green By Design, Gibbs Smith, 2003
Charlet Davenport, “Review of Alisa Dworsky’s Work at AVA gallery”, ART NEW ENGLAND, Oct/Nov, 2002
Harriet Senie, “Road Work: Reconfiguring the American Highway”,PUBLIC ART REVIEW, Spr/Sum, 4.,2002
Donald Maurice Kreis , “Rustic Tech Comes to Tunbridge”,VALLEY NEWS, June 15, 2002
Gordon Dritschilo, “Positive Light; ‘Luminous Fields’ called a success”, RUTLAND HERALD, Dec 26, 2001
Coverage of “Luminous Fields: Longitude in Time”,WCAX-TV Channel 3 News, November 8 and 9, 2001
Gordon Dritschilo, “ Night Lights”,RUTLAND HERALD, October 31, 2001
Gordon Dritschilo, “Art Comes to Route 4”, RUTLAND HERALD, October 8, 2001
Gordon Dritschilo,“Artwork Gets Mixed Reaction”,TIMES ARGUS, November 3, 2001
Marc Awodey, “Going Public”, SEVEN DAYS, October 24, 2001
Robin Kahn, Editor, Time Capsule, A Concise Encyclopedia of Women Artists,
Creative Time Inc. New York NY, 1995
Robin Kahn, EditorPromotional Copy, S.O.S. Int., New York NY, 1993
REGISTRIES
The Drawing project, Carroll and Sons, Boston, reviewed work on file
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York NY, Juried Image Registry
Vermont Arts Council, Juried artist
Sasaki Associates, Boston, Artists Pool, by invitation,
Urban Arts Registry, Boston
TEACHING ~ select ~`
Norwich University, Division of Art and Architecture, Northfield VT,Adjunct professor 2011,2012,2013
Norwich University, Division of Art and Architecture, Northfield VT,Visiting assistant professor and Adjunct professor 1994-2006
Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History, Palo Alto CA,Lecturer , Summer 2002
Dartmouth College, Division of Architecture and Art, Hanover NH, Guest Jury Critic, 2001
Yale University, Graduate School of Architecture, New Haven CT, Instructor and Guest critic. 1997, 1998
Ball State University, School of Architecture, Muncie IN, Visiting Professor, spring 1996
Yestermorrow Design-Build School, Waitsfield VT, Instructor 1995 – 1998
Lectures at Clark University, Wellesley College, Glasgow School of Art, Yale University
PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS ~ select ~
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Vermont, Artist’s Advisory Board Member, 2004 –
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction VT, seasonal Member, 2002 – present–
Vermont State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Board member, 2003 – 2006
PROFFESIONAL PRACTICE in ARCHITECTURE
Terra Firma Inc. Montpelier VT, Co-founder, Designer, Builder, 1992 – present
TFI is an award winning Design-Build company which focuses the making of sustainable and
energy efficient buildings.
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