EDUCATION 
M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 
B.A., Scripps College, Claremont, CA 
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2011 PAINTINGS, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming) 
          GOUACHES, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (forthcoming) 
2009 THE FUTURE OF PARADISE PAST, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2007 I LIKE INTERROGATIVES, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2005 HELLO. IT’S ME, White Box Gallery, Marina del Rey, CA   
          REMEMBER? I CAN’T REMEMBER, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA 
2004 WHAT HAPPENED?, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA 
2003 WISH I WAS HERE, The Sandbox, Venice, CA 
2002 IMPERFECTION, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
2001 HOW PERFECT IS PERFECT?, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA 
2000 APOCALYPSE TWINS, (collaborative art team the “apocalypse twins” with Jill Giegerich), Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA    
          WORKS ON PAPER, Takumi Studios, Gifu Design 2000, Gifu City, Japan 
1999 WORK FROM FINLAND, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA 
          PAINTING--NEW WORK, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
          NEW PAINTINGS, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA 
1998 RECENT PAINTINGS, Gallery Paradiso, Costa Mesa, CA 
1997 MNEMONICS, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 
1995 SMALL WORKS, 12 x 12 Gallery, Taos, NM 
          RECENT PAINTINGS, College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV 
1994 RECENT PAINTINGS, William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA 
1993 TETHER, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA 
1992 PHYSICAL CURIOSITIES, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA 
          PERSONAL MARKS, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA 
1991 SCHEMA, Daniel Maher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
1990 DIARIES, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA 
1989 LISA ADAMS, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2011 LOOKING GLASS: UNRESOLVED WORK BY 40 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 
          Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming) 
          FLORA, Ontario Airport Terminal, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2010 PRELUDE TO AN APOCALYPSE: LANDSCAPE IN AN ERA OF DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS, Pedersen Projects, Pomona, CA 
          THICKENING THE PLOT, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 
          UNLEASH THE BEAST, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
          NINE, West LA College Fine Art Gallery, Culver City, CA 
          SET THEORY I - ROLAND REISS, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 
          ZIPOR, ZIPORIM, ZIPPORA - ANSONSTEN DANKE UND LIEBE GRÜSSE, Lichtpunkt Galerie, München, Germany 
          RED DOT ART FAIR, Andi Campognone Projects, New York, NY 
          LIFE AFTER LIFE, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA 
2009 EDENISTIC DIVERGENCE, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 
          ARTRA T-Lofts, Los Angeles, CA 
          4th OF JULY “ONE WEEK ONLY,” Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
          LISA ADAMS AND PATRICK NICKELL, Pierce College Gallery, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA 
          LOVABLE LIKE ORPHANED KITTIES AND BASTARD CHILDREN, The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI 
          MIXED METAPHORES AND OBSESSION, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
2008 SOME PAINTINGS, 3rd LA WEEKLY ANNUAL BIENNIAL,Track 16, Santa Monica, CA 
          JOINT CUSTODY PROJECT, Found Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
          LE FEMME, Art Whino, National Harbor, MD 
          DISMORPHIC VISUALIZATION SYNDROME, The Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
          EDGES AND BOUNDARIES, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
          SUM OF PARTS, dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA 
2007 BIG SECRET CASH, Angstrom Gallery, Culver City, CA