LISA TUBACH
tubach@hotmail.com
Born in Omaha, NE; Lives/works in Staunton/Harrisonburg,VA
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
*Indicates two-person shows
2024 "Soundings : Beneath the Surface / Paintings by Lisa Tubach," Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
2022 "Lisa Tubach: Symbiosis," Anderson O'Brien Fine Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
2021 "Sea Glass," Amy Kaslow Gallery, Washington, DC (at the gallery's previous location in DC; they are now in Bethesda, MD.) Two-person exhibition with glass artist John Geci; 13 paintings included.*
2019 “Lisa Tubach: Open Day Exhibition,” Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia
2018 “In Relationship: Self Through Others / New Works by Dietrich Maune and Lisa Tubach,” Larkin Arts Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA*
2017 “Tubach and Tubach: The Collector’s Eye / Paintings by Allan Tubach and Lisa Tubach from the RCLC Foundation Collected by Merle Stalder,” Stalder Gallery, Falls City, NE *
2016 "Longing for Eleuthera," Work Project Architects Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2016 "Tubach + Tubach : Preservation," Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE (an exhibition with my father, Allan Tubach, on our respective areas of preservation--i.e. ecological/cultural; 43 pieces included in the show) *
2016 "Ode to Eleuthera," Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2013 "Hinterland," Lorrie Saunders Art Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2013 "Notes from the Wild (Levitations)," New Image Gallery, James Madison University
2012 "Open Studios Exhibition," Hospitalfield Centre for Art and Culture, Arbroath, Scotland
2011 "Veiled," Smith House Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2010 "A Slow Walk Through Secrets," Lorrie Saunders Art Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2009 "Dangerous and Lovely Systems,” Stalder Art Gallery, Falls City, NE
2005 “Blended Geographies: Paintings by Lisa Tubach,” Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1999 “Dualities: New Work,” Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, NE
1996 “New Work,” Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, NE
1993 “New Work,” Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, NE
1992 “Lisa Tubach: Paintings,” Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SPECIAL PROJECTS
2024 "Artists at the Atelier: Visual Art, Poetry and Music from the Residencies at La Cité Internationale des Arts," Artspace, Richmond, VA; curated by Beth Beaven Jasper (Invitational; Upcoming August 23-Sept. 21)
https://www.artspacegallery.org/artists-at-the-atelier-august-september-2024
2024 “Apparition,” performance and screening of video (by Tubach) with cello & electronics at the Leelanau Summer Music Festival, Leelanau, Michigan; August 7
2024 “Mother Earth,” Meridian International Center, Washington, DC. An exhibition of 18 women artists including Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Marie Watt. Curated by Virginia Shore and Sarah Tanguy (Invitational)
https://culturefix.meridian.org/mother-earth
2024 Video premier for “Apparition,” a new composition by Eric Guinivan and performed by Carl Donakowski, Recital Hall, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University, March 29 (Invitational)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc7XV4sXGlM
2023-24 “Intricate Oceans: Coral in Contemporary Art,” Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head, SC (Sept 28, 2023-March 2024). Curated by Elizabeth Greenberg, and international in scope, the exhibition highlights work from ceramicists Courtney Mattison and Lauren Shapiro (USA), textile artist Vanessa Barragão (Portugal), painter Lisa Tubach (USA), mixed media artist Stephanie Kilgast (France), and sculptors Ginger Ertz and Mara Lefebvre (USA) (Invitational)
https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/portfolio-item/intricate-oceans-coral-in-contemporary-art/
2023 “Nocturne,” First Street Gallery, Chelsea, NYC; juried by Susanna Coffey, with over 1,000 entries.
2022 Exhibition in Lomé, Togo through the Art-in-Embassies Program, 2022-2025; Nine artists included (invitational)
2022 Finalist for “I am Water,” A National Billboard Project sponsored by EcoArtSpace, Santa Fe, NM (https://ecoartspace.org/I-AM-WATER-2022)
2022 "Sunflowers for Ukraine," Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2021 “Benefit 2021,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
2021 “Small Works,” Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE
2021 "Pandemic Highlights," New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2020 Contributor, “The PoeTREE: A Tree I Love Project” by Priscilla Stadler, New York, NY
2020 “40 Years of Excellence: JMU MFA Faculty,” Staunton-Augusta Arts Center, Staunton, VA
2019 "The Unusuals," The Painting Center, New York, NY (13 painters featured)
2019 "Water Works," Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA (three artists featured)
2017 "Strictly Painting 11," McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2017 "Absolute Music Festival" featuring the "Voice of the Whale (Vox Balaenae)" by George Crumb. Invited to include my piece "Third Ventricle," as a part of the performance.
2016 "Travel Shorts: A Moving Image Festval," Armory Mezzanine Media Gallery, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA (one of 16 artists selected; juried by Simone Paterson)
2014 "10th Annual Small Works Show," 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (juried by Bill Carroll)
- Amy Kaslow Gallery, Bethesda, MD (2021-)
- Lorrie Saunders Art Consultant/Pop Blossom Projects, Norfolk, VA (2010-)
- Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE (1992-1997; 2010-)
REGISTRIES
- EcoArtSpace, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2022-)
- The Painting Center, New York, NY, Artists Registry & ArtFile (2013-present)
- Dollar Tree Corporation, Chesapeake, VA
- Buffett Cancer Center/UNMC, Omaha, NE
- U.S. Department of State/Monrovia, Liberia
- Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
- Represented in private collections in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, Omaha, Tokyo, Virginia Beach
RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH / FIELD WORK VOLUNTEERISM
2023 Independent Research, Alboran Sea (Mediterranean); documented numerous underwater sites along the Costa del Sol, as well as other documentation of the Andalucian region.
2019 Independent Research, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (numerous sites off of Port Douglas)
2019 Volunteer Research Assistant, Earthwatch Institute, Riversdale, Belize; fieldwork to assess shark populations around the Belize Barrier Reef through employing BRUVs (baited, remote underwater video cameras) and long-line fishing, tagging, and releasing of sharks; I conducted additional research on my own, documenting the health of the reef outside of Placencia and San Pedro, Belize
2018 Volunteer Research Assistant, Gates Laboratories, University of Hawaii, Oahu; invited by the late Ruth Gates to assist in Coral Garden maintenance; the lab is known for their work on developing “super coral” that can withstand the earth's changes, and was featured in a Netflix documentary entitled “Chasing Coral”
2017 Volunteer Research Assistant, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA; assisted in the collection of a type of Nemertea, an intertidal sea worm
2014 Volunteer Research Assistant, Cape Eleuthera Institute/Earthwatch Institute, Bahamas; fieldwork measuring coral health via fish populations for Dr. Alastair Harborne, Univ. of Queensland
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Bajo el Olivo International Creative Arts Residency, Alhaurin el Grande, Málaga, Spain
2019. Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Bilpin, NSW, Australia
2017 Whiteley Center/Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA
2012 Hospitalfield Centre for Art and Culture, Arbroath, Scotland
2010 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 Dorland Mountain Artist Colony, Temecula, CA
2024 “Faculty Focus,” Madison Magazine, Spring/Summer 2024, page 19; recent research highlighted
https://issuu.com/jamesmadisonuniversity/docs/mm-spsm24
2024 Featured Artist of the Day, Instagram post for EcoArtSpace, highlighting video piece and collaborative work “Apparition,” 27 March.
https://www.instagram.com/ecoartspace/p/C5BXIV-uV5S/
2023 Norris, Cameryn, “Creating in Spain: SADAH Professor of Art Lisa Tubach Researches Coral in Spain’s Aquatic Biome through Bajo el Olivo: International Creative Arts Residency,” JMU/SADAH News, 2 October. Web.
https://www.jmu.edu/news/artandarthistory/2023/10-02-creating-in-spain.shtml
2023 “Intricate Oceans: Coral in Contemporary Art,” WSAV-TV; Broadcast and Web.
2023 Evans, Margaret, “Intricate Oceans: Coral and Contemporary Art,” Low Country Weekly, 14 August 2023. Print and Web.
https://lcweekly.com/arts/intricate-oceans-coral-in-contemporary-art/
2023 Lomé, Togo Exhibition Highlight, Instagram Post, Art-in-Embassies, US Department of State, 23 January.
https://www.instagram.com/artinembassies/p/Cm_16ygOl2-/
2022 Tubach, Lisa. Interview by Gabriel Escalera. Arts @ 8. KVNO Omaha. June 6. Radio.
https://kvno.org/art-news/symbiosis-a-relationship-of-different-species/
2021 Symes, Gunild, ed. “Portfolio: Lisa Tubach,” Xray-Mag International Dive Magazine, November 2021, Number 108, Web. Interview and creative work featured. (Invitational)
https://xray-mag.com/content/lisa-tubach-portfolio
2021 “Amy Kaslow Presents Lisa Tubach and John Geci: Sea Glass,” East City Art, 9 August. Web. (An image of one of my paintings accompanies the story.)
2020 Kulju, Jen, “JMU Art Professor Conducts Coral Research with Visits to Reefs in Belize and Australia: Artwork to Raise Awareness of Impact of Climate Change on Coral Reef Ecosystems,” JMU/CVPA News, 13 May 2020, web. Story highlighting my research and art practice.
https://www.jmu.edu/news/arts/2020/05-12-tubach-coral-reef-trips.shtml
2019 Jenkins, Mark, “In the Galleries: Canadian Artist Looks to the Outdoors for Inspiration,” The Washington Post, 5 April 2019, Print and Web. (My painting “King Nudibranch” was featured, along with a review of the Athenaeum Gallery Exhibition and three other shows.)
2016 Thompson, David, “Preservation: In Tubach + Tubach Exhibit, Father and Daughter Display an Individual Stewardship for Culture and Environment,” The Reader, 9 November 2016. Print and Web.
https://thereader.com/2016/11/09/preservation/
2014 Correal, Amy and Andy Newman, “New York Today,” New York Times, 21 August. Web.
2014 “Food As Art At Exhibit Opening Thursday at 440 Gallery,” South Slope News, 20 August. Web.
RECENT AWARDS & GRANTS
2023 Nominee, Madison Scholar Award, College of Visual and Performing Arts, James Madison University
2023 Awards to support research of Alboran Sea (Mediterranean) and related artist residency in Spain: Faculty Development Grant, College of Visual and Performing Arts, JMU; Global Initiative Grant, Center for Global Engagement, JMU; Faculty Development Grant, School of Art, Design and Art History, JMU.
2021 Nominee, Ford Faculty Support Endowment for the Excellence in Teaching, James Madison University
2019 Educational Leave, College of Visual and Performing Arts, James Madison University; competitive award based on my proposal to document the two largest reef systems in the world; additional funding provided through the CVPA and Center for Global Engagement (JMU)
2018 Provost’s Award for Scholarship, James Madison University
2015-6 Nominee, Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Visual and Performing Arts, JMU
* All lectures were a presentation on my work as an artist, unless otherwise noted
2025 Artists Now! Lecture Series Guest Speaker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts, April 9 (Invitational)
2024 “Scientific Method as Artform: Recent Research by Lisa Tubach,” Sparks Research Symposium 2024, James Madison University (Invitational)
2023 “Scientific Method as Artform: Collaboration & Inspiration / Artist Talk by Lisa Tubach,” University of Manitoba, School of Art, Online Presentation, December 6 (Invitational)
2022 Opening Reception Artist Talk for “Symbiosis,” solo exhibition at the Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
2021 Artist Talk/Panelist, “The Beauty and Fragility of the Earth's Water Bodies Featuring Artist Lisa Tubach, The Ocean Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program,” Amy Kaslow Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Bilpin, NSW, Australia
2017 Stalder Gallery, Falls City, NE
2016 Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2018 Discussant, “Cultural Literacy and Ecological Crisis,” College Art Association Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 Presenter, “Scientific Method as Art Form: Collaboration and Inspiration,” presented at the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education (Honolulu, HI)
2004 “The Art of Walter Anderson: A Review,” book review for Interdisciplinary Humanities, published by the Univ. of LA-Lafayette
2002 Presenter, “Iranian Commentaries: Three Feminists in Video/Film,” written and presented for the Southern Humanities Council’s Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA)
2001 Poetry published in The Poetry Motel, Vol. 30 and The California Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3
2000 Presenter, “In Sickness and in Health: The Representation of the Body in the Visual Arts,” written and presented for the Southern Humanities Council’s Annual Conference (Macon, GA)
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor of Art, School of Art & Art History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (Fall 2006-current)
Communications Manager/Public Art Manager, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE (2003-2006)
Associate Professor of Art/Program Coordinator, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL (1996-2002)
Adjunct Professor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (1995-1996)
Adjunct Professor (Sabbatical Replacement), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (1993-1994)
Instructor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Evening College (1992)
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (1991-1993)
EDUCATION
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Summa cum Laude (1993)
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude (1990)
Major: Studio Art; Minor: Russian
ADDITIONAL STUDY
University of Queensland, Australia
Certificate in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems, Online Course (2016)
New York University, New York, NY
Certificate in Digital Video Production (2001)
Scuola Lorenzo di Medici, Florence, Italy
Painting, Etruscan Archeology, Photography, Early Renaissance History (1989)