Art & Art History
Department

Bio

Lisa Scheer is a Professor of Art and teaches courses in sculpture, foundations, writing for the studio artist and art theory. Professor Scheer received a B.A. from Bennington College and an M.F.A. in sculpture from the Yale University School of Art. She has exhibited widely including one person shows at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Phillips Collection, the American Institute of Architecture. Her public commissions include sculptures created for National Airport, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University, and the DuBurns Arena in Baltimore. Her work is abstract in style yet infused with suggestions of imagery and narrative. Much of her works are large in scale and designed in response to specific architectural environments. She is represented by Hemphill Fine Arts in Washington, DC. Her work can be viewed on-line at:

Lisa Scheer at McKay Scheer Studios

Exhibition/ Commission Information

• She is currently completing a commission for the GSA that entails two large-scale bronze sculptures for the entrance of the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.
• Grants include two Artist Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Maryland Arts Council, and the Pollock-Kransner Foundation

on-line course materials