Born 1979 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Education
2005-2009 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana | Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking
2003-2004 Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Rome, Italy | Master of Arts in Printmaking
1997-2001 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut | Bachelor of Arts with high honors
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Montage Health Foundation |Public Art Commission at Ohana Center | Monterey, CA
2021 Performative Memory | Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
2020 Taking Notice | Monterey Peninsula College| Monterey, CA
2011 Series 1 | Moi-Meme Gallery | New York City, NY
Quotidian Reconsidered | Monterey Peninsula College | Monterey, CA
2010 Variety Pack | Yates Gallery | Siena College | Loudonville, NY
2009 Inside Out | SOFA Gallery | Bloomington, IN
2008 Manufactured By… | Gopalan Contemporary Art | Terre Haute, IN
2004 sfoglie | Galleria Studio d’Artista | Rome, Italy
2002 Try, Try Again | Galleria Sotoportego | Venice, Italy
2001 9 x 9 | Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery | Middletown, C
Two-Four Person Exhibitions
2022 courage within WOMEN without shelter | 4-Person Show | Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
2018 m+a+d² | 4-Person Show | Pacific Grove Art Center | Pacific Grove, CA
2014 Etched in Monterey: Yesterday and Today | 4-Person Show | Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
2002 A Mixed Media Pastime | Two-Person Show | Galleria Sotoportego | Venice, Italy
Select Group and Juried* Exhibitions
2024 2024 Left Coast Annual Exhibition* | Sanchez Art Center | Juried by Janna Keegan | Pacifica, CA
2022 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 22nd National Print Exhibition* | Mixografia | Juried by Kenturah Davis | Los Angeles, CA
New Work: California Society of Printmakers* | Radius Gallery | Santa Cruz, CA
2021 Kala Artists Annual Exhibition | Kala Institute Gallery | Berkeley, CA
Call and Response: Craft as a Tool for Activism | Museum of Craft and Design | SF, CA
Remembrance of Things Past | Roundweather Gallery | Oakland, CA
2020 Rhythm and Return | Radius Gallery | Santa Cruz, CA
Kala Artists Annual Exhibition | Kala Institute Gallery | Berkeley, CA
2019 Miniatures 2019 | Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
2018 Miniatures 2018 | Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
California Centered* | Merced Multicultural Art Center | Merced, CA
Making Our Mark | Open Ground Studios | Seaside, CA
2014 Art Party* | Santa Clara Fairgrounds | Santa Clara, CA
Undressed* | Radius Gallery | Santa Cruz, CA
Undressed* | Pajaro Valley Arts Council | Watsonville, CA
Open Ground: New Arrivals | Open Ground Studios | Seaside, CA
2013 Showcase | Open Ground Studios | Seaside, CA
Prints Matter!* | Pacific Art League | Honorable Mention | Palo Alto, CA
2011 Stars | The Museum of Art and History | Santa Cruz, CA
Art Party* | The Warehouse | San Jose, CA
Art Hang | R. Blitzer Gallery | Santa Cruz, CA
2010 Imprint* | Target Gallery | Awarded 2nd place by juror Jane Haslem | Old town Alexandria, VA
Exploring Contemporary Printmaking* | MarinMOCA | Awarded 2nd place by juror Karen Breuer | Novato, CA
Category: Printmaking* | Woman Made Gallery | Juried by Debora Wood | Chicago IL
ArtSpace National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition 2010* | ArtSpace
Gallery | Juried by Richard Waller | Richmond, VA
Copy Jam! | Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction | Philadelphia, PA
Concurrence | Philagrafika 2010 | University of the Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Concurrence | Alfred University | Alfred, NY
2009 Multiple x Multiple (by invitation) | University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN
New Prints: Summer* | International Print Center of New York | New York, NY
Imprint | Antelope Valley College | Lancaster, CA
The FEAST * | Pittsburg State University | Juried by Liz Hickok | Pittsburg, KS
Printmaking Area Show | SOFA Gallery | Bloomington, IN
2008 Paperwork* | Walsh Gallery Seton Hall | South Orange, NJ
Printmaking Today | Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art | Castiglione, Italy
Impressions: A Printmakers Passion | Monroe Bank Gallery | Bloomington, IN
Dollar Menu* | Satellite Gallery | Juried by The Art Guys | La Grande, OR
Identity: Construct/Deconstruct * | Purdue University Rueff Gallery | Lafayette, IN
Printmaking Area Show | SOFA Gallery | Bloomington, IN
2007 Pre-demolition Installation Exhibition | Bloomington, IN
Printmaking Area Show | SOFA Gallery | Bloomington, IN
2006 Printer Proofs: Printmaking in Progress* | Heaven Gallery | Chicago, IL
Printmaking Area Show | SOFA Gallery | Bloomington, IN
2005 Cornetti | Ragazzi Arte | Bloomington, IN
2004 Settimana delle Arti, Edizione 2004 | Rome, Italy
2002 Mostra degli Allievi ed Insegnanti | Scuola Internazionale di Venezia | Venice, Italy
Awards and Residencies
2024 Oxbow School of Art Scholarship | School of the Art Institute Chicago
2023 Montage Health Foundation |Public Art Commission at Ohana Center | Monterey, CA
2020 Arts Council for Monterey County Community Arts Grant | Courage within WOMEN without Shelter
Fund for Homeless Women Matching Grant | Courage within WOMEN without Shelter
2019 Kala Art Institute | Residency | Berkeley, CA
2014 Women’s Studio Workshop | Residency | Rosendale, NY
2013 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica | Residency | Venice, Italy
2010 Kimmel Harding Nelson CFA | Residency | Full Fellowship | Nebraska City, NB
2008 Indiana University Pegram Harrison Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement
Vermont Studio Center | Residency | Johnson, VT
Vermont Studio Center | Artist Grant | Johnson, VT
2006-2009 Indiana University | Associate Instructorship | Bloomington, IN
2005-2009 Indiana University | Deans Minority Fellowship | Bloomington, IN
2005-2006 Indiana University | Graduate Assistantship | Bloomington, IN
2002-2003 Roberto Mannino | Paper-making Apprenticeship | Rome, Italy
2001-2002 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica | Assistantship Fellowship | Venice, Italy
2001 Wesleyan University | Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize | Middletown, CT
1998-1999 Wesleyan University | Teaching Assistantship | Middletown, CT
Articles and Publications
2022 LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition Catalogue | October, 2022
Monterey County Weekly | Cover Story | “Four women artists set out to bond with local homeless women. The results of their unusual, uneasy meeting - of two worlds that rarely converge - is now on exhibit.” by Aga Popeda | Pages 20-24 |February 10, 2022
Voices of Monterey Bay | “Courage Within” by Kathryn McKenzie | January 26, 2022
2021 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic | “Dora Lisa Rosenbaum” by Lori Waxman |March 17, 2021 https://60wrdmin.org/artwork/4875738-Dora%20Lisa%20Rosenbaum.html
Public Collections
Montage Health Foundation