Born in 1967 in rural western Pennsylvania, Lisa Grossman is an acclaimed painter and printmaker whose work deeply explores the American landscape. After earning an associate’s degree in Visual Communication from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, she relocated to Kansas City in 1988 to work as an illustrator for Hallmark Cards, Inc. It was during this time that she encountered the vast Tallgrass prairies of the Flint Hills—a landscape that would profoundly reorient her artistic trajectory.

After seven years with Hallmark, Grossman left to pursue her fine art education, ultimately earning a BFA from the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence, where she has since established her home and studio. Since her debut solo exhibition in 1998, Grossman’s evocative depictions of the prairie and the Kansas River have been featured in solo shows nationwide. Her work is held in private, corporate, and public collections, including museums, libraries, hospitals, and an NFL stadium. A dedicated conservationist, Grossman frequently collaborates with local environmental groups, using her art to champion advocacy efforts. She is a 2019 recipient of the City of Lawrence’s Phoenix Award for artistic achievement and an eight-time National Parks Artist-in-Residence, which includes a notable 2017 Voices of the Wilderness residency alongside US Forest Service kayak rangers in Alaska.

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2024  On the River, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2023  Rivering, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2021  Current, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2019  A Fluid Line, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2018  One Hundred Seventy-Three, Haw Contemporary Crossroads, Kansas City, MO (details)

2017  Slow Winding, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2017 SINUOUS, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 

2016  Exquisite Solitude, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2015  River Work, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2015  River Miles, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2015  Prints – Rivers and Weather, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS

2014  REACH, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2013  The Land of Sky, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS

2012  Landscapes, The Carriage Factory, Newton, KS

2011  A Sense of Planet, In Place, The Land Institute, Salina, KS

2011  Lines of Sight, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluffs, Matfield Green, KS

2011  On the Wind, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2010  Cloud, Hangar 10 - Kansas City Downtown Airport, Kansas City, MO

2010  Windings, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2008  Prairie, River, Mountain, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2007  Cloud, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2006  On the Horizon, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2005  River Landscapes, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2004  Prairie River – Paintings and Prints, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS

2003  Plainscapes, Ruth Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2003  Prairie Reverie, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2003  Twilight and Reverie, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2002  Kansas Plein Air, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002  Lisa Grossman, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

2001 Light from the West, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2000 In the Open, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2016 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Artists-in-Residents Show, The Bank Art Space, Matfield Green, KS

2014 Summer Salon, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2013 Points of View, with Francis Di Fronzo, EVOKE Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2013 Water, Spencer Museum of Art, 20/21 Gallery, Lawrence, KS

2013 Opening group show, Gallerie Sparta, West Hollywood, CA

2013 Thanks for the Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2012 Interlopers D works on paper, EVOKE Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2011 New to the Collection, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State, Manhattan, KS

2010 Site Specifics, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

2010 Surroundings, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2009 Kansas Masters Invitational, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2009 Vacant Spaces, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2006 Art Into Art: Inspired Responses, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

2004-2005 A Kansas Sampler, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

2001 Flatland Series D 100 Monoprints, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2000 Lisa Grossman and David Shevlino, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2000 Selected Works, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2017 National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, OK

2016 Four Rivers Print Biennial, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2015 Phoenix Award/Creative Spaces, to The Committee on Imagination and Place, member since 2000, Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, Lawrence, KS 

2014 Night Visions V, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

2013 LAPS (Los Angeles Print Society) 21st National Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2012 The Printed Image 4, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS

2012 National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

2011 Night Visions IV, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ

2010 The Printed Image 3, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

2010 Selected for Art Through Architecture program, Kansas City, MO

2009 Kansas Arts Commission Mid-Career Artist Fellowship Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

2009 22nd National Parkside Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin – Parkside, Kenosha, WI

2008 Night Visions III, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ,

2008 The Printed Image 2, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS

2008 Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

2007 Washington Printmakers Gallery National Small Works Exhibition, Washington, D.C.

2007 The Best of Kansas, Kansas Inaugural 2007 art exhibit, Topeka, KS

2006 Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

2006 National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, also in 2002, 2004

2002 20th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY 

2000 Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS