About Lisa Conway

Lisa Conway was born in Detroit, Michigan and received a B.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1990. She earned an M.F.A. in ceramics from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1993. In 1991 she was awarded a full fellowship to study at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Since then, she has completed many artist residencies around the country and her artwork has been shown in over 100 solo and group exhibitions. She has been the recipient of several grants including from the Oregon Arts Commission, and her work is included in several permanent collections. Her work is currently represented by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. Lisa lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works out of a studio in her home. She teaches Art at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, where she has been a Professor of Art and Head of the Ceramics Area since 2003.