Selected Exhibits & Awards
2019 Black & White Show, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2019 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2018 Annual Art Show, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2017 Annual Art Festival, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2017 Art in Bloom, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2016 Annual Art Festival, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2016 Pasadena Art Show, Group Exhibit, Laemmele Theatre, Pasadena, CA
2016 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2015 “Collective Body of Work 2012-2015,” Solo Exhibit, ArtCrush Studio, Altadena, CA
2015 Incite 3: The Best of Mixed-Media, The Art of Storytelling, North Light Books
2015 “10 24 15 Art Only” Group Show, Gibson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Grand Opening Group Show, ArtCrush Studio, Altadena, CA
2014 “Liquid Dreams,” Group Show Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Solo exhibit, Zilin Restaurant, Pasadena, CA
2014 “Mysterious Flight and Other Beautiful Tales,” Group Show, Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Group Showing, SOPA Studios Art Collective, ArtsCrawl, South Pasadena, CA
2014 Winner of Flora Online Exhibit, Linus Galleries, Pasadena & Long Beach, CA
2013 Artists of FIVE08, Group Show, Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica, CA
2013 “Seeing Buddha”, Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Group Exhibit, SOPA Studios Art Collective, Arts Crawl, South Pasadena, CA
2013 Special Merit Award, 3rd Annual Botanical Exhibition 2013, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
2013 “Dreams & The Lotus,” Solo Exhibit, 8th Day Arts, Glendale, CA
2013 Featured Artist, Hotel Andaluz Mezzanine, Albuquerque, NM
2013 “Elusive Reflections,” Solo Exhibit, Center for Wellbeing, Sierra Madre, CA
2013 All Women Art Exhibit, Light Space & Time Gallery Honorable Mention Winner for Mixed Media Category
2012 Incite: The Best of Mixed-Media Dreams Realized, Winner
Publications
Incite 3: The Best of Mixed-Media, The Art of Storytelling, North Light Books (September 2015)
Incite: The Best of Mixed-Media Dreams Realized, North Light Books (September 30, 2013)
Art Life with Lisa Agaran, VoyageLA, VoyageLA.com, http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-lisa-agaran/
Teaching Experience
True Creativity Within | February 2015 – Present, Pasadena, CA
Taught both in-person and virtual classes and workshops. Ran various programs to help students improve their creative process. Also offered Creativity Coaching to individuals interested in taking their art to the next level and advance their artistic skills. Led and hosted multiple retreats under the title Awaken Your True Creativity, in Cambria, CA
Creative Arts Group | June 2015 – March 2020, Sierra Madre, CA
Various mixed media classes such as Mixed Media Basics & Beyond, Color Mixing Essentials, Visual Art Journaling, Mixed Media Abstract & Painting with Paper
San Clemente Art Supply | March 2017 – August 2018, San Clemente, CA
Mixed Media Basics, Mixed Media & Photography
Glendale Community College | March 2016 – February 2020, Glendale, CA
Mixed Media Basics, Color Mixing Essentials, Visual Art Journaling, Painting with Paper, Painting with Fabric.
Creativity Coaching Association September 2010-June 2013
Online Instructor for Certification Program, NY
Education
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (Inactive), 2009-Present
M.A., Psychology Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA 2001-2003
B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 1986-89