EDUCATION
1985 California Institute of the Arts, MFA (Studied with Jo Ann Callis, John Divola), Valencia, CA
1982 San Francisco Art Institute, BFA (Studied with Linda Connor, Larry Sultan), San Francisco, CA
1978-1980 Visual Studies Workshop, (Studied with Nathan Lyons), Rochester, NY
1977-1978 Le Contrejour, (Studied with Claude Nori), Paris, France
1976-1977 Aegean Center For The Fine Art, Paros, Greece
1975-1976 New York University (Studied with Marcia Resnick), NYC
1971-1975 Cranbrook – Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Rotan Switch”, Leica Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2022 “Rotan Switch,” Slow Exposures, GA
2021 “Rotan Switch,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “Southern Comfort,” Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “My Mother’s Passing” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2014 “Rotan Switch,” The Cotton Museum at The Memphis Cotton Exchange, TN (artist talk)
2013 “Rotan Switch,” The Cotton Museum at The Memphis Cotton Exchange, TN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “2023 International Juried Exhibition”, (juror: Shana Lopes)
2023 Alta Vista, Galerie Couteron, Paris, France
2023 Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA (jurors: Aline Smithson and Alexa Dilworth)
2023 Alta Vista Arts, Milan Image Art Fair, Italy
2023 “Members Juried Show”, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA (juror: Hamidah Glasgow)
2022 “Conversations with the Archive,” The Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (juror: Aline Smithson)
2022 “Small Matters,” Medium Photo, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA (juror: Bayley Mizelle, Director of the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles)
2021 “Contemporary Portrait,” The Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (juror: Michael Foley)
2021 “Her Story: Through the Feminine Lens”, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Marisa Cachiolo)
2021 “Creative Portraiture,” The Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA (juror: Aline Smithson)
2021 “7th Annual Members’ Exhibition,” The Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA (juror: Dr. LeRonn P. Brooks, the Getty Research Institute)
2021 “27th Juried Exhibition,” online exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (juror: Arnika Dawkins)
2021 “2021 Annual Members’ Show,” online exhibition, The Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO (juror: Aline Smithson)
2021 “2021 Members Juried Exhibition,” The Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA (juror: Susan Burnstein)
2021 “2020 in 2021,” Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA (jurors: Alan Rothschild and Paula Tognarelli) (first place)
2020 “IV: Members Exhibition,” online, Filter Photo (juror: Jonathan Blaustein)
2020 “5th Annual Fine Art Exhibit: Exploring Humanity,” The Los Angeles Center for Photography, CA (juror: Marissa Caichiolo)
2020 “The 2020 International Online Juried Exhibition,” The Center for Photographic Art,” Carmel, CA (juror: Aline Smithson)
2020 “Portrait,” The Southeast Center of Photography, Greenville, SC (juror: Brandon Thibodeaux)
2020 “26th Annual Members Juried Exhibition,” The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (juror: Alexa Dilworth)
2020 “5th Annual Creative Portrait Exhibition,” Los Angeles Center for Photography, CA (juror: Paul Kopeikin)
2020 “Here Comes the Sun,” Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “Mother,” online exhibition, South x Southeast Photogallery
2019 “All Women are Dangerous II,” Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
2019 “Women by Women,” Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (juror: Kat Kiernan)
2019 “Slow Exposures,” Le Grange, GA (jurors: Alyssa Coppelman, Gordon Stettinius) (catalogue)
2019 “Los Angeles Center of Photography Members Exhibition,” DNJ Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (juror: Douglas McCulloh)
2019 “2019 Photo Competition Exhibit,” Stonehenge Gallery, AL
2019 Building Bridges Art Exchange, Photo LA,” Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Contemporary Portraiture,” The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (juror: Ann Jastrab)
2019 “Self-Portrait,” PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (juror: Aline Smithson) (catalogue)
2018 “The Creative Portrait,” Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA (juror: David Fahey)
2018 “Photo LA,” Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2018 “Center Forward,” The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (jurors: Kris Graves, Hamidah Glasgow)
2018 “Summer Show,” Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue by Float Photo Magazine)
2018 “Slow Exposures,” Le Grange, GA (jurors: Aline Smithson, Alexa Dilworth) (catalogue)
2018 Finalist Exhibition and Artist Talk, FOCUS photo l.a. Gallery, Silverlake, CA
2018 Classic Photographs Los Angeles, Wallspace Creative, CA
2017 "Granddaddy and Bruce's Wedding Reception," fotofever, Capital Gallery, Paris
2017 "Creative Portraiture," Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA (juror: Ann Jastrab)
2017 “California Rising,” Fabrik Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Slow Exposures: Unplugged" Concord, Georgia, Le Grange, GA
2017 "Soho Photo Gallery National Competition," NYC (juror: Aline Smithson) (2nd Place)
2017 “Southern Landscapes,” Brickworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA (juror: Elizabeth Avedon)
2017 “Recollections," The New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA (juror: Russell Lord)
2017 “Fine Art Exhibition,” Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA (juror: Crista Dix)
2017 Los Angeles Center of Photography, Photo LA, CA
2017 “All Women are Dangerous,” Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
2017 “The Human Condition,” online exhibition, The Photo Review
2016 “Identity: The List Portraits,” slideshow presentation, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Slow Exposures 2016,” Cochran Gallery, La Grange, GA
2016 “Fabrik Projects,” Photo Independent, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Truth is Stranger than Fiction,” Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA), Glassell Commons, CA
HONORS & AWARDS
2023 AAP Magazine, Winner of the Competition Solo Exhibition (juror: Sandrine Hermand-Grisel)
2021 Top 200 Finalist, Critical Mass, Photolucida
2017 2nd Place, “Soho Photo Gallery National Competition” ( juror: Aline Smithson)
2015 Top 200 Finalist, Critical Mass, Photolucida
2016 Top 200 Finalist, Critical Mass, Photolucida
2013 Honorable Mention, “Rural Impressions,” Soho Gallery for Digital Arts, NYC
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2024 Rotan Switch, monogragh, published by Kehrer Verlag
2023 AAP Magazine, Portrait, April issue #31
2021 “CODE ORANGE,” Artillery Magazine, Laura London
2021 “Rotan Switch,” Street Photography Magazine
2021 “Exhibition Review: Lisa McCord: Rotan Switch,”Afterimage, Judith B. Herman
2021 “Work of Palisadian Photographer on Display in Solo Exhibition,” Palisadian Post, Sarah Shmerling
2020 “LACP Featured Member,” Los Angeles Center of Photography
2018 “Meet Lisa McCord of Lisa McCord Photography,” VoyageLA
2017 “American Connection,” Black and White Magazine (UK edition), Susan Burnstine
2017 “Lisa McCord - Rotan Switch,” Ain’t-Bad, Curator’s Choice, Parker Woods
2017 “Memories from an Arkansas Cotton Farm in the 1980s,” Feature Shoot
2016 “Artist Feature,” Annenberg Space for Photography
2016 "McCord’s Photos Capture the Eye,” Spotlight, Palisades News, Laurie Rosenthal
2016 “Palisadian Artist’s Photo Exhibit Opens Saturday,” Palisades News, Jacqueline Primo
2016 “Nancy Sherwood: My Mother’s Passing,” LENSCRATCH, Aline Smithson
COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Lisa McCord is represented by Leica Gallery Los Angeles.