Awards
•Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman Foundation First Book Prize in Photography Finalist 2006
•Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Finalist 2005
•CDS/Honickman Foundation First Book Prize in Photography, Honorable Mention 2004
•Pictures of the Year International, Award of Excellence, Magazine News Story 2002
•Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Finalist 1999
Biography
Lisa Kessler's photographs are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was runner-up for the Honickman Foundation First Book Prize in Photography, Center for Documentary Studies, for her work on the clergy sex abuse crisis. Her short film "Heart in the Wound," documenting the impact of that crisis through the voices of survivors, premiered at the Boston International Film Festival in 2009 and was shown at the Fear No Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. "Facing Peace," a documentary portrait series in collaboration with families surviving violence, was exhibited at Lesley University in 2008. Kessler teaches photography at Montserrat College of Art and works for editorial, corporate and non-profit clients. She is currently preparing "Seeing Pink" for book publication and gallery exhibitions.
Exhibitions
•Seeing Pink, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, June 2010
•I-95 Triennial Invitational Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME, April 2010
•New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 2009
•Facing Peace, Lesley University Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2008
•Giving Shelter, 516 Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2008
•DOCUMENT: Contemporary Social Documentary Work, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA 2006
•Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood is NOT a Class Privilege in America, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute & traveling nationally since 2002
•Photography Now: 2005 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA
•Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD 2003
•New England Photographers ‘03, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 2003
•Faces of Survivors: Depicting the Legacy of Homicide, Dorchester House, Community Health Centers, MA 2000
•Shades of Grace, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA 2000
•Faces of Our Future, Anti-Defamation League, Boston, MA 2000
Publications
•The Conversation, KUOW.org Seattle NPR, August 13, 2010, "Hot Pink, Baby Blue: The Psychology of Color"
•The Boston Globe, July 11, 2010, "The Story of Pink" by Eugenia Williamson
•Women's Review of Books, May/June 2009, "Facing Peace - Families Surviving Violence" by Carolyn M. Goldstein
•Boston Herald, November 16, 2008, "Lives after losses on view in photo exhibit" by Marjery Eagan
•Public Culture, Volume 17, Number 3, "Heart in the Wound" interview with Ann Cvetkovich www.publicculture.org