Karen #1

• Photographer
  Ilisa Katz Rissman Ilisa is an award winning photographer who works concurrently on long-term fine art projects, choosing large format analogue cameras to produce detailed, provocative images. Ilisa's work has been shown at the University Of The Arts - Philadelphia, Brooklyn Academy of Music, James Oliver Gallery, Powerhouse Arena, and 12 12 Gallery, among others. She is the recipient of a number of awards from jurors including, James Rondeau (The Art Institute of Chicago), Stephen Perloff (The Photo Review), Joseph Carroll (Carroll and Sons) and Jennifer Blessing (The Guggenheim Museum of Art). Others awards include The New York Photo Festival (3 images chosen in fine art category),The Forward Thinking Museum and PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Paris. Her photography has been posted and reviewed in The New Yorker and The Philadelphia Inquirer; Ilisa is a BRIC Arts Media Fellow. , United States

Through the process of creating intimate portrait studies of
women who choose to age naturally, I am addressing my own
reckoning with fading female physical power and the re-definition
of self-image that comes with age. I am interested in exploring
various emotional states associated with this experience.
Specifically, I view the portraits of Karen -- who recently lost her
husband of nearly twenty years to leukemia -- as her statement of
resistance to mortality.

Awards AWARDS
2014 The Photo Review Competition: 3rd Place Award
2014 Runner-up, The Forward Thinking Museum
2013 Second place award, Stephen Perloff (The Photo Review), 12 12 Gallery International Juried Portrait Photography Exhibition
2013 First Place Award, Joseph Carroll, South Shore Art Center National Juried Show
2012 Winner, Fine Art Awards NY Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2012 BRIC Arts Media Fellowship
2012 Finalist, Gallerist's Choice Awards, Santa Fe
2011 Finalist, Exposure
2011, National Competition
2011 2009 Finalist, National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Award, London, UK
2010 Winner, Soho Photo Gallery National Competition, Judge Jennifer Blessing, (Curator at Guggenheim Museum of Art), New York, NY
2008 Winner, ArtFutura 2008, Chicago, IL.
2008 Winner, National Biennial XIX, Lagrange, Georgia
2008 Portraiture Award, PX3, Prix De la Photographie, Paris, France

SELECTED SOLO and GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 The Photo Review Best Of Show: Juried by Jennifer Blessing: Gallery 1401, The University Of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014 The New York Photo Festival – Photoworld 2014 Exhibition, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
2013 12 12 Gallery International Juried Portrait Photography Exhibition
2013 BRIC Gala, Brooklyn, NY
2012 ARTnude: James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
2012 Rogue Exposure: Group Show, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2012 NYPF'12 Invitational Exhibition (3 pieces accepted), Brooklyn, NY 2011 Verge Art Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2011 BAMart Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Soho Photo Gallery National Competition, New York, NY
2009 Maleeka, Brooklyn NY (permanent installation)
2009 BAMart Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY 2008 Blow-Up, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 ArtFutura 2008, Curated by James Rondeau, Art Institute of Chicago, IL 2008 BAMart Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2008 National Biennial XIX, LaGrange, GA.
2007 Solo Show, Ilisa Katz Rissman: Selected Work, Princeton Project Space, Princeton, NJ
2007 Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
2007 Rotunda Gallery Gala, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Cristina Grajales, New York, NY
2007 BAMart Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Brooklyn Youth Chorus Gala, Steiner Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Take Home a Nude, Philips de Pury, New York, NY