Lisa Mullikin was born in Washington, DC and received her Masters of Architecture from the University of Maryland. She worked in Washington, London, New York, San Francisco, Louisiana and Tennessee as an architect and teacher. Her focus has been on historical restoration and sustainable design. Lisa began her painting career by taking classes at the San Francisco Art Institute while she was working as an architect in historic restoration. She later studied art at the universities where she was teaching architecture and was introduced to plein air in Louisiana and printmaking in East Tennessee. She now works as a full time artist in Wilmington, North Carolina at Acme Studios as an oil painter. She is most interested in how memory and anticipation influence present perception, and this is explored through landscape, abstract and figurative work.

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EXHIBITS

 

 2026   Desire Path, Art In Bloom Gallery, Wilmington, NC, duo exhibit April-May, Guest Artist

 2026    Artfields Signature Visual Art Competition and Exhibit, Lake City, SC, April 10-May 2

 2026    Acme Studios Spring Annual Show, Wilmington, NC May 22- June 16

 2026    No Boundaries, Acme Studios, Wilmington, NC Group show, January 23-February 20

 2025    Acme Studios Holiday Art Show, Wilmington, NC Group Show November 28-December 23

 2025   Hello/Goodby, Acme Studios, Wilmington, NC Duo show, August 1-31

 2024   Whiskey/Broom/Feathers, RED Gallery, Knoxville, TN Duo show May 1-31

 2023   Art Salon ’23, RED Gallery, Knoxville, TN

 2023   The Big Tiny Show, The District Gallery, Knoxville, TN

 2022    Maker Exchange, Dogwood Arts, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, TN 2022-2023

 2022   Art Salon ’22, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN

 2021    Arts & Cultural Alliance, Emporium Center, Knoxville 

 2021    University of Tennessee Department of Art Accreditation Exhibit, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN

 2020   Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN