Liz Aukamp LaGarde
301-437-5095
liz.lagarde [at] gmail [dot] com
Detail of “Lambs in the Pasture”
Solo Exhibitions
“Wild Life”
Robinson Nature Center | Columbia, MD
26 October 2023 – 31 January 2024
Juried Exhibitions
“Transformation and Change”
Juror: Lesley Morris
Compass Gallery | Kensington, MD
5 – 27 October 2024
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Elizabeth Mead
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 July – 4 August 2024
“The Art of Collage”
Curator: Kristen Chiacchia
Second Street Gallery | Charlottesville, VA
7 June – 19 July 2024
“Collaborative Exhibit with The Little Theater of Alexandria”
Juror: Ali Wunder
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
18 May – 8 June 2024
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Rose O'Donnell
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
15 May – 9 June 2024
“Flora and Fauna: Thriving or Threatened”
Juror: Bryan Jernigan
Falls Church Arts Gallery | Falls Church, VA
20 April – 9 June 2024
"Open Exhibit”
Juror: Juliette Colas
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
March – 7 April 2024
“Still Life Exhibit”
Juror: Jorge Alberto
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 – 28 January 2024
“Little Winter 2023 Miniature Exhibit”
Juror: Blake Gore
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
8 November – 3 December 2023
Honorable Mention
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Regina DeLuise
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
7 September – 8 October 2023
The National Collage Society's “39th Annual Juried Exhibit”
Kean University Liberty Hall Gallery | Union, NJ
29 August – 30 September 2023
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Mike Morgan
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
5 April – 7 May 2023
“Tribute to Small Works”
The MVA Gallery | Bethlehem, PA
1 – 27 April 2022
“Persistence V”
Jurors: Lori Pratico and Amanda Bradley
d'Art Center | Norfolk, VA
18 March – 11 April 2023
“Heart's Desire”
Juror: Allyson Vieira
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
11 January – 1 February 2023
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Jenn Bratovich
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
7 December 2022 – 8 January 2023
“Fall Salon 2022”
Jurors: Hannah Barco, Helen Criales, & Twig Murray
Target Gallery | Alexandria, VA
12 November – 11 December 2022
“Spring Fling”
Juror: Evan Boggess
DISTRICT Arts | Frederick, MD
4 – 30 May 2022
“The Art of Beauty”
The MVA Gallery | Bethlehem, PA
8 April – 4 May 2022
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Gage Branda
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
9 March – 3 April 2022
“Open Exhibit”
Juror: Ksenia Orol
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
8 December 2021 – 2 January 2022
Honorable Mention
“Petite December Exhibit”
Juror: Joe Fig
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
8 December 2021 – 2 January 2022
“Fall Salon 2021”
Jurors: Clint Mansell, Sarah Tanguy, & Tomora Wright
Target Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 November – 12 December 2021
“Touch” | 30th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Terrance Nicholson & Staci McLauchlan
Mansion at Strathmore | North Bethesda, MD
8 September – 30 October 2021
“Heroes and Villains” | September 2021
Juror: Caitlin Berry
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
5 September – 3 October 2021
“Open Exhibit” | July 2021
Juror: Toni-Lee Sangastiano
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
7 July – 8 August 2021
“Landscape Exhibit” | June 2021
Juror: John Salminen
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 June – 3 July 2021
“Open Exhibit” | May 2021
Juror: Audrey Miller
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
6 May – 7 June 2021
“Open Exhibit” | April 2021
Juror: Adriel Luis
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
8 April – 2 May 2021
“Feast” | November 2020
Juror: Anki King
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
5 – 30 November 2020
“Open Exhibit” | October 2020
Juror: Raymond Padron
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
7 October – 1 November 2020
“18th Biennial Ikebana Exhibit”
Juror: Members of Sogetsu DC
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 May – 7 June 2020
“Home” | The 29th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Terence Nicholson & Erwin Timmers
Mansion at Strathmore | North Bethesda, MD
11 January – 23 February 2020
“Origins” | November 2019
Juror: Antonio McAfee
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
5 November – 8 December 2019
“Zeitgeist” | September 2019
Juror: Zoey Frank
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
10 September – 6 October 2019
“Open Exhibit” | August 2019
Juror: Julia Kwon
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
6 August – 8 September 2019
“Open Exhibit” | May 2019
Juror: Erika Harrsch
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
7 May – 2 June 2019
“Mixed Media Exhibit” | April 2019
Juror: Lavar Munroe
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
9 April – 5 May 2019
“Open Exhibit” | January 2019
Juror: Mark Strandquist
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
8 January – 3 February 2019
“Open Exhibit” | December 2018
Juror: Margaret McCann
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
4 December 2018 – 6 January 2019
"Self-Portrait"
Juror: M. Stephen Doherty
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
9 October – 4 November 2018
“All-Media Membership Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
June – July 2007
Group Exhibitions
“MASHUP Annual Members' Exhibition”
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | Hyattsville, MD
24 May – 30 June 2024
“Collage the Planet: Environmentalism in Art ”
Curator: Ric Kasini Kadour
Kolaj Institute Gallery | New Orleans, LA
19 April – 26 May 2024
The National Collage Society's “27th Annual Small Format Exhibit”
Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic, CT
29 February – 26 April 2024
“Patrons' Show Fundraiser”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
1 – 18 February 2024
“The Art Center Salon”
Frederick Arts Council | Frederick, MD
12 December 2023 – 15 February 2024
“MASHUP Annual Members Exhibition”
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | Hyattsville, MD
31 March – 30 April 2023
“March150”
Target Gallery | Alexandria, VA
11 March – 8 April 2023
“Patrons' Show Fundraiser”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
3 – 19 February 2023
“MASHUP Annual Members' Exhibition”
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | Hyattsville, MD
11 March – 17 April 2022
“Patrons' Show Fundraiser”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
4 – 20 February 2022
“Student/Faculty Show”
Awards Juror: Mary Proenza
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
12 May – 13 June 2021
“MASHUP Annual Members' Exhibition”
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | Hyattsville, MD
26 April – 26 May 2019
“What’s the Story?”
Curator: Beverly Ryan
Site 3 Project Space in the Torpedo Factory Art Center | Alexandria, VA
20 April – 30 June 2019
“Student Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
20 February – 3 March 2019
“Patrons' Show Fundraiser”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
5 – 17 February 2019
“Destroy the Picture”
Curator: Beverly Ryan
Gallery B | Bethesda, MD
9 January – 2 February 2019
“Student Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
20 February – 3 March 2013
“Ornament Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
November 2010
“Ornament Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
December 2006
“Ornament Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
November 2004
“Staff Show”
The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
October 2004
Residencies
Politics in Collage with Kolaj Institute, November 2022 – January 2023
Collections
2023, Private Collector, Alexandria, VA
2022, Private Collector, Hyattsville, MD
2022, Private Collector, Alexandria, VA
2022, Private Collector, Silver Spring, MD
2021, Private Collector, Woods Hole, MA
2019, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA
Art Festivals
Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival: Arts & Ales | 21 Sept. 2024 12pm – 6pm | Hyattsville, MD
Summer Solstice Makers Mart at Robinson Nature Center | 22 June 2024 11:30am – 3:30pm | Columbia, MD
Art Market at FAC Art Center | 16 December 2023 | Frederick, MD
Mistletoe at Midday Makers Mart at Robinson Nature Center | 18 November 2023 11am – 3pm | Columbia, MD
RISD Craft: Spring 2023 | 3 June 2023 11am – 5pm | Providence, RI
Makers Market at Cultivate | 26 Nov. 2022 10am – 5pm | Ellicott City, MD
Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival: Arts & Ales | 23 Sept. 2022 12pm – 6pm | Hyattsville, MD
Urbana Art Fest, Saturday | 25 June 2022 11am – 2pm | Urbana, MD
Press
“In the galleries: Destroy the Picture”
The Washington Post | 25 January 2019
“Gallery B Presents Beverly Ryan Destroy the Picture”
East City Art | 7 January 2019
“The Student/Faculty Show: This Could Be You!”
Creativity in Action (The Art League Blog) | 21 February 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2001
Bachelor of Interior of Architecture, May 2002
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
September 1997 – May 2002
Education
Art Works Now, Hyattsville, MD
The Art League School, Alexandria, VA
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Vitrum Studios, Beltsville, MD
Weisser Glass Studio, Kensington, MD
Continuing Education
The Art League | Sept 2002 – June 2014; September 2018 – Present
Gallery 75 | July 2019 – Present
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | September 2018 – Present
RISDmade | September 2019 – Present
Frederick Arts Council | December 2022 – Present
National Collage Society | June 2023 – Present
Frederick County Art Association | February 2024 – Present
Falls Church Arts | March 2024 – Present
TAG / The Artists Gallery | July 2024 – Present
Memberships
Experience
Six Degree Singers | Silver Spring, MD
Graphic Design Volunteer
August 2009 – Present
Created the non-profit’s original logo and donation materials. Designed programs and concert signage for each bi-annual concert series.
The Art League | Alexandria, VA
Web & Publications / Human Resources Specialist
July 2007 – August 2013
Synthesized a year’s curriculum into one cohesive annual catalog. Designed and produced advertising posters for various courses. Prepared and maintained faculty images for print and web production. Lead The Art League team through the redesign of The Art League’s website. Maintained the school website, including faculty biographies & images, and online class listings. Regularly updated the registration book and student database. Counselled prospective students in proper courses in which to register. Assisted Operations Manager in Human Resource matters. Managed staff database and contracts. Advertised open positions. Scheduled and participated in new hire interviews. Oriented new staff to The Art League.
Paper Source | Alexandria, VA
Sales Associate and Workshop Instructor
October 2010 – April 2011
Lead small groups in various paper-craft workshops. Aided customers in selecting optimal art supplies, gift choices, and project ideas. Cheerfully maintained a short line of customers at the register.
The Art League | Alexandria, VA
School Financial Assistant / Registration Assistant
January 2005 – July 2007
Managed the School’s financial records. Handled deposits for all incoming revenue. Produced financial documents for regular bookkeeping. Followed up on balances due by contacting persons directly. Prepared documents for regular audit. Assisted in registration of students. Maintained The Art League’s website, especially each month’s Gallery Show and the Event Calendar.
The Art League | Alexandria, VA
Store Assistant and Administrative Assistant
September 2002 – January 2005
Responsible for general running of the store including: assisting customers with art supplies; point of sales; and stocking & inventory. Maintained The Art League’s website. Assisted Operations Manager in Human Resource matters.
References available upon request.