ABOUT
Lisa Leitner is a multidisciplinary German-American artist examining the relationship between memory, landscape, and belonging, drawing from personal
archives, family photographs, and images gathered through travel and observation. Leitner holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (2022) and a Master of Art in Teaching (2023). She graduated Summa Cum Laude with her BFA, with a major in
General Fine Arts and a dual minor in Sustainability & Social Practice and Book Arts. Leitner has worked as an art educator in different places including: Artworks Fine Arts Studio; Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Baltimore Design School; Baltimore Lab School; St. Andrew’s
Episcopal School, in Potomac, MD; and Carl-Schurz Grundschule in Spandau, GE.
Work History
Art Instructor / Camp Instructor
2018 – 2026
Artworks Fine Arts Studio
Bethesda MD
Museum Guide
2023-2026
Futurium
Berlin, Germany
Museum Assistant
2023
Salzburger Kunstverein
Austria
Educator
2025
Carl-Schurz Grundschule
Spandau, Germany
Student Teacher
2022-2023
Baltimore Design School
Baltimore Lab School
Ridgely Middle School
Baltimore Polytechnic School
Contact Me
- lisandraleitner@gmail.com
instagram @lisaalex_art
Awards & Press
- It’s Nice That
- AIGA
- Fonts In Use
- The Dieline
Contact
email@website.com
000-000-000
Select Exhibitions/ Features
In-Between: Group Show
Awita New York Studio
2026
Paloma Magazine: Issue 027 Feature
2025
Point Pleasant Publishing Artist Feature
2025
Maryland Waterways: group show
Benjamin Gaither Center
2023
23 MICA MAT Thesis Show
2023
Commissions
Cover design for CellPress: Trends in Pharmacological Sciences Vo. 45 No. 12
2024
- NIAID Strategic Plan for Adjuvant Research
- 2023
- Private commissions
- 2013-2026
Green Acres School Yearbook Covers
2014-2015
Awards
Distinguished Teacher Candidate Award – Maryland Association of Teacher Educators
2023
Patricia Lion Krongard Scholarship – MICA, Baltimore, MD
2022
Creative Vision Award – MICA, Baltimore, MD
2018 — 2022
Dean’s List – MICA, Baltimore, MD
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts – SAES, Potomac, MD
2018
(3x) Judge’s Choice Awards for Category: Painting – SAES, Potomac, MD
2018
Scholastic Art Gold Key
2017