The Essentials
Written by Liana Owad on January 12, 2023.
Gallery 194
Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park MD
Jan 12 - Feb 13 | 2023
There are two installation pieces on display in this exhibition. One titled "Plastic" and the other "Cardboard". This collection of objects is from Jan 2022 to Jan 2023.
I will be giving a gallery talk during the reception:
January 19th
6:00 - 8:00pm.
A.I.R. at the LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln, NE
Written by Liana Owad on March 4th, 2022.
March 4th, 2022 to May 27th, 2022
CURATOR STATEMENT
The LUX is celebrating 45 years as Lincoln's community art center. For 19 of those years, the artist in residence program has brought artists from around the country to Lincoln. The program provides opportunities for teaching experience and for them to expand their networks.
Over 60 artists have participated in the program over the years, and many past residents will have a piece featured in the exhibition.
I will not be able to attend the show in person but wish all my fellow A.I.R.s the best!
Shop Local Frederick, MD
Written by Liana Owad on April 23, 2021.
Come hang out and support local business this weekend on April 24th from 4pm-7pm at Fredrick Window Tinting. I'll be there with the Frederick Maker Market selling newly printed 4 packs of cards and fine art prints. Local food trucks, vodka tastings, and other vendors will be participating in the event. Come out to 405-C Metropolitan Ct Frederick, MD 21704 and support local businesses and makers!
Frederick Maker Market
Written by Liana Owad on February 8th, 2021.
I am a Maker with the Frederick Maker Market! Frederick Maker Market is a marketplace for all makers, artists, and creators. Makers show their talents through their work; fabric, wood, metal, brush, pencil and paper.
Please check out the prints I have for sale on their site as well as the talents of my other fellow makers!
Artrepreneur Open Call Winner
Written by Liana Owad on November 20th, 2020.
I am very excited to announce that I have been selected as a winner for Artrepreneur's "Art of Everyday: Louis' Rules" Open Call! The other artists selected were Sophie Edell, Trevor Burgess, and Pascal Bruandet and honorable mentions were Kayce Dygert, Xi Zhang, Jennifer Sowders, and Brett Polonsky. My piece selected is titled "What Remains" and is a grid of cast plastic socks.
This open call was for art that called attention to the happenings of everyday life.
Prints for Sale!
Written by Liana Owad on November 6th, 2020.
Ready to start your Christmas shopping? Prints for sale! Come check out my new work this month at the Frederick Arts Council Pop-up Gallery on 11 West Patrick St in Frederick, MD. Please bring a mask and practice social distancing!
Gallery Open Dates and Hours:
November 7 11am - 3pm First Saturday
November 28 11am - 3pm Small Business Saturday
November 29 11am - 3pm Artist Sunday
December 5 11am - 3pm First Saturday
January 2 11am - 3pm First Satuday
During the Quarantine, Gallery Open Hours!
Written by Liana Owad on October 16th, 2020.
I will be hosting open hours at the FAC gallery on 11 West Patrick St in Frederick, MD! Come meet me and check out my prints, sculptures and my installation "During the Quarantine". My installation is also evolving! Every month I reconfigure the piece embodying the presence it held while under the shelter in place order at the start of the Pandemic. There will also be prints available for purchase that you can take away that day. Please bring a mask and practice social distancing!
Gallery Open Dates and Hours:
November 7 11am - 3pm First Saturday
November 28 11am - 3pm Small Business Saturday
November 29 11am - 3pm Artist Sunday
December 5 11am - 3pm First Saturday
January 2 11am - 3pm First Satuday
During the Quarantine, Solo Exhibition at the Frederick Arts Council Gallery
Written by Liana Owad on August 28th, 2020.
I am very excited to be working with the Frederick Arts Council! I have several pieces up in the gallery on West Patrick St including work I made during the COVID-19 Quarantine. Please come walk by the gallery windows and see what I have been making! The work will be on display until January.
More information coming soon on events with the show! Please follow my instagram for updates and installation shots.
Layered Perspective Solo Exhibition at the Waterville Public Library Carnegie Gallery
Written by Liana Owad on December 9th, 2019.
Come check out my new works on paper made while I was living in Okinawa, Japan at the Waterville Public Library Carnegie Gallery ! I will be giving an artist talk at the reception on February 1st around 1pm.
Check out information about the show here! The
Honorable mention for the "Colors" International Art Competition!
Written by Liana Owad on October 20th, 2018.
I am excited to share that one of my new works on paper was accepted into the international online art competition "Colors" with the Art Room Gallery and was awarded an honorable mention.
Check out information about the show through this slide show of all the accepted artists!
Groundwork Residency with North & Found!
Written by Liana Owad on June 15th, 2018.
This week was the start of my digital residency with North & Found Project. I will be meeting tonight for a discussion with our other Artist in Residence Raina Benoit, Isobel Atacus North & Found's curator in residence, and Artist Marion Tu who is with North & Found.
I cannot wait to discuss the new direction my work is taking. Our residency will last 4 weeks. Check out my instagram for updates!
‘Nebraska Rising’ won Best Group Exhibition at the OEA Awards!
Written by Liana Owad on Feb 20th, 2017.
So excited and proud to be apart of this amazing group of artists! Congratulations to everyone! I just wanted to thank the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Alex Priest who curated the exhibition for this amazing experience!
More information about the Omaha Entertainment + Arts Awards
‘XXChange’ Celebrates Female Creators Breaking Down Gender Boundaries
Written by Liana Owad on November 1st, 2016.
Nov 4th - Dec 2, 2016
Opening Reception, November 4th
7pm - 9pm
Open to the Public
Area 405
405 East Oliver St
Baltimore, MD 21202
XXChange
Written by Liana Owad on October 18th, 2016.
Nov 4th - Dec 2, 2016
Opening Reception, November 4th
6pm - 9pm
Open to the Public
Area 405
405 East Oliver St
Baltimore, MD 21202
XXChange is a celebratory, multilayered exhibition featuring over 30 regional artists! XXChange invites and inspires self-identifying women to pursue careers and build community in non-traditional fields of art, craft and technology. Please look for events and gathering surrounding this exhibit!
Check out more information here!
Her Stories: A Women's Art Show
Written by Liana Owad on October 8th, 2016.
Oct 8th - Oct 28th, 2016
Opening Reception, October 8th
6pm - 8pm
Open to the Public
Chesapeake Arts Center
194 Hammonds Lane
Brooklyn Park, MD 21225
This group exhibition was put together to celebrate and support local women artists. I am very excited to support the Arts Center as their MakerSpace Coordinator and through my own artistic practice.
Nebraska Rising
Written by Liana Owad on June 1st, 2016.
June 16th, 2016 - September 17th, 2016
Opening Reception, June 16th
7pm - 9pm
Open to the Public
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Old Market 724 S. 12th St
Omaha, NE 68102
Check out these articles about the exhibit!
Nebraska artists take over the Bemis
Nebraska Rising the Reader
Nebraska Rising is a juried exhibition that features eleven artists living within 100 miles of Omaha, NE.
Heron Bassett
Mary Elizabeth/Mesonjixx
Phil Hawkins
Roberta Leaverton
Joey Lynch
Liana Owad
Kristae Peterson
Christopher Prinz
Craig Roper
Barbara Simcoe
Michael Villarreal
Cell and World
Written by Liana Owad on May 27, 2016.
One night showing of Cell and World in the series No Vacancy
Renegade Exhibition
One Night Only, May 27th!!
332 N 22nd St Lincoln NE, 5- 8:30pm 
Artist Erin Schoenbeck, organized a group exhibition of local artist in Lincoln to put up work for one night in a house that was scheduled to be demolished. This building has since been removed for new development allowing us to breath life back into this house one more time. The exhibition was in partnership with Neighbor Works. The turn out was amazing! Stay tuned for more renegade exhibits to pop up around Lincoln and Omaha.
L. Kent Wolgamott: Can pushing 'print' make art? 'Pixels, Voxels' answers 'yes'
Written by Liana Owad on March, 2016.
Pixels, Voxels
Feb 5th - March 25th 2016
LUX Center for the Arts
2601 N 48th St
Lincoln, NE 68504
Check out this awesome review by L. Kent Wolgamott on this contemporary small works show!
Pixels, Voxels
Written by Liana Owad on February, 2016.
Pixels, Voxels
Feb 5th - March 25th 2016
Opening Reception Feb 5th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Free Wine, Beer and Snacks!
LUX Center for the Arts
2601 N 48th St
Lincoln, NE 68504
Gallery Hours:
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm.
Saturday 10am-5pm
Pixels, Vowels was an invited, international, juried exhibition curated by Bri Murphy, Gallery Director at the LUX Center for the Arts. I am very honored to be apart of this exhibition with the other 16 artists who were chosen. Thank you Bri for putting together such an amazing small works show!
NEA on Creativity Connects
Written by Liana Owad on December 16th, 2015.
50th Anniversary of the NEA
December 16th, 2015
5:00-6:00pm Town Hall Discussion
Open to the Public
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102
I am participating in an Omaha Roundtable discussion on Creativity Connects this December 16th, 2015. There are 10 overall roundtable discussions around the country that are participating in the NEA's new initiative, Creativity Connects. I hope to share insights from my career as an artist and bring information to the table related to my position as Coordinator of Innovation Studio. Following this discussion chairman, Jane Chu, will speak at the Joslyn Museum to further this discussion in a town hall forum.
Bemis Art Auction
Written by Liana Owad on November 15th, 2015.
Art Auction
November 21st
Doors open at 6:00pm
Admission at the door $125
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 South 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Gallery Hours:
Wed. - Sat. 11:00 am - 5:00pm
Gallery Admission is free
Here is the piece I submitted for the Bemis Auction!
Liana Owad, UpKeep
Written by Liana Owad on September 1st, 2015.
UpKeep
September 2015
Opening Reception September 4th
Open to the Public
Spativm
1416 O Street, Suite IV
Lincoln, NE
Everyday Objects Get New View in Liana Owad's "Everything, All the Time"
Written by Liana Owad on June 13, 2015.
Everything, All the Time
June 5th - 27th
Opening Reception June 5th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Free Wine, Beer and Snacks!
LUX Center for the Arts
2601 N 48th St
Lincoln, NE 68504
Gallery Hours:
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm.
Saturday 10am-5pm
"Everything, All the Time" was a solo exhibition of my year artist in residence work with the LUX Center for the Arts. Provided is a review of the the work written by L. Kent Wolgamott from the Lincoln Journal Star
Everything, All the Time Show Opening June 5th!
Written by Liana Owad on May 22, 2015.
Everything, All the Time
June 5th - 27th
Opening Reception June 5th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Free Wine, Beer and Snacks!
LUX Center for the Arts
2601 N 48th St
Lincoln, NE 68504
Gallery Hours:
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm.
Saturday 10am-5pm
I started at the LUX as an Artist-in-residence in August, 2014. So far I have taught 2 figure drawing courses, one en plein air course and a drawing sampler class. All courses were 6 weeks long and were held in the evening for high school and adults. I have really enjoyed being part of the art community the surrounds the LUX! Thank you for all of your support and working with me as I struggled to find a balance of working full time and art practice routine after grad school.