About Lisa
Lisa Pleskow Kassow is painter and photographer living in Connecticut. She has a BFA in Painting from Carnegie-Mellon University. Lisa’s first career was as an artist and award-winning photojournalist in Israel. After her move to Connecticut, she embarked on a long and successful career in Jewish education, arts and culture. She rediscovered her passion for painting after many years and chose watercolors as her medium. She is inspired by nature, intimate landscapes and still-life, and the reflection of light in our beautiful and vulnerable world. Lisa is a member of the Watercolor Society of Connecticut and has exhibited in numerous juried shows in recent years.
Prior to her move to Connecticut, Lisa was a news, features and art photographer in Israel for ten years. The photographs presented here, are all from this creative period.
She is the recipient of the Rockower Award for Photojournalism, the Charter Oak Cultural Center Vision Award for Jewish Culture, and the Hillel International Exemplar of Excellence Award.
Lisa has won several awards in recent juried Connecticut Watercolor Society Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibits
Close Observation: Paintings, Photography, Collage
Chase Gallery, Mandell Jewish Community Center, 2024
The Abayudaya Jewish Community of Uganda
Chase Gallery, Mandell Jewish Community Center 2012
Mather Art Space, Trinity College 2012
Hidden Poetry: Photographs from Israel
Mather Art Space, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2004
Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT 1994
Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, Riverdale, NY 1993
Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT 1992
Selected Juried Watercolor Exhibits
2024 Award Winner - Connecticut Watercolor Society Annual Fall Exhibit, Award winner, Marlboro Arts Center 2024
2024 Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Kent, CT
2024 New England Watercolor Society North American Open Juried Exhibition at Plymouth Center for the Arts
2024 Award Winner - Connecticut Watercolor Society, Silpie Gallery, Hartford Art School University of Hartford, CT
2023 Hudson Valley Art Association Annual Exhibition, Old Lyme Academy of Art,
2023 Connecticut Watercolor Society Spring Exhibit, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven,
2022 Award Winner Connecticut Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit,
Marlboro Center for the Arts, CT
2022 New England Watercolor Society North American Open Exhibition, Plymouth MA
2022 45th Annual International Watermedia Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society - Houston
2021 New England Watercolor Society Regional Juried Exhibition, Arts Center East, Vernon CT.
2021 Painting Through the Pandemic, Rhode Island Watercolor Society
2021 Spring Forward, Rhode Island Watercolor Society
2021 National Watermedia Show, Rhode Island Watercolor Society
2020-2021 West Hartford Art League Members Juried Exhibit
2021 Small Works Show, Rice Gallery of Fine Art, Overland Park, Kansas
2020 West Hartford Art League Juried Members Exhibit
2020 New England Watercolor Society, Brushes with Nature, Plymouth Center for the Arts
2019 Connecticut Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven
2019 CT + 6 Juried Regional Exhibit, West Hartford Art League
2019 Connecticut Watercolor Society 78th Annual Exhibition, Lyme Art Association
2017 Connecticut Watercolor Society Autumn Exhibition, Marlboro Arts Center, CT
Connecticut Watercolor Society Spring Exhibit, West Hartford Art League, 2012