Lisa Rigge

Lisa Rigge is an artist, photographer, and educator. Her current body of work consists of hand tinting black and white digital photographs. Lisa is currently the President of the Pleasanton Art League, and her work is represented by the Valley Art Gallery.

Lisa was an Artist-in-Residence at the KALA Art Institute in Berkeley. She has studied with nationally renowned photographers Holly Roberts, Elizabeth Opalenik, Debra Fleming Caffrey, Al Weber, and Brian Taylor.

She has exhibited in solo and group shows. Her work has been included in: LaGrange National XXVI Exhibition, in LaGrange, Georgia; Women’s Work 26th Annual Exhibit in Woodstock, Illinois; the National Association of Women Artists Small Works in New York City; the California State Fair, the Alameda Fair, and Elk River Arts Alliance. One of her pieces was accepted in the online Gallery for the Center of Photographic Art, Carmel, in 2015. Her awards include: First place at the Texas Photographic Society National Competition in 2004, selected by juror Sue Brink; Best of Class, Alameda County Fair 2009, 2011, and 2013; Best of Photography, Elk River Arts Alliance, 2011, and 2nd Place in 2015.

Her work is private collections at the Arkansas State University; at Minot State University; the City of Fairfield; and the City of Livermore. Her work has been published in ZYZZYVA, Volume XXI, Number 3; On Safari by David Anderson, and The Rose, published in Athens, Georgia.