Lisa Marder is a member of the National Association of Women Artists Massachusetts Chapter. She received her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Harvard University in 1985 and was a teaching assistant and studio instructor at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard while practicing landscape design. She lives on the South Shore of Boston and has taught drawing, painting, and photography at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA and at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, MA. She was the Painting Expert for the website About.com for several years and a writer for Thoughtco.com. Her award-winning work is inspired by the light and colors of the landscape and can be found in both private and corporate collections.

Faculty Award, South Shore Art Center, 2026
Honorable Mention, South Shore Art Center, National Juried Show, 2019
Honorable Mention, Hull Artists Regional Juried Show, 2019
National Association of Women Artists
Liz Koopman-Wyman Faculty Award; South Shore Art Center; 2004, 2010
First Prize Oil and Acrylic; South Shore Arts Festival, Cohasset, MA; 2005; Juror Audrey Pepper
Calendar Competition; North River Arts Society; Marshfield, MA; 2005; Juror Robert Douglas Hunter
Juror Commendation; Duxbury Art Association; Duxbury, MA; 1998
Honorable Mention; Member's Show; South Shore Art Center; 1997
Honorable Mention; Blue Ribbon Show, South Shore Art Center; 1996
National Endowment for the Arts; Entering Design Professional Grant; 1986

2006-2015; Notre Dame Academy
1996-present; Faculty, South Shore Art Center; Cohasset, MA
1997; Artist at Work; Lillian Jacobs School, Hull, MA
1996-1998; Docent; South Shore Art Center; Cohasset, MA
1994-95; Artist of the Month Volunteer; Cohasset, MA
1993-94; Guest Critic Harvard Graduate School of Design; Cambridge, MA
1986-89; Teaching Assistant/Studio Instructor; Carpenter Center for Visual Studies; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA