1995
University of Maryland, College Park, MFA.
1991
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, studied carved wood furniture with Paul Sasso.
1983
Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting Baltimore, MD, Graduate Studies.
1979
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.
1978
Architectural Association London, England.
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2002
"Floating," Joe's Movement Emporium, Mt. Rainier, MD.
2001
"Trouble," Northern Virginia Community College.
2000
"Ed Bisese," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1999
"Selections," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
"Pocohontas," Cave Man, Pop-Pop, and John Smith, 12-month public sculpture installation, Clarendon Centeral Park, Clarendon, VA.
1998
"Collages," Washington Shakespeare Company, Clark Street Theater, Alexandria, VA
1995
"New Work," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
"Big Heads," The Gallery Library, Greenbelt, MD
1994
"Six Paintings," Louisburg College, Louisburg, NC.
"Perfiles (Profiles)," Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC
1993
"Small World," Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, VA
1992
"Ed Bisese," Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
"Painting," Sculpture and Drawing, Gallery K, Washington, DC.
"Fear and Confidence," Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA.
1991
"Paintings," Coyote Gallery, Butte College, Oroville, CA.
"New Paintings," John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
"Recent Work," Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC.
1990
"Paintings," Morris Mechanic, Baltimore, MD.
"Fast Pictures," Danceplace, Washington, DC
1989
"Big Heads," Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. New Work, Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1985
"Neo-Primitivism," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003
"New," Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
2000
"Remembering the Past," The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC. Works by Contemporary Maryland Artists, Government House, Annapolis, MD
1999
"Artists Heralds," McLean Arts Center, McLean, VA.
1998
"The Painted Object," Anton Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Strictly Painting," McLean Arts Center, McLean, VA.
1996
"Art Links" (one of 18 miniature golf holes) commissioned by Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.
1994
"Group Show," Sweethow Gallery, Napa, CA.
"Beyond Likeness," Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
"Small is Beautiful," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1993
"View from Baltimore to Washington 1993," University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus (UMBC) Fine Art Gallery.
1992
'Bad Attitudes," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.
"Earth, Air, Water and Fire: The Elements,"Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA.
"Right Down to the Roots," (second prize cash award) Delaplaine Visual Art Center, Frederick, MD.
1991
"Small Works," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
"Painting 91," Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA. "Baltimore Emerging Artists Multi-media Survey Exhibition," The Bauhaus, Baltimore, MD.
"The Mayor's Juried Bicentennial Art Exhibition," Mayor's Art Gallery, Washington, DC.
"All Creatures Great and Small," John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
'Drawings," Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC.
1990
"Fictions/Depictions," School 33, Baltimore, Maryland,
"Prints and Drawings," Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA.
1989
'From the Anacostia to the Potomac," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.
1988
"Drawings," Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD.
" Review and Preview," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
1987
"Everything Must Go-Go," Washington Project for the Arts/Botswana, Washington, DC.
1986
"Inaugural Group Show," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
" Architects on Their Own," George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
"The Garden of Earthly Delights," Gallery 10, Washington, DC.
1985
"Review and Preview," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
" Group Show," Gallery K, Washington, DC.
"Washington Arts Community: Self-Portraits," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
1991
Roosevelt High School Mural, Washington, DC. (Funded by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities).
1988
Bookworks, collaborative design of the Washington Project for the Arts bookstore. Krakatoa Lounge Mural, Washington, DC. Montana Restaurant Mural, Washington, DC.
1987
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania collaborative sculpture installation.
1984
Hamilton University, Colgate, New York, Hotel Incredible collaborative installation and performance.
1983
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC., The Incredible Lobby, collaborative installation and performance.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2003
Minchilli, Elizabeth Herman. "Art On Account." Art & Antiques, June 2003.
1995
Fleming, Lee. "Ed Bisese, Georgia Deal." Washington Post, February 18, 1995.
1993
Ferber, Eric. "Bisese's Works: 'Ugh' or 'Wonderful,'" The Portsmouth Currents, March 4/5, 1993, p. 6.
"Bisese Art a Combination of Primitive and Modern." The Portsmouth Currents, March 4/5, 1993, p. 7.
Maddry, Lawrence. "Portsmouth Museum Ties a Towel around Artist's 'Torso,'" The Virginian-Pilot & Ledger Star, February 27, 1993, p. D1.
1992
Wittenberg, Clarissa K. "Bad Attitude: An Exhibition of Eight Washington Artists," Washington Review, June/July 1992, p. 18.
Wilson, Janet. "Muddled Media at WPA," Washington Post April 10, 1992, p. D2.
1991
McKeon, Nancy, "Breaking the Rules," Washington Post Magazine, October 6, 1991, cover and pp. 20-23.
French, Michael. "Sense of Fun in Butte College Exhibit," Chico Enterprise Record, September 29, 1991, "Nationally Acclaimed Artist Shows at Coyote," Paradise Post, September 10, 1991.
1989
Brown, David. "Ed Bisese Paintings," EyeWash, March 1989, p. 3.
1985
Coleman, Nicols. "The 'Naive' Sophisticates," Washington Post, January 17, 1985, p. B7.