Lisa Moses is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice operates at the intersection of biomimicry, embodied perception, and systems thinking, examining how natural intelligence, material systems, and lived experience can inform sustainable, adaptive, and socially responsive design.

Her research-driven practice combines historical and theoretical inquiry with experimental and practice-based methodologies, producing drawings, paintings, installations, and built environments that function as interactive spatial ecosystems. Through dimensional exploration, material research, and public engagement, Moses investigates how principles drawn from living systems can shape human-centered interior environments. Her work bridges conceptual inquiry and technical rigor, linking artistic expression, environmental responsibility, and emerging technologies.

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Masters of Interior Architecture, Graduated with Honors, 2006
Architecture Program, Rome, Italy, 2004

Brown University, Providence, RI
Graduate Certificate of Collegiate Teaching, Sheridan Center for Teaching, 2006

Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Dean’s List, 2001

Tyler School of Art, Temple Rome University, Rome, Italy
Fine Arts Program, 2000

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE + COURSES TAUGHT

Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Art and Design : Adjunct Faculty, 2021 - 2022
Campus Courses
FDTN 111.04, FDTN 111.12, FDTN 111.14 Drawing 1 2021 - 2022

University of Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning : Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty, 2015 - 2016
Campus Courses
ARCH 3701 Survival Sketching 2015 - 2016
ARCH 3701 Survival Sketching 2014 - 20151

Naropa University, Visual Arts Department : Adjunct Faculty, 2013 - 2015
Campus Courses
ART 155 A Figure Drawing 1 2013
ART 180 Sculpture Studio 2014 - 2015
INTD 480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar Thesis Mentor 2014
ART 490-A Biomimetic Installation Art 2014 - 2015

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Department of Interior Design : Adjunct Faculty, 2011 - 2013
Campus Courses
ID1230 Intro to Sustainable Design 2013
ID1510 Survey of Interior Design 2012 - 2013
ID 1520 Design Principles 2012
AN 2070 History of Architecture and Design 2012
AN 2710 History of Architecture and Design 2013
ID | SD 2860 Residential Design 2012 - 2013
ID | SD 2870 Holistic Design 2012 - 2013
IDSD 3200 Sustainable Design Strategies + Technologies 2012
IDSD 3300 Sustainable Design Studio 2013
ID 3630 Portfolio Development 2012
ID 3631 Interior Design Portfolio Review I 2012
ID 3632 Interior Design Portfolio Review II 2012
ID | SD 3840 Restaurant + Retail Studio 2013
IDSD 4200 Sustainable Design Studio 2012
IDSD 4211 Sustainable Design Studio 2013
IDSD 4250 Senior Portfolio Review 2013
ID 4840 Design Research 2011
ID 4850 Furniture Design 2011 - 2012
ID | SD 4990 Senior Design Project Studio 2013

Online Courses
ID 1510 Survey of Interior Design 2012
AH 2070 History of Architecture and Interiors 2011
AN 2070 History of Architecture and Design 2012
ID 3300 Portfolio Development 2012
ID 3631 Interior Design Portfolio Review I 2012
ID 3632 Interior Design Portfolio Review II 2012
ID 4000 Senior Portfolio Review 2013
IDSD 4211 Sustainable Design Studio 2013
IDSD 4250 Senior Portfolio Review 2013
IDSD 4991 Senior Design Project 2013

The Art Institute of Colorado, Art Foundations and the Department of Interior Design : Adjunct Faculty, 2010 - 2012
Campus Courses
CC 1312 Core Curriculum Fundamentals of Drawing 2010 - 2012
ID 2349 History of Architecture and Design II 2010 - 2011
ID 2358 Design Development - Residential Studio 2011
ID 4391 Graduate Design Development Studio 2011 - 2012
ID 4900 Portfolio Preparation 2011

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Summer Workshop Course with Tucker Houlihan : Guest Faculty 2007
Studio Workshop - Turn Me On 20072

Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Interior Architecture : Teaching Assistant, 2003 - 2006
Campus Courses
GRAD 2312 From Immaterial to Material 2005
INTAR 2378 History of Interior Architecture and Adaptive Reuse 2004
INTAR 2381 Human Factors 2003

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND ACADEMIC SERVICE

Founder & Creative Director, Lion 8 Creative, 2010 - present
Founded and lead a multidisciplinary creative practice delivering interior architecture, product and furniture design, branding, and immersive environments for mission-driven organizations, cultural institutions, and public-sector partners. Provide strategic and creative leadership from visioning and concept development through production and implementation. Lead the design of spatial environments and installations in collaboration with curators, educators, scientists, and institutional stakeholders, translating research and complex narratives into accessible experiences. Mentor and guide interdisciplinary teams and partner with municipalities, developers, nonprofits, and community stakeholders on adaptive reuse, retail and hospitality interiors, and public-facing brand environments that advance social, cultural, and environmental goals.

Guest Critic, University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, Buffalo, NY 2025
Guest Critic for Professor Seth Amman’s and Tim Noble’s Architectural Design Studio in the Department of Architecture.

Guest Critic, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2023
Guest Critic for Professor Meta Brunzema’s 3rd year Climate Impact Studio 23FA-ARCH 805 in the Department of Architecture.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT xPRO 2022
Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design and Production Course.

Guest Speaker, Rochester Contemporary Art Museum, Rochester, New York, 2022

Guest Artist and Critic, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO 2021
Invitational. Louise Martorano, Executive Director. Two day guest studio visits for Residency Artists.

Mentor, RISD Network, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2020 - present
Professional and Academic Mentor - currently mentoring 6 students and 3 alumni.

Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2020
Guest Critic for Professor Sara Ossana’s Advanced Studio in the Department of Interior Architecture - Cannabis Recreational and Medical Dispensary Design and Branding.

Author, Modern In Denver, Inspiring Stories from Creative Individuals, Denver, Colorado 2020
OSSOM Invitational Creative Profile. A Day in the Life: Lisa Moses, Artist + Designer. An introspective look at a day in the life of a busy artist and mother, Lisa Moses of Moses Operandi.

Guest Critic, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 2010 - 2020
Guest Critic for studios in the College of Architecture and Planning - MArch Studio 1, MArch Studio 3, Furniture Studio, Design Studio 1, Comprehensive Studio, Archeological Dig Museum Studio.

Guest Speaker and Workshop Lecturer, Denver Design Week, Denver, Colorado 2019
Lead a workshop for Denver Design Week, an event that aims to be a platform to promote dialogue and discussion about design and how it relates to Denver, Colorado and world. With a focus on elevating the creative industry, Design Week is a seven day celebration and showcase of the region’s best architecture, interiors, art, brands and technology.

Committee Member and Design Volunteer, Maker Lab, VonMod Outreach Program Denver, CO 2015
A 5,000 SF incubator space. The Maker Lab is a collaboration of designers, creatives, developers, artists, architects and visionaries alike. Our focus was on building our local Denver community through design, gathering, exploring, learning and making. We provided shared resources, helped individuals bring products to market and offered professional service assistance.

Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar Thesis Mentor, Naropa University Boulder, CO 2014
A Reconnection to the Self and Community, Jessica Danielle Dunn

Sustainability Committee Member, Naropa University Boulder, CO 2013
Naropa Sustainability Council, Climate Action Plan (CAP). Naropa emerged as a leader in climate action by becoming one of the first universities in the nation to offset 100% of its electricity use with wind power in 1998. Naropa’s longstanding dedication to environmental stewardship and climate action was formalized in 2007 when Naropa University officially committed to climate neutrality. T he living Climate Action Plan (CAP) document was developed to achieve climate neutrality – zero net contribution to climate change.

Guest Critic, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2012-2014
Guest Critic for the Interior Design Department - Student Thesis Studios.

BOULD Student Committee Head and Volunteer Graphic Designer, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2012-2013
Student LEED Certified Accreditation with Shane Gring of BOULD - Habitat for Humanity of Colorado. This program guided a group of students through the LEED certification process and gave them with hands-on building experience through Habitat for Humanity, Denver’s local chapter. BOULD partners with affordable housing builders to transform housing projects into hands-on, interactive learning laboratories to help transition architecture and construction professionals into the green building industry.

Committee Member, The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2011 - 2013
Standards Committee Active Member. I was responsible for preparing all student work for Accreditation - Section I. Mission, Goals, and Curriculum; Section II. Interior Design: Critical Thinking, Professional Values, and Processes; Section III. Interior Design: Core Design and Technical Knowledge; Section IV. Program Administration. To ensure excellence, interior design programs must maintain high standards of student and institutional performance. The results must be measured against CIDA’s established performance standards. Evaluation of these results is the responsibility of the Accreditation Commission.

Writer and Developer, Online Curriculum - Interior Design Department, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2011 - 2013
Curriculum Author and Designer. I wrote and developed all of the content for the online courses I taught on campus. This was a two year project and the culmination of each class included Sixteen Modules for each course, Corresponding Assignments and Presentation Slide Designs, Learning Outcomes, Weekly Tasks, Introductions, Discussions, Exercises, Delivery, Cited Materials, Media Programming, Discussion Board Content, and Assessment.

Speaker, The Art Institute of Colorado Denver, CO 2012
Special Speaker Series, Guest Lecture - Successful Wayfinding Design and Implementation

Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2009
Guest Critic for Professor Peter Yeadon’s Advanced Design Studio: Future Studio

Guest Critic, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2008
Guest Critic for the Interior Architecture Department’s midterm critiques - adaptive reuse studios.

Guest Critic, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston MA 2005, 2007
Guest Critic for the Department of Design & Facilities finals - Urban Residence Adaptive Reuse Project and Residential Design Studio.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

The Return: A Multidisciplinary SOVA Alumni Exhibit, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA 2025

Wisdom of the Living World, Studio 1024, Rochester, New York, 2023

Welcome!, Rochester Contemporary Art Museum, Rochester, New York, 2022

Resident, Globeville Riverfront Arts Center (GRACe), Denver, CO 2021

Morning Musings, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO 2018

Morning Musings, Berkeley Chapel, Denver, CO 2017

Morning Musings, Highlands Masonic Temple, Denver, CO 2016

Morning Musings, Blake Street Studios, Denver, CO 2016

Wood, Ice and Stone, Platform at Union Station, Denver, CO 2015

Imagined Realities, RedLine Sustainability Park, Curated by Cortney Lane Stell. Denver, CO 2013

Imagined Realities, Biennial of the Americas, Curated by Cortney Lane Stell. Denver, CO 2013

Architecture of Sound, Earthdance, Plainfield, MA 2012

Project Digs 3, Greater Elmwood Gallery, Curated by Josie Morway. Providence, RI 2008

Swarovski, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Javits Center, New York City, NY 2008

Swarovski, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Javits Center, New York City, NY 2007

Sparks + Glows, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 2007

Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI 2006

Tension and Compression, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI 2006

Interior Architecture Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Curated by RISD Faculty, Providence, RI 2004, 2005

RISD In Rome, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI 2005

Gleanings, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI 2004

RISD Invitational Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI 2004

NAA Exhibition, Artists Image Resource Gallery, Curated by John Thomas Pusateri Jr. Pittsburgh, PA 2002

Fall Exhibition, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2002

Flux 8, Fein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2002

Homestead Art Project, Old Stone Bank Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2002

Matter as Protagonist, Creative Arts Workshop, Juried by Jessica Stockholder, Artist, Director of Graduate Studies in Sculpture, Yale University. New Haven, CT 2001

MIR 2, Smack Mellon Gallery, Collaborative Installation with Ward Shelly, Artist. Brooklyn, NY 2001

D.U.M.B.O. Arts Festival, The Lunatarium, Invitational. Brooklyn, NYC, NY 2001

*Full exhibition list 1998- 2026 available upon request.

AWARDS + RESIDENCIES

Denver Arts & Venues Cultural Affairs Grant Recipient, Denver, Colorado 2020

National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” Grant Recipient, Denver, Colorado 2015

1st Place, ASID Crystal Awards, Faculty for Holistic Design Studio - Denver Children’s Home. Denver, Colorado 2013

1st Place, IIDA International Sustainable Design Competition, Faculty for Sustainable Design Studio - Solitaire Market. Denver, Colorado 2012

Earthdance, Creative Living Interdisciplinary Projects Residency. Plainfield, Massachusetts 2012

Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island 2006

Bessie Award In Performance, Installation and New Media, MIR 2 Installation, New York City, NY 2001

MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

Stroll “Cream & Coffee” November 2024

Rochester Contemporary Art Center “Welcome!” July 7, 2022

Modern In Denver “A Day in the Life: Lisa Moses, Artist + Designer” Inspiring Stories from Creative Individuals, OSSOM Creative Profile. May 14, 2020

303 Magazine “Denver Design Week Returns for Its Fourth Year of Innovation” October 24, 2019

Denver Post “Can good design solve all of Denver’s problems?” October 19, 2019

5280.com“Meet the Women Taking Over Denver Design Week” October 15, 2019

Colorado Matters, CPR Denver Design Week - Interview with Lindsey Kruger of NIVAS, October 14, 2019

Colorado Biz Magazine “A Practical Guide to Denver Design Week 2019” October 3, 2019

Modern In Denver Magazine “Denver Design Week” September 16, 2019

Denver Westword “The Nature of Things”, Imagined Realities, August 22, 2013

Denver.org “Biennial of the Americas” July 2013

Biennial of the Americas “Canada Night!”, Imagined Realities, July 2013

Interior Design Magazine “Giving Back”, The Pine Street Inn Furniture Project, January 27, 2004

Christian Science Magazine “High-Concept Design in a Shelter”, The Pine Street Inn Furniture Project, January 27, 2004

The Providence Journal “Furnishing a Shelter RISD Style”, The Pine Street Inn Furniture Project, December 12, 2003

The New York Times “When Humble Materials Interact”, Matter as Protagonist Exhibition, June 2, 2002

New Haven Register “Matter as Protagonist”, Matter as Protagonist Exhibition, June 23, 2002

Artforum MIR 2 Installation, February 2002

The New York Times “Art in Review: MIR 2”, MIR 2 Installation, November 9, 2001

RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS & PRACTICE

Consciousness, Noetics, and the study of the nature of reality to the experience of the built environment.
Biomimetic works of art and architecture.
The cellular structures, morphology, pollinating practices, adaptations, transmutations, photosynthetic processes, and evolution of both fossilized and extant species of ancient plants.
Cellulose-based biopolymers for 3d printing processes, temporal installations and permanent works.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

College Art Association, Member
IIDA, Member
Rhode Island School of Design Founders + Entrepreneurs Affinity Group, + Alumni Association, Member
The Botanical Society of America, Affiliate Professional
International Organization of Palaeobotany, Member