Addison de Lisle earned his BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry at the Maine College of Art in 2011. After graduation, he apprenticed with Wilson Forge on Little Deer Isle, Maine from 2012 to 2014. In 2014, he was awarded a one-year fellowship in fine metalwork at the Fondation de Coubertin in France. Following this program, he enrolled in the graduate program for Blacksmithing and Metalsmithing at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and received his MFA in 2018. He has attended numerous workshops and residencies around the country.
As Professor of Blacksmithing at the American College of the Building Arts from 2018 to 2021, de Lisle contributed to major renovations to the blacksmithing facilities and curriculum and developed courses for ferrous and non-ferrous metalworking and design. From 2021 to 2023, he worked as Programs Director at Pocosin Arts in Columbia, North Carolina, where he oversaw major renovations to the studios and the revival of summer workshops and community classes for youths and adults after a two-year pause during the pandemic. He has been the Contributing Editor & Designer of The Anvil's Ring, a quarterly publication of the Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America (ABANA), since 2023.
de Lisle has led numerous workshops at notable craft centers, including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Appalachian Center for Craft, John C. Campbell Folk School, Peters Valley School of Craft, Center for Metal Arts, and New England School of Metalwork. Noteworthy commissions include the Unitarian Church in Charleston, the Sette of Odd Volumes Society, Warren Lasch Conservation Center, and the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum. In 2024, he was awarded the Belvedere Handcraft Fellowship by the Maine Arts Commission in recognition of artistic excellence. He exhibits works nationally and internationally, and maintains an independent studio practice in midcoast Maine.
