Chris Lyon - Resume

(1973 - 2007) BORN: Greenville, South Carolina

EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 1999
B.F.A., Drawing, Painting, Photography, Western Carolina University 1996
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate Program, Philadelphia, PA 1996-1997
Chautauqua School of Art, Summer Art Program, Chautauqua, NY 1996
University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy, Study Abroad Program 1994

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS:
Pre-Press Assistant: Byron Browne, A Seminal American Modernist, Copyright 2000 by The Melvin Art Gallery of Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida
Merit Scholarship, University of Pehhsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts 1997-1999
Teaching Fellowship: Awarded by the University of Pennsylvania's College of General Study, 1998
Nomination for the Dedalus Foundation Award: Nominated by the University of Pennsylvania, 1998

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
"Two Hundred Seventy Degrees" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Phialdelphia, PA 2007
"Driven Red Raw" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Phialdelphia, PA 2005
"Sucking You In" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003
"16 x 16" Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL 2002
"New Works" Gallery Alpha M, Tokyo, Japan December 1999

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Inaugural Exhibition: Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, June 2006
"Save The Date" Tierney Communications, Philadelphia PA 2006
"Sum of All Parts," Bridgette Mayer Gallery, December 2005
"32nd Annual Juried Competition" Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2005
"Save The Date" Tierney Communications, Philadelphia PA 2005
"PLATFORM Flordia" Magnolia Building, Lakeland, FL 2004
"Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show" Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA 2004
"The Professional Perspective" Lake Wales Arts Center, Lake Wales, FL 2003
"A Feast For The Eyes" Thomas PropertiesGroup LLC, Corporate Gallery, One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA 2003
"Dueling Overhead" Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
"Annual MFA Juried Alumni Exhibition" Kroiz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003
"Drawing As Drawing/Drawing In Painting" Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 2003
"Gallery Group Exhibtion: Survey of New Works" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2002/03
"Summer Group Exhibition" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2002
"On Paper" Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA December 15, 2001-January 12, 2002
Florida Southern College Faculty Art Show: Melvin Art Gallery, Lakeland, FL 2001
"Young Talent Show" Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, Connecticut, 2001
Penn Folio '99: Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Spring 1999
Masters of Fine Arts, Thesis Show: Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1999

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Fallon, Roberta. "New Mayer in Town," Philadelphia Weekly, Dec. 28, 2005
Newhall, Edith. "A new Approach," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 10, 2005
Sozanski, Edward J. "Abstraction Overhead," The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 21, 2003.
Strauss, R.B. "Finally, March" aroundphilly.com, March 5, 2003.
Strauss, R.B. "Summer Show" Press/Review, July 31, 2002.
Berkofsky, Axel. "Abstract Visions From A Frenetic Night's Session," Asahi News, December, 1999.
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