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Susan Lyman

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Provincetown, MA ****7

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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan

Rhode Island School of Design

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2011 Artist-in-Residence, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable. MA

2009-2012 Lecturer in Sculpture, Design, and Drawing, Providence College, Providence, RI

2009 Imagining Nature (drawing workshop), Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) Summer

Program, Provincetown, MA

2007-09 Lecturer/Critic, Department of Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

2007 Critic, Department of Foundation Studies (Three-Dimensional Design), RISD

Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art MFA Program at FAWC

2006 Advanced Projects: Flexible Structures, Cape Cod Community College, in

partnership with the Museum School of Provincetown Art Association and

Museum (PAAM), Fall

2004 Sculpture I, Cape Cod Community College, in partnership with PAAM

2003 Drawing I, Cape Cod Community College, in partnership with PAAM

1999-06 Artist-in-Residence, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Orleans, MA.

Coordinate and teach general art program and art seminars.

1999 Visiting Artist, UMass at Dartmouth, with Stephen Whittlesey

1996 Figure Drawing, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

1994 Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Fall

1988-91 Visual Program Coordinator, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.

Administration of Visual Fellows program, Visiting Artist Fellows; member of

Visual Arts Committee since 1984.

1984-87 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Courses taught

include 3-D Graduate Seminar, Junior Senior Sculpture Major Studio, Sculpture

254 (advanced elective), Three-dimensional Design, Introduction to Fibers.

1985 Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Visiting Summer Faculty, School of Art, University of Michigan

Faculty, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

1984 Visiting Summer Faculty, School of Art, University of Michigan

1983 Major Project at Artpark, Lewiston, NY: "Terminal", a semi-enclosed, 36-foot

long, installation of wood, dyed reed and theatrical gauze

Visiting Artist at Ohio State University, Ohio University, Kent State University,

and Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

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1982 Artist-in-Residence at Artpark, Lewiston, NY

Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1978-81 Assistant Professor of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Courses taught

include Sculpture, Ceramics, Three-dimensional Design, and Drawing.

Visiting Artist lectures and workshops at School of Art, Munson-Williams-

Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, and Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1976-78 Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Kirkland College, Clinton, NY

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2008 Faculty Research Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, (research

and photo documentation in the archives, gardens and arboretum at Royal

Botanic Gardens at Kew, and at various gardens in greater London)

1992 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1982 Fellowship, Artists' Foundation, Inc., Boston, MA

1981-82 Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts

Residency Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

1978 Fellowship, Yaddo Foundation, Saratoga Springs, NY

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011 Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable. MA

2010 Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Hunter Gallery, St. George s School, Newport, RI

2008 of/Nature/after, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI

2006-08 Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2001-05 Silas Kenyon Gallery, Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA

1998 DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1995, 96 DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1993 Botanical Theatre, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center,

Provincetown, MA

1992 Universal Fine Objects Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster, MA

1990, 91 Universal Fine Objects Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1989 Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau-Claire, WI

Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1983 Elements Gallery, New York, NY

Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

Perspectives: Susan Lyman, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1982 Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

1981 Susan Lyman, Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

Elements Gallery, New York, NY

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Chazan Gallery, The Wheeler School (4-person), Providence, RI

2011 Sculpture Invitational, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

2010 Artpark: 1974-84, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2009 Second Nature: Vico Fabbris, Susan Lyman, Michael Mazur, Nathalie Miebach,

Provincetown Art Association and Museum (catalog with essay by Chris Busa)

Faculty Biennial, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

2008 At Home on Cape, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA

2007 Introducing Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

The Museum School at PAAM: Faculty Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association

and Museum

2005 Museum School Faculty Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

2004 Feast or Famine: Artists and Food, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2002 Knot Quite: Twisted Works, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 Great Expectations, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY

Silas Kenyon Gallery, Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA

1999 Primordial Visions, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

1998 Sculpture Invitational, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

1997 Cloning, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Provincetown-in-Hudson, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson N

1996 Marc Miller Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Victoria Stoll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1995 Victoria Stoll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Trees, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, (curated by Hayden Herrera)

1994 New Directions in Crafts from the Cape, The Society of Arts and Crafts,

Boston, MA

Four from the Fine Arts Work Center: Sculpture, Cherrystone Gallery,

Wellfleet, MA

Re-Generation: Found and Assembled, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1993 The Domestic Object, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (traveling

exhibition in Massachusetts, 1993-94)

Collaborations II, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Fine Arts Work Center 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Provincetown Art

Association and Museum

1992 Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1991 Homage To Wood: The Tree as Image, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

The Far Field: Six Artists in America, at Excellent Coast, Yokohama, Japan and

Hyogo Toyota Exhibition Space in Kobe, Japan (curated by Zephyrus

Contemporary Art)

Mystics, Shamans, And Lunatics, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

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1990 Crosscurrents: The New Generation, East Hampton Center for Contemporary

Art, East Hampton, NY. (curated by C. Busa and B.H. Friedman)

1989 Selections by Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship Recipients, Twining Gallery,

New York, NY

Contemporary Provincetown, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and

Murray Feldman Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA (catalog with essay by Ann Lloyd)

The Assembled Image: Collage and Construction, Provincetown Art

Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Fine Arts Work Center Alumni Show, Boston College, Boston, MA

1988 En Masse, St. Louis Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1987 The Eloquent Object, a survey of the evolution of post-World War II art in craft

media, organized by the Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK (two-year

international museum tour including National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,

and National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)

Small Works, Stavaridis Gallery, Boston, MA

The Tree Show, North Hall Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1986 A Contemporary View of Nature, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,

Ridgefield, CT

Linear Constructions, North Hall Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art,

Boston, MA

Fiber R/Evolution, University Art Museum, University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, WI (national survey of art in fiber curated by Neda Al Hilali, Mary

Jane Jacob, and Mildred Constantine; national exhibition tour, 1986-87)

Connections: Works in Fiber, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Curated

by Mary Jane Jacob and Michael W. Monroe.

Michigan NEA Fellowships 1965-85, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI

Director's Invitational: A Provincetown Cross-section, Provincetown Group

Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1985 Color and Form: New Works in Paper, Elements Gallery, New York, NY

The Creative Spirit, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Women's College,

Lynchburg, VA

Artists Choose Artists, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Fine Work, International Gallery, San Diego, CA

Animals: Contemporary Visions, Robert L. Kidd Associates, Inc.,

Birmingham, MI

1984 Sticks, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Paper '84, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Fiber Crosscurrents, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Artists in Fiber: 1981-82 NEA Fellowship Winners, Transpacific Center,

Oakland, CA

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1984 Surfaces and Structures, School of Art Gallery, University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, MI

1983 Structure/Construction: Works in Paper/Fiber, Ohio State University,

Columbus, OH

1982 Papermaking USA, American Craft Museum II, New York, NY

Woven: Painted/Built, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA

1981 Beyond Tradition: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, American Craft Museum, NYC

National Crafts '81: Works by 1981 Recipients of NEA Craftsmen's

Fellowships, Greenville County Art Museum, Greenville, SC

Basketworks, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1980 Pulp: International Exhibition of Handmade Paper, Wellington City Art Gallery,

Wellington, New Zealand (traveling exhibition in New Zealand, 1980-82)

1976-80 Sculpture included in 38 group exhibitions across the United States, including

Elements Gallery, New York, NY; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,

WI; and Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Champion International Paper Co., Stamford, CT

Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Hotel Cosima, Tokyo, Japan

Arkansas Art Center and Museum, Little Rock, AK

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Nelson Fine Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Robert L. Kidd, Birmingham, MI

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Camden, Detroit, MI

Berta Walker, Provincetown, MA

Chris and Sally Lutz, Boston, MA

Bill and Pat Brasch, Louisville, KY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009 Andre van der Wende, Vico Fabbris, Susan Lyman, Michael Mazur, Nathalie

Miebach: Second Nature, Art New England, Nov/Dec, page 49

2007 Jan Lhormer, Artists Who Teach, Cape Arts Review VII, p. 24-27

2005 Sue Harrison, Susan Lyman s Botanical Evolution of Art, Provincetown

Banner, August 18, page 45

1998 J.A. Hagar, "Drawing in Space", The Ptown Scene, July 2, p.23

1995 Sara London, Art New England, October/November, p. 58

1992 Cindy Nickerson, "Sculpture Comes Naturally to Provincetown Artist Susan

Lyman, Cape Week, Cape Cod Times, October 30, p. 8

1990 Crosscurrents: The New Generation, catalog with essays by Chris Busa and B.H.

Friedman, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, Easthampton, NY

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1989 Carol Vogel, "Lessons from the 80's," The New York Times Magazine

(Home Design), October 15, sculpture featured on pages 22-23

Corinne Abatt, "Art Improves on Nature," Observer and Eccentric,

Birmingham, MI, May 18

Ann Lloyd, "Organic Sculpture by Susan Lyman," Cape Cod Antiques and Arts,

February

1988 Ann Lloyd, "Beyond Craft," Cape Cod Antiques and Arts, November

1987 The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK. Essays by Mary Jane

Jacob, Jonathan Fairbanks, Lucy Lippard, John Perreault, Rose Slivka

Susan Lyman, Artist's Statement, Provincetown Arts, Vol. 3, #1, page 39

The Tree Show, catalog with essay by Norman Keyes, Jr., Massachusetts College

of Art, Boston, MA

David Bonetti, "High Fiber," The Boston Phoenix, Feb. 10, p. 12

1986 Jack Lenor Larsen, Interlacing: The Elemental Fabric, Kodansha International

A Contemporary View of Nature, catalog with essay by John Yau, Aldrich

Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Fiber R/Evolution, catalog with essay by Mary Jane Jacob, Milwaukee Art

Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Connections: Works in Fiber, catalog with essay by John Perreault, Three Rivers

Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

1985 Roslyn Siegel, "Women in Crafts," Women Artists News, Vol. 10, #2, page 23

1984 Artpark: The Program in the Visual Arts, Lewiston, NY

Gina Franz, "The Energy of Paper," Dialogue, March/April, p. 37

Kyra Montagu, "Sticks," Art New England, March

Patricia Malarcher, "Summer at Artpark," American Craft, June/July

Susan Lyman, "Terminal: Drawing in Three Dimensions," Fiberarts, July/August

1983 Perspectives: Susan Lyman, catalog with essay by Diane Douglas, John Michael

Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Bernard Toale, The Art of Papermaking, Davis Publications

Katarine Pearson, American Crafts: A Source Book for the Home, Stewart,

Tabori, and Chang Publications

1982 Nancy Doll, "Woven: Painted/Built," Art New England, December

Bernard Toale, "Papermaking in the USA," Fiberarts, July/August

1981 Stephen Roberts, "Susan Lyman's Paper Structures, Fiberarts, Sept./Oct.

Anne Kirker, "Pulp," Art New Zealand, Vol. 19, Autumn

Douglas Fuchs, "Contemporary American Basketry," Craft Australia, Summer

Roslyn Siegel, "Paper and Clay in a Sculpture Show," The New York Times,

January 22

1980 "Portfolio: Susan Lyman," American Craft, April/May

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