EILEEN LYONS
BORN, New York, currently lives and works in Jupiter, FL www.eileenlyonsart.com
EDUCATION
University of Virginia
Secondary Teaching Certification in Education, May 2004
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, D.C., 2001 — 2004
M.A., American University, Washington, D.C., 1995
Arts Management, Museum Studies, Visual Arts
B.F.A., St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1982
Major: Fine Arts, Concentration in Painting; Minor: Art History and Philosophy
WORK
Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta, FL
Adjunct Faculty Member
Painting Instructor 2022 – Present
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Adjunct Faculty Member
Painting Instructor 2018 – Present
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Teaching Artist for Drawing and Painting Workshops 2021
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Teaching Artist / On Staff as Contractual Employee in the Department of Education
Presented adult drawing workshops and in-gallery experiences
2015 – 2020
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Navigation of Place: Elemental Forces at Work, Armory Arts Center East Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida 2020
The Work from Spain, Via Umbria Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC September 2016
Urban Landscape: Place, International Arts & Artists @ Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, 2011
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth Beach, FL
Florida Power and Light Eco Center
Visualizing Climate Disruption
2023
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth Beach, FL
Open Studios Day
2023
Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta, FL
Members Show
2023
Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers Beach, FL
37th Annual All Florida Exhibition
2023
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Faculty Exhibition
2023
Armory Art Center Faculty Show, West Palm Beach, FL
2022
Martin Arts Center, 31st Annual All Florida Juried Art Show, Stuart, FL, curated by Kirk Ke Wang
2021
Armory Art Center Faculty Show, West Palm Beach, FL
2021
Lighthouse Members Show, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL
2020
Armory Art Center Faculty Show 2020, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2020
Biennial 2019, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL
2019
Lighthouse Members Show, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL
2019
Group Show, SR/A Interior Design, Bethesda, MD
2018
Mid City Artists Group Show, Cove Gallery, 14th Street NW, Wash, DC
2015
Mid City Artists, Open Studios, curated by Elizabeth Carriger
2014
Group Show, MidCityArtists
2013
Mid City Artists, Open Studios
2011
CentroNia Fine Arts Auction, Katzen Center at American University
2010, 2009
Greater Reston Arts Center, Fine Arts Festival Auction
2011, 2009, 2008, 2007
Bienal de Pintura Balconadas, Fundacion CIEC, Betanzos, Spain
2009
AP Studio Art Teacher Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2008
Chapter V: Four Women from the Corcoran, Knew Gallery, Washington, DC
2006
New Work, Knew Gallery, Washington, DC
2005
Recent Works, Knew Gallery, Washington, DC
2004
Art Student Show, Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College. First Place in Painting
2004
Visual Dialogue, JoAnne Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, curated by Joanne Bauer
2004
White Halls White Walls, Corcoran College of Art + Design, curated by William Christenberry
2003
Group Exhibition, curated by Steve Cushner, Washington, DC
2002
Twenty Years of German-American Friendship through Art, Blackhorse Museum, Fulda, Germany
1986
Student Art Exhibit, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, First Place in Drawing
1978
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Cill Rialaig Arts Centre Spring Painting Residency
Ballinskelligs, County Kerry Ireland
2023
Plein Air Painting Summer Residency
Monhegan Island, Maine
2017
Project Zero/Harvard
WISSIT Global Learning/Summer Institute
Sponsored by the National Gallery of Art
2016
Connecting Collections Summer Institute
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Sponsored by the Edmund Burke School
2015
Fundaćion CIEC Betanzos, A Coruńa, Spain
Lithography/Painting Summer Residency
Sponsored by the Corcoran School of Arts & Design
2009
COMMISSIONS & CORPORATE PROJECTS
Canvas Art Consultants, Atlanta, GA
Site-specific art installation with RD Jones & Associates, Interior Design Firm in Baltimore, MD
Mixed use building in Washington, DC with 3 large scale paintings for Penthouse Lobby
Project installation completed March 2023 at Verge, DC
Carlyn & Company Interior Design Consultants, Washington, DC
Hired to execute 20 paintings for site-specific locations in Maren; mixed use building in Washington, DC.
Project Installation completed May 2021 at Maren, DC