Ellen Lanyon
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, University of Iowa. Studied: The Courtauld Institute of the University of London. Solo Exhibitions: Fort Wayne Museum, IN; Madison Art Center, WI; National Gallery of American Art, DC; Penn State; Krannet Museum, IL; traveling 25-year retrospective: National Museum for Women in the Arts, DC; 30 year Retrospective; Brauer Museum, Valparaiso, IN; Chicago: Richard Gray; Frumkin Struve; Printworks; Jean Albano; Valerie Carberry; New York: Zabriskie; Odyssia; Susan Caldwellof; Monique Knowlton; Andre Zarre. Paris: Galeria du Dragon; Italy: Documenta, Odyssia. Group Exhibitions: American Federation of Arts Traveling Invitationals; Chicago and Vicinity Annuals and American Biennials; Museum of Contemporary Art, IL; MOMA, NY; Adam Baumgold Gallery; David Findlay Jr. Contemporary, NY. Commissions: US Department of Interior; The Workingman’s Cooperative; Art in Public Places: Miami Beach Court Facility; Riverwalk, Chicago; Hiawatha Transit, Minneapolis. Publications: Landfall Press; Solo Press. Anchor Graphics, Perishible Press, University of South Dakota, University of Tennessee; Awards: Armstrong Award; Logan Prize; Fulbright Study Grant; Cassandra Foundation Grant; National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Award; fellowships to Yaddo and the Ossabaw Island Project; elected, National Academy, NY; Century Association, NY; Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters, NY; Honorary Doctorate, SAIC. Websites: printworkschicago.com; valeriecarberry.com; davidfindlayfinearts.com.
