Lot 198 - Ellen Starr Lyon - Front Door Stripes

Gouache on paper
2024
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
Ellen Starr Lyon, b. 1974 in Columbus, Indiana. Lyon is a figurative painter focusing on modern portraiture that revolves around feminism, motherhood, and coming of age. Her naturalist painting style incorporates a colourful palette and multiple thin, luminous layers capturing her models in natural light. Lyon uses her own photography to catch unguarded moments that are translated into oil paintings showing glimpses of emotion on the faces of those around her. Lyon champions vulnerability as strength while showing it as our common language. Her Red Glove Series depicts her teenage daughter wearing bright red rubber gloves and a defiant expression to talk about the next generation’s fight for reproductive rights. She has work in the permanent collection of the Evansville Museum, UC Irvine, and Indiana University. Lyon has been invited to the Pouch Cove Artist Residency in July of 2024.

Education
BFA Painting, Indiana University Bloomington

Solo Exhibitions
2023
Flora and Fauna, online exhibition through 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
Familiar Faces, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN

2022
Five Year Study, I Fell Gallery, Bloomington, IN2019 Crowd Source, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN

2018
Sphere of Influence, Untitled Light Gallery, Bloomington, IN

Group Exhibitions
2024
Being Human, The Painting Center, New York, NY
16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
100th Hoosier Salon, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
FiKVA, MiniARTures Exhibition, WG Gallery, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Reflections of Us, Sergio Gomez juror, Visionary Art Collective, Warnes Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
CONVERGE, 9th Annual Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
AWA Annual Online Exhibition
92nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Indiana Artists, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

2023
CONTEXT, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
SELF, juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Femme Rage, group exhibition and zine, Bloomington, IN
Me, Myself, and I, HCAA, Noblesville, IN
Sutphin Invitational, Harrison Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Artists Member Show, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Allied Artists of America, 110th Juried Show
Hoosier Salon 99th Annual Juried Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
91st Annual Juried Exhibition, Indiana Artists Club, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Regional Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
A Natural Selection, Five Woman Show, Rainbow Bakery, Bloomington Gallery Walk, Bloomington, IN
Illuminate: Emerging Bloomington Artists, Grant Recipients, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN

Awards
2024
AWA, Annual Online Exhibition, First Prize for Associate Level
92nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Merit Award, Indiana Artists, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Public Collections
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US
University of California, Irvine, CA, US
Evansville of Art, Evansville, IN, US
Igleheart Foundation, Evansville, IN, US

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
Each portrait is a moment caught in time; the model arranging her hair, my daughter asleep, a friend’s daughter caught in bright light, and a self-portrait of myself in the red light of a dance club.