NINA LYONS | RESUME
Website: www.ninalyons.com
EDUCATION
1987 M.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
Studied with: Viola Frey, Dennis Leon, Squeak Carnwath, Dennis Gallagher, Art Nelson, Chris Johnson, Charles Fiske
1972 Teaching Credential, University of California, Berkeley.
1971 Bachelor of Arts Degree, European History, San Francisco State University, California.
SELECTED SOLO AND FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2014 Harvest Inn New Sculpture Garden, Curated Art Installation of 6 large-scale sculptures, St. Helena, Ca.
2014 Taylor Blue Designs, Flights of the Imagination Exhibition, Berkeley, Ca
2013 Nineteenth Annual Sculpture in the Garden, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, Ca.
2013 Berkeley Art Center ORIGINS: Elemental Forms in Contemporary Sculpture, Berkeley, Ca.
2012 Oakland Museum of California Art Guild Day Trip visit to Studio and Sculpture Garden, Berkeley, Ca.
2012 HEADS UP! The Human Head Interpreted by 7 Sculptors, A New Leaf Gallery|Sculpturesite, Sonoma, Ca.
2011 San Francisco Bay Area Sculpture Garden opens to the public, Berkeley, CA.
2011 "Sculpture in the Garden", The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek CA.
2011 "Animal Dreams", Cornerstone Sonoma, CA.
2011 "ArtSpace Orinda" Extended Year-Long Public Arts Exhibition, Orinda, CA.
2010 A New Leaf Gallery | Sculpturesite: A Selection of Recent Works, Sonoma, CA.
2010 20th Anniversary Cirque de Sculpture, San Francisco, CA.
2010 "ArtSpace Orinda" Year-Long Public Arts Exhibition, Orinda, CA.
2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden: 15th Annual Sculpture in the Garden Exhibit, Walnut Creek, CA
2009 "Celebrate the Ceramic art of Berkeley" Leslie Ceramics, Berkeley, CA
2009 "Menlo College presents: Outside the Box, Inside the Frame" Menlo College, Atherton, CA
2009 "Spring Garden Book Signing" Collectors Sculpture Garden, Lafayette, CA
2008 "Enclosed Passage", Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, CA
2007 CCA Sculpture Selections, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Sculpture Invitational, Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland California
2006 A New Leaf Gallery at Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, California
2006 Body Language, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Vernissage: Celebrating Contemporary Sculpture and Public Art, San Francisco, California
2005 Works on Paper, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 CCA Ceramics; the Family of Clay, CCA, Oakland California
PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA COVERAGE & REVIEWS
2014 St. Helena Star, New Sculpture Garden At Harvest Inn, September 2014
2013 Leaf Magazine, Art Beneath the Open Sky
2009 Menlo Advantage Magazine, "Outside the Box, Inside the Frame" exhibition review, Palo Alto, CA
2009 Orinda News, "Artspace Orinda" Nina Lyons featured, Outdoor public arts exhibition, Orinda, CA
2008 "Poetry of Form" Book publication, Berkeley, CA
2007 CCA Sculpture Selections Catalog (Feature), Sculpturesite Gallery
2007 Artist Review (Feature) of CCA Selections, By Cariadne Margaret MacKenzie
2006 Interior Design Magazine, features "East" by Nina Lyons, Sculpturesite Gallery review
2005 A New Leaf Gallery Commemorative book, limited edition, celebrating 15 years in Berkeley
2004 Robb Report Collection, Magazine, One of a Kind Custom Works
2003 Garden Design Magazine, review of featured Bronze Sculpture "East," San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
2003 Diablo Magazine, "10 To Do" "Sculpting the Elements" with photo of "Drift"
2003 "Creating A Culture of The Imagination" (An interview with Nina Lyons) Author Wendy Jeanne Burch
2002 Art In America, Sculpture "April 2002 Issue, Guide To the Arts
2002 "Art Shows-City of Sacramento, "Four Artists Featured In Fall Shows At Frostad Atelier-The Gallery" Fall 2002 Issue
2002 San Francisco Chronicle "Art Al Fresco" "First Light" Ceramic Sculpture Bay Area and Beyond at A New Leaf Gallery, October 11th, 2002
2000 “The Creative Process and The Art Of Nina Lyons” Video Documentary.
1991 Contra Costa Times, ”Vessels” Gallery Concord, California. May Issue
1989 Gallery Route One, Fourth Annual Juried Show, Exhibition Catalog, Point Reyes, California.
1988 California College of Arts and Crafts, Masters of Fine Arts Catalog, Oakland, California.
PUBLIC SPEAKING & LECTURES
2013 Berkeley Art Center, Panel Discussion, Origins Exhibition Private Collections Commissions and New Works
2014 City of Berkeley Public Art Commission, Halcyon Bird Sculpture Project, Phase I, Berkeley, Ca.
2009 An Evening with Alumni: Real Life Part II California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
2002 Small Firm Architects Forum, Slide Presentation, Oakland California
2000 California College of Arts and Crafts, Slide Lecture: Ceramics Department Alumni, Oakland, California.
1993 Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, California “Gallery Talk” Gallery Concord, Walnut Creek, California “A Morning with the Artist”
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, COMMISSIONS & NEW WORKS
2011 Completion of Commission for Private Collector, Berkeley CA
2009 Sculpture for Giffen/Pisarra Collection, Lafayette CA
2005 Sculpture for Giffen/Pisarra Collection, Four Bronze Limited Editions, Frostad Atelier Foundry
2003 Bronze Sculpture Commission, Restaurant, Phoenix, Arizona
2003 First Bronze Casting, "EAST"(First In Edition Of 7) Signed and numbered by artist Frostad Atelier Foundry, Rocklin California
2003 Giffen/Pisarra Collection, Commission "ANGLE OF REPOSE II" Lafayette, CA
Collectors include: Berkeley, Belmont, Beverly Hills, Kensington, Oakland, Sea Ranch, Point Reyes Station, Lafayette