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LYNDA LOWE
49 Raft Island Dr. NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98335

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2010
Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID (opening September 3)

2009
Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

2008
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

2007
Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

2006
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

2005
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
Harper College, Palatine Illinois

2004
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2003
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

2002
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Miami University Art Museum, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Arden Gallery, Boston MA

2001
Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
Arden Gallery Boston, MA
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL

2000
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
Northern Illinois University Museum and Gallery, DeKalb, IL
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999
Northern Illinois University Museum and Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fermi Lab Gallery, Batavia, IL
Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Alma College, Alma, MI

1998
Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
Westminster College, Philadelphia, PA
OnStage Gallery DeKalb, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Friesen Gallery, “Speak for the Trees”, Seattle, WA
Art Chicago 2010 Art Fair, Gail Severn Gallery

2009
Neddy Fellowship Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Chicago Cultural Center “Collaborative Visions: The Poetic Dialogue Project”, Chicago, IL

2008
Friesen Gallery, “Seeds of Compassion”, Seattle, WA

2006
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery “Natural Inclinations” Chicago, IL

2005-2008
Gail Severn Gallery, “The Eloquent Flower” Sun Valley, ID

2005
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2004
Northern Illinois University Gallery, “Collaborations”, Chicago, IL

2003
Fifteenth Anniversary Show, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Sonoma, CA
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX

2001
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2000
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery “Ragdale Foundation” Chicago, IL

1998
Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, “Sightings” Chicago, IL
Gahlberg Gallery College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, IL

1997
The Arts Center, Iowa City Arts Council, “Paper/Fiber XVIII, Iowa City, IA

1996
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Kootenay Exhibition Centre Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
Corvallis Arts Center Corvallis, OR
Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

1995
Chautauqua International Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR

1994
The Arts Center, Iowa City Arts Council, “Paper/Fiber XVII, Iowa City, IA
Northern Illinois University Gallery Chicago, IL
Iowa/Johnson City Arts Council Paper/Fiber XVII, Iowa City, IA

1993
Northern Illinois University Gallery Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1991
Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
Northpark College, Invitational Exhibition, Northpark College, Chicago, IL

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2009
Neddy Fellowship Nominee, Behnke Foundation

2003
Ragdale Foundation, Distinguished Resident Lifetime Award, Lake Forest, IL

2008, 2004-1996 Ragdale Foundation Artist Residency Grants, Lake Forest, IL

2001
Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council.

1999
Special Assistance Grant Illinois Arts Council

1997
Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council.

1994-1999
Artist in Education and Arts Resource Grants: Twenty Separate Grants, Illinois Arts Council,

1991
Illinois Percentage for Art in Architecture Commission, Starved Rock State Park, IL

1988
Aldeen Foundation Grant

1979
Fulbright Hays Foundation Grant

1979
Ford Foundation Grant

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS:

Bain Capital, Boston, MA
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Oxford Biotech Company, Boston, MA
Dynamic Machine Works, Boston, MA
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
A.A.R. Corporation World Headquarters, Woodale, IL
State of Illinois, Percent for Art, Starved Rock State Park, Utica, IL
Kane County Circuit Courthouse, Geneva, IL
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Building, Minneapolis, MN
Van Andel Center, Pine Rest Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, IL.
Elmhurst Physician's Conference Center, Elmhurst IL.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL
President’s Building Complex, Des Plaines, IL

REVIEWS, ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:

Speak for the Trees , released 2009, included in 200 page hardcover book composed by Andria Friesen, Marquand Books ISBN 978-0-615-31547-8
ArtNews, October, 2005 reviewed by Joanne Silver
Cincinnati Review, featured artist, Fall 2005
Boston Globe, May 24, 2002 “Imagining Reality” reviewed by Cate McQuaid
Chicago Reader, November 2, 2001 “Doubt Springs Eternal” reviewed by Fred Camper
THE Magazine, Santa Fe Magazine of the Arts, July, 2001 “Lynda Lowe: By a Grace of Sense” reviewed by Richard Tobin
Surface Design Magazine, Winter 2001, “Intellect and Intuition: The Paradoxical Pairings of Lynda Lowe” by Barbara Lee Smith pg. 36-39.
DeKalb Daily Chronicle, April 16, 2000 “Of Two Minds: Paintings by Lynda Lowe” reviewed by Ben Mahmoud
artscope.net, May 15, 2000 “In Conguency” reviewed by G. Jurek Polanski
El Paso Times, July 21, 2000 “Great minds think alike” reviewed by Claudia Leos

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Graduate teaching fellowship
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, departmental honors, Alma College, Alma, MI
Academia della Bella Arte Studies in art history, painting, and drawing, Perugia, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1992-1995
Instructor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

1980- 1988
Assistant Professor, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.

1989- 1992
Part-Time Instructor College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.

1975-1979
Assistant Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.