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Steve Lyons was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Lived & Worked in Chatham, MA, with a working studio in New York City
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Texture & Tone, Townley/Gallery 104, New York, NY
2018 Creativity Unbound, ME Hotel Terramar, Sitges, Spain
2018 Santa Maria La Nova, Naples, Italy
2018 Universidad San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
2017 The Art of Steve Lyons, Bloomingdale’s, Chestnut Hill, MA
2017 Finding Home, in response to refugee crisis, Steve Lyons Gallery, Chatham, MA
2016 Creativity Unbound, Cultural Center, Freising, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Art of the Ride, a charitable art event benefitting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
through the Pan-Mass Challenge, Boston, MA
2020 European Council Annual Art & Cultural Event, Strasbourg, France
2019 Women in the Abstract, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
2019 ST-ART – Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
2019 ART3F International Contemporary Art Fair, Luxembourg
2017 Art Berlin, featured at Heckmann Hoefe, Berlin, Germany
2016 Independence Day Celebration, Cultural Center, La Paz, Mexico
2015 Art Fair, Poznan, Poland
2012 Images Gallery, Greenwich, CT
AWARDS AND HONORS
2020 Top 60 Masters
Art Tour International Magazine
2020 Voted Top 5 in the World for Landscape Impressionism and Abstract
American Art Awards
2019 Voted No. 2 in the world for Abstract Expressionism and No. 3 for Abstract,
American Art Awards
2019 Nominee for “Top 60 Masters of Art In the World”
Art Tour International Magazine
2018 Named one of the “Top 15 Artists in the World to Watch,”
Art Tour International Magazine
2018 Voted No. 3 in the world for Landscape Impressionism
American Art Awards
2017 Voted No. 2 in the world in Abstract Expressionism for “Women and the Universe,”
American Art Awards
2016 Named one of the Top 5 Abstract Expressionist Artists in the World,
American Art Awards
2014 Awarded private mentorship with Finland’s premier artist and designer, Markku Piri
GALLERY/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Carré des Artistes, Paris, France
Quidley Galleries, Naples, FL
Oceanside Galleries, Belmar, New Jersey
The Inn at 359 Main Street, Chatham, MA
Centerboard Inn, Nantucket, MA
Regatta Inn, Nantucket, MA
Bluefin, Chatham, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wood, Tim, Chatham Artist’s Work Stolen in Europe – Again, The Cape Cod Chronicle,
July 24, 2019
Bierdz, Thom, World-Renowned American Artist, Steve Lyons,
Opens European Tour Of ‘Creativity Unbound’ in Sitges, Spain, WN.com, August 14, 2018
Steve Lyons: New England’s Modern Impressionist Artist, Enigma.com, 2018
Puello, Viviana, Top Artists to Watch, ArtTourInternational.com, May 15, 2018
Matcovsky, Samantha, A Call From the Sirens: The Work of Steve Lyons, Huffpost.com,
December 6, 2017
Matcovsky, Samantha, ‘Fall Into Art’: Steve Lyons x Crush Boutique Celebrate the Holidays
with Art and Fashion, HuffPost.com, November 9, 2017
Lyons named number two in the world of Abstract Expressionism by The American Art Awards,
AmericanArtAwards.com, 2017
Steve Lyons Crushes it: Abstract Impasto Pops Up on Newbury Street, Artscope.com,
November 2, 2017
Richards, Laura, How Artist Steve Lyons is Turning a Cape Cod Town into an International Must See Art
Destination, Artofthetimes.com, March 2017
Ritter, Jana, Bloomingdale’s to Host First-of-a-Kind Exhibition Featuring Celebrated Artist,
Steve Lyons, Axs.com, March 10, 2017
Steve Lyons: “The Best Art is That Which is Organic to the Person Creating It.”, Ask Artists,
March 10, 2017
World’s Best Abstract Expressionism Artists Of 2016: America’s Best Galleries Name Schmidt, Gotzens,
Vangeloatos, Pesic, Lyons, Alfery, Lee and Hadley, Huffington Post, December 8, 2016
Vincent, Cara, The Rules of Abstraction: A Conversation on Art with Steve Lyons, BellusMagazine.com,
March 1, 2016
Caminiti, Kasey, An Abstract Artist With a Point of View,” Dujour.com, 2015
Zinderman, Carly, Fine Artist Steve Lyons Ignites the Art World by Revitalizing the Impasto Technique,
JustLuxe.com, October 29, 2015
Putnam, Hank, Painter Takes a Knife to His Paintings, Inmag.com, 2015
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Walter Hitesman Scholarship – Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Bachelor of Arts, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY