Caleb Lyons is an artist living in Los Angeles, California

 

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EDUCATION

 

2004     BFA with emphasis in Art Education, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

               Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2020    Painting About Nothing, 3043 Berkeley, Los Angeles, CA

2013     Man Sweeping a Desert Island, Adult Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2012     Elephant, Los Angeles, CA 

2010     Foreign Interior, DIG, Chicago, IL

              Abstraction in the Twenty-First Century, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2008    You Just Can’t Win, i-cabin, London, UK

              Slow Dance, Threewalls, Chicago, IL

2007    Hot Mess, The Green Lantern, Chicago, IL

2006    Paintings, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2018    Three’s Company, Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA

             Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA

2017    Squig Alert, Cordesa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

             We Need To Talk…, Petzel Gallery, New York, NY

2016    Beach Bodies, Mount San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA

             Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, Los Angeles, CA

             ROOTS, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL

             Exquisite Corpse, Planthouse, New York, NY

2015    Shoot The Lobster at the Deauville, Miami Beach, FL

             Tribal Tats, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA

             The Outside Museum, Portland Museum of Modern Art, Pioneertown, CA

2014    Another Cats Show, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA

             Louie, Louie, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA

2012    Fridge, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA

2011     Permanent Collection, Regina Rex at NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY

             Lifestyle Appropriate, New Capital at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

2010    Haunted JMOCA, JMOCA, Los Angeles, CA

             Adult Contemporary - Dirty Black Summer, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany

             The Mirror Act, Sihlhallenstrasse Neunzehn, Zürich, Switzerland

2009    Danger Zoners, President’s Gallery, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL

              Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

              Gone Obviously Into Cheap Romancing, Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL

2008    Bellwether, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, Canada

              Inevitable Continuum, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

              Three Hundred Six, Hoffman Lachance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO

              Bellwether, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

              Milwaukee International Art Fair, Chicago, IL

              NEXT Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Chicago, IL

              Dropped Frames, Elk Gallery, New York, NY

2007    End Times, Lasso Gallery at the Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL

              Raise High the Roof Beam, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL

              Location, Location, Location, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI

              Clothesline, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

              What Is It?, Wysing Arts, Cambridge, UK

              Spring Break Chicago 2007, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL

2006    Neo Dolce, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA

              Vomitorium with Agitprop, 40000, Chicago, IL

              Milwaukee International Art Fair, Chicago, IL

              Satellites, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY

              Direct Currency Exchange, A.T.C., Chicago, IL

              To London, from Chicago, with Love, i-cabin, London, UK

              Trading Post, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA

              Temporary Allegiance, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

              Peace Tower, Whitney Museum, NY, NY

              High School Style, VONZWECK, Chicago, IL

              All Eyez On Me, Booster and Seven, Chicago, IL

2005    Transcengressdension, 40000, Chicago, IL

              Collective Instillation, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE

              Young Artists Fair, Network of Visual Art, Chicago, IL

              Spring Break Chicago 2005, Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL

2004    Talent, A.T.C., Chicago, IL

              Stray Show, General Store, Chicago, IL

              Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY

              Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

              Contemporary Feelings, A.T.C., Chicago, IL

              Chicago Student Exhibit, Mexican Cultural & Educational Institute, Chicago, IL

2003     The Dirty Future, Gallery 2, Chicago IL

               Skin Tight, Buddy Gallery, Chicago, IL

               Recreation Ground, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

               Stray Show, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL

               Stray Show, Milhaus Collective, Chicago, IL

 

 

CURATORIAL PROJECT SPACES

 

2018-         Stone Chisel, Los Angeles, CA

2013           Adult Contemporary , Los Angeles, CA

2009-10    Lake Opeka, Des Plaines, IL

2007-10    Old Gold, Chicago, IL    

2004-07    artLedge, Chicago, IL

 

 

PERFORMANCES

 

2016    Exhaust Fruit Performance with JPW3, LAND, Los Angeles, CA

2014    Baby Wipes, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA

2013    Lick The Wound, Adult Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2010    Baby Wipes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL

             Baby Wipes, Club Nutz, NEXT Invitational, Chicago, IL

2008   RPM, ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL

 

 

ARTIST TALKS

 

2016    Mount San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA

2011     Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2010    Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL

2008    Beloit College, Beloit, WI

 

 

AWARDS

 

2017     Artist Community Engagement Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation

2004    Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art