Robert Lyons
Robert
Lyons (b.1954) lives and works
in Berlin and Massachusetts. He has taught widely in the USA and Europe.
He holds an M.F.A. from Yale University and has worked closely with Minor White,
Jerome Liebling and Helen Levitt. Presently he is a guest lecturer at the
OstkreuzSchule in Berlin. His work has been widely exhibited in the United
States and Europe and is represented in numerous permanent collections
including: Addison Gallery of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum, Seattle Art
Museum and the University of Washington Henry Art Gallery. He has published four
books the latest, Intimate Enemy: Voices and Images from the Rwandan Genocide,
Zone Books 2006.
Robert Lyons heads the seminar
Personal Vision.
Selected Exhibitions in
Portland, Berlin, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New York City, Kansas
City, London, Seattle, Groningen, Boston, Cambridge, Berlin, Antwerp, Groningen,
St. Agreve, Chicago, Paris, Tel Aviv, Grand Rapids, Bellevue, Redmond,
Norhampton, Andover, Holyoke, Hartford, Springfield,
Publications (selected)
2006 Intimate Enemy: Voices and
Portraits of the Rwandan Genocide;
Zone Books, M.I.T. Press
1998 Another Africa, by
Robert Lyons and Chinua Achebe,
Anchor,Dell, Doubleday
Les Trois Grande Dames-Pyramids of Giza,
Marvel Publishers, Paris
1997 The Garden of Eden,
by Noorderlicht, NL
1992 Egyptian Time, by
Robert Lyons, Doubleday Books
Selected Permanent Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Beth Hatefutsoth Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hallmark Collection of Photography. Kansas City, MS
International Center of Photography–Midtown, New York City, NY
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Paul Brainerd Collection, Aldus Corporation, Seattle, WA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection, Seattle, WA
Northwest Building Corporation, Seattle, WA
Polaroid Collection, Clarence Kennedy Gallery,Polaroid Corporation,
Cambridge, MA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Portland Art Museum, Portand, OR
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
University Fine Arts Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
University Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
US WEST New Vector Group, Bellevue, WA
World Monument Fund , New York