New Improved Art
Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak

Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak - Dreams at Bay
Dreams at Bay
Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak - Blanket of Silence
Blanket of Silence
Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak - Parting Curtain
Parting Curtain
Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak - Witnesses
Witnesses
EDUCATION:
1977

M.F.A., George Washington University, Washington, DC

1976-77

The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC

1973

B.S., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2000

The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake, Texas

1995-96

Reed Whipple Cultural Center, City of Las Vegas, Nevada

1995

The Nave Museum of Art, Texas (catalogue)

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

The Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas

1993

The Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

1991

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

1988

Graham Gallery, Houston, Texas

1985

University of Houston at Clear Lake, Houston, Texas


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2003-04

Invitational; National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

2000

Imprints - Mementos, three-person invitational; Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX

Miniatures, invitational; Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX

1999

Thresholds, four-person invitational; Concordia University, Austin, TX

1998

The Figure, invitational; Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX

1996 Texas Competition Winners, 3-person exhibition; The Art Center, Waco, TX

1997

Mixed Mediums: Cycles of the Spiritual, 3-person invitational; Dimock Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1996-98

The Portrait; Roberts Weslayan College Art Gallery, Rochester, NY U.S. Tour including Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn.; Calvin College, Michigan; Houghton College, NY

1995-96

Small Works from Houston to Russia; invitational Travelling exhibition to Moscow, Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg

1995

Tangled Roots, invitational; Bowling Green State University, OH (catalogue)

1993-94

International Painters' Symposium Exhibition; Kyiv Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine; Artists' Union Exhibition Hall, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

1993

Narratives, four-person invitational; Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1992

On Death/La Muerte; Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, TX

1991, 93

Three-person exhibition; Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX

1991

On Line: Drawings by Texas Artists; Amarillo Art Center, TX

Five Years Since Chornobyl; Alla Rogers Gallery, Washington, DC

1990

Sacred and Profane, invitational; Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX

1989-90

Revelation and Devotion: The Spirit of Religion in Contemporary Painting; Sherry French Gallery, NYC

Love and Charity: The Tradition of Caritas in Contemporary Painting; Sherry French Gallery, NYC; Noyes Museum, NJ; SUNY, New York

Texas Tour of museums/galleries

1989

Vision and Dialogue 2; Louisiana State University Gallery, LA (catalogue)

Food; Grand Central Galleries, NYC (catalogue)

At the Edge - A National Print and Drawing Exhibition; Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX

1988-89

Tour of museums including Noyes Museum, NJ; Utah Museum of Fine Art; University of Arizona Museum of Art; Triton Museum of Art, CA

1987

Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting; Sherry French Gallery, NYC

Pieces, interdisciplinary installation/performance; Stages Theater, Houston, TX

1986

Emerging Realists: East Meets South; College of the Mainland, TX (catalogue)

Figurative Realist Painting; Bowling Green State University Art Gallery, OH (catalogue)

1985-86

Texas Visions; Transco Art Gallery, Houston, TX (catalogue) Tour of Texas museums/galleries during Sesquicentennial of Texas

1985

Houston Profile; Art League of Houston, Houston, TX.; Tech University, Ruston, LA (catalogue)

1984

Hoyt National Drawing and Painting Show; Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, PA. (catalogue)

48th Annual National Midyear Show; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1983

First Annual Prize Competition; Provincetown Museum, MA (catalogue)

1982

Artists' International Exhibit; Ukrainian-Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)

1981

Two-person exhibition; O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, TX

1979

The Human Experience, two-person exhibition; Houston Central Public Library, Houston, TX


HONORS AND AWARDS:
1996

Artist Residency; Ukrainian Academy of Art, Kyiv, Ukraine - Invitational Honorarium

1993

Creative Artist Program Award, Visual Art; Cultural Arts Council of Houston

Second International Painters' Symposium in Ukraine - Invitational Honorarium

1991

IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board) Grant

1989

Louisiana State University Guest Artist Series Grant

1985

La Napoule Art Foundation Grant; Art Symposium in La Napoule, France

NEA Artist Honorarium; "Houston Profile '85", Art League of Houston

1979

Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund Grant

Scurlock Foundation Grant


PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Oxford University, Oxford, England

The Barrett Collection, Dallas, TX

Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX

Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX

Grace Museum, Abilene, TX

Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

The Art Center, Waco, TX

Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX

University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

The University of Houston, Houston, TX

Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington DC

Museo D'Arte Dell'Universita Cattolica, Rome, Italy

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Congregation Beth Israel, Houston, TX

Transco Energy Company, Houston, TX

Reliant Energy, Houston, TX

Concordia University, Austin, TX

Friendswood Development Corp., Exxon, Houston, TX

The University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

John Zink Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dr. & Mrs. H. Bailey, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas

Bertrand Bory, Geneva, Switzerland

Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Berlin, Germany & Hope, Idaho

Janet Fish, NYC


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