Ann Lyne

Biography

Ann Lyne’s work reveals a thorough understanding of the greatest traditions of modernist art. Ann Lyne is a nationally acclaimed artist who has shown in the Smithsonian, the Mint Museum, the Chrysler Museum and the Virginia Museum. Her works have earned grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In addition, Ann Lyne was an artist in residence at the Yaddo Art Colony.

She holds an MFA from the American University in Washington DC and studied art at Queens College, Westhampton College, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.

With references to such modernist masters as Degas, Matisse, Picasso and Diebenkorn, Ann Lyne transforms her influences into a language totally her own.

Exhibitions
2014, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia

2010, 2009 Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 2007, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

2006, Solo Paintings and Drawings, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia

2005, University of Virginia, benefit exhibit and sale

2004, Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, West Virginia; Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia

2003, 2002 Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, West Virginia

2001, Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, West Virginia; Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia

2000, The Richmond Symphony/Gallery 5800, Richmond, Virginia, benefit exhibit and Gallery 5800, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit

1999, Le Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia

1998, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia, Farmington Hunt Club and Group Exhibit; Les Yeux du Monde/ Alliance Francaise de Charlottesville, Keswick, Virginia

1997, Gallery of Contemporary Art at Corporate and Museum Frame, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit Kentucky Derby, Museum, Louisville Kentucky, International Group Exhibit

1996, Gallery of Contemporary Art and Corporate and Museum Frame, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit 1994, Garth Newel Music Center, Hot Springs, Virginia, Solo Benefit
1993, The Richmond Symphony Benefit Exhibition and Drawings Auction, Richmond, VA
1992, Sommersby Film Set, Warm Springs, Virginia, Solo Exhibit

1991, Callen McJunkin Gallery, Nell Blaine and Friends, Charleston, West Virginia

1990, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington D.C., Solo Exhibit and Group Exhibit

1989, The Fifth Street Sporting Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia and World Cup, Grand Prix, Tampa Florida; Franz Bader Gallery, Washington D.C.

1987, Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia – Donald Kuspit, Juror; Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia – Julia Boyd, Juror, Assistant Curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

1985, Kline Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Solo Exhibit; Peninsula Fine Art, Portsmouth, Virginia – Barbara Haskell, Juror, Curator; Whitney Museum of American Art; Virginia Polytechnic Institute Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia – Frederick R. Brandt, Juror, Curator of 20th Century art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Maier Museum, Randolph – Macon Women’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia,

Group Exhibit; The Atheneum, Alexandria, Virginia, Group Exhibit; The Virginia Beach Arts Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Group Exhibit

1984, Reynolds-Minor Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 1983, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

1982, Fine Art America, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit; Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, Virginia; Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit; Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, Virginia; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

1980, 1708 East Main Street Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Mid-America Art Exhibition, Owensboro, Kentucky- Hilton Kramer, Juror Senior Art Critic, New York Times; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia

1979, 1977 Scott-McKennis Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit

1975, Roanoke Fine Arts Center, Roanoke, Virginia – Roy Slade, Juror, Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art

1974, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition, Purchase Award – Richard Boyle, Juror, Director, Pennsylvania Academy; Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, Group Exhibit, Purchase Award

1973, Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Virginia – Kenworth Moffett, Juror, Curator of Contemporary Art, Boston Museum

1970, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, Solo Exhibit 1969, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia

1967, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Two Group Exhibits, Honorable Mention – William F. Gaines Juror

1963, Fenwick Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Shangri-La Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Two Person Exhibit; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Certificate of Distinction, Purchase Award- Thomas E. Messner, Juror, Director, Guggenheim Museum

1962, Adams – Morgan Gallery, Washington D.C.; Fenwick Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C., Society of Washington Prinkmakers International

1961, Realite Gallery, Washington D.C.; Bayly Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, First Prize; Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.

1960, Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C., Society of Washington Printmakers International 1959, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, sculpture and painting

1958, Newcomb Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Purchase Award; Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, Group Exhibit, Purchase Award; Virginia Highlands Festival, Abingdon, Virginia, Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Prize

1957, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, Painting Award

Collections

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Garth Newel Music Center Craigie Incorporated
Ethel Corporation

Nations Bank
Virginia National Bank
The Valentine Museum
Media General, Corporate Headquarters Washington and Lee University
Randolph Macon College – Ashland Longwood University Museum
University of Virginia
Carpenter Center
Wheat First Securities
Arts and Science Museum of Statesville, NC Bell Atlantic Headquarters
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond Symphony
ER Carpenter Center
Callen McJunkin Gallery
Fifth Street Sporting Gallery