MARJORIE GUYON BIO
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass. 1973-77. B. A.
Brooklyn Museum School of Fine Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1971-73.
AWARDS
2001 Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Department of the Arts
- Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Department of the Arts
1990 New Forms Regional Initiative Grant, NEA & Rockefeller Foundation through The Arts
Exchange, Atlanta, Georgia. Set design for “The Great Mother of Many Names”
1989 Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Community Arts Development Grant
1988 National Congress of Art and Design. Award of Excellence
1987 Kentucky Foundation for Women, Inc. Grant
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Amo Te Project, JustFund, Lexington, KY
“Nation of Nations” Preview, LexArts, Lexington, KY
National Arts Club, New York, NY. Solo exhibition
2009 B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
“The Illumina Project,” Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Various venues
“The Illumina Project,” Fifth Third Bank, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
2008 “Paintings by Marjorie Guyon”, B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y. in association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, N.Y. Solo Exhibition
“Rosetta III”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. Solo Exhibition
2007 “Seven Voices, Seven Views”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Art for Life/Forms of Abstraction”, Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y. in association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, NY
2006 “Keeneland Series”, Keeneland Lower Club, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York
“Seven Voices, Seven Views”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, N.Y.
2005 “Vida”, New Paintings by Marjorie Guyon, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
“Al Smith Fellowship Exhibit”, Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Berea, KY
“Rosetta”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition
“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York
2004 “Forms of Abstraction,” G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, N.Y. Solo Exhibition
“Al Smith Fellowship Exhibit”, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY
“Le Jardin Ancien-1984-2004”, Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
“Rosetta,” G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition
Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York
“Works on Paper,” Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.
Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA Solo Exhibition
2003 “Colors of the Earth,” B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. Solo Exhibition
“The Abyssinians,”G.R.N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois
“Different Strokes,” Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, Georgia. Two-Person Show
“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
“Art Philadelphia”, Philadelphia, PA
Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York
“Art Miami”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 “Abyssinia & Avalon,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition
“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
“Art Atlanta”, Atlanta, GA
2001 Kentucky’s Women Artists: 1970-2000. Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY
Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA Solo Exhibition
“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
2000 “Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis Tennessee. Solo Exhibition
“Language of Light” Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“USArtists 2000 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA
1999 “USArtists 99 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA
B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
“Recent Acquisitions”, University Art Museum, Lexington, KY
“Works with Words”, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
1998 Ledbetter/Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition
Art Source LA, Los Angeles, CA
“USArtists 98 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA
1997 William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA
B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Floyd County Museum, New Albany, IN
Ledbetter/Lusk Gallery. Memphis, TN
1996 Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA. Solo Exhibition
National Arts Club Gallery, curated by Fiona Ragheb, Guggenheim Museum,
New York, NY
“Gallery Artists”, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
“In the Foreground of Paths”, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
1995 “Paper Prayers-Imagining Angels”, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
The McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“New Faces”, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
“Education of the Artist: Twelve Women”, Capital Art Center, Bowling Green, KY
“Myth, Magic and Metaphor”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Small Works”, Dell Pryor Galleries, Detroit, MI
1994 “New Artists”, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 “Young Artists”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Columbus, OH
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
1993 Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
“Collage”, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
1992 “The Tradition”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Gallery 54 (In association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan) New York, Solo Exhibition
Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990 Buckham Fine Arts Project, Flint, MI
‘Showcase 91”, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
1989 Jordan Smith Gallery, Voorhees, NJ. Solo Exhibition
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI. Solo Exhibition
Central Bank, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Ogunquit, ME
Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
Detroit Council of the Arts, Detroit, MI
1988 National Congress of Art and Design, Salt Lake City, UT
Jewel Speigal Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
1987 G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI
Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana
“Flamboyance, Fragmentation and the Sublime,” Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville,
KY
1986 Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Loho Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Heritage House, Detroit, MI. Solo Exhibition
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
1985 Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
The Gallery Tanner, Los Angeles, CA
Stanley and Schenck Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1984 “New Talent Show”, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, NY
City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
1983 Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ArtsPlace, Lexington, KY
1982 Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Actor’s Theatre, Louisville, KY, Solo Exhibition
Country Arts Gallery, Locust Valley, NY
1981 Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
1980 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Solo Exhibition
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tennessee
Keeneland Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky
Pfizer, Memphis, Tennessee
International Paper, Memphis, Tennessee
Brown Forman, Incorporated, Louisville, KY
UBS, Lexington, KY
Radisson Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky
Park Hyatt Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
E.O.N. AG, Dusseldorf, Germany
FEDEX Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee
Lucille Caudill Little Library of Fine Art, Lexington, Kentucky
Dupree Financial Group, Lexington, Kentucky
Wimbleton Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
The Ewing Collection, Detroit Michigan
Gabriela Raubitschek, Office of the Prime Minister, Jerusalem, Israel
Curtis and Edison, Attorneys at Law, Detroit, Michigan
Caller Properties, Lexington, Kentucky
White, Stewart & McCann, Attorneys at Law, Winchester, Kentucky
The Rouse Company, Lexington, Kentucky
Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, New York
ACE Magazine, Lexington, Kentucky
Central Bank, Lexington, Kentucky
Husskisson Masonry, Lexington, Kentucky
Ross Oriental Rugs, Ligionier, Pennsylvania
High Clere Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Meidinger Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
Jordan Smith Gallery, Voorhees, New Jersey
Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Lexington, Kentucky
Vitt Media, New York, New York
Charles Biondo Design Associates, New York, New York.
Fred Davis & Associates, Attorneys at Law, Dayton, Ohio
Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Norman Graphic Design, New York, New York
Margot Walz, Biberach, Germany
Kentucky Underground Storage, Wilmore, Kentucky
DataSafe, Louisville, Kentucky
The Tatelman Collection, Swanscott, Massachusetts
Jackson Marks, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky
Bleu Ribbon Hospitality, Lexington, Kentucky
Dulworth, Breeding and Karns, Lexington, Kentucky
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 “Connections,” with Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television: Program 538, available online discusses Guyon’s Nation of Nations Project.
2009 “Connections,” with Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television: Program 502, available online discusses Guyon’s Illumina Project.
2006 Keeneland. “Layering History and Time” by Harriet Fowler, Spring. Front cover,
pgs. 8, 26, 77-78, 89.
2004 Lexington Herald Leader. “Looking for Light” Benita Heath. November 15, 2004.
“Marjorie Guyon”, Art Galleries & Artists of the South, Fall. Inside front cover, pgs. 10, 11 & 58.
2003 Chicago Reader. “Critic’s Pick- Marjorie Guyon”, by Fred Camper; May 2.
The Detroiter. Artis Lane “Emerging”/Marjorie Guyon “Abyssinians” by
- Sousanis; February 3.
2002 Ace Magazine. “A Painter’s Artistic Diaspora” by John Norton; April 18.
1999 Courier Journal. “Marjorie Guyon’s Cutouts are Poetry” by Diane Heilenman; May 2.
Louisville, KY.
1998 New American Painting, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, Mass.
1996 KY/SC/NYC Exhibition Catalogue, “Through the Looking Glass”, J. Fiona Ragheb, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NYC.
Courier Journal, “Less is More with Guyon”, Diane Heilenman, July 28. Louisville, KY
- Lexington Herald Leader, “Collaborating”, Tom Carter, March 8. Lexington, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Dance: Changing Seasons”, Tom Carter, March 15. Lexington, KY.
ACE Magazine, “An Ancient Tale of New Ballet”, Karen Wedinger, Vol. 4, No.3, April. Lexington, KY.
1991 Lexington Herald Leader, “UK’s Collection of Artwork Detailed in New Handbook”, David Minton, January 26. Lexington, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Marjorie Guyon’s Collage Exhibition is Small but Good”, David Minton, May 26. Lexington, KY.
- The Courier Journal, “Showcase “91”, Diane Heilenman, November 3. Louisville, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “New Collage by Marjorie Guyon”, David Minton, June 9. Lexington, KY.
1990 Flint Journal, “Three Views of Collage at Buckham”, Wilma Romatz, November 4, Flint, Michigan.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Galleries Set Higher Sights for New Season”, David Minton, September. Lexington, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Artwork Inspires Children”, Linda van Hoose, June 27. Lexington, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Putting a Price on Art”, David Minton, August. Lexington, KY.
1989 Journal Tribune, “Ogunquit Museum Worth Trip”, Judith Harper, August 4. Ogunquit, Maine.
1989 The York Weekly, “Museum of Art, Ogunquit Heads in New Directions”, Rose Safron, August 2. York, Maine.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Kentucky Artwork on Display in Maine”, David Minton, June. Lexington, KY.
Detroit Free Press, “Eye on Art: G.R. N’Namdi Gallery”, Marsha Miro, March. Detroit, Michigan.
Michigan Chronicle, “Renaissance”, Steve Holsey, March. Detroit, Michigan.
1988 Lexington Herald Leader, “Two Provocative Modern Exhibits”, David Minton, November. Lexington, KY.
The Arts Journal, “Surrealism Revised and Revisited”, Chris Redd, July. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Winston-Salem Journal, “Surrealism is Alive and Well in the South”, Tom Patterson, June. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Artsplace Show”, David Minton, June. Lexington, KY.
Detroit News, “N’Namdi Group”, Joy Hakanson Colby, May. Detroit, Michigan.
1987 Courier Journal, “Collage Exhibition Has a Romanticist Theme”, Diane Heilenman, September. Louisville, KY.
Lexington Herald Leader, “Artist Adds a Dimension to Her Life”, David Minton, July. Lexington, KY.
- Lexington Herald Leader, “Shapes that Make Up the Earth”, Ann Tower, June. Lexington, Ky.
Courier Journal, “Artsplace”, Diane Heilenman, June. Louisville, KY.
- Courier Journal, “Black is Color, Not Race, to Artist Marjorie Guyon”, Sarah Lansdell, February. Louisville, KY.
- Courier Journal, “Showcase “82 Turns Over a Fresh Leaf with New Artists”, Sarah Lansdell, September. Louisville, KY.
Newsday, “Long Island’s Young Realists”, Malcolm Preston, July. Long Island, New York.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The paintings are intended as pages from a manuscript depicting the icons of antiquity. The medium is ground pigment rubbed into a textured layer of marble dust. A collage image is integrated into the painting by partially submerging it with a layer of marble dust and pigment glaze.”
8.24.2009
